| Name [other names] (countries) |
Altitude (meters) |
Lat - Lon (decimal degrees) |
Surface (km2) |
Volume (km3) |
Depth (mean - max) (meters) |
Comment |
|
Asad [Al Asad] (Syria) |
36.0 N - 38.2 E | 600 | ||||
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Ataturk (Turkey) |
37.5 N - 38.5 E | 258.5 | 48.7 | |||
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Beysehir (Turkey) |
1 250 | 37.4 N - 31.4 E | 780 | 5.8 | 24 - 32 | |
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Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan) |
-28 | 42.0 N - 52.0 E | 436 000 | 78 200 | 187 - 1 025 | Salinity 13g/l |
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Illmen (Russia) |
18 | 58.5 N - 31.0 E | 982 | 6.5 | 2.6 - 4.4 | |
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Kara Bogaz Gol (Turkmenistan) |
41.5 N - 53.0 E | 800 | ||||
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Kremenchutska [Krementchugkoye] (Ukrainia) |
81 | 49.0 N - 33.0 E | 1 500 or 2 250 |
13.5 | 6 - 20 | Along Dniepr river |
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Kuybyshevskoye (Russia) |
53 | 54.4 N - 49.5 E | 6 150 | 57 | 9.3 - 41 | Along Volga river |
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Kyyvske [Kyivske] (Ukrainia) |
50.5 N - 30.5 E | 922 | ||||
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Ladoga (Russia) |
4.8 | 60.5 N - 31.2 E | 18 135 | 908 | 51 - 230 | |
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Mossoul [Mosoul] (Iraq) |
36.8 N - 42.7 E | 326 | 12.5 | |||
|
Onega (Russia) |
35 | 61.5 N - 35.5 E | 9 890 | 280 | 30 - 120 | Regulated |
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Peipus [Chudskoye] (Estonia, Russia) |
30 | 58.0 N - 28.0 E | 4 300 | 25 | 7 - 15 | |
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Qadisiyah (Iraq) |
34.3 N - 42.3 E | |||||
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Razazah (Iraq) |
32.7 N - 42.6 E | |||||
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Rybinskoye (Russia) |
102.4 | 59.0 N - 38.5 E | 4 550 or 2 800 |
25.4 | 5.6 - 28 | Along Volga river |
|
Saksak [Keban Dam reservoir] (Turkey) |
38.5 N - 38.5 E | 6 750 | 3 100 | ? - 160 | ||
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Saratovskoye (Russia) |
28 | 53.0N - 48.2 E | 1 830 | 12.9 | 7 - 28 | |
|
Sevana [Sevan] (Armenia) |
1 905 | 40.5 N - 45.5 E | 1 360 | 58.5 | 41 - 86 | |
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Tharthar [ath Tharthar] (Iraq) |
34.4 N - 43.2 E | 2 119 | ||||
|
Tshchikskoye (Russia) |
45.0 N - 39.5 E | 300 | ||||
|
Tsimlyanskoye (Russia) |
36 | 48.0 N - 43.1 E | 2 700 | 23.7 | 8.8 - 35 | Along Don river |
|
Urmia [Urmia, Orumiyeh] (Iran) |
37.5 N - 45.5 E | 5 960 | 45 | 5 - 16 | ||
|
Van (Turkey) |
1 646 | 38.0 N - 42.5 E | 3 713 | 607 | ||
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Vanerm [Vanern] (Sweden) |
44 | 58.5 N - 13.1 E | 5 648 | 153 | 27 - 106 | regulated |
|
Vatern (Sweden) |
89 | 58.5 N - 14.0 E | 1 856 | 74 | 40 - 128 | |
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Votkinskoye (Russia) |
89 | 56.8 N - 57.2 E | 1 120 | 9.7 | 8.4 - 28 |
| Name [other names] (countries) |
Altitude (meters) |
Lat - Lon (decimal degrees) |
Surface (km2) |
Volume (km3) |
Depth (mean - max) (meters) |
Comment |
|
Aral (North) (Kazakhstan) |
46.0 N - 60.0 E | 17 158 | 193 | 30 - 40 | ||
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Aral (South) (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan) |
44.0 N - 60.0 E | |||||
