Ancient lakes

largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia

freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world

lake in Africa

Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia

Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia

African Great Lake

Issyk-Kul () or Ysyk-Köl ( ; ) is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan—just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleventh-largest lake in the world by volume, and the second-largest saline lake. It is located at an elevation of , making it the deepest lake whose deepest point is above sea level at . Despite the elevation and low temperatures during winter, it rarely freezes due to its high salinity.

Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake

endorheic lake in South Australia

large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea

freshwater lake in Japan

lake in North Macedonia and Albania

rift lake

lakes in Southeastern Europe

lake in California and Nevada, United States

lake in eastern Kazakhstan

crater lake in Ghana

lake in the Philippines

impact crater in Quebec, Canada

lake that has consistently carried water for more than 1 million years

intermittent lake in California