A lake is a body of water surrounded entirely by land. For the purposes of this schema, any such body, regardless of size, should be considered a lake. This includes ponds, but excludes such bodies as marshes, bogs, fens, etc.
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| x Lake Superior |
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4,385 km | 180 m | 257 km |
Lake Superior (French: Lac Supérieur) is the largest of the five traditionally-demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S....
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| x Atlin Lake |
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Atlin Lake is a lake in northwestern British Columbia and is that province's largest natural lake. The northern tip of the lake is in the Yukon, as is Little Atlin Lake. However, most of the lake lies within the Atlin District of British Columbia....
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| x Lake Michigan |
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2,633 km | 176 m | 190 km |
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. The other four Great Lakes are shared by the US and Canada. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third...
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| x Lake Ontario |
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1,146 km | 74 m | 85 km |
Lake Ontario (French: Lac Ontario) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous...
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| x Convict Lake | 2,393 m | 0.6 km |
Convict Lake is a lake in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada in California, USA. It is known for its fishing and the dramatic mountains (including Mount Morrison) that surround the lake. Its surface lies at an elevation of 7,850 ft (2,393 m)....
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| x Lake Waihola |
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Lake Waihola is a tidal freshwater lake located 15 km north of Milton in Otago, in New Zealand's South Island. Its area is some 9 square kilometres, with a maximum length of 6 kilometres.
It is the larger of a pair of existing lakes - the other...
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| x Lake Bicaz |
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The Lake Izvorul Muntelui, also known as Lake Bicaz, is the largest artificial lake on the interior waters of Romania; it was created after the completion of a dam built on the Bistriţa River. The dam is located a few kilometers north of the town of...
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| x Lake Buchanan |
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310 m |
Lake Buchanan was formed by the construction of Buchanan Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority to provide a water supply for the region and to provide hydroelectric power. Buchanan Dam, a structure over 2 mi (3.2 km) in length, was completed in...
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| x Lac de Paladru |
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1,528.8768 km |
Lake Paladru (Lac de Paladru) is a small lake located in the Isère département, near Charavines, in France.
The lake was formed by the glacier of the Rhône. It is 6 km long and 1.2 km wide when full. Maximum depth: 33m.
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| x Belton Lake |
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181 m |
Belton Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Leon River in the Brazos River basin, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Belton, Texas, USA. The lake extends into both Bell County and Coryell County. Belton Dam and the lake are both managed...
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| x Granvinsvatnet | 10.97 km | 24 m |
Granvinsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Granvin in Hordaland county, Norway.
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| x Feragen | 37.63 km | 654 m | 3 km |
Feragen is a lake in the municipality of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the municipal center of Røros. The lake flows out into the lake Håsjøen and the Håelva river. There is a canal...
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| x Lake Balaton |
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236 km | 104.8 m | 14 km |
Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of its foremost tourist destinations. As Hungary is landlocked (its coastline was severed after World War I), Lake Balaton is...
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| x Finnvollvatnet | 18.92 km | 179 m | 1.4 km |
Finnvollvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Namdalseid in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 2.97-square-kilometre (1.15 sq mi) lake lies in the western part of the municipality, southwest of Sverkmoen, and only about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from...
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| x Andorsjøen | 20.97 km | 364 m | 2 km |
Andorsjøen (Southern Sami: Aantesjaevrie) is a lake in the municipality of Snåsa in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park borders the 4.25-square-kilometre (1.64 sq mi) lake to the south and east. The lake Store...
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| x Blöndulón |
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At 57 km², Blöndulón is one of Iceland's largest lakes. It was created in 1984-1991 as a reservoir for the Blönduvirkjun power plant, and has a greatest depth of 39 m. It is situated near Kjölur highland road in the Highlands of Iceland. The hot...
