List of lakes of Australia

Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia.

Contents 1 Types 1.1 Coastal lakes and lagoons 1.1.1 Perched lakes 1.2 Freshwater lakes 1.3 Glacial lakes 1.4 Salt lakes 1.5 Volcanic lakes 2 See also 3 References

Types

Most lakes in Australia fall within one of five categories. Excluding lakes created by man-made dams for water storage and other purposes, one can identify the following:

• coastal lakes and lagoons including perched lakes;
• natural freshwater inland lakes, often ephemeral and some part of wetland or swamp areas;
• the Main Range containing mainland Australia's five glacial lakes.^[1] In Tasmania, due to glaciation, there is a large number of natural freshwater lakes on the central plateau, many of which have been enlarged or modified by hydro-electric developments;
• predominantly dry, salt lakes in the flat desert regions of the country lacking organised drainage; and
• lakes created in volcanic remnants.

A list of the notable lakes in Australia includes:

Coastal lakes and lagoons

• Lake Alexandrina in South Australia
• Blue Lake (Queensland)
• Brown Lake
• Lake Broadwater
• Lake Como
• Lake Cooloola
• Lake Cooroibah
• Lake Cootharaba
• Lake Bonney
• Dee Why Lagoon
• Gippsland Lakes in Victoria
• Glenbrook Lagoon
• Glenrock Lagoon
• Lake Illawarra
• Mallacoota Inlet
• Lake Macquarie
• Myall Lakes
• Narrabeen Lagoon
• Orielton Lagoon
• Smith's Lake
• St George's Basin
• Tabourie Lake
• Tuggerah Lake
• Lake Victoria
• Lake Weyba

Perched lakes

• Lake McKenzie
• Lake Wobby

Freshwater lakes

• Lake Awoonga (Queensland)
• Lake Batyo Catyo (Victoria)
• Blue Lake (New South Wales)
• Boobera Lagoon
• Lake Bonney
• Lake Bryde-East Lake Bryde
• Corella Lake (Northern Territory)
• Dove Lake
• Lake Elphinstone
• Lake George, New South Wales
• Lake Hindmarsh
• Lake Nuga Nuga
• Lake Magenta
• Lake Miranda, South Australia
• Menindee Lakes
• Tarrabool Lake (Northern Territory)
• Lake Sylvester (Northern Territory)
• Lake St Clair (Tasmania)
• Wallaga Lake

Glacial lakes

• Blue Lake
• Club Lake
• Headley Tarn
• Lake Albina
• Lake Cootapatamba
• Lake Selina

Salt lakes

• Lake Amadeus in Northern Territory
• Lake Barlee
• Lake Buchanan
• Lake Cadibarrawirracanna
• Lake Carey, Western Australia
• Lake Disappointment, Western Australia
• Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia
• Lake Dundas in Western Australia
• Lake Eyre in South Australia
• Lake Frome in South Australia
• Lake Gairdner in South Australia
• Lake Galilee
• Lake Gregory (South Australia)
• Goyder Lagoon
• Hutt Lagoon
• Lake Hart, Australia in South Australia
• Island Lake
• Lake Lefroy
• Murtnaghurt Lagoon
• Lake Mungo in New South Wales
• Lake Torrens
• Willandra Lakes in New South Wales
• Lake Yamma Yamma

Volcanic lakes

• Blue Lake, South Australia
• Lake Barrine, Queensland
• Lake Eacham, Queensland
• Little Blue Lake, South Australia
• Lake Euramoo, Queensland
• Valley Lake, South Australia

See also

• List of lakes in Western Australia - a complete list of all gazetted lakes in Western Australia
• List of reservoirs and dams in Australia

References

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