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Aydarkul [Aidar, Aidar-kul] (Uzbekistan) |
41.0 N - 66.5 E | 1 050 | ||||
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Baikal (Russia) |
456 | 53.4 N - 106.4 E | 31 500 | 23 000 | 740 - 1 741 | |
|
Balkhash (Kazakhstan) |
341.4 | 45.4 N - 76.2 E | 18 200 | 106 | 5.8 - 25.6 | |
|
Bosten (China) |
42.0 N - 87.0 E | 1 000 | 9.7 - 15.7 | |||
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Bratskoye (Russia) |
402 | 54.4 N - 102.1 E | 5 478 | 169.3 | 31.1 - 150 | |
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Chardarya (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan) |
34.0 N - 43.2 E | |||||
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Dongting (China) |
33.5 | 29.0 N 112.5 E | 2 740 | 17.8 | 6.7 - 30.8 | |
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Hamoun [i Helmand] (Afghanistan, Iran) |
27.5 - 59.0 E | 510 | - 11 | |||
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Har (Mongolia) |
48.0 N - 93.0 E | |||||
|
Har Us (Mongolia) |
1 153 | 48.0 N - 92.5 E | 1 400 or 1 700 |
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|
Hongze (China) |
12.3 | 33.5 N - 118.5 E | 2 069 or 1 960 |
2.66 | 1.4 - 5.5 | |
|
Hovsgol (Mongolia) |
1 645 | 50.5 N - 100.5 E | 3 367 | 380 | - 262 | |
|
Hulun (China) |
543 | 49.0 N - 117.0 E | 1 730 | 13.13 | 5 - 7 | |
|
Hyargas [Khirgiz Nuur] (Mongolia) |
1 029 | 49.0 N - 93.0 E | 1 407 | 20 - 80 | ||
|
Issykkul [Issy-kul] (Kyrgyzstan) |
1 606 | 42.5 N 77.1 E | 6 236 | 1 738 | 270 - 668 | |
|
Kapchagayskoye (Kazakhstan) |
485 | 43.5 N - 77.5 E | 1 850 | 28.1 | 15.2 - 40 | |
|
Khanka [Xingkai] (China, Russia) |
69 | 45.0 N - 132.5 E | 4 190 | 18.3 | 4.5 - 6.5 | |
|
Khantaiskoye (Russia) |
65 | 68.0 N - 88.0 E | 822 | 73 - 420 | ||
|
Krasnoyarskoye (Russia) |
243 | 55.5 N - 92.0 E | 1 000 or 2 000 |
73.3 | 37 - 105 | |
|
Lop (China) |
2 | 40.5 N - 90.0 E | 3 010 | 5 | 2 - 2 | |
|
Novosibirskoye (Russia) |
113.7 | 54.5 N - 82.0 E | 1 090 | 9.08 | 9 - 25 | |
|
Poyang [Boyan hu] (China) |
16.5 | 29.0 N - 116.5 E | 3 210 | 25.2 | 8.4 - 25 | |
|
Qinghai [Qionghai hu] (China) |
1 508 | 37.0 N - 100.0 E | 31 | 0.3 | 14 - 31 | |
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Saravor (India) |
21.223 N - 73.681 E | |||||
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Sarykamish (Turkmenistan) |
42.0 N - 57.7 E | 800 | ||||
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Sasykkol (Kazakhstan) |
368 | 46.5 N - 81.5 E | 736 | 2.4 | 3.3 - 4.7 | |
|
Saysan [Zaisan] (Kazakhstan) |
48.0 N - 84.0 E | 5 500 | 53 | |||
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Soungari [Songhua Fengman dam] (China) |
43.5 N - 126.5 E | |||||
|
Tai (China) |
3.1 | 31.5 N 120.0 E | 2 428 | 4.3 | 1.9 - 2.6 | |
|
Tandovo (Russia) |
55.0 N - 78.0 E | |||||
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Tchany [Chany] (Russia) |
106 | 54.5 N - 77.4 E | 2 010 | 4.3 | 2.2 - 5.5 | |
|
Toktogul (Kyegyzstan) |
41.8 N - 72.8 E | 200 | 20 | |||
|
Ulungur (China) |
468 | 47.0 N - 87.0 E | 830 | |||
|
Uvs (Mongolia) |
759 | 50.0 N - 92.5 E | 3 350 | 6 - 10 | ||
|
Zeyskoye (Russia) |
315 | 54.0 N - 128.0 E | 2 119 | 68.4 | ||
|
Ziling [Qiling] (China) |
4 530 | 31.5 N - 89.0 E | 1 640 | 54.1 | 33 |
| Name [other names] (countries) |
Altitude (meters) |
Lat - Lon (decimal degrees) |
Surface (km2) |
Volume (km3) |
Depth (mean - max) (meters) |
Comment |
|
Albert[Albert Nyanza, M'vouta N'Zighé, Mobutu Sese Seko] (Zaire*, Uganda) |
615 | 1.4 N - 30.5 E | 5 300 | 280 | 25 - 58 | |
|
Bangweulu (Zambia) |
