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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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Lakes

Maharloo Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Maharloo Lake is a salt lake located 27 kilometres southeast of Shiraz, Iran.

Zarivar Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Zarivar, also known as Zeribar or Zrewar, is a lake in western Iran.

Kapka Tash Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Kapka Tash Lake is a rock-dammed lake in Toktogul District of Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is located at the altitude of 2303 m in riverbed of Kara-Suu, left tributary of Naryn River.

Lake Constance

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Constance is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee ("upper lake"), the Untersee ("lower lake"), and a connecting stretch of the ...

Lake Assad

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Assad is a reservoir on the Euphrates in Ar-Raqqah Governorate, Syria. It was created in 1974 when the Tabqa Dam was closed. Lake Assad is Syria's largest lake with a maximum capacity of 11.7 ...

Dojran Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Dojran Lake is a lake with an area of 43.1 km² shared between the Republic of Macedonia (27.3 km²) and West Macedonia within Greek Macedonia, Greece (15.8 km²). To the west is the city of Nov Dojran, ...

Song Köl

Water bodies; Lakes

Song Köl is an alpine lake in northern Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan. It is the second largest lake in Kyrgyzstan (18x29km wide, 13 metres deep) after Issyk Kul Lake. Its name, meaning "following lake", ...

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