List of lakes
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This list of major or noteworthy lakes is sorted alphabetically by continent.
For rank-order lists, see List of lakes by area, List of lakes by depth, or List of lakes by volume.
[edit] Africa
[edit] International Lakes in Africa
- Lake Albert (Mobuto-Sese-Seko)
- Lake Chad
- Lake Edward
- Lake Kariba
- Lake Kivu
- Lake Mweru
- Lake Nasser (Lake Nubia in Sudan)
- Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Victoria shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
See also: Great Lakes of Africa, Rift Valley lakes
[edit] Botswana
[edit] Cameroon
[edit] Chad
[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
- Lake Mai-Ndombe (Lake Leopold II)
- Lake Tshangalele
- Lake Tumba
[edit] Egypt
- Lake Mareotis
- Lake Karun
- Buhayrat Idku
- Buhayrat al Burullus
- Buhayrat al Manzilah
- Great Bitter Lake
- Little Bitter Lake
- Lake Nasser
- Toshka Lakes
[edit] Ethiopia
- Lake Abaya
- Lake Chew Bahir (Lake Stefanie)
- Lake T'ana
[edit] Ghana
[edit] Kenya
- Lake Baringo
- Lake Bogoria
- Lake Elmenteita
- Lake Logipi
- Lake Magadi
- Lake Naivasha
- Lake Nakuru
- Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf or Rudolph)
- Lake Victoria (shared with Tanzania and Uganda
[edit] Malawi
[edit] Mozambique
[edit] Nigeria
[edit] Sudan
- Roseires Reservoir
- Lake Nubia (southern reaches of Lake Nasser)
[edit] Tanzania
- Lake Burigi
- Lake Eyasi
- Lake Ikimba
- Lake Jipe
- Lake Kitangiri
- Lake Manyara
- Lake Mdutu
- Lake Natron
- Nyumba ya Mumgu Reservoir
- Lake Rukwa
- Lake Sagara
- Lake Victoria (shared with Kenya and Uganda
[edit] Uganda
- Lake Bisina
- Lake Bugondo
- Lake Buhera
- Lake Bujuku
- Lake George
- Lake Kabaka
- Lake Kachera
- Lake Katwe
- Lake Kayumbu
- Lake Kitandra
- Lake Kwania
- Lake Kyahafi
- Lake Kyoga
- Lake Mburo
- Lake Mutanda
- Lake Mulehe
- Lake Nabugabo
- Lake Nakuwa
- Lake Nyamusingire
- Lake Opeta
- Lake Saka
- Lake Victoria (shared with Kenya and Tanzania
- Lake Wamala
[edit] Zambia
[edit] Antarctica
[edit] Asia
[edit] International Lakes in Asia
[edit] Armenia
[edit] Cambodia
[edit] China
See also List of lakes in Hong Kong and Reservoirs in Hong Kong
[edit] India
- Lake Powai
- Skeleton Lake
- Chilika
- Chandra Taal
- Nallital and Mallital in Nainital
- Gurudongmar Lake
- Khecheopalri Lake
- Lake Tsongmo
[edit] Indonesia
- Lake Limboto in Sulawesi
- Lake Maninjau in West Sumatra
- Lake Matano in Sulawesi
- Lake Paniai in Irian Jaya
- Lake Poso in Sulawesi
- Lake Sentani Lakes in Irian Jaya
- Lake Sidenreng in Sulawesi
- Lake Singkarak in West Sumatra
- Lake Tempe in Sulawesi
- Lake Toba in Sumatra
- Lake Tondano in Sulawesi
- Lake Towuti in Sulawesi
[edit] Iran
- Lake Urmia
- Lake Zarivar
- Lake Gohar
- Lake Hamun
- Lar Lake
- Parishan Lake
- Tashk
- Bakhtegan Lake
- Shorabil Lake
[edit] Iraq
- Tharthar (Buhayrat ath Tharthar)
- Habbaniya (Hawr al Habbaniyah)
- Bahr al Milh
[edit] Israel
- Lake Agmon
- Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias, Yam Kinneret)
- Dead Sea
[edit] Japan
[edit] Kazakhstan
- Lake Alakol
- Lake Balkhash
- Chagan Lake
- Kaindy Lake
- Lake Balkhash
- Lake Sasykkol
- Lake Tengiz
- Lake Zaysan
[edit] Kyrgyzstan
- Issyk Kul
- Jassyk Kul
[edit] Pakistan
- Attar Lake, Ishkoman and Yasin Valleys, Northern Areas
- Borith Lake, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas
- Chachor Lake, Chachor Pass, Northern Areas
- Dudibach Lake, Kaghan Valley, North-West Frontier Province
- Dudipatsar Lake, Babusar Pass, North-West Frontier Province
- Haleji Lake, Thatta||Sindh||
- Hanna Lake, Quetta, Balochistan
- Kachura Lake, Skardu, Baltistan, Northern Areas
- Kallar Kahar, Salt Range, Punjab
- Karambar Lake, Ghizer, Northern Areas
- Keenjhar Lake, Thatta, Sindh
- Kutwal Lake, Haramosh Valley, Northern Areas
