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This list of lakes in France roughly distinguishes three categories: the mountain lakes, sorted first by massif, and then by départements; the lakes in plains, sorted by river basin; and the coastal lakes. Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), the largest in western Europe with 582 km 2 (225 sq mi), partly in France, partly in Switzerland, is listed in ...
Aral Sea, formerly the third largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km 2 (26,300 sq mi) Lake Chad, formerly the eleventh largest lake in the world, with an area of 26,000 km 2 (10,000 sq mi) Lake Urmia, formerly with an area of 5,200 km 2 (2,000 sq mi), but down to a tenth that size in 2017. It has since increased in area under a ...
Lac du Bourget (French: [lak dy buʁʒɛ]; English Lake Bourget), also locally known as Lac Gris ([lak gʁi]; English: Grey Lake) or Lac d'Aix ([lak d‿ɛ]), is a lake at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in the department of Savoie, France. It is the deepest lake located entirely within France, and either the largest or second ...
The former is Europe's largest lake reserved for motorboating, and the latter is Europe's largest non-nautical lake. [3] While their normal capacity is 170 hm3, with a total surface area of 23.2 km2 they could, if combined as a single lake, be the third largest man-made lake in France, matching the size of Lac d'Orient. [4]
The Hourtin-Carcans Lake (French: lac d'Hourtin-Carcans, [lak duʁtɛ̃ kaʁkɑ̃]; Occitan: lac de Hortin e de Carcan) is a lake in the natural region of Médoc, located in the French department of Gironde, Aquitaine. It is one of the largest lakes in France, and the largest freshwater lake, by surface area, situated entirely in France.
The Lake of Orient or Seine Reservoir Lake is a lake in northeastern France, located in the Aube department of the Grand Est region.With a surface area of 23 km 2 (8.9 sq mi) and a normal capacity of 205 km 3 (49 cu mi), [1] it is the third-largest Artificial Lake in mainland France, after Lake Der-Chantecoq and Lake Serre-Ponçon, and ahead of Lake Sainte-Croix.
The lac de Vassivière or Vassivière Lake (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Vacivièra), one of France's largest artificial lakes, is a large man-made reservoir of about 10 square kilometres (2,500 acres). It is situated on the Plateau de Millevaches in the départements of Creuse and Haute-Vienne.
With a surface area of 5.45 km 2 (2.10 sq mi) it is one of the largest natural lakes of France. [3] [4] It is the fourth-largest natural lake in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, after Lake Geneva (although partly in Switzerland), Lake Annecy and the Lac du Bourget. It has a maximum depth of 71 metres (233 ft).