Lakes

Lakes

A database referring to large standing bodies of fresh water in a basin. A lake is apart from rivers or streams that serve to fill or drain the lake.

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Štrbské pleso is a picturesque mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the High Tatras, Slovakia. It is the second largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, ...

Lake Tharthar

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Tharthar, is a lake situated 120 kilometres north of Baghdad between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. It is the largest lake in Iraq. The construction of several dams has made it an ...

Bakhtegan Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Bakhtegan is a salt lake in Fars Province, southern Iran, about 160 km (99 mi) east of Shiraz and 15 km (9.3 mi) west of the town of Neyriz. Bakhtegan, with a surface area of 3,500 square ...

Lake Ram

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Ram is a crater lake in the northeastern Golan Heights, near Mount Hermon. The only sources of the lake are rain water and an underground spring. The water does not leave the lake to any other ...

Lake Milh

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Milh is located a few miles west of Karbala, Iraq (32°45′N 43°38′E). It is alternately called Lake Razazah Lake Milh is a depression into which excess water from the Euphrates River is diverted ...

Namak Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Namak Lake (persian for Salt Lake) is a salt lake in Iran. It is located approximately 100 km (62 mi) east of the City of Qom at an elevation of 790 metres (2,590 ft) above sea level. The lake has a ...

Habbaniyah Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Habbaniyah is a shallow natural lake in al-Anbar, Iraq, west of Baghdad. It has a surface area 140 km². Traditionally the lake has been used to hold flood water from the River Euphrates, and in ...