1 140 | 11.0 S 29.4 W | 15 100 | 5 | 4 - 10 | |
|
Buyo (Cote d'Ivoire) |
6.0 N - 7.0 W | 989 | 8.3 | |||
|
Cahora Bassa (Mozambique) |
15.7 S - 31.8 E | 4 363 | ||||
|
Edouard [Edward] (Zaire*, Uganda) |
912 | 0.5 S - 29.5 E | 2 325 | 39.5 | 17 - 112 | |
|
Kainji (Nigeria) |
10.4 N - 4.5 E | 1 000 | ||||
|
Kariba (Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
485 | 17.2 S - 28.0 E | 5 400 | 160 | ||
|
Khashm el Girba [Khasha al Qirbah, Abu Deleig] (Sudan) |
452 | 15.0 N - 36.0 E | 31 | 78 | ||
|
Kivu (Zaire*, Rwanda) |
2.0 S - 29.0 N | |||||
|
Kyoga (Uganda) |
914 | 1.4 N - 33.1 E | 1 720 | ? - 5.7 | ||
|
Malawi [Nyasa] (Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania) |
500 | 10.0 S - 34.5 E | 6 400 | 8 400 | 292 - 706 | |
|
Mweru (Zaire*, Zambia) |
922 | 9.0 S - 28.4 E | 4 350 | 32 | 7 - 37 | |
|
Nasser (Egypt) |
183 | 22.6 N - 32.1 E | 5 248 | 132.5 | 25.2 - 130 | Along Nil river |
|
Roseires (Sudan) |
11.5 N - 34.0 E | 4 350 | ||||
|
Rukwa (Tanzania) |
793 | 8.0 S - 32.2 E | 3 000 | 3 - ? | ||
|
Shala (Ethiopia) |
7.47 N - 38.51 E | |||||
|
Tana (Ethiopia) |
1 788 | 11.4 N - 37.2 E | 3 600 | 28 | 9 - 14 | Source of the Blue Nil |
|
Tanganika (Tanzania, Zaire*, Zambia, Burundi) |
773 | 6.0 S - 30.1 E | 32 000 | 17 890 | 572 - 1 471 | |
|
Tchad (Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger) |
280 | 13.2 N - 14.1 E | 1 540 | 72 | 4.1 - 10.5 | |
|
Turkana (Ethiopia, Kenya) |
360.4 | 4.0 N - 36.0 E | 6 750 | 203.6 | 30.2 - 109 | Fed by Omo river |
|
Victoria (Tanzania, Unganda, Kenya) |
1 134 | 1.0 S - 33.0 E | 68 800 | 2 750 | 40 - 84 | |
|
Volta (Ghana) |
85 | 7.6 N - 0.1 E | 8 502 | 148 | 19 - 75 | Along Volta river |
* Zaire is now Republique Démocratique du Congo (RDC)
| Name [other names] (countries) |
Altitude (meters) |
Lat - Lon (decimal degrees) |
Surface (km2) |
Volume (km3) |
Depth (mean - max) (meters) |
Comment |
|
Aberdeen (Canada) |
80 | 64.3 N - 99.0 W | 1 100 | |||
|
Amadjuak (Canada) |
113 | 65.0 N - 71.0 W | 3 060 | |||
|
Angostura (Mexico) |
16.12 N - 92.59 W | |||||
|
Athabasca (Canada) |
213 | 59.5 N - 110.0 W | 7 900 | 204 | ? - 120 | |
|
Aylmer (Canada) |
375 | 64.0 N - 108.0 W | 808 | |||
|
Baker (Canada) |
2 | 64.0 N - 95.0 W | 1 780 | |||
|
Caniapiscau (Canada) |
535 | 54.0 N - 69.0 W | 2 892 | 34.25 | ? - 49 | |
|
Caribou (Canada) |
58.0 N - 103.0 W | |||||
|
Cedar (Canada) |
256 | 53.0 N - 100.0 W | 1 320 | 10.2 | ? - 10 | |
|
Champlain (USA) |
44.53 N - 73.3 W | |||||
|
Chapala (Mexico) |
1 524 | 20.5 N - 103.0 W | 1 112 | 7.9 | ? - 10.5 | |
|
Churumuco (Mexico) |
18.0 N - 102.0 W | |||||
|
Des Bois (Canada) |
322 | 49.0 N - 95.0 W | 4 350 | |||
|
Deschambault (Canada) |
54.91 N - 103.39 W | |||||
|
Dore (Canada) |
45.62 N -77.11 W | |||||
|
Dubawnt (Canada) |
236 | 63.0 N - 102.0 W | 3 600 | |||
|
Erie (Canada, USA) |
174 | 42.0 N - 81.0 W | 25 800 | 458 | ? - 64 | |
|
Flathead (USA) |
881 | 47.5 N - 114.0 W | 510 | ? - 370 | ||
|
Fort Peck (USA) |
47.5 N - 107.0 W | 300 | ? - 67 | |||
|
Grande Trois (Canada) |
2 420 | 54.0 N - 75.0 W | Part of Grande Rivière, Robert Bourrassa settlements |
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|
Great Bear (Canada) |
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Great Salt (USA) |
1 283 | 41.0 N - 112.5 W | 5 000 | 19 | 4 - 12 | |
|
Great Slave (Canada) |
156 | 62.0 N - 113.0 W | 28 568 | 2 090 | ? - 614 | |
|
Huron (Canada, USA) |
176 | 45.0 N - 82.0 W | 59 570 | 3 540 | ? - 228 | |
|
Izabal (Guatemala) |
8 | 15.466 N - 89.155 W | 590 | ? - 18 | ||
|
