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For rank-order lists, see List of lakes by area, List of lakes by depth, List of lakes by volume.

Africa

Great Lakes of Africa

Lake Albert (Mobuto-Sese-Seko)
Lake Chad
Lake Edward
Lake Fianga
Lake Kariba
Lake Kivu
Lake Tana
Lake Mweru
Lake Nasser (Lake Nubia in Sudan)
Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf or Rudolph)
Lake Victoria shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Oguta Lake (Imo State, Nigeria)

Lists by country

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sudan

Roseires Reservoir
Lake No
Lake Nubia (southern reaches of Lake Nasser)

Antarctica

There are around hundreds of lakes, deep below the ice of Antarctica.^[1]

The Caspian Sea, located in western Asia on the eastern edges of Europe, is the largest lake on the planet. History records that it is called a sea because the Romans found it salty, especially in the southern reaches, and the name stuck.^{[citation needed]} Oil and natural gas production platforms are replete along the edges of the sea. In addition, large quantities of sturgeon live in its waters, and the caviar produced from their eggs is a valuable commodity. Fresh water flows into the sea via the Volga River and Ural River in the north; however, the sea remains somewhat salty, central and south. The measured surface area is 371,000 km² (143,244 sq mi), and he maximum depth is at 1025 m (3,363 ft). Additional details and map.

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is positioned in southeastern (Siberia) Russia, directly to the north of Mongolia. Recognized as the oldest (still existing) freshwater lake on the planet, it is also measured as the deepest continental body of water at 5,315 feet (1,620 m). In addition, it is the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing an astounding 20% of the planet's fresh water. With a maximum width of 60 miles (96 km), Lake Baikal is about 389 miles (626 km) in length. Completely surrounded by mountains, over 300 rivers and streams drain into this massive lake. Detailed map.

Aral Sea

Positioned in far-western Asia, just to the east of the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea is located in the countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The Aral Sea is disappearing (evaporating) and is today almost totally polluted by fertilizer runoff, weapon testing residue left here by the former Soviet Union and careless industrial projects. The mismanagement of its valuable waters is considered by many experts to be one of the world's worst environmental disasters.^{[citation needed]} Diversion of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers for irrigation began in 1918, and that action, along with other factors have now shrunk the Aral Sea to almost 60% of its former size. Over the last few years the outlook for the northern reaches of the sea have brightened some, but the lower half is basically abandoned and the remaining western waters are now predicted to be gone within a decade. Additional details and map.

Lists by country

Afghanistan

Gowd-e-Zereh

Kaptai Lake

Bhutan

Brunei

Cypt

Cambodia

Tonlé Sap

Lake Habbaniyah (Hawr al Habbaniyah)
Lake Milh (Bahr al Milh)
Lake Tharthar (Buhayrat ath Tharthar)
Sawa lake

Ala-Kul
Besh-Tash Lake
Chatyr-Kul
Issyk Kul
Jashyl Köl
Juukuchak Lake
Kara-Suu Lake
Kapka Tash Lake
Kara-Toko Lake
Kashka-Suu Lake
Köl-Ükök
Köl-Suu
Köl-Tör Lake
Kulun Lake
Kylaa-Köl
Okurgen Lake
Lake Sary-Chelek
Merzbacher Lake
Sary-Köl
Song Kol Lake
Tash-Bulak Lake

Fewa Lake
Rara Lake
Rupa Lake
Begnas Lake
Shey phoksundo lake
Tilicho Lake
Gosaikunda Lake

Lake Baikal

International lakes in Europe

Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Switzerland; Bodensee)
Dojran Lake (North Macedonia and Greece)
Lake Geneva (France, Switzerland; Lac Léman)
Lake Lugano (Switzerland, Italy)
Lake Maggiore (Switzerland, Italy; Lago Maggiore)
Lake Neusiedl (Neusiedler See)/Fertő (Austria, Hungary)
Lake Ohrid (North Macedonia, Albania)
Lake Peipsi-Pihkva (Estonia, Russia)
Lake Great Prespa (Albania, North Macedonia, Greece)
Lake Small Prespa (Albania, Greece)
Lake Skadar (Montenegro, Albania)
Lake Vištytis (Lithuania, Russia)
Lago di Lei (an artificial lake created by a dam; the waters are mostly in Italy but the dam is in Switzerland).

