List of lakes in Australia
Natural freshwater lakes are quite rare in Australia due to the climatic characteristics.
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Most of the lakes in Australia fall into one of the following three categories:
- Coastal lakes and lagoons
- Reservoirs as water storage
- predominantly dry salt lakes in the plains and deserts.
In Tasmania there are a larger number of natural lakes due to the glacial activities, but these are often optimized for drinking water storage.
Below is a list of the lakes in Australia :
Coastal lakes and lagoons
- Lake Macquarie
- Tuggerah Lake
- Myall Lakes
- Smith's Lake
- Lake Illawarra
- Narrabeen Lagoon
- Dee Why Lagoon
- Tabourie Lake
- St George's Basin
- Gippsland lakes
- Mallacoota Inlet
- Lake Alexandrina
- Lake Bonney
Reservoirs
- Lake Burragorang
- Lake Eucumbene
- Lake Jindabyne
- Lake Burley Griffin
- Lake Burrinjuck
- Blowering Dam
- Lake Moondarra
- Carcoar Dam
- Burrendong Dam
- Keepit Dam
- Copeton Dam
- Lake Glenbawn
- Lake Eildon
- Lake Dartmouth
- Lake Argyle
- Wyangala Dam
- Lake Hume
- Lake Gordon
- Talbingo dam
- Lake Burbury
Dry salt lakes
- Willandra Lakes
- Lake Eyre
- Lake Torrens
- Lake Frome
- Lake Mackay
- Island Lake
- Lake Cadibarrawirracanna
- Lake Amadeus
- Lake Dundas
- Lake Barlee
- Lake disappointment