- Lulusar Lake, Kaghan Valley, North-West Frontier Province
- Mahodand Lake, Swat Valley, North-West Frontier Province
- Marav Lake, Dera Bugti, Balochistan
- Manchar Lake, Sehwan, Sindh
- Naltar Lake, Naltar Valley, Northern Areas
- Namal Lake, Mianwali, Punjab
- Rama Lake, Astore, Northern Areas
- Rawal Lake, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
- Rush Phari, Barpu and Hispar Valleys, Northern Areas
- Saiful Muluk, Kaghan Valley, North-West Frontier Province
- Saral Lake, Kaghan Valley, North-West Frontier Province
- Satpara Lake, Skardu, Baltistan, Northern Areas
- Siranda Lake, Las Bela, Balochistan
- Subri Lake, Jhelum Valley, Azad Kashmir
[edit] The Philippines
- Lake Bay
- Lake Taal
- Lake Lanao
[edit] Singapore
[edit] Syria
[edit] Vietnam
- Lake Hoan Kiem
- Lake West
- Lake Thien Quang
- Lake Truc Bach
- Lake Ba Mau
- Lake Bay Mau
- Lake Giang Vo
- Lake Ba Be
- Lake Bien Ho
- Lake Xuan Huong
- Lake Nui Coc
[edit] Europe
[edit] International Lakes in Europe
- Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Switzerland; Bodensee)
- Lake Doiran (FYR Macedonia and Greece)
- Lake Geneva (France, Switzerland; Lac Léman or Lac de Genève)
- Lake Lugano (Switzerland, Italy)
- Lake Maggiore (Switzerland, Italy; Lago Maggiore)
- Neusiedler See/Fertő (Austria, Hungary)
- Lake Ohrid (Albania, FYR Macedonia)
- Lake Peipus (Estonia, Russia)
- Lake Big Prespa (Albania, FYR Macedonia, Greece)
- Lake Small Prespa (Albania, FYR Macedonia, Greece)
- Lake Skadar (Montenegro, Albania)
- Lake Vistytis (Lithuania, Russia)
See also: Largest Lakes of Western Europe - Rank Order
[edit] Albania
- Lakes of Belsh
- Lakes of Lure
- Lake Pogradec
[edit] Austria
- Attersee
- Faaker See
- Fuschlsee
- Hallstätter See
- Irrsee
- Klopeiner See
- Millstätter See
- Mondsee
- Neusiedler See
- Traunsee
- Wolfgangsee
- Wörthersee
- Zeller See
[edit] Cyprus
[edit] Estonia
[edit] Finland
- Lake Haukivesi
- Lake Inari
- Lake Kallavesi
- Lake Keitele
- Kiantajärvi
- Lake Lappajärvi
- Näsijärvi
- Lake Oulujärvi
- Lake Pielinen
- Lake Pihlajavesi
- Puulavesi
- Lake Pyhäjärvi
- Lake Päijänne
- Lake Saimaa
[edit] France
- Lac d'Aiguebelette
- Lake Annecy (lac d'Annecy)
- Etang de Berre
- Lac de Bicarrosse et de Parentis
- Lake of Bourget
- Etang de Carcans
- Etang de Cazaux
- Lac du Der-Chantecog
- Lac de Grand Lieu
- Etang d'Hourtin
- Lac de Lacanau
- Lac d'Orient
- Lac de Paladru
- Lac du Saint-Point
- Lac de Serre-Ponçon
- Étang de Thau or Bassin de Thau
- Etang de Vaccares
- Lac de Chalain
- Lac de Narlay
- Lac de Clairveaux
- Lac du petit Maclus
- Lac du grand Maclus
- Lac d'Ilay
[edit] Germany
- Ammersee
- Arendsee
- Aussenalster
- Baldeneysee
- Bederkesaer See
- Binnenalster
- Bodensee (Lake Constance)
- Brahmsee
- Brombachsee
- Bullensee
- Chiemsee
- Dümmer
- Eibsee
- Fleesensee
- Gothensee
- Halterner See
- Kellersee
- Maschsee
- Müggelsee
- Müritz
- Odertalsperre
- Okertalsperre
- Pfaffenteich
- Plauer See
- Plöner See
- Plötzensee
- Scharmützelsee
- Schweriner See
- Schmollensee
- Starnberger See
- Steinhuder Meer
- Tegeler See
- Wannsee
- Wolgastsee
- Zwischenahner Meer
[edit] Greece
- Lake Kastoria, near Kastoria
- Lake Koronia
- Lake Lagkada
- Lake Ladon
- Lake Lysimacha
- Little Lake Prespa, southeastern portion
- Lake Stymfalia
- Lake Taka
- Lake Trichoinida
- Lake Vegolitida
- Lake Voivis
- Lake Vólvi
[edit] Hungary
- Lake Balaton
- Lake Tisza
- Lake Velencei
- Lake Hévíz
- Lake Vadkert
[edit] Iceland
[edit] Ireland (Republic of Ireland)
- Lough Allen
- Lough Arrow
- Lough Beagh
- Beltra Lough
- Lough Boderg
- Lough Carra
- Carrowmore Lake
- Lough Conn
- Lough Corrib
- Lough Cullin
- Lough Cutra
- Lough Derg (two lakes)
- Lough Derravaragh
- Lough Eask
- Lough Ennell
- Lough Feeagh
- Lough Finn
- Lough Gara
- Lough George
- Lough Gill
- Lough Gowner
- Lough Key
- Lough Mask
- Lough Melvin
- Lough Oughter
- Lough Owel
- Loch Pholl an Phuca
- Lough Ramor
- Lough Ree
- Lough Rynn
- Lough Sheelin
[edit] Italy
- Lago Alto del Flumendosa (on Sardinia)
- Lago Ampollino
- Lago Arvo
- Lake Bolsena (Lago di Bolsena)
- Lake Bracciano (Lago di Bracciano)
- Lago di Cecita
- Lago del Coghinas (on Sardinia)
- Valli di Comacchio
- Lake Como (Lago di Como)
- Lake Garda (Lago di Garda)
- Lago d'Idro
- Lake Iseo (Lago d'Iseo)
- Lago di Lesina
- Lago Maggiore (Lago Verbano)
- Lago Omodeo (on Sardinia)
- Lago d'Orta
- Lago Puccini
- Lake Trasimeno (Lago Trasimeno)
- Lago di Varano
- Lago di Varese
- Lago di Vico
[edit] Latvia
[edit] Lithuania
- Lake Asveja
- Lake Drūkšiai
- Lake Galvė
- Lake Plateliai
- Lake Rubikiai
- Lake Tauragnas
- Lake Vištytis
- Lake Žuvintas
[edit] The Netherlands
- Eemmeer
- Gooimeer
- Grevelingenmeer
- IJsselmeer (includes Markermeer)
- Ketelmeer
- Lauwersmeer
- Naardermeer
- Slotermeer
- Veersemeer
- Veluwemeer
[edit] Norway
[edit] Poland
- Lake Dabie (Jezioro Dąbie in Szczecin)
- Lake Mamry (Jezioro Mamry in Mazury lake district)
- Lake Sniardwy (Jezioro Śniardwy in Mazury lake district)
- Lake Lebsko (Jezioro Łebsko)
- Lake Miedwie (Jezioro Miedwie)
- Lake Jeziorak (Jezioro Jeziorak)
- Lake Niegocin (Jezioro Niegocin)
- Lake Gardno (Jezioro Gardno)
- Lake Jamno (Jezioro Jamno)
- Lake Wigry (Jezioro Wigry)
- Lake Goplo (Jezioro Gopło)
- Lake Drawsko (Jezioro Drawsko)
[edit] Romania
[edit] Russia
- Lake Ladoga
- Lake Onega (Onega, Onezhskoe ozero, Onezhskoe)
- Lake Peipus
- Lake Pskov
- Lake Ilmen
- Lake Nero
- Lake Seliger
- Lake Brosno
- Lake Baikal (Lake Baykal)
- Uvs Nuur Lake
- Lake Teletskoye
[edit] Slovenia
- Lake Bled (Blejsko jezero)
- Lake Bohinj (Bohinjsko jezero)
- Lake Cerknica (Cerkniško jezero), intermittent
- Lake St. Martin (Šmartinsko jezero)
- Lakes of Triglav (Triglavska jezera)
- Lake Krn (Krnsko jezero)
- Lake Velenje (Velenjsko jezero)
- Wild lake (Divje jezero)
[edit] Sweden
- Allgunnen
- Amungen
- Asunden
- Bolmen
- Boren
- Flären
- Furen
- Helgasjön
- Hjälmaren
- Innaren
- Mälaren
- Mycklaflon
- Nommen
- Orsasjön
- Rottnen
- Roxen
- Runn
- Rusken
- Rymmen
- Salen
- Siljan
- Sottern
- Storsjön
- Tåkern
- Tisnaren
- Unden
- Vänern
- Väringen
- Vättern
- Vidöstern
- Yxningen
[edit] Switzerland
- Bodensee (Lake Constance)
- Lake Geneva (Lac Leman)
- Lake Lucerne
- Lake Neuchâtel
- Lake Zurich
[edit] Turkey
- Lake Van (Van Gölü)
- Lake Tuz (Tuz Gölü)
- Lake Bafa (Bafa Gölü)
- Lake Beyşehir (Beyşehir Gölü)
- Lake Akşehir (Akşehir Gölü)
- Lake Eğirdir (Eğirdir Gölü)
- Lake İznik (İznik Gölü)
- Lake Uluabat (Uluabat Gölü)
- Lake Kuş or Lake Manyas (Kuş Gölü / Manyas Gölü)
- Lake Burdur (Burdur Gölü)
- Lake Acı (Acı Göl)
- Lake Çıldır (Çıldır Gölü)
- Lake Hirfanli baraji (Hirfanli baraji Gölü)
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] England
- Bewl Water
- Blagdon Lake
- Buttermere
- Chew Valley Lake
- Coniston Water
- Derwent Water
- Gormire Lake
- Grafham Water
- Grasmere
- Hornsea Mere
- Kielder Water
- Lakes within the Norfolk Broads
- Pitsford Water
- Rutland Water
- Scaling Dam
- Scarborough Mere
- Semer Water
- Thirlmere
- Ullswater
- Windermere
- Wast Water
- West Midland Meres
See also: List of lakes in the Lake District
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Northern Ireland
[edit] Wales
- Main article List of lakes in Wales
[edit] North America
[edit] International lakes in North America
- Lake Champlain in Quebec, Canada and New York, Vermont in the USA
- Lake Erie in Ontario, Canada and Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania in the USA
- Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada and Michigan in the USA
- Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada and New York in the USA
- Lake St Clair in Ontario, Canada and Michigan in the USA
- Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada and Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin in the USA
- Lake of the Woods in Minnesota, USA; Manitoba, Ontario, Canada
- Rainy Lake in Minnesota, USA; Ontario, Canada
See also: North American Great Lakes
[edit] Canada
- See also: List of lakes in Alberta
- See also: List of lakes in Ontario
[edit] Mexico
- Lake Agua Milpa in Nayarit
- Lake Angostura in Sonora
- Lake Bacalar in Quintana Roo
- Lake Baccarac in Sinaloa
- Lake Bustillos in Chihuahua
- Lake Catemaco in Veracruz
- Lake Cerro Prieto in Nuevo León
- Lake Chapala, between Jalisco and Michoacán
- Lake Chapultepec in Mexico City
- Lake Chichancanab in Quintana Roo
- Lake Comedero in Sinaloa
- Lake Cuchillo in Nuevo León
- Lake Cuitzco in Michoacán
- Lake Dominguez in Sinaloa
- Lake Española
- Lake Guerrero in Tamaulipas
- Lake Hidalgo in Sinaloa
- Lake Huites in Sinaloa
- Lake Lavaderos
- Lake Mateos in Sinaloa
- Lake Mendez
- Lake Mimbres
- Lake Mocuzari
- Lake Novillo in Sonora
- Lake Obregon in Sonora
- Lake Palmito in Durango
- Lake Páztcuaro in Michoacán
- Lake Salto in Sinaloa
- Lake San Lorenzo
- Lake Santiaguillo in Durango
- Lake Texcoco in México state
- Laguna Tortuga
- Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City
- Lake Zumpango in México state
- Lake Xaltocan in México state
- Lake Ecatepec in México state
- Lake Chalco in México state
- Laguna de México in Mexico City
[edit] United States of America
[edit] Alabama
- Bankhead Lake
- Bear Creek Reservoir
- Creek Lake
- Lake Eufala (Also extends into Georgia).
- Gantt Lake
- Lake Guntersville - The largest lake in Alabama.
- Lake Harding (Also extends into Georgia).
- Holt Lake
- Inland Lake
- Lake Jackson (Also extends into Florida).
- Jordan Lake
- Lay Lake
- Little Bear Creek Reservoir
- Logan-Martin Lake
- Lake Lurleen
- Martin Lake (Alabama)
- Neely Henry Lake
- Lake Pickwick (Also extends into Mississippi).
- Lake Purdy
- Ski Lake
- Smith Lake
- Lake Tholocco
- Lake Tuscaloosa
- Upper Bear Creek Reservoir
- Lake Wedowee
- Weiss Lake
- West Point Lake (Also extends into Georgia).
- W. F. Lake
- Wheeler Lake
- Wilson Lake
- William Bill Danelly Reservoir
[edit] Alaska
- Becharof Lake
- Lake Clark
- Iliamna Lake
- Lower Ugashik Lake
- Mother Goose Lake
- Naknek Lake
- Teshekpuk Lake
- Upper Ugashik Lake
[edit] Arizona
- Many Farms Lake
- Lake Mead (Also extends into Nevada).
- Mormon Lake
- Lake Powell (Also extends into Utah).
- San Carlos Lake
- Theodore Roosevelt Lake
[edit] Arkansas
- Beaver Lake
- Bull Shoals Lake (Also extends into Missouri).
- DeGray Lake
- Greers Ferry Lake
- Millwood Lake
- Norfolk Lake (Also extends into Missouri).
- Lake Ouachita
- Lake Greeson
[edit] California
- Lake Almanor
- Lake Berryessa
- Clear Lake
- Don Pedro
- Donner Lake
- Eagle Lake
- Goose Lake (Also extends into Oregon).
- Isabella Lake
- Lower Klamath Lake
- Lake Merritt
- Mono Lake
- New Melones Lake
- Lake Oroville
- Lake Pillsbury
- Salton Sea
- Shasta Lake
- Lake Tahoe (Also extends into Nevada).
- Tenaya Lake
- Trinity Lake
- Tule Lake
- Whiskeytown Lake
- Mira Mar Lakes
[edit] Colorado
- Harker Park Lake
- Lake Granby
- Turquoise Lake
[edit] Connecticut
- Bantam Lake
- Barkhamsted Reservoir
- Beseck Lake
- Bevin Pond
- Candlewood Lake (Largest lake in Connecticut)
- Cedar Lake
- Lake Gaillard
- Lake Pocotopaug (Largest natural lake in Connecticut)
- Lake Terramuggus
- Lake Zoar
- Saugatuck Reservoir
- Squantz Pond
[edit] Florida
- Lake Apopka
- Crescent Lake
- Lake George
- Lake Harney
- Lake Harris
- Lake Istokpoga
- Lake Kissimmee
- Lake Okeechobee
- Lake Seminole (Also extends into Georgia).
