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List of lakes in Australia

List of lakes in Australia

Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare, due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia.Fact|date=June 2008

Types

Most lakes in Australia fall within one of five categories. Excluding lakes created by man-made dams for water storage and other purposes,
* coastal lakes and lagoons,
* natural freshwater inland lakes, often ephemeral and some part of wetland or swamp areas.
* Main Range contains mainland Australia's five glacial lakes. [cite book |title=The Snowy Mountains: A bushwalker's diary |last=Powell |first=Greg |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1990 |publisher=Macstyle |location=Hampton, Victoria |isbn=1875293086 |pages=10 ] In Tasmania, due to glaciation, there are 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 in organised drainage.
* 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)
* Lake Como
* Lake Cooloola
* Lake Cooroibah
* Lake Cootharaba
* Lake Bonney
* Dee Why Lagoon
* Lake Illawarra
* Gippsland Lakes in Victoria
* Mallacoota Inlet
* Lake Macquarie
* Myall Lakes
* Narrabeen Lagoon
* Smith's Lake
* St George's Basin
* Tabourie Lake
* Tuggerah Lake
* Lake Victoria (Victoria)
* Lake Weyba

Freshwater lakes

* Corella Lake (Northern Territory)
* Blue Lake (New South Wales)
* Lake Bryde-East Lake Bryde
* Lake Dove
* Lake George, New South Wales
* Lake Magenta
* Lake Miranda, South Australia
* Tarrabool Lake (Northern Territory)
* Lake Sylvester (Northern Territory)
* Wallaga Lake

Glacial lakes

*Blue Lake
*Club Lake
*Headley Tarn
*Lake Albina
*Lake Cootapatamba

alt lakes

* Lake Amadeus in Northern Territory
* Lake Barlee
* 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
* Island Lake
* Lake Lefroy
* Lake Torrens
* Willandra Lakes in New South Wales
* Lake Mungo

Volcanic lakes

* Blue Lake, South Australia
* Lake Barrine, Queensland
* Lake Eacham, Queensland
* Little Blue Lake, South Australia
* Lake Euramo (Ngimun),Queensland
* Valley Lake, South Australia

ee 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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