Lists by country

Republic of Albania

Lake Ohrid

Ahornsee

Lake Burtnieks

North and Central America

International lakes in North America

Listed in order of occurrence from easternmost border terminus to the westernmost

Woodland Flowage
Grand Falls Flowage
Spednic Lake (part of the Chiputneticook Lakes)
East Grand Lake (part of the Chiputneticook Lakes)
North Lake, partly in North Lake Parish, New Brunswick
Glazier Lake
Beau Lake
Lac de l'Est
Little St. John Lake (Petit lac Saint-Jean)
Lac Wallace
Line Pond (Etang Duck)
Lake Memphremagog a 40-mile-long (64 km) glacial lake that extends from Vermont into Canada
Lake Champlain in Quebec in Canada and New York and Vermont in the United States
Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada; and New York in the US
Lake Erie in Ontario in Canada and Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania in the US
Lake St Clair in Ontario, Canada; and Michigan in the US
Lake Huron in Ontario in Canada and Michigan in the US
Munuscong Lake
Lake George
Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada; and Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin in the US
South Fowl Lake
North Fowl Lake
Moose Lake, entry point into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Mountain Lake (Cook County, Minnesota)
Rose Lake (Pigeon River)
South Lake
North Lake
Gunflint Lake
Magnetic Lake
Clove Lake
Granite Lake in Minnesota, U.S. and Ontario, Canada
Granite Bay
Gneiss Lake
Maraboeuf Lake
Saganaga Lake
Swamp Lake
Ottertrack Lake
Knife Lake
Carp Lake in Minnesota, U.S. and Ontario, Canada
Birch Lake in Minnesota, U.S. and Ontario, Canada
Sucker Lake
Basswood Lake
Wednesday Bay
Thursday Bay
Crooked Lake in Minnesota, U.S. and Ontario, Canada
Sunday Bay
Bottle Lake
Lac la Croix
Loon Lake
Little Vermillion Lake
Sand Point Lake
Rainy Lake
Lake of the Woods in Minnesota, U.S.; Manitoba and Ontario in Canada
Wilfred's Lake
Susie Lake
Osthus Lake
South Messier Lake
Hartley Lake
Boundary Lake in North Dakota, U.S.; Manitoba, Canada
Cavalier Lake
Ross Lake in North Dakota, U.S. and Manitoba, Canada
Lake Metigoshe
Bone Lake
Line Lake
Brush Lake in North Dakota, U.S. and Saskatchewan, Canada
Salt Lake in northeastern Montana, USA; known as Alkali Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada
Upper Waterton Lake in Alberta, Canada; and Montana, U.S.
Cameron Lake in Alberta, Canada; and Montana, U.S.
Frozen Lake
Lake Koocanusa
Alden Lake
Osoyoos Lake
Ross Lake in Washington, U.S. and British Columbia, Canada

Lake Atitlan

Haiti

Honduras

Lake Yojoa

Lake Michigan
Great Salt Lake
The Great Lakes:Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie.
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Maurepas
Lake Winnebago

Oceania

Buada Lagoon

International lakes in South America

Lake Titicaca (in Peru and Bolivia)
General Carrera Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
O'Higgins/San Martín Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
Cochrane/Pueyrredón Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
Cami/Fagnano Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
Palena/General Vintter Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
Lake Viedma (undefined border near the Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Chile and Argentina)

Brokopondo Reservoir

Uruguay

Venezuela

Guri (man-made)
Lake Maracaibo (sometimes considered a sea)
Lake Valencia

References

^ See map in Peter Aldhous (Aug 23, 2014). "First samples of Antarctic lake reveal thriving life". New Scientist: 12. Archived from the original on August 23, 2014.
^ "Rush Lake (Pakistan), 27th Highest Lake in the world". highestlake.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

This article includes a geography-related list of lists.

[1] See map in Peter Aldhous (Aug 23, 2014). "First samples of Antarctic lake reveal thriving life". New Scientist: 12. Archived from the original on August 23, 2014.

[2] "Rush Lake (Pakistan), 27th Highest Lake in the world". highestlake.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

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v t e List of lakes of Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

v t e List of lakes of Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau
Category Asia portal

v t e List of lakes of Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies and other entities	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

v t e List of lakes of North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

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