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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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).
The Étang de Thau (French pronunciation: [etɑ̃ də to]; Occitan: Estanh de Taur) or Bassin de Thau is the largest of a string of lagoons (étangs) that stretch along the French coast from the Rhône river to the foothills of the Pyrenees and the border to Spain in the Languedoc-Roussillon. Although it has a high salinity, it is considered ...
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 ...
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 ]
This is a partial list of dams in France. Mainland. Alrance Dam; Lac d'Apremont; Bassin de Lampy; Bassin de Saint-Ferréol; Bissorte Dam; Lac de la Cavayère;