List of lakes of Indonesia explained

This is a list of the notable lakes of Indonesia. Indonesia has 521 natural lakes and over 100 reservoirs, covering approximately 21,000 km². The total volume of water held is approximately 500 km³. The largest lake, by both area and volume, is Lake Toba in Sumatra. It holds 240 km³ of freshwater, and is the largest lake body in Southeast Asia.

Indonesia has 3 of the 20 deepest lakes in the world - Lake Matano in Sulawesi (590 m), Lake Toba in Sumatra (505 m), and Lake Poso in Sulawesi (450 m). The only lake in Indonesia having a cryptodepression (the bottom of the lake is below sea level) is Lake Matano.

The lakes and reservoirs supply water for personal and commercial uses, and support economic activities like fisheries, hydropower, irrigation, transport, and recreation. They assist in preventing floods, and are important ecological entities.

Sumatra

	Name !		Type !		Elevation (m) !		Area (km^2) !		Max-depth (m) !		Volume (km^3)
	Tectonic	1,100	70	80	-
	Volcanic/ tectonic	905	1,130	529	240
	Caldera	459	97.9	169	10.4
	Tectonic	1,531	12.3	44	-
	Tectonic	1,462	11.2	309	-
	Tectonic	362	107.8	268	16.1
	Caldera	1,950	9.6	40	-
	Tectonic/ volcanic	710	46	97	1.6
	Tectonic/ volcanic	540	125.9	229	21.95

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Kalimantan

	Name !		Type !		Elevation (m) !		Area (km^2) !		Max-depth (m) !		Volume (km^3)
	Floodplain	35	275	8	--
	Floodplain	10	20	4.5	-
	Reservoir	-	92	-	1.2
	Floodplain	5	120	6	-
	Floodplain	50	450	6	-

Java

	Name !		Type !		Elevation (m) !		Area (km^2) !		Max-depth (m) !		Volume (km^3)
	Reservoir	645	53.4	99	0.93
	Reservoir	200	62	125	2.16
	Reservoir	111	83	105	2.97
	Reservoir	670	4	14	0.04
	Reservoir	100	12?	42	0.052
	Reservoir	200	70?	100	-
	Semi-natural	463	25	14	0.052
	Reservoir	140	90	136	0.74
	Reservoir	100	46	90	0.72
	Reservoir	-	-	-	-
	Reservoir	270	2.6	30	0.037
	Reservoir	270	15	50	0.34
	Reservoir	163	3.8	6	0.024
	Reservoir	620	4	32	0.062
	Reservoir	-	14.6	-	-

Lesser Sunda Islands

	Name !		Type !		Elevation (m) !		Area (km^2) !		Max-depth (m) !		Volume (km^3)
Bali
	Caldera	1,214	1.9	90	-
	Caldera	1,214	3.9	87	-
	Caldera	1,231	3.8	22	-
	Caldera	1,031	15.9	88	-
	Reservoir	66	3?	45	-
Lombok
	Crater	2,008	11.3	190	-
Flores
	Crater	1,410	0.4	60	-

Sulawesi

	Name !		Type !		Elevation (m) !		Area (km^2) !		Max-depth (m) !		Volume (km^3)
	Crater	600	50	20	-
	Floodplain	25	56	2.5	-
	Tectonic	1,000	32	100	-
	Tectonic	508	323.2	450	-
	Floodplain	6	200?	4	-
	Floodplain	5	350	5	-
	Tectonic	382	164.1	590	-
	Tectonic	293	561.1	203	-

Papua

	Name !		Type !		Elevation (m) !		Area (km^2) !		Max-depth (m) !		Volume (km^3)
	Solution	250	22	20	-
	Solution	1,780	46.9	-	-
	Solution	400	62.1	50	-
	Tectonic	1,742	195.5	50	-
	Floodplain	10	149	-	-
		70	93.6	42	-

See also

• List of lakes

Notes and References

1. Book: Lehmusluoto , Pasi . Badruddin Machbub . National inventory of the major lakes and reservoirs in Indonesia . Edita Oy . 1997 . 951-45-7237-8 .
2. Web site: Lehmusluoto . Pasi . Expedition Indodanau . 2003 . 16 December 2006 .