List of lakes by country

This list of lakes by country.

Africa

Great Lakes of Africa

Lake Albert
Lake Chad
Lake Edward
Lake Fianga
Lake Kariba
Lake Kivu
Lake Tana
Lake Mweru
Lake Nasser
Lake Nyasa
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Turkana
Lake Victoria shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Lists by country

Algeria

Chott Ech Chergui
Chott el Hodna
Lake of Fetzara
Lake Akfadou
Réghaïa lake
Sebkha el Melah

Angola

Bezi-Bezi
Calundo
Cambala
Carumbo
Catete
Chandumba
Chavuma Complex
Chiboco
Chibondo
Chicapa
Chiuoso
Cuango
Dilolo Lake
Embundo Complex
Macanda
Machive
Magiuas
Malanje
Mangue
Maninga Complex
Muchova
Muongo
Nangage
Nuntechite
Sapua
Uambafuca

Benin

Lake Ahémé
Lake Aziri
Lake Nokoué
Lake Porto Novo
Lake Sele
Lake Toho
Togbadji Lagoon

Botswana

Cameroon

Lake Awing
Lake Bambili
Lake Bamendjing
Lake Bankim
Lake Barombi
Lake Edip
Lake Kendall
Lake Lagdo
Lake Mbakaou
Lake Monoun
Muanenguba Lakes
Lake Nyos
Lake Oku
Lake Wum

Chad

Djibouti

Lake Assal

Ghana

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritania

Lac de Mâl

Mozambique

Cabora Bassa Lake

Nigeria

Kainji Lake
Oguta Lake
Asejire Lake

South Sudan

Sudan

Roseires Reservoir
Lake No
Lake Nubia

Togo

Lake Togo

Antarctica

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

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, and the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 20% of the planet's fresh water. An elongated lake, it has a maximum width of with an approximate length of, and is fed by more than 300 rivers and streams.
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, with a maximum depth of.
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 and what remains is now almost totally polluted by fertilizer runoff, Soviet weapon testing residue and industrial projects, leading to it being called "one of the planet's worst environmental disasters".
* 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

Bangladesh

Kaptai Lake

Brunei

Cypt

Cambodia

Tonlé Sap

China

India

Indonesia

Lake Toba

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Lake Mashū

Jordan

Dead Sea

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Nepal

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

Pakistan

Philippines

Russia

Lake Baikal

Saudi Arabia

Syria

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

Turkey

Lake Van

State of Palestine|Palestine

Taiwan

Europe

International lakes of Europe

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Albania

Lake Ohrid

Armenia

Austria

Ahornsee

Azerbaijan

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Lake Garda

Latvia

Netherlands

Poland

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Lake Cerknica

Spain

Sweden

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
East Grand Lake
North Lake, partly in North Lake Parish, New Brunswick
Glazier Lake
Beau Lake
Lac de l'Est
Little St. John Lake
Lac Wallace
Line Pond
Lake Memphremagog a 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, 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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Canada

El Salvador

Guatemala

Lake Atitlan

Honduras

Lake Yojoa

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

United States

Oceania

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Nauru

Buada Lagoon

Vanuatu

South America

International lakes of South America

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Guyana

Capoey Lake
Mainstay Lake
Tapakuma Lake
Hot and Cold Lake
Lukunanikabra Lake
Lamparina Lake
Lukunanikabra Lake
Kara Kara Blue Lake

Peru

Suriname

Brokopondo Reservoir

Venezuela