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| x Fjerdvatnet | 7.23 km | 72 m |
Fjerdvatnet or Kråkmovatnet (Lule Sami: Skilggajávri) is a lake in the municipality of Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. The European route E06 highway runs along the eastern shore of the lake. The lake lies about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast...
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| x Lough Corrib |
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Lough Corrib (pronounced lokh KOR-ib, Irish: Loch Coirib) is a lake in the west of Ireland. The River Corrib or Galway river connects the lake to the sea at Galway. It is the second largest lough in the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh). It...
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| x Hoklingen | 12.74 km | 88 m | 2.2 km |
Hoklingen is a lake in the municipality of Levanger in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 6.1-square-kilometre (2.4 sq mi) lake lies just to the east of the village of Åsen and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Skogn.
The lake Movatnet is the...
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| x Bala Lake |
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1 km |
Bala Lake (Welsh: Llyn Tegid) is a large lake in Gwynedd, Wales. It was the largest natural body of water in Wales prior to the level being raised by Thomas Telford to help support the flow of the Ellesmere Canal. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) long by 1...
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| x Lake Austin |
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150 m |
Lake Austin is a reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas in the United States. The reservoir was formed in 1939 by the construction of Tom Miller Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Lake Austin is one of the seven Highland Lakes...
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| x Zeller See |
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750 m | 1.5 km |
Lake Zell (German: Zeller See; Italian: Lago di Zell) is a small freshwater lake in the Austrian Alps. It takes its name from the city of Zell am See which is located on a small delta protruding into the lake. The lake is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long...
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| x Lake Engure | 32 m | 4.4 km |
Lake Engure is a lake in the western part of Latvia, in the Talsi district. It is the third largest lake in the country after Lake Lubāns and Lake Rāzna.
Lake Engure is an ancient sea lagoon, divided from the sea by a 1.5 - 2.5 km wide sand bar with...
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| x Høvringsvatnet | 20.92 km | 481 m | 2 km |
Høvringsvatnet (or Høvringsvatn) is a lake in the municipality of Evje og Hornnes in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It's located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the village area of Evje and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the village...
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| x Keuka Lake |
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96 km | 213 m | 3 km |
Keuka Lake is an unusual member of the U.S. state of New York's Finger Lakes because it is Y-shaped, instead of long and narrow. Because of its shape, it was referred to in the past as Crooked Lake. Keuka (pronounced: kyoo-kuh, IPA: /ˈkjuːkə/) means...
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| x Formarinsee |
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Formarinesee is a lake in the Austrian Alps. It lies in the Bundesland of Vorarlberg and is the source of the River Lech.
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| x Caspian Sea |
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7,000 km | -28 m | 435 km |
The Caspian Sea (Azerbaijani: Xəzər dənizi, Persian: دریای مازندران /دریای خزر, Russian: Каспийское море, Kazakh: Каспий теңізі, Turkmen: Hazar deňizi) is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's...
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| x Sálganjávri | 11.31 km | 452 m |
Sálganjávri is a lake in the municipality of Kautokeino-Guovdageaidnu in Finnmark county, Norway.
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| x Nakaumi |
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105 km | 0 m | 22.8 km |
Nakaumi (中海) is a brackish lake located between Tottori and Shimane prefectures in Japan. The lake is enclosed by the Shimane Peninsula to the north and Yumigahama Peninsula to the east. It is the fifth largest lake in surface area in Japan.
Nakaumi...
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| x Sefrivatnet | 10.52 km | 301 m | 2.3 km |
Sefrivatnet (Southern Sami: Sohkerde) is a lake that lies in the municipality of Grane in Nordland county, Norway. The 2.36-square-kilometre (0.91 sq mi) lake lies between the lakes Majavatnet and Storsvenningvatnet. The European route E06 highway...
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| x Buckingham Lake |
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Buckingham Lake, commonly referred to as Buckingham Pond or Rafts Pond, is a body of water located in a residential area of Albany, New York. It has a surface area of 5 acres (20,000 m) and a mean depth of three feet. The lake is adjacent to...