Kasba (Canada) |
336 | 60.0 N - 102.0 W | 1 320 | |||
|
Lesser Slave (Canada) |
577 | 55.5 N - 115.0 W | 1 170 | 13.69 | ? - 21 | |
|
Manitoba (Canada) |
248 | 52.0 N - 99.0 W | 4 610 | 22.8 | ? - 37 | |
|
Managua (Nicaragua) |
37.8 | 12.33 N - 86.365 W | 1 016 | 7.97 | 7.8 - 26 | |
|
Mead (USA) |
36.0 N - 114.0 W | 500 | ||||
|
Michigan (USA) |
177 | 44.0 N - 87.0 W | 58 016 | 4 870 | ? - 281 | |
|
Montreal (Canada) |
54.33 N - 106.66 W | |||||
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Nettiling (Canada) |
30 | 66.0 N - 70.0 W | 5 050 | |||
|
Nezahualcoyoti (Mexico) |
17.161 N - 93.652 W | |||||
|
Nicaragua (Nicaragua) |
32 | 11.3 N - 85.3 W | 8 150 | 108 | ? - 70 | |
|
Nueltin (Canada) |
278 | 60.0 N - 100.0 W | 2 030 | |||
|
Okeechobee (USA) |
4 | 27.0 N - 81.0 W | 1 894 | ? - 4.5 | ||
|
Old Wives (Canada) |
51.15 N - 106.78 W | |||||
|
Ontario (Canada, USA) |
75 | 43.5 N - 78.2 W | 19 009 | 1 640 | ? - 224 | |
|
Oahe (USA) |
45.0 N - 101.0 W | 1 348 | 23.81 | |||
|
Opinac (Canada) |
216 | 53.0 N - 76.0 W | 1 040 | 8.5 | ? - 51 | |
|
Powell (USA) |
38.0 N - 111.0 W | 500 | Along Colorado river (with lake Mead) |
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Saint-Jean [Saint-John] (Canada) |
100 | 48.5 N - 72.0 W | 1 053 | 11.9 | ? - 63 | |
|
Sakakawea (USA) |
47.5 N - 102.0 W | 700 | ||||
|
Smallwood (Canada) |
471 | 64.0 N - 54.0 W | 6 475 | |||
|
Superior (Canada, USA) |
183 | 47.0 N - 87.0 W | 82 367 | 12 200 | ? - 406 | |
|
Williston (Canada) |
672.1 | 56.0 N - 124.0 W | 1 779 | 70.3 | ? - 166 | |
|
Winnipeg (Canada) |
217 | 52.0 N - 99.0 W | 23 750 | 284 | ? - 36 | |
|
Winnipegosis (Canada) |
253 | 53.0 N - 100.0 W | 5 150 | 19.8 | ? - 18.3 | |
|
Yellowstone (USA) |
44.5 N - 110.5 W | 350 |
| Name [other names] (countries) |
Altitude (meters) |
Lat - Lon (decimal degrees) |
Surface (km2) |
Volume (km3) |
Depth (mean - max) (meters) |
Comment |
|
Argentino (Argentina) |
187 | 50.5 S - 73.0 W | 1 466 | 219.9 | 150 - 500 | |
|
Balbina (Brazil) |
50 | 1.8 S - 59.5 W | 2 360 | 17.533 | 7.4 - 30 | |
|
Cardiel (Argentina) |
48.91 S - 71.22 W | |||||
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Chiquita (Argentina) |
31.0 S - 63.5 W | 1 500 | ||||
|
Furnas (Brazil) |
21.0 S - 46.0 W | 1 215 | 22.95 | |||
|
Guri (Venezuela) |
270 | 7.0 N - 67.0 W | 4 250 | 17 | ||
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Hinojo (Argentina) |
36.01 W - 62.41 W | |||||
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Huapi (Argentina) |
45.5 S - 69.0 W | 700 | ||||
|
Iguazu (Brazil) |
25.25 S - 54.47 W | |||||
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Ilha Solteira (Brazil) |
328 | 20.0 S - 51.0 W | 1 195 | 21.06 | ? - 46 | |
|
Itaparica (Brazil) |
9.0 S - 39.0 W | 8 779 | ||||
|
Logoa dos Patos [Patos] (Brazil) |
31.5 S - 51.5 W | 10 140 | ? - 5 | |||
|
Logoa Gen Carrera (Chile) |
215 | 46.5 S - 72.0 W | 1 850 | |||
|
Llanquihue (Chile) |
70 | 41.1 S - 72.8 W | 960 | ? - 317 | ||
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Maracaibo (Venezuela) |
9.65 N - 71.53 W | |||||
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Nahuelhuapi (Chile) |
41.0 S - 71.4 W | 450 | ? -438 | |||
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Novaponte (Brazil) |
19.0 N - 47.0 W | |||||
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Poopo [Pampa Aullagas] (Bolivia) |
3 686 | 18.9 S - 67.0 W | 3 191 | 2 | 0.5 - 3 | |
|
Posadas (Argentina) |
112 | 27.5 S - 56.0 W | 45.3 | 1.4 | 31.12 - ? | Part of Parana river |
