List of lakes

This list of lakes includes those which are among the largest by area, depth, volume, or have cultural or environmental significance.

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.

Lists by country

Algeria

Chott Ech Chergui

Chott el Hodna

Lake of Fetzara

Lake Akfadou

Lake Menghough

Sebkha el Melah

Angol a

Dilolo ake

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Benin

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Botswana

Burkina Faso

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Cameroon

A view of Lake Awing located in the North West Region of Cameroon
Lake Awing
Lake Bambili, Cameroon
Lake Bambili
Lake Bamendjing
Lake Bankim
Full extent of Lake Barombi, Cameroon
Lake Barombi
Lake Edip
Lake Kendall
Lake Lagdo
Lake Mbakaou
Lake Monoun, Cameroon
Lake Monoun
Lake Manengouba, Cameroon
Muanenguba Lakes (Twin Lakes)
Lake Nyos
Lake Oku, Cameroon
Lake Oku
Lake Wum

Cape Verde

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Central African Republic

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Chad

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Comoros

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Republic of the Congo

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Djibouti

Lake Assal

Egypt

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Equatorial Guinea

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Eritrea

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Eswatini

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Ethiopia

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Gabon

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The Gambia

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Ghana

Guinea

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Guinea-Bissau

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Ivory Coast

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Kenya

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Lesotho

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Liberia

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Libya

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Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

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Mauritania

Lac de Mâl

Mauritius

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Morocco

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Mozambique

Cabora Bassa Lake

Namibia

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Niger

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Nigeria

Kainji Lake
Oguta Lake
Asejire Lake

Rwanda

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São Tomé and Príncipe

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Senegal

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Seychelles

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Sierra Leone

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Somalia

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South Africa

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South Sudan

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Sudan

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

Tanzania

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Togo

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Tunisia

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Uganda

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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Antarctica

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

Asia

International lakes of Asia

Pangong Tso

Lake Baikal – Lake Baikal is located in Siberia in southeastern Russia, just north of Mongolia. Considered the oldest surviving freshwater lake on the planet, it is also the deepest body of water in Asia at 5,315 feet (1,620 m), and the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 20% of the planet's fresh water. An elongated lake, it has a maximum width of 60 miles (97 km) with an approximate length of 389 miles (626 km), and is fed by more than 300 rivers and streams.^[2]
Caspian Sea – Situated between Asia and Europe and fed by the Volga and Ural Rivers in the north, the Caspian Sea is nevertheless somewhat salty in its central and south portions. The surface area measures 371,000 square kilometres (143,000 sq mi), with a maximum depth of 1,025 metres (3,363 ft).^[2]

Aral Sea – Also in far-western Asia, just east of the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea straddles the boundary between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The Aral Sea is shrinking due to evaporation and diversion for irrigation (among other factors) and what remains (only 10% of its former size)^[3] is now almost totally polluted by fertilizer runoff, Soviet weapon testing residue and industrial projects,^[2] leading to it being called "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters".^[4]
- North Aral Sea
- South Aral Sea

Dead Sea – Located on the border of Israel and Jordan.

Lake Khanka

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Afghanistan

Gowd-e-Zereh

Armenia

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Azerbaijan

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Bahrain

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Bangladesh

Kaptai Lake

Bhutan

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Brunei

Cypt

Cambodia

Tonlé Sap

China

Cyprus

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East Timor

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Georgia (country)|Georgia

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India

Indonesia

Lake Toba

Iran

Iraq

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

Israel

Japan

Lake Mashū

Jordan

Dead Sea

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Kazakhstan

North Korea

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South Korea

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Kuwait

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Kyrgyzstan

Ala Köl
Besh-Tash Lake
Chatyr-Kul
Issyk-Kul
Jashyl Köl
Juukuchak Lake
Kapka Tash Lake
Kara-Suu Lake
Köl-Suu
Költör Lake
Kölükök
Kulun Lake
Kylaköl
Ökürgön Lake
Lake Sary-Chelek
Merzbacher Lake
Saryköl
Song Köl Lake

Laos

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Lebanon

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Malaysia

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Maldives

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Mongolia

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Myanmar

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Nepal

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

Oman

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Pakistan

Philippines

Qatar

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Russia

Lake Baikal

Saudi Arabia

Al-Asfar Lake
Sabkhat Matti
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Singapore

