This list of major or noteworthy
lakes is
sorted alphabetically by
continent. Once a
main article exists for a country, that link will replace the list
here for reasons of order and article organization.
For rank-order lists, see
List of
lakes by area,
List of lakes
by depth,
List of lakes by
volume.
Africa
International Lakes in Africa
See
also: Great Lakes
of Africa
, Rift Valley
lakes
Antarctica
Asia
International Lakes in Asia
Europe
See also: List of
largest lakes of Europe
International Lakes in Europe
- Lake Constance
(Austria
, Germany
, Switzerland
; Bodensee)
- Dojran Lake
(Republic of Macedonia
and Greece
)
- Lake Geneva
(France
, Switzerland; Lac Léman or Lac de Genève)
- Lake Lugano
(Switzerland, Italy
)
- Lake Maggiore
(Switzerland, Italy; Lago
Maggiore)
- Lake Neusiedl
(Neusiedler See)/Fertő (Austria, Hungary
)
- Lake Ohrid
(Albania
, Republic of Macedonia)
- Lake Peipsi-Pihkva
(Estonia
, Russia
)
- Lake Great Prespa
(Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Greece)
- Lake Small Prespa (Albania, Greece)
- Lake Skadar
(Montenegro
, Albania)
- 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).
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 Memphremagog
a 40-mile long glacial lake that extends from
Vermont into Canada
- 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
- Waterton Lake
in Alberta
, Canada; Montana
, USA
See
also: North
American Great Lakes
Central America and The Caribbean
South America
Lakes with unclear status
International Lakes in South America
Oceania
Former lakes
See also: List of
prehistoric lakes
Fictional lakes
See also
(Mobuto-Sese-Seko)
(Lake
Nubia
in Sudan
)
(Lake
Malawi
)
shared between Kenya
, Uganda and Tanzania.
(Zaire)
(Lake Leopold II)
(Lake Rudolf or Rudolph)
(Bahr al Milh)
(Buhayrat ath Tharthar)
and South
Korea
(Lake Cocibolca)
(undefined border near the Southern
Patagonian Ice Field
between Chile
and Argentina
)
(in Peru
and
Bolivia
)
(in Chile
(in Chile and Argentina)
(in Chile and Argentina)
(in Chile and Argentina)
(in Chile and Argentina)
(sometimes considered a sea)
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