List of lakes in Latvia
In Latvia there are 2256 lakes with an area of more than one hectare . This list includes the largest:
| lake | Alternative name | region | Surface [km²] | Circumference [km] | Content [km³] | Greatest depth [m] | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubān lake | Lubāns | Latgale | 80.70 | 15.6 | 3.5 | ||
| Rāzna Lake | Latgale | 57.56 | 12.1 | 0.405 | 17.0 | ||
| Engure lake | Courland | 40.46 | 17.9 | 0.0168 | 2.1 | ||
| Burtnieker See | Vidzeme | 40.07 | 13.3 | 0.0881 | 4.1 | ||
| Libau Lake | Liepājas ezers | Courland | 37.15 | 16.2 | |||
| Riga reservoir | near Riga | 35.80 | 17.4 | artificial reservoir of the Daugava | |||
| Pļaviņas reservoir | Latgale | 34.90 | 47 | artificial reservoir of the Daugava | |||
| Usma lake | Courland | 34.69 | 13.5 | 0.19 | 27 | ||
| Babīte lake | Zemgals | 25.56 | 14th | 1.7 | |||
| Ķegums reservoir | Vidzeme | 24.90 | 16.5 | artificial reservoir of the Daugava | |||
| Rušon lake | Latgale | 23.73 | 13 | 0.0694 | 29.9 | ||
| Sivers lake | Latgale | 17.59 | 8.1 | 24.5 | |||
| Kisch Lake | Ķišezers | near Riga | 17.30 | 8.4 | 4.5 | ||
| Alūksne Lake | Livonia | 15.43 | 6.6 | 15.2 | |||
| Riču lake | Latgale | 12.83 | 5.8 | 41.9 | Border lake with Belarus | ||
| Cirma lake | Latgale | 12.61 | 8.5 | ||||
| Pape lake | Courland | 12.05 | 8.3 | 0.00602 | 1.1 | ||
| Kaņieris Lake | Courland | 11.28 | 5.2 | 0.0067 | 1.8 | ||
| Lake Esch | Ežezers | Latgale | 9.88 | 8.2 | 0.061 | 21st | |
| Great Lake Ludza | Latgale | 8.46 | 7.0 | 0.0309 | 6.5 | ||
| Alaukst lake | Livonia | 7.75 | 4.8 | 0.0258 | 7.0 | ||
| Sauka lake | Latgale | 7.71 | 6.2 | 0.0386 | 9.5 | ||
| Drīdza Lake | Latgale | 7.53 | 9.8 | 65.1 | deepest lake in Latvia |
literature
- Guntis Kavacs (ed.): Latvijas daba. Enciklopēdija (Latvian Nature. An Encyclopedia). Latvijas Enciklopēdija, Rīga 1995 (six volumes). ISBN 5-89960-049-7 .