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| x Smallwood Reservoir | 471 m |
The Smallwood Reservoir is a large reservoir located in the western part of Labrador in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The reservoir is the source of the Churchill River. Unlike other reservoirs, water is contained not by a...
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| x Lake Diatas |
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1,531 m |
Lake Diatas (Indonesian: Danau Diatas, means: Upper Lake; Minangnese: Danau Diateh) is a lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located at 1°4′37″S 100°45′17″E / 1.07694°S 100.75472°E / -1.07694; 100.75472. This lake together with Lake Dibawah,...
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| x Lesjaskogsvatnet | 611 m |
Lesjaskogsvatnet (literally the Lesja woods lake) is a lake which serves as the headwaters for Gudbrandsdalslågen (literally the Gudbrands valley water course). Gudbrandsdalslågen flows through the Gudbrandsdal valley bottom, ending in lake Mjøsa....
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| x Sigöldulón |
The lake Sigöldulón is a reservoir in Iceland, also known as Krókslón. Situated in the south of the country, not far from Landmannalaugar, it is one of the country's 20 largest lakes at 14 km².
Both the lake and the nearby power station ...
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| x Lake Rotoaira |
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Lake Rotoaira (sometimes written Lake Roto-aira) is a small lake to the south of Lake Taupo on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand. It covers an area of 13 km².
Lake Rotoaira is one of the few privately owned lakes in New Zealand being...
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| x Harker Park Lake | 2,700 m |
Harker Park Lake is located on the northwest face of Burro Mountain in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States. It is 7.6 km (4.7 mi) south of the very small town of Buford, Colorado, and 200 km (120 mi) west of the city of Boulder. The lake is...
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| x Kluane Lake |
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781 m |
Kluane Lake is located in the southwest area of the Yukon. At approximately 400 km (150 sq mi), and 70 km (43 mi) long, it is the largest lake contained entirely within the territorial border.
Kluane Lake is fed by the A'ay Chu, which is composed of...
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| x Lake of Zug |
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417 m | 4.7 km |
Lake Zug (German: Zugersee) is a lake in Central Switzerland, situated between Lucerne and Zurich. The Lorze as the main feeder river empties its waters into the lake at its northern extremity, but 1 km (0.6 mi) further west issues from the lake to...
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| x Fretheimsdalsvatnet |
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16.85 km | 929 m |
Fretheimsdalsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 3.88-square-kilometre (1.50 sq mi) lake is located at an elevation of 929 metres (3,048 ft) above sea level. Fretheimsdalsvatnet is located at the...
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| x Sarsang reservoir |
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The Sarsang reservoir is a large lake located de-jure in Tartar Rayon of Azerbaijan and de-facto in Martakert Province of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, formed by a hydroelectric dam. It is one of Azerbaijan's 61 water reservoirs, however Azerbaijan...
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| x Lake Turkana |
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360.4 m | 32 km |
Lake Turkana ( /tɜrˈkɑːnə/ or /tɜrˈkænə/), formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake....
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| x Makkvatnet | 9.35 km | 117 m | 1.6 km |
Makkvatnet is a lake that lies on the border of the municipalities of Steigen and Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. The 3.02-square-kilometre (1.17 sq mi) lake lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the European route E06 highway in Hamarøy.
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| x Lake Travis |
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434 km | 208 m |
Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States. The reservoir was formed in 1942 by the construction of Mansfield Dam on the western edge of Austin, Texas by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Lake Travis has...
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| x Brady Creek Reservoir | 40 km | 531 m |
Brady Creek Reservoir is a reservoir on Brady Creek in McCulloch County, Texas in the United States. The lake is just west of downtown Brady, Texas. The dam and lake are managed by the City of Brady. The reservoir was officially impounded in 1963....
