The following list of Lakes in France roughly distinguishes 3 categories: the mountain lakes, sorted by massif - and further sorted by départements, the lakes in plains, sorted by river bassin, and the coastal lakes. A Lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ...

The Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), the largest in western Europe with 582 km², partly in France, partly in Switzerland, is listed in Haute-Savoie for its French part. Lake Geneva (rarely Leman Lake, French: Lac Léman or Lac de Genève) is the second largest freshwater lake in central Europe (after Lake Balaton), divided between 2/5 France (Haute-Savoie) and 3/5 Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais). ... Haute-Savoie is a French département, named after the Alps mountain range. ...

Mountain lakes

The lakes of mountain massifs can be natural, often of glaciary origin (G), or volcanic (V), or artificial, generally built for hydraulic energy purposes (H) or flow regulation (F). A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ...

Alps

The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ...

Alpes-Maritimes

• Lac d'Allos

Alpes_Maritimes is a département in the extreme southeast corner of France. ...

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

• Lac Bleu in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac Bleu-italien in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lacs du col-de-Longet in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac de l'Étoile in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac long in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac de Longet in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac-grand de Marinet in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac-petit de Marinet in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac des Neuf Couleurs in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac Noir in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac de la Noire in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac Rond in the Haute-Ubaye
• Lac de Serre-Ponçon (H) (F)
• Lac Vert in the Haute-Ubaye

Alpes_de_Haute_Provence is a French département in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence. ... The Lac de Serre-Ponçon is in southeast France, it is the largest artificial lake in Europe. ...

Hautes-Alpes

• Grand Lac in the Briançonnais
• Lac de l'Ascension in the Queyras
• Lac d'Asti in the Queyras
• Lac des Béraudes in the Briançonnais
• Lac de la Blanche in the Queyras
• Lac Blanchet in the Queyras
• Lac Chalantiés in the Queyras
• Lac Clausis in the Queyras
• Lac de Combeynot in the massif des Écrins
• Lac des Cordes in the Queyras
• Lac du Crachet in the Embrunnais
• Lac de Cristol in the Briançonnais
• Lac de Dormillouse in the massif des Écrins
• Lac Haut-des-Drayères or Lac sans-nom-au-dessus-des-Drayères, in the Briançonnais
• Lac Égorgeou in the Queyras
• Lac Escur in the Queyras
• Lac des Estaris in the massif des Écrins
• Lac de l'Eychassier in the Queyras
• Lac de l'Eychauda in the massif des Écrins
• Lac Faravel in the massif des Écrins
• Lac Foréant in the Queyras
• Lac Gimont in the Briançonnais
• Lac Jean Rostand in the Queyras
• Lacs Jumeaux in the massif des Écrins
• Lac Lacroix in the Queyras
• Lac Lestio in the Queyras
• Lac Laramon in the Briançonnais
• Grand lac du Lauzet in the Queyras
• Lac moyen du Lauzet in the Queyras
• Lac du Lauzon in the massif des Écrins
• Lac Lauzon in the Queyras
• Lac Lauzon de Furfande in the Queyras
• Lac Long in the Briançonnais
• Lac Long in the massif des Écrins
• Lac Malrif in the Queyras
• Lac Mézan in the Queyras
• Lac Miroir in the Queyras
• Lac des Muandes in the Briançonnais
• Lac Néal in the Queyras
• Lac Haut-Néal or Lac sans-nom-au-dessus-du-Lac-Néal, in the Queyras
• Lac des Neuf-couleurs in the Queyras
• Lac Noir in the Briançonnais
• Grand lac de l'Oule in the Briançonnais
• Lac de l'Orceyrette in the Briançonnais
• Lac Palluel in the massif des Écrins
• Lac Petit-Laus in the Queyras
• Lac Peyron in the Briançonnais
• Lac des Pisses in the massif des Écrins
• Lac de la Ponsonnière in the Briançonnais
• Lac Profond in the massif des Écrins
• Lac de Puy Vachier in the massif des Écrins
• Lac de Rasis in the Queyras
• Lac ouest de Rasis in the Queyras
• Lac Rond in the Briançonnais
• Lac des Rouites in the Queyras
• Lac Sainte-Anne in the Queyras
• Lac Sainte-Marguerite in the Embrunnais
• Lac Saraille in the Briançonnais
• Lac du Serpent in the Briançonnais
• Lac des Sirènes in the massif des Écrins
• Lac Soulier in the Queyras
• Lago Verde in the Queyras

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Drôme

Drôme is a département in southeastern France named after the Drôme River. ...

