List of lakes of Australia explained

Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia.

Types

Most lakes in Australia fall within one of five categories. Excluding lakes and lagoons created by man-made dams for water storage and other purposes, one can identify the following:

List of lakes and lagoons by state and territory

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in the sector of Antarctica claimed by Australia as the Australian Antarctic Territory:

OrderNameTypeRegionDesignationAreaImageNotes
haacre
1 0.07690.19[2]
2 Glacial [3]
3 Glacial [4]
4 Glacial 68168[5]
5 Glacial [6]
6 Glacial
7 Glacial
8 Glacial
9 Glacial

Australian Capital Territory

In the Australian Capital Territory there are no prominent naturally-formed lakes and lagoons.Artificial lakes include Bendora Dam, Cotter Dam, Corin Dam, Lake Burley Griffin, Lake Ginninderra, Lake Tuggeranong, and Stranger Pond.

New South Wales

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in New South Wales:

OrderNameTypeRegionDesignationAreaImageNotes
haacre
1 0.66ha [7]
2 70ha [8]
3 10ha
4 Freshwater ephemeral;
Glacial 		Snowy Mountains 16ha [9]
5 Coastal Central Coast 1400ha
6 Coastal
7 Freshwater ephemeral Greater Sydney
8 Glacial Snowy Mountains
9 Freshwater ephemeral
10
11 Freshwater ephemeral Southern Tablelands
12 Freshwater ephemeral
13 Coastal lagoon
14 Headley TarnGlacial
15 Coastal
16 Coastal
17 Freshwater ephemeral
18 Freshwater ephemeral
19 Far West
20 Coastal Central Coast
21 Coastal
22 Coastal Northern Beaches 220ha [10]
23 Freshwater ephemeral
24 Coastal Mid North Coast
25 Coastal
26 Coastal Mid North Coast
27 Coastal lagoon Central Coast
28 Coastal Central Coast
29 Saline Far West
30 Freshwater ephemeral
31 Coastal Mid North Coast
32 Coastal lagoon Central Coast
33 Freshwater ephemeral
34 Saline Far West
35 Coastal Mid North Coast
36 Coastal Mid North Coast
37 Freshwater ephemeral
38 Freshwater ephemeral Far West Ramsar 5,026 12,420

Northern Territory

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in the Northern Territory:

OrderNameTypeRegionDesignationAreaImageNotes
haacre
1 South-west 103200ha [11]
2 Corella Lake
3 Saline Great Sandy Desert

Gibson Desert
349400ha
4 Saline South-west 30000ha [12]
5
6 Freshwater ephemeral 200000ha
7 Freshwater ephemeral Barkly Tableland Tarrabool Lake – Eva Downs Swamp System
Important Bird Area

Register of the National Estate
118600ha
8 Freshwater ephemeral Barkly Tableland Important Bird Area;
Longreach Waterhole Protected Area (part) 		118600ha
9

Queensland

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Queensland:

OrderNameTypeRegionDesignationAreaImageNotes
haacre
1 6,750 16,700
2
3 500 1,236
4 Freshwater ephemeral
5 Perched 200 494
6 Coastal
7 Lake Broadwater Coastal
8 11,700 28,911
9 Lake Como Coastal
10 Lake Cooloola Coastal
11 Lake Cooroibah Coastal
12 Coastal
13 Freshwater ephemeral
14 Volcanic 42.9 106
15 Freshwater ephemeral
16 Volcanic 4.4 11
17 Saline 25,700 64,000
18 150 370
19 Freshwater ephemeral
20 Coastal 960 2.372
21 Perched
22 Saline

South Australia

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in South Australia:

OrderNameTypeRegionDesignationAreaImageNotes
haacre
1 Murray Mallee
2 64900ha [13] [14]
3 Far North
4 70ha [15]
5 Limestone Coast 5056ha
6 Freshwater
7 1388ha
8 Saline Mid North 6000ha [16]
9 Saline Far North Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area 16000ha [17]
10 Wetlands Far North 2179000ha [18]
11 Saline Far North
12 Saline Far North
13 Far North Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park950000ha [19]
14 Saline endorheic 259615ha
15 Saline endorheic
16Lake GillesSalineEyre PeninsulaLake Gilles Conservation Park
17 Far North
18 Saline Far North
19 Lake Hart (South Australia) Lake Hart Saline
20 Saline ephemeral Far North Coongie Lakes wetland Ramsar Site 3600ha
21 Lake Miranda, South Australia Lake Miranda Freshwater ephemeral
22 Saline ephemeral Eyre Peninsula 88ha
23 Saline 9700ha [20]
24 Saline endorheic Eyre Peninsula 707ha
25 Saline ephemeral Flinders Ranges 574500ha [21]
26 Valley Lake Volcanic Limestone Coast
27Contiguous wetlands Murray Mallee 13100ha

Tasmania

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Tasmania:

OrderNameTypeRegionDesignationAreaImageNotes
haacre
1 55ha [22]
2 Freshwater Western 48ha [23]
3 Cirque freshwater 86ha [24] [25] [26]
4 Freshwater ephemeral 230ha [27] [28]
5 Fault scarp pond 147ha [29]
6 South West Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
7 Freshwater Game reserve (pending as at 2005)150ha
8 Freshwater Central Highlands 17600ha [30]
align=center 9 Central Northern 18ha [31]
10 Freshwater coastal North East Ramsar Site 10ha [32]
11 Freshwater Central Northern
12 South East Coast Ramsar Site 3334ha [33]
13
14 Freshwater Central Highlands Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park 4500ha
15 Glacial West Coast 35ha [34]

Victoria

The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Victoria.

OrderNameTypeRegionDesignationAreaImageNotes
haacre
1 230 568
2 2300056834
3 Coastal
4 Freshwater ephemeral Wimmera 1350033000
5 Mallacoota Inlet Coastal
6 Saline 81 200
7 Coastal lake 139 340
8 Freshwater Alpine 14 35
9 Wimmera 45 111

Western Australia

See main article: Lists of lakes of Western Australia. The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in Western Australia:

OrderNameTypeRegionDesignationAreaImageNotes
haacre
1 33ha
2 12000ha
3 Saline
4 Saline ephemeral 4900ha [35]
5 Saline Mid West 198000ha [36]
6 Freshwater
7 Freshwater Goldfields-Esperance 2500ha
8 Freshwater [37]
9 870ha [38]
10 Saline Gibson Desert 2600ha [39] [40]
11 Great Southern Lake Bryde Nature Reserve 1900ha [41]
12 Saline Gibson Desert 42000ha [42]
13 Saline Goldfields-Esperance
14 Ephemeral Goldfields-Esperance 571400ha [43] [44]
16 Saline Pilbara
17 Saline Great Southern Dumbleyung Lake Nature Reserve 5200ha
18 Lake Dundas Saline Goldfields-Esperance
19 Brackish seasonal groundwater 245ha [45]
20 Seasonal freshwater Goldfields-Esperance Lake Gore Nature Reserve;
Lake Gore Ramsar Site 		740ha [46]
21 Seasonal freshwater Paraku Indigenous Protected Area
22 Freshwater Herdsman Lake Regional Park 300ha [47]
23 Saline Goldfields-Esperance 1.5ha [48]
24 Saline Mid West
25 Freshwater 4500ha [49]
26 Freshwater
27 Freshwater Shenton Park
15 33000ha [50]
28 Saline ephemeral Goldfields-Esperance
29 Saline 349400ha [51]
30 Freshwater South West Lake McLarty Nature Reserve;
Peel-Yalgorup System Ramsar site
31 Freshwater 150000ha
32 Freshwater [52]
33 Saline ephemeral 11000ha [53]
34 Dry saline Mid West
35 Freshwater Lake Monger Reserve 70ha
36 Freshwater Goldfields-Esperance Lake Monginup Nature Reserve 32ha [54]
37 Freshwater South West 4ha [55] [56]
38 Saline Mid West 18000ha [57]
39 Goldfields-Esperance 2600ha [58]
40 Freshwater
41 Freshwater 12.6ha [59]
42 Wetlands Herdsman Lake Regional Park
43 Saline Goldfields-Esperance 99ha [60]
44 Freshwater South West Lake Seppings Nature Reserve [61]
45 Saline 9700ha
46 Goldfields-Esperance Lake Shaster Nature Reserve 479ha [62]
47 Saline Mid West
48 Brackish seasonal groundwater Thomsons Lake Nature Reserve;
Forrestdale and Thomsons Lakes Ramsar Site 		538ha
49 Perched freshwater Wheatbelt Toolibin Lake Nature Reserve;
Toolibin Lake Ramsar Site 		300ha [63]
50 Saline Goldfields-Esperance Lake Warden Nature Reserve 59ha [64]
51 Dry saline Mid-West 46000ha [65]
52 Intermittent freshwater Mid-West 5500ha

See also

Notes and References

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