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Ranco (Chile) |
150 | 40.2 S - 72.4 W | 401 | 0.5 | 122 - 199 | |
|
Rinihue (Chile) |
117 | 39.8 S - 72.3 W | 77.5 | 12.6 | 162 - 323 | |
|
San Martin (Argentina, Chile) |
200 | 48.9 S - 72.6 W | 1 010 | 5 - 170 | ||
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Sobradino (Brazil) |
392 | 10.0 S - 42.0 W | 4 220 | 34.1 | 8.6 - 30 | |
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Strobel (Argentina) |
48.5 S - 71.5 W | |||||
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Titicaca (Peru, Bolivia) |
3 812 | 15.8 S - 69.4 W | 8 372 | 893 | 107 - 281 | |
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Todos los Santos (Chile) |
189 | 41.1 S - 72.3 W | 178.5 | 34.4 | 191 - 337 | |
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Tres Marias (Pays) |
45.5 S - 18.5 W | 500 | ||||
|
Tucurui (Brazil) |
72 | 5.0 S - 50.0 W | 2 430 | 45.8 | 18.9 - 75 | |
|
Viedma (Argentina) |
250 | 49.5 S - 73.0 W | 1 090 | 827 | ? - 304 |
| Name [other names] (countries) |
Comment |
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Danube basin (Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungaria, Slovakia, Autria) |
Located in Europe |
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Dniepr basin (Ukraine, Belarus) |
Located in Europe |
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Ganges basin (Bangladesh, India) |
Located in Asia |
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Indus basin (Pakistan) |
Located in Asia |
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Mekong basin (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos) |
Located in southeast Asia. Area : 800000 Km2. Length : 4500 km.
The Mekong river flows from China’s Yunnan Province through Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, reaching the South China Sea in Vietnam. Caracterized by large wetlands areas in the southern part, including the Tonle Sap (natural reservoir, Cambodia) and the Mekong Delta in Cambodia and Vietnam. 5% of the annual flow of the Mekong is regulated by dams. |
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Yangtze basin (China) |
Located in Asia |
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Yellow River basin (China) |
Located in Asia |
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Congo basin (Congo, Democratic RP of Congo) |
Located in Africa |
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Niger basin (Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Guinea) |
Located in Africa |
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Nil basin (Egypt, Sudan) |
Located in Africa |
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Zambeze basin (Mozambique) |
Located in Africa |
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Mississipi basin (USA) |
Located in North-America |
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Amazon basin (Brazil, Peru) |
Largest hydrographic basin in the world. Located in South America (mostly Brazil). Area : 6 million Km2. Mean annual discharge : 200000 m3s-1. Main tributaries : Japura, Rio Negro, Madeira, Tapajos. |
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Orinocco basin (Venezuela) |
Located in South-America |
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Parana basin (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) |
Second largest drainage basin the South America after the Amazon and 5th in the world. Elongated north-south; Three main sub-basins associated with the Parana, Paraguay and Urugay rivers. |