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Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
Issyk-Kul
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.
Lake Tana
lake in Ethiopia
Lake Sevan
lake in Armenia
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
Königssee
The Königssee () is a natural lake in the southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park.
Lake Ritsa
lake in Georgia
Lake Wörther
Wörthersee (; Slovene: Vrbsko jezero, ) is a lake in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia. The bathing lake is a main tourist destination in summer.
Moraine Lake
lake in Alberta, Canada
Millstätter See
lake in Carinthia, Austria
Lake Kari
lake in Armenia
Song Kol Lake
Song-Köl ( ; ) is an alpine lake in northern Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan. It lies at an altitude of 3016 m, and has an area of about 270 km2 and volume of 2.64 km3. The lake's maximum length is 29 km, breadth about 18 km at its widest, and the deepest point is 13.2 m. It is the second largest lake in Kyrgyzstan after Issyk-Kul, and the largest fresh water lake in the country. alt=Horse grazing on the shores of Lake Song Kul, in the Naryn region, Kyrgyzstan|thumb|Horse grazing on the shores of Lake Song Kul, in the Naryn region, Kyrgyzstan
Wolfgangsee
lake in the Salzkammergut in Upper Austria and Salzburg
Weissensee
lake in Carinthia, Austria
Lake Arpi
lake in Shirak Province of Armenia
Chatyr-Kul
Chatyr-Köl ( ; ), also Chatyr-Kul (), is an endorheic alpine lake in the Tian Shan mountains in At-Bashy District of Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan; it lies in the lower part of Chatyr-Köl Depression near the Torugart Pass border crossing into China.
Lake Ossiach
lake in Austria
Černé jezero
lake in Železná Ruda, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic
Faaker See
lake in Carinthia
Fucine Lake
former Italian lake
Abrau
lake in Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Lake Sev
lake in Armenia and Azerbaijan
Titisee
The Titisee () is a lake in the southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg. It covers an area of and is an average of deep. It owes its formation to the Feldberg glacier, the moraines of which were formed in the Pleistocene epoch and nowadays form the shores of the lake. The lake's outflow, at above sea level, is the River Gutach, which merges with the Haslach stream below Kappel to form the Wutach. The waters of the Titisee thus drain eventually into the Upper Rhine between Tiengen and Waldshut. On the north shore lies the spa town of the same name, today a part of the municipality of Titisee
Lake Sary-Chelek
lake in Kyrgyzstan
Bow Lake
lake in Alberta, Canada
Lake Hayq
lake in north-central Ethiopia
Lünersee
thumb Lüner Lake (German Lünersee) is a large lake near the town of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.
Lake Amtkeli
lake in Upper Abkhazia north-western Georgia
Obersee
lake near Schönau am Königssee, Germany
Lake Merzbacher
lake in Kyrgyzstan
Drakolimni
thumb|350px|Panoramic image of Drakolimni of Tymfi, with Ploskos peak (center) and Astraka peak (right) thumb Drakolimni (, "Dragon Lake") is the name of several alpine or sub-alpine lakes in northwestern Greece Epirus region: the ones in mountain Tymfi and Smolikas are the most widely known. According to local folktales the lakes used to be inhabited by dragons who fought each other by throwing pines and rocks and thus created the peculiar landscape and gave their names to the lakes.
Kulun Lake
lake in Kyrgyzstan
Riessersee
Riessersee is a German lake located in southwest Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The lake itself hosted the speed skating events and 10 of the 37 ice hockey games for the 1936 Winter Olympics. Adjacent to the lake, the bobsleigh events took place.
Šatorsko Lake
lake
Köl-Suu
Köl-Suu (, also Көлсуу) is an alpine lake in At-Bashy District of Naryn Region of southeastern Kyrgyzstan. It is located at 3514 m elevation in the Kakshaal Too mountain range, central Tian Shan. It is fed and drained by the river Kurumduk, a left tributary of the , which is a right tributary of the Kakshaal. It is 5 km long, and its area is .
Lake Kizaki
lake in Japan
Kara-Suu Lake
lake in Kyrgyzstan
Bateti Lake
lake in Georgia
Lake Venado
body of water in the Philippines
Aguelmame Sidi Ali lake
lake in Morocco
Lake Karla
lake in Thessaly, Greece
Lulusar Lake
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Lake Smaller Ritsa
lake in Georgia
Lake Balinsasayao
lake in the Philippines
Mirror Lake
mountain lake in Oregon
Lake Apo
lake in the Philippines
Ross Lake
reservoir in Washington state, United States of America and British Columbia, Canada
Ifni Lake
lake in Morocco
Lake Ardibbo
lake in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Leopoldsteinersee
The Leopoldsteinersee is a mountain lake in Styria, in the east of Austria, about northwest of the city of Eisenerz. The lake is named after the nearby Leopoldstein Castle.
Capilano Lake
lake in British Columbia, Canada
Besh-Tash Lake
rock-dammed lake in Talas Province of Kyrgyzstan
Kapka Tash Lake
body of water
Hidden Lake
lake in Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Canada
Lake Lessing
lake in Aragatsotn Region, Armenia
Lac des Joncs
body of water