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Königssee (518) Obersee
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Lakes
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Lakes around the world.

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Ammersee (398) Inning am Ammersee
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Ammersee
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The Ammersee is after Chiemsee and Lake Starnberg the third largest lake in Bavaria (under the lakes, which lie exclusively in Bavaria) and reaching the …

Map: Ammersee
Map: Ammersee
Barmsee (22)
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Barmsee
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The Barmsee is a maximum of 1.12 km long and a maximum of 0.49 km wide lake in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Upper Bavaria) in the territory of …

Map: Barmsee
Map: Barmsee
Dam Petit Saut (890)
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Dam Petit Saut
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The dam of Petit-Saut is a dam located in the department of French Guiana between the towns of Sinnamary and Saint-Élie. Its dam lake, with an area of about …

Map: Dam Petit Saut
Map: Dam Petit Saut
Eibsee (172) Zugspitze
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Eibsee
21 Photos

The Eibsee is a lake 9 km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen below (3.5 km north) of the Zugspitze (2,962 m) in the Wetterstein mountains in Bavaria. In …

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Map: Eibsee
Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee) (322)
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Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)
27 Photos

The Geroldsee, also called Wagenbrüchsee, is a bog lake near Krün, a few kilometers from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It has an area of 10.6 hectares, a maximum …

Map: Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)
Map: Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)
Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache) (127)
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Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)
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The Hintersee (formerly Ferchensee or Forchensee) is a 16.4 hectare lake in the municipality of Ramsau in the Berchtesgadener Land, about two kilometers …

Map: Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)
Map: Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)
Hopfensee (1)
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Hopfensee
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The Hopfensee is a maximum 2.1 km long lake with a circumference of 6.8 km north of Füssen in the district of Ostallgäu, Bavarian Swabia, Bavaria. With …

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Map: Hopfensee
Jökulsárlón (211)
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Jökulsárlón
26 Photos

Jökulsárlón, literally “glacial river lagoon”, is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head …

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Map: Jökulsárlón
Kaw Swamp (197)
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Kaw-Roura Marshland
80 Photos

The Kaw-Roura Marshland Nature Reserve (Kaw Marshland or Marais de Kaw) is one of six natural reserves created by the French government in French Guiana

Map: Kaw-Roura Marshland
Map: Kaw-Roura Marshland
Kochelsee (5) Schlehdorf am Kochelsee - Herzogstand - Heimgarten
Photo: Kochelsee, Schlehdorf am Kochelsee - Herzogstand - Heimgarten

Kochelsee
15 Photos

The Kochelsee (Lake Kochel) is located 70 km south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. It belongs to the communities Schlehdorf in the west and …

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Map: Kochelsee
Königssee (608) Obersee
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Königssee
48 Photos

The Königssee is a long mountain lake in Berchtesgaden in the southeast of Bavaria and part of the municipality of Schönau am Königssee. It lies at the …

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Map: Königssee
Uro’s Islands (34) Lake Titicaca
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Lake Titicaca
122 Photos

Lake Titicaca is a large, deep, freshwater lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru, often called the “highest navigable lake” in the world. …

Map: Lake Titicaca
Map: Lake Titicaca
Lake Mývatn (5)
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Mývatn
5 Photos

Mývatn is a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. The lake and its surrounding …

Map: Mývatn
Map: Mývatn
Plansee (Tyrol) (26)
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Plansee (Tyrol)
7 Photos

The Plansee is located in the district of Reutte, Tyrol, Austria within the Ammergau Alps. With almost 3 km², it is the second largest natural lake in …

Map: Plansee (Tyrol)
Map: Plansee (Tyrol)
Pripri de Yiyi (1972)
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Pripri de Yiyi
72 Photos

The great Pripri de Yiyi is located on the municipalities of Sinnamary and Iracoubo, and covers about 15,000 ha. This ecosystem occupies a central position …

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Map: Pripri de Yiyi
Kompong Phluk (16)
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Tonlé Sap
24 Photos

Tonlé Sap, commonly translated to “Great Lake”, refers to a seasonally inundated freshwater lake, the Tonlé Sap Lake and an attached river, the 120 km long …

Map: Tonlé Sap
Map: Tonlé Sap