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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Lakes

Issyk Kul

Water bodies; Lakes

Issyk Kul is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the tenth largest lake in the world by volume and the second largest saline lake after the Caspian Sea.

Lake Zaysan

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Zaysan is a freshwater lake, ca. 1,810 km² (700 mi²), in eastern Kazakhstan, in a hollow between the Altai and Tarbagatai Mountains. It is the largest lake in the East Kazakhstan Province.

Tengiz Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Tengiz Lake is a saline lake in north-central part of Kazakhstan.

Lake Neusiedl

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Neusiedl is the second largest steppe lake in Central Europe, straddling the Austrian–Hungarian border. The lake covers 315 km², of which 240 km² is on the Austrian side and 75 km² on the ...

Prespa is the name of two freshwater lakes in southeast Europe, shared by Greece, Albania, and Macedonia. Of the total surface area, 190 km2 (73.36 sq mi) belongs to Macedonia, 84.8 km2 (32.74 sq mi) ...

Lake Peipus

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Peipus is the biggest transboundary lake in Europe on the border between Estonia (part of European Union) and Russia.

Lago di Lei

Water bodies; Lakes

Lago di Lei is a reservoir in the Valle di Lei. The lake is almost entirely located in Italy, but the barrage was built on territory later assigned to Switzerland (municipality of Innerferrera, ...