Isère

• Lac Achard in the massif de Belledonne
• Lac Besson in the massif des Rousses
• Lac Bramant in the massif des Rousses
• Lac Brouffier in the massif du Taillefer
• Lac du Chambon in the massif de l'Oisans
• Lac Claret in the massif de Belledonne
• Lac de la Coche in the massif de Belledonne
• Lac de Croz in the massif de Belledonne
• Lac du Crozet in the massif de Belledonne
• Lac de la Fare in the massif des Rousses
• Lac Faucille in the massif des Rousses
• Lac Fourchu in the massif du Taillefer
• Lac de Grand'Maison at the Vallon de l'Eau d'Olle
• Lac de la Grande-Sître in the massif de Belledonne
• Lac Guichard in the massif des Rousses
• Lac de Lauvitel in the massif des Écrins, 350,000 m²
• Lac Lérié in the massif de l'Oisans
• Lac Merlat in the massif de Belledonne
• Lac du Milieu in the massif des Rousses
• Lac Noir in the massif de l'Oisans
• Lac Noir in the massif des Rousses
• Lac Noir d'Emparis in the massif de l'Oisans
• Lac de Paladru (G)
• Lac du Plan in the massif de l'Oisans
• Lac du Pontet in the massif de l'Oisans
• Lac du Poursollet in the massif du Taillefer
• Lac Potet in the massif des Rousses
• Lac du Verney in the massif des Grandes-Rousses

Isère is a département in the east of France named after the Isère River. ... Principal summits of the Ecrins, together with the national park boundaries The mountains of the Massif des Écrins form the core of the Parc national des Écrins in France. ... The Lac de Paladru is a small lake located in the Isère département, near Charavines, in France. ...

Savoie

• Grand Lac in the massif des Grandes-Rousses
• Lac d'Aiguebelette
• Lac de l'Arpont in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac des Assiettes at the Col de la Vanoise
• Lac de la Bailletta at Val d'Isère
• Lac de Bissorte in Valmeinier
• Lac Blanc in the massif du Mont-Cenis
• Lac Blanc in the Vallée du Clou
• Lac Blanc
• Lac Blanc in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac Blanc in the massif des Grandes-Rousses
• Lac Blanc in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac du Bourget at Aix-les-Bains
• Lac Brutet in the Vallée du Clou
• Lac Carrelet in the massif des Grandes-Rousses
• Lac des Cerces
• Lac du Chardonnet at Tignes
• Lac de Chasseforêt in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac du Chevril at Tignes
• Lac du Clos at Moûtiers
• Lac du Clou in the Vallée du Clou
• Lac de la Croix in the massif d'Allevard
• Lac des Évettes in the massif de la Vanoise, 30,000 m²
• Lac de la Fare in the massif des Grandes-Rousses
• Lac de la Girotte in the Beaufortin
• Lac de la Gittaz in the Beaufortin
• Lac de la Glière in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac Grand-Ban
• Lac du Lait in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lacs de la Leisse at the Vallon de la Leisse
• Lac Long at the Col de la Vanoise
• Lac le Lou in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac du Milieu in the massif des Grandes-Rousses
• Lac du Mont-Cenis in the massif du Mont-Cenis
• Lac du Mont-Coua in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lacs des Nettes at the Vallon de la Leisse
• Lac Noir in the Vallée du Clou
• Lac Noir in the Vallée de la Sassière
• Lac de l'Ouillette at Val d'Isère
• Lac de la Partie in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac du Pelve at the glacier du Pelve
• Lac du Plan-d'Amont in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac du Plan-d'Aval in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac du Plan-du-Lac in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lacs de la Roche-Ferran in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac Rond at the Col de la Vanoise
• Lac Rond
• Lac de Roseland in the Beaufortin
• Lac de Saint-André at the Marches
• Lac de Saint-Clair vers La Rochette
• Lac de Saint-Hélène at Saint-Hélène-du-Lac
• Lac de Saint-Guérin in the Beaufortin
• Lac de Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
• Lac du Santel at Tignes
• Lac de la Sassière at Tignes
• Lac de Savine in the massif du Mont-Cenis
• Lac de Tignes (H) at Tignes
• Lac de Toeda in the massif de la Vanoise
• Lac Tournant in the massif des Grandes-Rousses
• Lac du Vallon under the Aiguille de Scolette
• Lacs Verdet in the Vallée du Clou

Savoie is a French département. ... Val dIsère is a famous ski resort and a commune located (45°27′ N 6°58′ E) in the Savoie département, in France, near the Italian border. ... The Lac du Bourget (Lake of Bourget) is a lake in the Savoie département of France. ... Aix-les-Bains is a spa town of eastern France, near the Lac du Bourget, and 9 m. ... Tignes is a commune of the Savoie département, in France. ... Tignes is a commune of the Savoie département, in France. ... Moûtiers is a commune of the Savoie département, in the Rhône-Alpes région, in France. ... Val dIsère is a famous ski resort and a commune located (45°27′ N 6°58′ E) in the Savoie département, in France, near the Italian border. ... Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is a commune of the Savoie département, in France. ... Tignes is a commune of the Savoie département, in France. ... Tignes is a commune of the Savoie département, in France. ... Tignes is a commune of the Savoie département, in France. ...

