List of lakes in Greece
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Natural lakes of Greece

  • Lake Cercinitis
  • Lake Doirani, eastern portion
  • Lake Dystos, presently largely drained
  • Lake Ioannina
    Lake Ioannina
    The Lake of Ioannina , also Pamvotida is the largest lake of Epirus, located near the central part of the Ioannina prefecture in Greece. Ioannina to the west and the town or Perama to the north are urban settlements fringing the lake while the remaining of its periphery is composed of farmland...

  • Lake Kastoria, near Kastoria
  • Lake Koronia
    Lake Koronia
    Lake Koroneia is a lake in the heart of the prefecture of Thessaloniki in the Mygdonian basin in the Langada province, Greece. The lake is also known as Agios Vasileios from an homynous village or Lake Langada. It is located a few kilometres east of downtown Thessaloniki and in the north side is...

  • Lake Gaito
  • Lake Lagkada
  • Lake Lama
    Lake Lama
    Lake Lama is a large freshwater lake in Krasnoyarsk Krai, north-central part of Russia. It is located at and has an area of 460 km² . It is 100 km long and up to 20 km wide...

  • Lake Lysimacha
  • Lake Mitrikou
  • Lake Morfi
  • Lake Ozeros
  • Lake Prespa
    Lake Prespa
    Prespa is the name of two freshwater lakes in southeast Europe, shared by Greece, Albania, and Macedonia. Of the total surface area, belongs to Macedonia, to Greece and to Albania...

  • Lake Mikri Prespa
    Small Prespa Lake
    Small Prespa Lake is a lake shared between Greece and Albania . It is the smaller of the two Prespa Lakes.-Details:...

    , southeastern portion
  • Lake Saltini
  • Lake Stymfalia
  • Lake Taka
  • Lake Trichonida
    Lake Trichonida
    Lake Trichonida, also Trihonida , older forms: Trihonis ancient: Trichonis is the largest natural lake in Greece. It is located in the eastern part of the Aitoloakarnania prefecture, in the east of Agrinio, south of Evrytania and northwest of Nafpaktos. It covers an area of with a maximum length...

  • Lake Vegoritida
  • Lake Vistonida
    Lake Vistonida
    Lake Vistonida is a lake in Porto Lagos, Xanthi Prefecture, Greece. It is known from Greek Mythology.Lake Vistonida encompasses a unique ecosystem and the local climate can be described as mid-Mediterranean....

  • Lake Voivis
  • Lake Vólvi
  • Lake Vouliagmenis (Attica)
  • Lake Vouliagmeni (Corinthia)
  • Lake Voulismeni
    Lake Voulismeni
    Lake Voulismeni is a former sweetwater small lake, later connected to the sea, located at the centre of the town of Agios Nikolaos on the Greek island of Crete It has a circular shape of a diameter of 137 m and depth 64 m. The locals refer to it as just "the lake". The lake connects to the harbour...

  • Lake Voulkaria
  • Lake Yliki

Artificial lakes

  • Achelous or Kremasta
    Kremasta (lake)
    Lake Kremasta is the largest artificial lake in Greece. The construction of the dam of Kremasta was completed in 1969 concentrating waters from four rivers: Acheloos, Agrafiotis, Tavropos and Trikeriotis. The water that is accumulated in the artificial lake is about 4,700,000,000 m³...

     Artificial Lake
  • Doxa Artificial Lake
  • Evinos
    Evinos River
    The Evinos River is a river that flows entirely in the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture. The river begins near the four boundaries area of Aetolia-Acarnania, Evrytania, Phthiotis and Phocis, near the village Artotina, in the Vardousia mountains. Its length is 92 km. The river was first mentioned in...

     Artificial Lake
  • Kastraki
    Kastraki (lake)
    Lake Kastraki is an artificial lake in Greece. It is located east of Kastraki and Babalio in the Aitoloakarnania prefecture. It dams up the Acheloos. The area is about 28 km² and has about 1,000,000 m² of water...

     Artificial Lake
  • Ladon Artificial Lake
  • Marathon
    Lake Marathon
    Lake Marathon or the Marathon Reservoir is a water supply reservoir formed from the construction of Marathon Dam at the junction of Charadros and Varnavas Torrents near the town of Marathon, Greece...

     Artificial Lake
  • Mornos
    Mornos
    The Mornos is a river that flows in the Fokida and Aitoloakarnania prefectures in Greece. Its source is in the Oiti mountains-Geography:The river begins in the Oiti mountains near the Fthiotida prefecture to the north, it flows through the village of Marmarolithi and into several villages in a...

     Artificial Lake
  • Kerkini
    Lake Kerkini
    Lake Kerkini , in Greece, is an artificial reservoir that was created in 1932, and then redeveloped in 1980, on the site of what was previously an extremely extensive marshland....

     Artificial Lake
  • Peneus
    Peneus River
    Peneus or Pineios may refer to:*Peneus, a river god in Greek mythology*Pineios , a river in Thessaly, Greece*Pineios , a river in Peloponnese, Greece...

     Artificial Lake
  • Plastiras
    Lake Plastiras
    Lake Plastiras also called Tavropos Reservoir is an artificial lake fed by Tavropos river, located in Karditsa Prefecture, near the city of Karditsa, Greece.-Name:...

     Artificial Lake
  • Polyfytos Arfiticial Lake

Future lakes

  • Elissos
    Elissos
    The Elisos is a river that flows entirely in Corinthia in the northeastern Peloponnese in Greece.-Geography:The river begins in the mountains of Nemea to the south and are filled with rocks and grasslands with traces of trees, it enters the valley with Nemea and into the mountains of mixed...

     lake (planned since October 2006)
  • Lake Karla
    Lake Karla
    Lake Karla is a former lake that sits at 60 to 80 m above sea level making it the only one in the plain of Thessaly. The lake is located at the northern end of the prefecture of Magnesia in the Pineios basin, adjacent to Pelion and Maurovouni mountains...

    (to be restored)
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