List of lakes of Japan explained

The list of lakes in Japan ranked by surface area.

Rank	Name	Region	Prefecture¹	Municipalities	Water	Area (km^2)	Max Depth (m)	Altitude (m)	Volume (km^3)
1					Fresh	670.3	103.8	85	27.5
2					Fresh	167.6	7.10	0	0.85
3					Brackish	151.9	19.6	0	1.3
4					Fresh	103.3	94.6	514	5.40
5					Brackish	86.2	17.1	0	0.47
6					Fresh	79.3	117.5	121	2.25
7					Brackish	79.1	6.0	0	0.34
8					Fresh	78.4	360.1	247	20.9
9					Fresh	70.7	179.9	84	8.19
10					Brackish	65.0	13.1	0	0.35
11					Brackish	62.2	24.4	0	0.714
12					Fresh	61.0	326.8	400	4.19
13					Brackish	58.4	23.1	0	0.5
14					Brackish	57.5	13.0	0	0.0564
15					Fresh	35.2	7.0	0	0.18
16					Brackish	32.3	16.1	0	0.2
17					Fresh	32.3	11.0	0
18					Fresh	27.7	12.0	0
19					Fresh	25.8	423.4	249	7.2
20					Fresh	19.2	211.4	351
21					Brackish	18.1	1.5	0
22					Fresh	13.3	3.3	0	0.014
23					Fresh	13.3	7.6	759	0.06135
24					Fresh	13.0	44.8	420	0.249
25					Fresh	11.8	163.0	1269	1.1
26					Fresh	11.55	2.5	2.5	0.0277
27					Fresh	10.9	233.0	66	1.38
28					Fresh	10.7	30.5	822	0.13
29					Fresh	7.03	43.5	723
30					Fresh	4.68	148	258	0.491

1) For lakes in the Hokkaidō region, Subprefecture is listed

See also

• List of lakes by area
• List of lakes by depth
• List of lakes by volume

References

• The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport - Significant Lakes of Japan
• Wikipedia - List of lakes in Japan