List of lakes in Australia

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Natural freshwater lakes are quite rare in Australia due to the climatic characteristics.

overview

Most of the lakes in Australia fall into one of the following three categories:

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

Reservoirs

Dry salt lakes

Freshwater lakes