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| x Chiemsee |
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63.96 km | 518.19 m |
Chiemsee (German pronunciation: [ˈkiːmzeː]) is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, between Rosenheim, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria. It is often called the Bavarian Sea. The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake; the river Alz, out...
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| x Emhjellevatnet | 28.37 km | 125 m |
Emhjellevatnet (also known as Storfjorden) is a lake in Hyen area of the municipality of Gloppen in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 11.39-square-kilometre (4.40 sq mi) lake is located in the western part of the municipality near the border with...
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| x Longerakvatnet | 23.01 km | 596 m |
Longerakvatnet or Longeraksvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Bygland in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It has a dam on it which discharges into the Longerakåni river which flows into the Byglandsfjorden near Longerak. The lake is located about 6...
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| x Kasmere Lake |
Kasmere Lake is a lake in the north-west corner of Manitoba near the provincial border with the Northwest Territories, Canada.
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| x Gopło |
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77 m | 3.5 km |
Gopło [ˈɡɔpwɔ] is a lake in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland, near the city of Gniezno. It gives its name to the protected area called Gopło Landscape Park.
In early Middle Ages, the shores of Lake Gopło were home to a West...
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| x Skaneateles Lake |
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263.12 m | 2.4 km |
Skaneateles Lake (/ˌskæniˈætləs/, locally /ˌskɪniˈætləs/) is one of the Finger Lakes in central New York in the United States. The name Skaneateles means long lake in one of the local Iroquoian languages. The lake is sometimes referred to as "The...
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| x Wrangler Lake | 2,392.68 m |
Wrangler Lake is a lake located in the less-traveled portion of Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is fairly isolated, a few miles from the Wapiti Lake Trailhead.
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| x Fagnano Lake |
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Cami Lake (also called Fagnano Lake, Spanish: Lago Fagnano or Lago Cami) is a lake located on the main island of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, and shared by Argentina and Chile.
The 645 km² lake runs east-west for about 98 kilometres, of which...
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| x Funnsjøen | 25.16 km | 442 m | 3 km |
Funnsjøen is a lake in the municipality of Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 8-square-kilometre (3.1 sq mi) lake flows into the Funna river, a part of the Stjørdalselva river system. The lake has a hydropower dam at the southern end of...
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| x Muorkkejávrre | 18.01 km | 712 m | 1.9 km |
Muorkkejávrre (Lule Sami) or Eidevatnet (Norwegian) is a lake that lies in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. The 5.94-square-kilometre (2.29 sq mi) lake lies about 75 metres (246 ft) west of the border with Sweden and about 10...
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| x Lake Voulismeni |
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0.137 km |
Lake Voulismeni (Greek: Λίμνη Βουλισμένη, Límni Voulisméni) is a former sweetwater small lake, later connected to the sea, located at the centre of the town of Agios Nikolaos on the Greek island of Crete It has a circular shape of a diameter of 137...
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| x Lake Caliraya |
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30 km | 300 m | 3 km |
Lake Caliraya is a man-made lake situated in the municipalities of Lumban, Cavinti, and Kalayaan in Laguna province, Philippines. Created in 1939, the lake has developed as a popular spot for water sports and outdoor recreation including fishing....
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| x Uglich Reservoir |
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5 km |
Uglich Reservoir or Uglichskoye Reservoir (Russian: У́гличское водохрани́лище) is an artificial lake in the upper part of the Volga River formed by a hydroelectric dam built in 1939 in the town of Uglich. It is located in Tver and Yaroslavl Oblasts...
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| x Geašjávri | 22.67 km | 540 m |
Geašjávri is a lake in the municipality of Kautokeino-Guovdageaidnu in Finnmark county, Norway.
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| x Jølstravatn |
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68.48 km | 207 m |
Jølstravatn (or Jølstravatnet) is a lake in the municipality of Jølster in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The lake empties its water into the 20-kilometre (12 mi) long Jølstra river which then flows into the Førdefjorden. The impressive eastern...
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