Water bodies

Water bodies

Referring to any significant accumulation of water usually on planet earth but also on other planetary bodies.

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Lake Maggiore

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Maggiore is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps.

Lake Neusiedl

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Neusiedl is the second largest steppe lake in Central Europe, straddling the Austrian–Hungarian border. The lake covers 315 km², of which 240 km² is on the Austrian side and ...

Lake Peipus

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Peipus is the biggest transboundary lake in Europe on the border between Estonia (part of European Union) and Russia.

Lake Prespa

Water bodies; Lakes

Prespa is the name of two freshwater lakes in southeast Europe, shared by Greece, Albania, and Macedonia. Of the total surface area, 190 km2 (73.36 sq mi) belongs to Macedonia, ...

Lake Skadar

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Skadar, also called Lake Scutari and Lake Shkodër is a lake on the border of Montenegro with Albania, the largest lake in the Balkan Peninsula. It is named after the city of ...

Lake Vistytis

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Vištytis is a lake on the border between Lithuania (Vilkaviškis district) and Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast). Prior to World War II it marked part of the border between Germany ...

Lago di Lei

Water bodies; Lakes

Lago di Lei is a reservoir in the Valle di Lei. The lake is almost entirely located in Italy, but the barrage was built on territory later assigned to Switzerland (municipality of ...