- Lake Tarpon
- Lake Tohopekaliga
[edit] Georgia
see Lakes of Georgia
- Lake Allatoona
- Blue Ridge Lake
- Lake Burton
- Chatuge Lake (Also extends into North Carolina).
- Walter F. George Lake (Also extends into Alabama).
- Goat Rock Lake
- Lake Harding (Also extends into Alabama).
- Lake Hartwell (Also extends into South Carolina).
- Lake Lanier (named for Sidney Lanier)
- Nottely Lake
- Lake Oliver
- Lake Rabun
- Lake Seminole (Also extends into Florida).
- Lake Sinclair
- Lake Tallulah Falls
- Lake Strom Thurmond (Also extends into South Carolina).
- Lake Tugalo (Also extends into South Carolina).
- West Point Lake (Also extends into Alabama).
[edit] Idaho
- Alturas Lake
- Baron Lake
- Bear Lake (Also extends into Utah).
- Lake Coeur d'Alene
- Grays Lake
- Hauser Lake
- Henrys Lake
- Imogene Lake
- Jimmy Smith Lake
- Payette Lake
- Lake Pend Oreille
- Petite Lake
- Priest Lake
- Redfish Lake
- Sawtooth Lake
- Ship Island Lake
- Spangle Lake
- Stanley Lake
- Toxaway Lake
- Williams Lake
- Yellow Belly Lake
[edit] Illinois
- Apple Canyon Lake
- Lake Calumet
- Carlyle Lake
- Cedar Lake
- Clinton Lake
- Devils Kitchen Lake
- Horseshoe Lake
- Kinkaid Lake
- Lake Egypt
- Lake Michigan (also borders on Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin)
- Rend Lake
[edit] Indiana
- Lake Greenwood
- Lake Michigan (also borders on Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin)
- Monroe Reservoir
- Patoka Lake
[edit] Iowa
- Clear Lake
- East Okoboji Lake
- Spirit Lake
- Storm Lake
- West Okoboji Lake
- Lake Rathbun (man-made)
[edit] Kansas
- Clinton Lake
- Fall River Lake
- Marion Lake
- Milford Lake
- Perry Lake
- Tuttle Creek Lake
- Waconda Lake
- Wilson Lake
[edit] Kentucky
- Lake Barkley (extends into Tennessee)
- Barren River Lake
- Beaver Lake
- Boltz Lake
- Buckhorn Lake
- Bullock Pen Lake
- Lake Beshear
- Cannon Creek Lake
- Lake Carnico
- Carr Creek Lake (formerly Carr Fork Lake)
- Cave Run Lake
- Cedar Creek Lake
- Cranks Creek Lake
- Lake Cumberland
- Dale Hollow Lake (extends into Tennessee)
- Dewey Lake
- Doe Valley Lake
- Elk Lake
- Elmer Davis Lake
- Fishtrap Lake
- Grayson Lake
- Green River Lake
- Greenbo Lake
- Guist Creek Lake
- Herrington Lake
- Kentucky Lake (extends into Tennessee).
- Kincaid Lake
- Laurel River Lake
- Lake Linville
- Lake Malone
- Martins Fork Lake
- Nolin River Lake
- Paintsville Lake
- Pan Bowl Lake
- Reelfoot Lake (extends into Tennessee)
- Rough River Lake
- Shanty Hollow Lake
- Shelby Lake
- Swan Lake
- Taylorsville Lake
- Wilgreen Lake
- Williamstown Lake
- Willisburg Lake
- Wood Creek Lake
- Yatesville Lake
[edit] Louisiana
- Bayou D'Arbonne Lake
- Lake Bistineau
- Caddo Lake (Also extends into Texas).
- Calcasieu Lake
- Catahoula Lake
- Lake Claiborne
- Clear Lake
- Cocodrie Lake
- Cross Lake
- Cypress Lake
- Lac des Allemands
- Grand Lake
- Lake Maurepas
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Sabine Lake (Also extends into Texas).
- Saline Lake
- Lake Salvador
- Six Mile Lake
- Lake Verret
- White Lake
[edit] Maine
- Brandy Pond
- Chiputneticook Lakes
- East Grand Lake
- Flagstaff Lake (Maine)
- Great East Lake
- Great Pond
- Keoka Lake
- Moosehead Lake
- Rangeley Lake
- Sebago Lake
[edit] Maryland
- Deep Creek Lake
- Conowingo Reservoir
- Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap Lake)
- Liberty Reservoir
- Loch Raven Reservoir
- Prettyboy Reservoir
- Youghiogheny River Lake (Also extends into Pennsylvania).