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Sri Lanka

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Syria

Lake Assad
Lake Qattinah
Lake Al-Rastan
Lake Muzairib
Zarzar Lake
Lake Ballouran

Tajikistan

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Thailand

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Turkey

Lake Van

Turkmenistan

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United Arab Emirates| United Arab Emirates - UAE

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Uzbekistan

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Vietnam

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Yemen

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State of Palestine|Palestine

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Taiwan

Europe

International lakes of 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; Liqeni i Ohrit)
Lake Peipsi-Pihkva (Estonia, Russia)
Lake Great Prespa (Albania, North Macedonia, Greece)
Lake Small Prespa (Albania, Greece)
Lake Skadar (Montenegro, Albania; Liqeni i Shkodrës)
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).

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Albania

Lake Ohrid

Andorra

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Armenia

Austria

Ahornsee

Azerbaijan

Belarus

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Belgium

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bulgaria

Croatia

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Cyprus

Czech Republic

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Denmark

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Estonia

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Finland

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France

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Georgia

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Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

Iceland

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Ireland

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Italy

Lake Garda

Kazakhstan

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Latvia

Liechtenstein

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Lithuania

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Luxembourg

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Malta

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Moldova

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Monaco

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Montenegro

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Netherlands

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North Macedonia

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Norway

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Poland

Portugal

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Romania

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Russia

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San Marino

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Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Lake Cerknica

Spain

Sweden

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Turkey

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Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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North and Central America

International lakes of 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 (US)
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, US, and Ontario, Canada
Granite Bay
Gneiss Lake
Maraboeuf Lake
Saganaga Lake
Swamp Lake
Ottertrack Lake
Knife Lake
Carp Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada
Birch Lake in Minnesota, US, and Ontario, Canada
Sucker Lake
Basswood Lake
Wednesday Bay
Thursday Bay
Crooked Lake in Minnesota, US, 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, US; Manitoba and Ontario in Canada
Wilfred's Lake
Susie Lake
Osthus Lake
South Messier Lake
Hartley Lake
Boundary Lake in North Dakota, US; Manitoba, Canada
Cavalier Lake
Ross Lake in North Dakota, US, and Manitoba, Canada
Lake Metigoshe
Bone Lake
Line Lake
Brush Lake in North Dakota, US, and Saskatchewan, Canada
Salt Lake in northeastern Montana, US; known as Alkali Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada
Upper Waterton Lake in Alberta, Canada; and Montana, US
Cameron Lake in Alberta, Canada; and Montana, US
Frozen Lake
Lake Koocanusa
Alden Lake
Osoyoos Lake
Ross Lake in Washington, US, and British Columbia, Canada

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Belize

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Canada

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Dominica

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Dominican Republic

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El Salvador

Grenada

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Guatemala

Lake Atitlan

Haiti

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Honduras

Lake Yojoa

Jamaica

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Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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United States

Oceania

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Fiji

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Kiribati

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Marshall Islands

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Nauru

Buada Lagoon

New Zealand

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Palau

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Papua New Guinea

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Samoa

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Tonga

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Tuvalu

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Vanuatu

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Wallis and Futuna

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South America

International lakes of 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)

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Argentina

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Bolivia

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Ecuador

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Guyana

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Paraguay

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Peru

Suriname

Brokopondo Reservoir

Uruguay

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Venezuela

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

Former lakes

Extraterrestrial lakes

Titan

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References

^ See map in Aldhous, Peter (August 23, 2014). "First samples of Antarctic lake reveal thriving life". New Scientist: 12. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(14)61609-2. Archived from the original on August 23, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lakes of Asia, Landforms of Asia – Worldatlas.com". WorldAtlas. Reunion Technology Inc. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
^ Micklin, Philip; Aladin, Nikolay V. (April 2008). "Reclaiming the Aral Sea". Scientific American. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
^ "Aral Sea 'one of the planet's worst environmental disasters'". The Daily Telegraph. London. April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
^ "The Highest Lake in the World". highestlake.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.

This article includes a geography-related list of lists.

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

v t e List of lakes of Oceania
Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue
Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Clipperton Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

v t e List of lakes of South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands