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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, ...
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 ...
This category is for articles pertaining to lakes in France. Reservoirs are also listed in Category:Reservoirs in France
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).
With their normal capacity of 170 hm 3 and a total surface area of 23.2 km 2, they could, if they formed a single lake, be the third largest artificial lake in France, on a par with Lac d'Orient; [18] they are also part of the Orient Forest Regional Natural Park. They were impounded in 1990, making them the last Seine lakes to be built.
Lakes of Île-de-France (8 P) N. Lakes of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1 C, 7 P) O. Lakes of Occitania (administrative region) (10 C) P. Lakes of Pays de la Loire ...
It is named after the city of Annecy, which marks the start of the Thiou, Lake Annecy's outflow river. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 958 It is the third-largest lake in France , after the Lac du Bourget and Lac de Grand-Lieu , if the French part of Lake Geneva , which is shared between Switzerland and France, is excluded.
Longest freshwater lake in the world and third largest of any kind by volume. [18] 7: Baikal Russia: Fresh 31,722 km 2 12,248 sq mi 636 km 395 mi 1,642 m 5,387 ft 23,610 km 3 5,660 cu mi Deepest lake in the world and largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. [19] 8: Great Bear Lake Canada: Fresh 31,153 km 2 12,028 sq mi 373 km 232 mi 446 m