[edit] Massachusetts
- Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
- Quabbin Reservoir
- Lake Quannapowitt
- Lake Quinsigamond
- Lake Rico
- Sabbatia Lake
[edit] Michigan
- Lake Erie (also borders on Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario
- Lake Huron (also borders on Ontario)
- Lake Michigan (also borders on Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin)
- Lake Superior (also borders on Wisonsin, Minnesota, and Ontario)
- Big Lake (Michigan)
- Black Lake (Michigan)
- Burt Lake
- Cass Lake (Michigan)
- Elk Lake (Michigan)
- Lake Charlevoix
- Lake of the Clouds (Michigan)
- Clark Lake (Gogebic County, Michigan)
- Crystal Lake (Michigan)
- Deer Island Lake (Michigan)
- Duck Lake
- Glen Lake
- Green Lake
- Gull Lake
- Heart Lake (Michigan)
- Higgins Lake
- Houghton Lake (Michigan) (Largest lake in Michigan - 20,044 acres)
- Hubbard Lake
- Lake Gogebic
- Lake Leelanau
- Lake Macatawa
- Loon Lake (Gogebic County, Michigan)
- Long Lake
- Mona Lake
- Mullett Lake
- Muskegon Lake
- Orchard Lake
- Otter Lake (Michigan)
- Portage Lake (Keweenaw)
- Silver Lake (Oceana County, Michigan)
- Spring Lake (Michigan)
- Thumb Lake
- Torch Lake (Antrim County, Michigan) (Deepest lake in Michigan - 315 feet)
- Torch Lake (Houghton County, Michigan)
- Lac Vieux Desert
- Walloon Lake
- White Lake (Michigan)
[edit] Minnesota
- Cass Lake
- Cotton Lake
- Lake Bemidji
- Big Stone Lake (Also extends into South Dakota)
- Lake Como
- Cass Lake
- Lake George Anoka County, MN
- Lake Hubert
- Lake Itasca
- Lake Kabetogama
- Lake Minnetonka
- Lake Saganaga (Deepest natural lake in state at 240 feet)
- Lake Traverse (Also extends into South Dakota)
- Lake Winnibigoshish
- Leech Lake
- Mille Lacs Lake
- Mud Lake - Several lakes in this state share this name.
- North Long Lake
- Otter Tail Lake
- Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake - Deepest lake in the state.
- Rainy Lake - An international lake crossing into Ontario
- Red Lake - Minnesota's largest self-contained lake.
- Saunders Lake
- Scott Lake
[edit] Mississippi
- Aliceville Lake
- Arkabutla Lake
- Enid Lake
- Gainsville Lake
- Grenada Lake
- Marting Lake
- Ross Barnett Lake
- Sardis Lake
[edit] Missouri
- Bull Shoals Lake (Also extends into Arkansas).
- Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir
- Lake of the Ozarks
- Mark Twain Lake
- Norfolk Lake (Also extends into Arkansas).
- Pomme de Terre Lake
- Stockton Lake
- Table Rock Lake (Also extends into Arkansas).
- Lake Taneycomo
- Weatherby Lake, Missouri
[edit] Montana
- Lake Bowdoin
- Bowman Lake
- Canyon Ferry Lake
- Cosley Lake
- Lake Elwell
- Flathead Lake
- Hauser Lake
- Hebgen Lake
- Kintla Lake
- Logging Lake
- Lake McDonald
- Medicine Lake
- Painted Rocks Lake
- Peck Lake
- Saint Mary Lake
- Seeley Lake
- Lake Sherburne
- Two Medicine Lake
- Waterton Lake (Also extends into Alberta, Canada).
[edit] Nebraska
- Lake Babcock
- Harlan County Lake
- Lewis and Clark Lake (Also extends into South Dakota).
- Lake McConaughy
- Minatare Lake
[edit] Nevada
- Humboldt Sink
- Lake Mead (Also extends into Arizona).
- Pyramid Lake
- Lake Tahoe (Also extends into California).
- Walker Lake
[edit] New Hampshire
[edit] New Jersey
[edit] New Mexico
- Bluewater Lake
- Brantley Lake
- Caballo Lake
- Clayton Lake
- Cochiti Lake
- Conchas Lake
- El Vado Lake
- Elephant Butte Lake
- Fenton Lake
- Hackberry Lake
- Heron Lake
- Morphy Lake
- Navajo Lake
- Santa Cruz Lake
- Santa Rosa Lake
- Storrie Lake
- Summer Lake
- Ute Lake
[edit] New York
- Canadice Lake
- Canandaigua Lake
- Cayuga Lake
- Cayuta Lake
- Cazenovia Lake
- Chautauqua Lake
- Cranberry Lake
- Delta Lake
- Fulton Chain Lakes
- Great Sacandaga Lake
- Hemlock Lake
- Honeyoye Lake
- Keuka Lake
- Lake Champlain
- Lake George
- Lake Maratanza
- Lake Placid
- Lake Pleasant
- Lake Tappan
- Onondaga Lake
- Otsego Lake
- Raquette Lake
- Saratoga Lake
- Seneca Lake
- Skaneateles Lake
- Tupper Lake
- Wildwood Lake
[edit] North Carolina
- Chatuge Lake (Also extends into Georgia).
- Lake Gaston (Also extends into Virginia).
