A list of lakes, ordered by continent:

Africa 

 International Lakes in Africa
 Lake Albert (Mobuto-Sese-Seko)
 Lake Chad
 Lake Edward
 Lake Kariba
 Lake Kivu
 Lake Mweru
 Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
 Lake Tanganyika
 Lake Victoria
 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
 Lake Mai-Ndombe (Lake Leopold II)
 Lake Tshangalele
 Lake Tumba
 in Egypt
 Lake Mariout
 in Ethiopia
 Lake Abaya
 Lake Chew Bahir (Lake Stefanie)
 Lake T'ana
 in Ghana
 Lake Volta
 in Kenya
 Lake Baringo
 Lake Bogoria
 Lake Elmenteita
 Lake Magadi
 Lake Naivasha
 Lake Nakuru
 Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf or Rudolph)
 in Malawi
 Lake Chilwa
 in Mozambique
 Cabora Bassa Lake
 in Nigeria
 Kainji Lake
 in Tanzania
 Lake Burigi
 Lake Eyasi
 Lake Ikimba
 Lake Jipe
 Lake Kitangiri
 Lake Manyara
 Lake Mdutu
 Lake Natron
 Nyumba ya Mumgu Reservoir
 Lake Rukwa
 Lake Sagara
 in Uganda
 Lake Bisina
 Lake George
 Lake Kyoga
 Lake Kwania
 in Zambia
 Lake Mweru Wantipa
 Lake Bangweulu

Antarctica 
 Lake Vida

Asia 

 International Lakes in Asia
 Aral Sea
 Caspian Sea
 Dead Sea
 in Cambodia
 Tonlé Sap Lake
 in China ( See also Lakes in China)
 Lake Daze Co
 Lake Dongting
 Poyang Lake
 Lake Tianchi
 Lake Dian
 Lake Qinghai
 Lake Taihu
 West Lake
 Xuanwu Lake
 in Israel
 Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias, Yam Kinneret)
 Lake Agmon
 Lake Ram
 Swamps Cabara
 in Kazakhstan
 Lake Balkhash
 Lake Zaysan
 in Kyrgyzstan
 Issyk Kul
 in Nepal
 Lake Rara
 in Russia (see also "in Russia" under #Europe, List of lakes in Russia)
 Lake Baikal (Lake Baykal)
 Lake Teletskoye
 in Taiwan
 Sun Moon Lake
 in Turkey
 Lake Van

Eurasia

Azerbaijan

Europe 

 International Lakes in Europe
 Lake Geneva (France, Switzerland; Lac Léman or Lac de Genève)
 Lake Constance (Austria, Germany, Switzerland; Bodensee)
 Lake Peipus (Estonia, Russia)
 Lake Ohrid (Albania, Macedonia)
 Lake of Lugano (Switzerland, Italy)
 Lake Maggiore (Switzerland, Italy; Lago Maggiore)
 Lake Ferto/Lake Neusiedler (Austria, Hungary; Neusiedlersee)
 Lake Big Prespa (Albania, Macedonia, Greece)
 Lake Small Prespa (Albania, Macedonia, Greece)
 Lake Vistytis (Lithuania, Russia)
 in Albania (see also: List of Albanian lakes)
 Lake Shkodër
 Lake Pogradec
 Lakes of Lure
 Lakes of Belsh
 in Austria
 Lake Attersee
 Lake Klopeiner
 Lake Wörther
 in Finland
 Lake Haukivesi
 Lake Inarinjärvi
 Lake Kallavesi
 Lake Keitele
 Lake Oulujärvi
 Lake Pielinen
 Lake Pihlajavesi
 Lake Päijänne
 Lake Saimaa
 in France
 Lake Annecy (lac d'Annecy)
 Lac de Serre-Ponçon
 Lake of Bourget
 Lac d'Aiguebelette
 Lac de Paladru
 Lac d'Orient
 in Germany
 Ammersee
 Arendsee
 Aussenalster
 Baldeneysee
 Bederkesaer See
 Binnenalster
 Brahmsee
 Bullensee
 Chiemsee
 Dümmer
 Fleesensee
 Gothensee
 Halterner See
 Kellersee
 Kellersee
 Lake Constance (Bodensee)
 Maschsee
 Müggelsee
 Müritz
 Odertalsperre
 Okertalsperre
 Pfaffenteich
 Plauer See
 Plöner See
 Scharmützelsee
 Schmollensee
 Schweriner See
 Starnberger See
 Steinhuder Meer
 Tegeler See
 Wannsee
 Wolgastsee
 Zwischenahner Meer
 in Hungary
 Lake Balaton
 in Ireland (see also List of Irish lochs and loughs)
 Lough Allen
 Lough Conn
 Lough Derg (two lakes)
 Lough Erne (two lakes)
 Lough Mask
 Lough Neagh
 Lough Oughter
 Lough Owel
 Lough Ree
 Lough Rynn
 in Italy
 Lake Bracciano (Lago di Bracciano)
 Lake Bolsena (Lago di Bolsena)
 Lake Como (Lago di Como)
 Lake Garda (Lago di Garda)
 Lake Trasimeno (Lago Trasimeno)
 in Latvia
 Lake Burtnieks
 in Netherlands
 IJsselmeer
 Ketelmeer
 Veluwemeer
 in Poland
 Lake Dabie (Jezioro Dabie in Szczecin)
 Lake Mamry (Jezioro Mamry in Mazury lake district)
 Lake Sniardwy (Jezioro Sniardwy in Mazury lake district)
 in Romania

