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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 .[1]
Asia International lakes of Asia 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] 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[5] 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 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 ).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
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 USLake St Clair in Ontario , Canada; and Michigan in the USLake Huron in Ontario in Canada and Michigan in the USMunuscong Lake Lake George Lake Superior in Ontario , Canada; and Michigan , Minnesota , and Wisconsin in the USSouth 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, CanadaSunday 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 , CanadaCavalier 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 , CanadaUpper Waterton Lake in Alberta , Canada; and Montana , USCameron Lake in Alberta , Canada; and Montana , USFrozen Lake Lake Koocanusa Alden Lake Osoyoos Lake Ross Lake in Washington, US, and British Columbia, CanadaLists 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 Titan See also
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Sovereign states Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands