List of lakes of Australia

There are not many natural freshwater lakes in Australia. This is because there was not a lot of glacial or tectonic activity in Australia.

Types
their are six main types of lake in Australia:
 coastal lakes and lagoons including perched lakes;
 natural freshwater inland lakes. These are often ephemeral and part of wetland or swamp areas;
 glacial lakes
 salt lakes, usually dry, in the flat desert regions of the country.
 lakes which have formed in the remains of volcanoes.
 lakes made for water storage and other purposes.

A list of the notable lakes in Australia includes:

Coastal lakes and lagoons

Lake name  State/territoryLake Alexandrina South Australia Avoca Lake  New South Wales Blue Lake  Queensland Brown Lake  Queensland Lake Broadwater  Budgewoi Lake  New South Wales Lake Como  Queensland Lake Cooloola  Lake Cooroibah  Lake Cootharaba   	Queensland Lake Bonney  South Australia Dee Why Lagoon  New South Wales Gippsland Lakes   Victoria Glenrock Lagoon  New South Wales Lake Illawarra  New South Wales Mallacoota Inlet  Lake Macquarie  New South Wales Lake Munmorah  New South Wales Myall Lakes  New South Wales  Narrabeen Lagoon  New South Wales Orielton Lagoon  Tasmania Smiths Lake  New South Wales St Georges Basin  New South Wales andthe Jervis Bay Territory Tabourie Lake  New South Wales Terrigal Lagoon  New South Wales Tuggerah Lake  New South Wales Lake Victoria  New South Wales Wallis Lake  New South Wales Wamberal Lagoon  New South Wales Lake Weyba  Queensland Lake Wollumboola  New South Wales Wonboyn Lake  New South Wales

Perched lakes
Lake name  State/territoryLake McKenzie  Queensland Lake Wobby  Queensland

Freshwater lakes
Lake name  State/territoryLake Awoonga  Queensland Lake Bathurst  New South Wales Lake Batyo Catyo  Victoria Blue Lake  New South Wales Boobera Lagoon  Queensland Lake Bonney (Riverland)  South Australia Lake Bryde-East Lake Bryde  Western Australia Lake Colac   Victoria Corella Lake   Northern Territory Lake Cowal  New South Wales Lake Dunn  Queensland Lake Elphinstone  Queensland Lake George New South Wales Glenbrook Lagoon New South Wales Lake Hindmarsh  Victoria Lake Magenta  Western Australia Lake Miranda  South Australia Menindee Lakes   New South Wales Narran Lakes  New South Wales Lake Nuga Nuga  Queensland Tarrabool Lake  Northern Territory Lake Sylvester  Northern Territory Lake St Clair  Tasmania Wallaga Lake  New South Wales Lake Woytchugga  New South Wales

Glacial lakes
Lake name  State/territoryBlue Lake  New South Wales Club Lake  Australian Antarctic Territory Dove Lake  Tasmania Headley Tarn  Lake Albina  New South Wales Lake Cootapatamba  New South Wales Lake Selina  Tasmania

Salt lakes
Lake name  State/territoryLake Amadeus  Northern Territory Lake Barlee  Western Australia  Lake Buchanan  Queensland Lake Cadibarrawirracanna  South Australia Lake Carey  Western Australia Lake Disappointment  Western Australia Dumbleyung Lake  Western Australia Lake Dundas   Western Australia Lake Eyre   South Australia Lake Frome  South Australia Lake Gairdner  South Australia Lake Galilee  Queensland Lake Gregory South Australia Goyder Lagoon  South Australia Hutt Lagoon  Western Australia Lake Hart  South Australia Island Lake  Lake Lefroy  Western Australia Murtnaghurt Lagoon  Victoria Lake Mungo  New South Wales Lake Torrens  South Australia Lake Urana  New South Wales Willandra Lakes  New South Wales Lake Yamma Yamma  Queensland

Volcanic lakes
Lake name  State/territoryBlue Lake  South Australia Lake Barrine  Queensland Lake Eacham  Queensland Lake Euramoo  Queensland Valley Lake  South Australia

Related pages

List of reservoirs and dams in Australia

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