25 Lists of lakes by country

The Rivers and lakes in Armenia are mainly powered by fresh water. Throughout history Armenia has been called Nairi by the Assyrians meaning the "Land of the lakes and rivers". Armenia is home to many rivers and lakes.

The following is a list of natural lakes of Austria with a surface area of more than 0.5 square kilometres (0.19 sq mi) in alphabetical order.

This is a list of lakes of Azerbaijan.

The lakes of Bhutan comprise its glacial lakes and its natural mountain lakes. Bhutanese territory contains some 2,674 high altitude glacial lakes and subsidiary lakes, out of which 25 pose a risk of GLOFs. There are also more than 59 natural non-glacial lakes in Bhutan, covering about 4,250 hectares (16.4 sq mi). Most are located above an altitude of 3,500 metres (11,500 ft), and most have no permanent human settlements nearby, though many are used for grazing yaks and may have scattered temporary settlements.

This is a list of lakes of China.

This is a list of lakes in Croatia. The table lists some lakes with an area of 0.2 km2 or bigger, sorted by size.

The most important lakes in the Faroe Islands are Leitisvatn on Vágar, Fjallavatn also on Vágar, Sandsvatn on Sandoy, Lake Eiði on Eysturoy and Lake Toftir on Eysturoy. There are many other smaller lakes across the whole country, most of them used for leisure fishing. Some of the lakes are also used for electricity production, and especially Lake Eiði near Eiði and the water systems around Vestmanna are important in this context. Also in Strond on Borðoy and at Botnur in Suðuroy there are important power-plants.

There are some 187,888 lakes in Finland larger than 500 square metres (5,400 sq ft). About 57,000 of them have an area larger than 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft). They are listed here along with some smaller noteworthy lakes.

The following is the list of lakes in Georgia, the country in the Caucasus. The Georgian word for "lake" is tba.

This is a list of the notable lakes of Indonesia. Indonesia has 521 natural lakes and over 100 reservoirs, covering approximately 21,000 km². The total volume of water held is approximately 500 km³. The largest lake, by both area and volume, is Lake Toba in Sumatra. It holds 240 km³ of freshwater, and is the largest lake body in Southeast Asia.

The following notable lakes are completely or partially within the borders of the nation of Israel:Sea of Galilee Hula Valley Dead Sea* Rishon LeZion lake Dalton lake Qaraoun lake Zohar lake Agam lake Ayanot lake Darom lake Yesodot lake Netser Hazani lake Mahoz marsh

There are about 6,000 lakes in Lithuania, covering 950 km², or 1.5% of the territory of Lithuania. The lakes are not evenly distributed; most are situated in the Baltic Highlands, which begin near the border with Poland on the southeast and extend northward along the border with Belarus to Latvia.

The following is a list of lakes of Montenegro.Lake Bileća - Only partly in Montenegro, with most of the lake in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lake Biograd Black Lake - Glacial lake near Žabljak on Durmitor. Lake Grahovo Lake Hrid - at Prokletije National park Lake Kapetan - Glacial lake, 20 km east of Nikšić. Lake Krupac - Artificial lake near Nikšić. Lake Liverovići - Artificial lake near Nikšić. Lake Manito - Glacial lake, 20 km east of Nikšić, near Lake Kapetan and smaller of two. Lake Pešići, on Bjelasica Lake Piva - Biggest artificial lake in Montenegro. Lake Plav - Glacial lake, near Plav, between Prokletije and Visitor. Lake Rikavac, on Žijovo mountain (Kuči) Lake Rujište - in Biševo, Rožaje. Lake Skadar - 2/3 in Montenegro, rest of it in Albania. Lake Slano - Artificial lake near Nikšić. Lake Sušica, on Durmitor mountain Lake Šas Lake Šiš, on Bjelasica mountain Lake Trnovac Lake Visitor Lake Vrag - Glacial lake near Žabljak. Lake Zminica - Glacial lake near Žabljak. Lake Zogaj - Crastic lake near Ulcinj.

This is a list of lakes in New Zealand.

This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in Norway, sorted by county.

This is a list of lakes in Papua New Guinea. There are about 5383 freshwater lakes in the country. The majority of lakes measure less than 0.1 km2 (0.039 sq mi) but the biggest one is 647 km2 (250 sq mi) in size.

The following is a list of lakes in Peru. Many of the names have the ending -cocha, from Quechua qucha: lake.

The origin of most of the lakes in the Philippines is closely related to volcanic and tectonic activity. A number of smaller lakes occupy the craters of extinct volcanoes. Some lake basins are developed by subsidence due to tectonic or volcanic activity. Others owe their existence to obstruction of drainage courses by landslides, lava flows and by fragmental volcanic ejecta.

List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order:Baikal (Байкал) Beloye, Ryazan Oblast (Белое) Beloye, Vologda Oblast (Белое) Brosno (Бросно) Bustakh (Бустах) Caspian Sea Chany (Чаны) Chukchagirskoye (Чукчагирское) Lake Dynda (Дында) Ekityki (Экитыки) Elgygytgyn (Эльгыгы́тгын) Lake Emanda (Эмандьа) Ilirney (Илирней) Ilmen (Ильмень) Imandra (Имандра) Jack London Keta (Keta) Kezanoi (Кезеной-Ам) Khanka (Ханка) Khantayskoye (Хантайское) Kizi (Кизи) Koolen (Коолень) Krasnoye, Leningrad Oblast (Красное) Krasnoye, Chukotka (Красное) Kronotskoye (Кроноцкое) Kubenskoye (Кубенское) Kulundinskoye (Кулундинское) Labaz (Лабаз) Ladoga (Ладожское) Lama (Лама) Lovozero (Ловозеро) Nero (Неро) Onega (Онежское) Orel (Орель) Oron (Орон) Ozhogino (Ожогино) Pleshcheyevo (Плещеево) Peipus (Чудско-Псковское) Pekulney Segozero (Сегозеро) Seliger (Селигер) Suturuokha (Сутуруоха) Svetloyar (Светлояр) Syamozero (Сямозеро) Taimyr (Таймыр) Teletskoye (Телецкое) Topozero (Топозеро) Tytyl (Тытыль) Ubinskoye (Убинское) Uvs Nuur Valdayskoye (Валдайское) Vistytis Vivi (Ви́ви) Yessey (Ессей)

This is a list of lakes in Slovenia. In Slovenia, there are 321 bodies of water classified as lakes, which includes intermittent lakes and artificial reservoirs. Most of the lakes in the country have glacial origin and many are intermittent because of the Karst surface. The largest glacial lakes are Lake Bled and Lake Bohinj, and the largest intermittent lake is Lake Cerknica. The deepest lake is the Wild Lake, reaching a depth of over 160 metres (520 ft), followed by Lake Družmir with the maximum depth of 87 metres (285 ft).

This page contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland. The table includes all still water bodies, natural or artificial, that have a surface area of at least 0.30 square kilometres (0.12 sq mi), regardless of water volume, maximum depth or other merit. These lakes are ranked by area, the table including also the elevation above sea level and maximum depth. They are either natural, natural but used as reservoirs (NR) or fully artificial (A). For a list of artificial lakes only, see List of dams and reservoirs in Switzerland. For a list of lakes above 800 metres that includes smaller water bodies, see List of mountain lakes of Switzerland.

This is a list of high-altitude lakes in Switzerland. It includes all significant lakes, natural or artificial, with an area over 4 hectares and a height over 800 metres above sea level. This height approximately corresponds to the transition between the foothill zone and the montane zone, in the Alps and in the Jura Mountains. Lakes can be found up to elevations of almost 3000 metres, where is the climatic snow line in the Alps. For each lake, the culminating point of the drainage basin is indicated, along with the river basin of which it is part.

Taiwan's largest natural lake is Sun Moon Lake. Its largest artificial body of water is in the Zengwen Dam. The majority of Taiwan's lakes have multiple functions such as irrigation, electricity generation, water supply and tourist attractions. The volume area of natural lakes tend not to be big.

Tanzania lies in the African Great Lakes region and boasts over 61,500 km2 (23,700 sq mi) of surface area that is covered by lakes. This makes up 6% of the national surface area and 88% of this area is covered by the three major lakes. Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika are part of the two great lakes in that nation, with Lake Victoria being the largest freshwater lake in Africa and Lake Tanganyika being the second-deepest lake in the world.

This is a list of lakes in Uzbekistan:Aral Sea Aydar Lake Lake Charvak Sarygamysh Lake Tuzkan Lake Akchakol Lake Arnasay Lakes Ayazkala Lake Batakol Lake Karateren Lake Tudakul Lake Zhyltyrbas Lake