Haute-Savoie

• Lac d'Annecy, 27.6 km²
• Lac d'Arvour, south of the Cornettes de Bise
• Lac Bénit at the Mont-Saxonnex, under the chaîne du Bargy
• Marais de la Braille between Saint-Félix and Bloye
• Lac du Brévent at Chamonix
• Lacs de la Cavettaz called Lacs de Passy at Passy
• Lac de Charamillon north of the glacier du Tour
• Lac de Darbon, south of the La Dent d'Oche
• Lac des Dronières at Cruseilles
• Lac de Fontaine at Fontaine
• Lac de Génissiat at the barrage de Génissiat (for the part in Savoy)
• Lac des Gorges du Fier at Montrottier
• Lac de la Griaz at the Houches
• Lac de Jotty at the Esserts
• Lacs Jovet at the Contamines-Montjoie
• Lac Léman (French part)
• Lac de Lessy at the col de la Forclaz-Lessy, under the Pic de Jallouvre
• Étang de Machilly at Machilly
• Lac du Môle between Viuz-en-Sallaz and Saint-Jeoire
• Lac de Montriond, at Montriond
• Lac Noir in the massif des Aiguilles-Rouges
• Lac de Pormenaz in the Passy country park
• Lac de Préssy at Taninges
• Lac de Vallon, at La Chèvrerie

Haute-Savoie is a French département, named after the Alps mountain range. ... Lake dAnnecy (French Lac dAnnecy) is a lake in Haute-Savoie in France. ... Saint-Félix is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Saint-Félix, in the Allier département Saint-Félix, in the Charente département Saint-Félix, in the Charente-Maritime département Saint-Félix, in the Lot département Saint... Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (45° 55′ 8″ N, 6° 51′ 55″ E; elevation 1040 m), or more commonly, Chamonix is a town and commune in eastern France, in the Haute-Savoie département, at the foot of Mont Blanc. ... Passy is an exclusive suburb on the Right Bank of Paris, France and traditional home to many of the citys wealthiest residents. ... Les Houches is a village and commune in Haute-Savoie département, in the French Alps. ... Lake Geneva (rarely Leman Lake, French: Lac Léman or Lac de Genève) is the second largest freshwater lake in central Europe (after Lake Balaton), divided between 2/5 France (Haute-Savoie) and 3/5 Switzerland (cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais). ... Passy is an exclusive suburb on the Right Bank of Paris, France and traditional home to many of the citys wealthiest residents. ...

Jura

• Lac de Saint-Point
• Lac de Vouglans

Jura is a département in the east of France named after the Jura mountains, not be confused with the Swiss canton of Jura. ...

Massif Central

• Gour de Tazenat (V)
• Lac d'Aydat (V)
• Lac de Bort-Les-Orgues (H)
• Lac Chambon (V)
• Lac Chauvet (V)
• Lac d'En-Bas Godeville
• Lac d'En-Haut Godeville
• Lac de Guéry (V)
• Lac Pavin (V), Besse-en-Chandesse, 440,000 m²
• Lac de Saint-Pardoux
• Lac Servières (V)
• Lac de Vassivière (H)

France, viewed from the NASA Shuttle Topography Radar Mission. ...

Pyrénées

Central Pyrenees The Pyrenees (French: Pyrénées; Spanish: Pirineos; Occitan: Pirenèus or Pirenèas; Catalan Pirineus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. ...

Haute-Garonne

• Lac d'Oô

Haute-Garonne is a département in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. ...

Hautes-Pyrénées

• Lac d'Aumar
• Lac de Cap-de-Long
• Lac de l'Oule
• Lac Supérieur

Hautes-Pyrénées is a département in southwestern France. ...

Vosges

• Lac de Gérardmer (G) : 1.16 km²
• Lac de Longemer (G) : 0.76 km²
• Lac de Retournemer

Vosges is a French département, named after the Vosges mountain range. ...

Lakes in plains

The lakes in this category can be natural (N) of designed to be used as reservoirs (R). A reservoir is an artificial lake created by flooding land behind a dam. ...

Bassin of the Garonne

• Lac de Pareloup (R)

The Garonne (Occitan: Garona) is a river in southwest France, with a length of 575 km (357 miles). ...

Bassin of the Loire

• Lac de Chambon
• Étangs de Sologne
• Lac de Grand-Lieu (N)

The Loire is wide; here in Orléans, half of it is shown, up to a dividing half-flooded island. ... Sologne (Secalaunia from Lat. ...

Bassin of the Seine

• Lac du Der-Chantecoq (R)

This article is about the river in France. ...

Bassin of the Rhine

• Lac de la Madine

At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...

Bassin of the Rhône

• Étangs des Dombes
• Lac de Sainte-Croix (R)

Starry Night Over the Rhone, by Vincent van Gogh (1888) The River Rhône (French Rhône, Occitan Ròse, Franco-Provençal Roun, standard German Rhone, Valais German Rotten) is one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France. ... Dombes is a historic region of east-southeastern France, once an independent municipality, formerly part of the province of Burgundy, and now a district comprised in the department of Ain, and bounded W. by the Seine, S. by the Rhone, E. by the Ain and N. by the district of...

Others

• Lac de Guerlédan in Brittany

Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical duchy and French province, as well as the cultural area of Brittany. ...

Coastal lakes

The lakes close to the sea can be filled with fresh water (F) or sea water (S). For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... Sea water is water from a sea or ocean. ...

English Channel

Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ...

Atlantic Ocean

• Étang de Biscarosse
• Étang de Lacanau

Mediterranean Sea

• Étang de Berre
• Étang de Thau