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

Lists by country

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso 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

Antarctica

There are hundreds of lakes deep below the ice of Antarctica.

Asia

International lakes of Asia

Lists by country

Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain


Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia Tonlé Sap Lake, Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor


Georgia (country)|Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait


Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives


Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman


Pakistan Lake Saiful Muluk, Kaghan Valley, Pakistan Rush Lake (Pakistan), the highest lake in Pakistan and 27th-highest in the world Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates| United Arab Emirates - UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen


State of Palestine|Palestine Taiwan Chiaming Lake in Taitung County, Taiwan

Europe

International lakes of Europe

Lists by country

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

North and Central America

International lakes of North America

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

Lists by country

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 The Great Lakes on June 23, 2022, from the International Space Station

Oceania

Lists by country

Australia Federated States of Micronesia


Fiji


Kiribati


Marshall Islands


Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa


Solomon Islands


Tonga Tuvalu


Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna

South America

International lakes of South America

Lists by country

Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname


Uruguay Venezuela

Former lakes

Extraterrestrial lakes

Titan

See also

References

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