 in Russia (see also "in Russia" under #Asia, List of lakes in Russia)
 Lake Ladoga
 Lake Onega (Onega, Onezhskoe ozero, Onezhskoe)
 Lake Pskov
 in Slovenia
 Lake Bled (Blejsko jezero)
 Lake Bohinj (Bohinjsko jezero)
 Cerkni?ko jezero
 ?martinsko jezero
 Lakes of Triglav (Triglavska jezera)
 in Sweden
 Lake Roxen
 Vänern
 Vättern
 in Switzerland (see also List of lakes of Switzerland)
 Lake Neuchâtel
 Lake Lucerne
 Lake Zürich
 in the United Kingdom (see also List of Scottish lochs, List of lakes in the Lake District)
 Bala Lake
 Buttermere
 Coniston Water
 Derwentwater
 Grasmere
 Gwernan Lake
 Kielder Water (Northumberland, England)
 Loch Awe/Etive
 Loch Lomond
 Loch Maree
 Loch Morar
 Loch Ness
 Loch Shin
 Loch Tay
 Tal-y-llyn
 Thirlmere
 Ullswater
 Windermere

North America 

 International Lakes in North America
 Lake Champlain
 Lake Erie †
 Lake Huron †
 Lake Nicaragua (Lake Cocibolca)
 Lake Ontario †
 Lake St Clair
 Lake Superior †
 Lake of the Woods
 in Canada
 Lake Abitibi
 Lake Athabasca
 Berg Lake
 Great Bear Lake
 Great Slave Lake
 Lake Louise
 Manicouagan Reservoir
 Lake Manitoba
 Moraine Lake
 Lake Nipigon
 Reindeer Lake
 Lac Saint-Jean
 Lac Saint-Louis
 Smallwood Reservoir
 Lake Simcoe
 Lake Winnipeg
 Sproat Lake
 Lake Winnipegosis
 in the United States of America
 Beaver Lake
 Lake Bemidji
 Caddo Lake
 Canandaigua Lake
 Cass Lake
 Cayuga Lake
 Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
 Crater Lake
 Detroit Lake
 East Okoboji Lake
 Great Salt Lake
 Indian Lake (Ohio)
 Lake George
 Lake Hopatcong
 Lake Itasca
 Keuka Lake
 Lake Kickapoo
 Lacamas Lake
 Lake Mead
 Lake Michigan †
 Mono Lake
 Lake Pontchartrain
 Portage Lake
 Salton Sea
 Lake Sammamish
 Seneca Lake
 Spirit Lake
 Lake Tahoe
 Town Lake
 Lake Travis
 Tug Lake
 Utah Lake
 Lake Washington
 West Okoboji Lake
 Lake Winnipesaukee
 Lake Winnebago

† = the North American Great Lakes

Oceania 
 in Australia
 
 in Indonesia
 Lake Toba (on Sumatra)
 In New Zealand (minor lakes not listed)
 In the North Island
 Mount Ruapehu's Crater Lake on Mount Ruapehu
 Lake Rotorua
 Lake Taupo
 Lake Waikaremoana
 Lake Wairarapa
 In the South Island
 Lake Aviemore
 Lake Benmore
 Lake Brunner
 Lake Coleridge
 Lake Ellesmere
 Lake Hauroko
 Lake Hawea
 Lake Manapouri
 Lake Monowai
 Lake Ohau
 Lake Rotoiti
 Lake Rotoroa
 Lake Sumner
 Lake Tekapo
 Lake Waitaki
 Lake Wakatipu
 Lake Wanaka
 Lake Te Anau

(Not yet classified by country:)
 Dead Lake

South America 

 International Lakes in South America
 Lake Titicaca

Former lakes

 Tulare Lake
 Lop Nur

Fictional lakes 
 Lake Evendim
 Lake Mithrim
 Lake Wobegon