[edit] North Dakota
- Alkali Lake
- Lake Arthur
- Lake Ashtabula
- Lake Darling
- Devil's Lake
- Harker Lake
- Horsehead Lake
- Long Lake
- Rush Lake
- Lake Sakakawea
- Stump Lake
- Sweetwater Lake
- Lake Tschida
- Upper Harker Lake
[edit] Ohio
- Acton Lake
- Brady Lake
- Caesars Creek Lake
- Clarence J. Brown Reservoir
- Cowan Lake
- Indian Lake
- Lake Pippen
- Lake Erie
- William Harsha Lake
[edit] Oklahoma
- Altus Lake
- Arbuckle Lake
- Arcadia Lake
- Birch Lake
- Broken Bow Lake
- Canton Lake
- Copan Lake
- Eufaula Lake
- Fort Gibson Lake
- Fort Supply Lake
- Fort Cobb Lake
- Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
- Heyburn Lake
- Hulah Lake
- Kaw Lake
- Keystone Lake
- Lake Murray
- Lake Texoma
- Lake Thunderbird
- Oologah Lake
- Optima Lake
- Pine Creek Lake
- Sardis Lake
- Skiatook Lake
- Tenkiller Ferry Lake
- Tom Steed Lake
- Waurika Lake
- Wister Lake
[edit] Oregon
- Crater Lake
- Detroit Lake
- Goose Lake (Also extends into California).
- Maidu Lake
- Upper Klamath Lake
[edit] Pennsylvania
- Aylesworth Creek Lake
- Belmont Lake
- Blue Marsh Lake
- Canonsburg Lake
- Conemaugh River Lake
- Cowanesque Lake
- Crooked Creek Lake
- Curwensville Lake
- Dutch Fork Lake
- East Branch Clarion River Lake
- Hunters Lake
- Leaser Lake
- Locust Lake
- Loyalhanna Lake
- Mahoning Creek Lake
- Mauch Chunk Lake
- Memorial Lake
- Lake Muhlenberg
- Opossum Lake
- Prompton Lake
- Raystown Lake
- Shenango River Lake
- Tioga-Hammond Lakes
- Tionesta Lake
- Walker Lake
- Woodcock Creek Lake
- Youghiogheny River Lake (Also extends into Maryland).
[edit] South Carolina
- Lake Hartwell (Extends into Georgia).
- Lake Jocassee
- Lake Keowee
- Lake Marion
- Lake Moultrie
- Lake Murray
- Lake Russell (Extends into Georgia).
- Lake Thurmond (also called Clarks Hill) (Extends into Georgia).
- Lake Tugalo (Extends into Georgia).
[edit] South Dakota
- Big Stone Lake (also extends into Minnesota).
- Lewis and Clark Lake (Also extends into Nebraska).
- Lake Traverse (also extends into Minnesota)
- Sylvan Lake
- Lake Oahe (also extends into North Dakota)
[edit] Tennessee
- Lake Barkley (Also extends into Kentucky).
- Douglas Lake
- Dale Hollow Lake.
- Kentucky Lake (Also extends into Kentucky).
[edit] Texas
- Lake Aquilla
- Lake Arlington
- Bardwall Lake
- Belton Lake
- Benbrook Lake
- Lake Bryan
- Caddo Lake (Also extends into Louisiana)
- Cedar Creek Lake
- Eagle Mountain Lake
- Lake Fork
- Lake Granbury
- Grapevine Lake
- Hubbard Creek Lake
- Jim Chapman Lake
- Joe Pool Lake
- Lake Kickapoo
- Lake Lavon
- Lake Lewisville
- Lake Limestone
- Mountain Creek Lake
- Navarro Mills Lake
- Lake Palo Pinto
- Lake Pat Cleburne
- Possum Kingdom Lake
- Proctor Lake
- Lake Ray Hubbard
- Lake Ray Roberts
- Richland-Chambers Reservoir
- Sabine Lake (Also extends into Louisiana)
- Squaw Creek Reservoir
- Stillhouse Hollow Lake
- Lake Tawakoni
- Lake Texoma
- Town Lake
- Lake Travis
- Lake Waco
- Lake Whitney
- Lake Worth
[edit] Utah
- Bear Lake (Also extends into Idaho).
- Fish Lake
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir (Also extends into Wyoming).
- Great Salt Lake
- Lake Powell (Also extends into Arizona).
- Oowah Lake
- Panguitch Lake
- Utah Lake
- Sevier Lake
[edit] Vermont
- Ball Mountain Lake
- Bomoseen Lake
- Crystal Lake
- Lake Champlain
- North Hartland Lake
- Lake Iroquois (Vermont)
- Lake Memphremagog
- North Springfield Lake
- Silver Lake
- Townshend Lake
- Lake Willoughby
[edit] Virginia
- Abel Reservoir
- Amelia Lake
- Lake Anna
- Beaver Creek Reservoir
- Beaverdam Creek Reservoir
- Beaverdam Swamp Reservoir
- Briery Creek Lake
- Buggs Island Lake
- Burke Lake
- Burnt Mills Reservoir
- Lake Chesdin
- Chickahominy Reservoir
- Claytor Lake
- Lake Conner
- Diascund Reservoir
- Lake Drummond
- Emporia Reservoir
- Lake Fairfax
- Fairy Stone Lake
- Flannagan Reservoir
- Lake Frederick
- Lake Gaston (Also extends into North Carolina).
- Gatewood Reservoir
- Germantown Lake
- Lake Gordon (Virginia)
- Great Creek Watershed Lake
- Harwoods Mill Reservoir
- Holiday Lake
- Hungry Mother Lake
- Lake Kilby
- Laurel Bed Lake
- Lee Hall Reservoir (Newport News City Reservoir)
- Leesville Reservoir
- Lake Manassas
- Martinsville Reservoir
- Lake Maury
- Lake Meade (Virginia)
- Lake Moomaw
- Motts Run Reservoir
- Mountain Lake
- Ni Reservoir
- North Fork Pound Reservoir (Pound Lake)
- Nottoway Lake
- Occoquan Reservoir
- Lake Orange
- Pelham Reservoir
- Philpott Reservoir
- Lake Prince
- Rivanna Reservoir
- Sandy Bottom Park Pond
- Sandy River Reservoir
- Skidmore Reservoir
- Lake Smith
- Smith Mountain Lake
- South Holston Lake
- Swift Creek Lake
- Waller Mill Reservoir
- Western Branch Reservoir
- Lake Whitehurst
[edit] Washington
- Lake Chelan
- Lake Crescent
- Lake Ozette
- Lake Sammamish
- Soap Lake
- Spirit Lake
- Lake Quinault
- Lake Washington
- Lake Whatcom
[edit] West Virginia
- Beech Fork Lake
- Bluestone Lake
- Burnsville Lake
- Cheat Lake
- East Lynn Lake
- Elk Fork Lake
- Hawks Nest Lake
- Jennings Randolph Lake
- North Bend Lake
- Moncove Lake
- Mount Storm Lake
- O'Brien Lake
- Plum Orchard Lake
- R.D. Bailey Lake
- Lake Sherwood
- Sleepy Creek Lake
- Stephens Lake
- Stonecoal Lake
- Stonewall Jackson Lake
- Stony River Reservoir
- Summersville Lake
- Sutton Lake
- Trout Pond
- Tygart Lake
- Upper Mud Lake
- Woodrum Lake
[edit] Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan (also borders on Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan)
- Lake Winnebago
[edit] Wyoming
- Bradley Lake
- Emma Matilda Lake
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir (Also extends into Utah).
- Jackson Lake
- Jenny Lake
- Lake Alice
- Lake Solitude
- Leigh Lake
- Phelps Lake
- String Lake
- Taggart Lake
- Two Ocean Lake
- Yellowstone Lake
[edit] Central America and The Caribbean
[edit] Guatemala
[edit] Honduras
- Represa El Cajón (man-made)
- Yojoa Lake
[edit] Nicaragua
- Apanás Lake
- Lake Nicaragua (Lake Cocibolca)
- Lake Managua
[edit] Panama
- Bayano Lake
- Gatun Lake (man-made)
- Madden Lake (man-made)
[edit] South America
[edit] Lakes with unclear status
- Viedma Lake (undefined border near the Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Chile and Argentina)
[edit] International Lakes in South America
- Lake Titicaca (in Peru and Bolivia)
- General Carrera Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
- O'Higgins Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
- Cochrane Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
- Fagnano Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
- Palena Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
[edit] Argentina
- Alumine Lake
- Amutui Quimei Lake
- Argentino Lake
- Espejo Lake
- Correntoso Lake
- Futalafquen Lake
- Huechulafquen Lake
- Lácar Lake
- Laguna del Diamante
- Laguna Mar Chiquita
- Mascardi Lake
- Nahuelhuapi Lake
- Puelo Lake
- Quillén Lake
- Tromén Lake
[edit] Bolivia
- Laguna de San Luis
- Laguna Rogagua
- Laguna Verde
- Poopó
- Uru Uru Lake
[edit] Brazil
- Guarapiranga
- Lake Paranoá
- Mundaú Lake
- Represa de Sobradinho (man-made)
[edit] Chile
- Main article: List of lakes in Chile
- Budi Lake
- Caburgua Lake
- Calafquén Lake
- Chungará Lake
- Colico Lake
- Conguillio Lake
- Laguna Blanca
- Laguna del Laja
- Laguna San Rafael
- Laguna Verde
- Llanquihue Lake
- Maihue Lake
- Nordenskiöld Lake
- Panguipulli Lake
- Pirihueico Lake
- Presidente Rios Lake
- Puyehue Lake
- Riñihue Lake
- Ranco Lake
- Roosevelt Lake
- Rupanco Lake
- Todos los Santos Lake
- Tranque Puclaro
- Villarrica Lake
- Yelcho Lake
[edit] Suriname
- W.J. van Blommestein Meer Lake
[edit] Venezuela
- Embalse de Guri (man-made)
- Lake Maracaibo (sometimes considered a sea)
- Lake Valencia
[edit] Oceania
[edit] Australia
[edit] New Zealand
[edit] Papua New Guinea
- Szaga Lake
- Chambri Lake
[edit] Former lakes
See also: List of prehistoric lakes
[edit] Fictional lakes
[edit] See also
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