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List of lakes by country

List of lakes by country is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of lakes by country rather than just read about it. In short: This list of lakes by country. 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.

List of lakes by country — main illustration
List of lakes by country — illustration

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Reference excerpt

This list of lakes by country.

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 Réghaïa lake Sebkha el Melah

Angola

Bezi-Bezi Calundo (Cameia) 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

Makadikadi Basin Lake Ngami

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

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

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Lake Chad

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

Lake Assal

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

The Gambia

Ghana

Lake Volta Lake Bosomtwe

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Lake Alaotra Lake Bedo Lake Itasy Lake Ihotry Lake Kinkony Lake Tritriva Lake Tsimanampetsotsa Lakes Manambolomaty

Malawi

Lake Chilwa Lake Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Lac de Mâl

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Cabora Bassa Lake

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Kainji Lake Oguta Lake Asejire Lake

Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

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

Tanzania

Togo Lake Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Basalt Lake Lake Brownworth Don Juan Pond Parochlus Lake Penny Lake Lake Pewe Lake Vanda Lake Vida Lake Vostok Lake Whillans

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. 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). 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) 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

Lists by country

Afghanistan

Gowd-e-Zereh

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Kaptai Lake

Bhutan

Brunei

Cypt

Cambodia

Tonlé Sap

China

Dongting Lake Poyang Lake Qinghai Lake Lake Tai

Cyprus

East Timor

Georgia

India

Avalanche Lake Dal Lake Emerald Lake Chandra Taal Nainital Lake Sheshnag Lake Suraj Tal Tso Moriri Tsongmo Lake Chaluk lake Chilka Lake Shanti Sagara

Indonesia

Lake Toba

Iran

Caspian Sea Lake Urmia Gavkhouni Hamun Lake Namak Lake Bakhtegan Lake Maharloo Lake Zarivar Lake

Iraq

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

Israel

Dead Sea Sea of Galilee

Japan

Lake Mashū

Jordan Dead Sea

Kazakhstan

Lake Alakol Lake Balkhash Chagan Lake Kaindy Lake Lake Sasykkol Lake Tengiz Lake Zaysan

North Korea

South Korea

Kuwait

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

Lebanon

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

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

Oman

Pakistan

Attabad Lake Ansoo Lake Banjosa Lake Dudipatsar Lake Hanna Lake Karambar Lake Kundol Lake Lulusar Lake Mahodand Lake Payee Lake Pyala Lake Shangrila Lake

Philippines

Laguna de Bay Lake Lanao

Qatar

Russia

Lake Baikal

Saudi Arabia

Al-Asfar Lake Modon Lake Lake Dumat al-Jandal

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

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

Tajikistan

Thailand

Turkey

Lake Van

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Yemen

State of Palestine|Palestine

Dead Sea Sea of Galilee

Taiwan

Bitan Lake Changpi Lake Chengcing Lake Chiaming Lake Cueifong Lake Gugang Lake Jinshi Lake Lantan Lake Liyu Lake Longtan Lake Meihua Lake Milk Lake Sun Moon Lake Zhongzheng Lake

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

Lake Ohrid

Andorra

Armenia

Lake Sevan Lake Lessing

Austria

Ahornsee

Azerbaijan

Lake Sarysu Lake Ağgöl

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Lake Atanasovsko Banderishki Lakes Batak Reservoir Lake Burgas Dospat Reservoir Lake Durankulak Iskar Reservoir Lake Mandrensko Lake Pomorie Lake Varna Seven Rila Lakes Lake Srebarna

Croatia

Cyprus

Larnaca Salt Lake Limassol Salt Lake

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Lake Balaton Lake Tisza Lake Velencei Lake Hévíz Lake Vadkert

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Lake Garda

Kazakhstan

Latvia

Lake Lubāns Lake Rāzna Lake Engure

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Illustrations

List of lakes by country: Lake Bambili, Cameroon
Lake Bambili, Cameroon
List of lakes by country: Full extent of Lake Barombi, Cameroon
Full extent of Lake Barombi, Cameroon
List of lakes by country: Lake Monoun, Cameroon
Lake Monoun, Cameroon
List of lakes by country: Lake Manengouba, Cameroon
Lake Manengouba, Cameroon
List of lakes by country: Lake Oku, Cameroon
Lake Oku, Cameroon

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of lakes by country

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of lakes by country claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of lakes by country before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of lakes by country ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of lakes by country

In research
List of lakes by country appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry
Engineering practice reuses List of lakes by country in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom
List of lakes by country is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Lists of bodies of water, Lists of geography lists, Lists of lakes, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for List of lakes by country outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.
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What is List of lakes by country in simple terms?

This list of lakes by country. 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 shar…

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