List of lakes in Chile
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This is a list of lakes in Chile. There are lakes are of varying types and origins but the majority of the lakes (specially in the south) are glacial in origin. A lakes location is identified by the natural region. The watershed or catchment area is the geographical are of land that drains into the lake.
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[edit] Largest lakes by area
Note: The lakes are ordered by the area within Chile. Viedma Lake is not included.
| Rank | Name | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Carrera Lake | 970 km² of the lakes total 1,850 km² are in Chile |
| 2 | Llanquihue Lake | 860 km² |
| 3 | O'Higgins Lake | 529 km² of the lakes total 1,058 km² are in Chile |
| 4 | Ranco Lake | 442 km² |
| 5 | Presidente Ríos Lake | 352 km² |
| Greve Lake | 240 km² | |
| Rupanco Lake | 223 km² | |
| Del Toro Lake | 202 km² | |
| Todos los Santos Lake | 178.5 km² | |
| Villarrica Lake | 176 km² | |
| Cochrane Lake | 175.25 km² of the lakes total 271 km² are in Chile | |
| Puyehue Lake | 156 km² | |
| Laguna del Laja | 128.1 km² | |
| San Rafael Lagoon | 123 km² | |
| Calafquén Lake | 120.6 km² | |
| Panguipulli Lake | 116 km² | |
| Yelcho Lake | 110 km² |
[edit] Lakes by natural region
[edit] Lakes in Norte Grande
- Chungará Lake
- Cotacota Lagoons
- Laguna de Cotacotani
- Laguna Lejía
- Quantija Lagoon
- Miscanti Lagoon
[edit] Lakes in Norte Chico
- Conchucha Lagoon
- Embalse Corrales (man-made)
- Laguna Verde
- Tranque Puclaro (man-made)
[edit] Lakes in Zona Central
- Colbún Lake (man-made)
- Laguna del Laja
- Laguna Verde
- Rapel Lake (man-made)
[edit] Lakes in Zona Sur
- Budi Lake
- Caburgua Lake
- Calafquén Lake
- Chapo Lake
- Colico Lake
- Conguillio Lake
- Constancia Lake
- del Las Rocas Lake
- Galletué Lake
- Gris Lake
- Huilipilún Lake
- Huishué Lake
- Icalma Lake
- Lanalhue Lake
- Llanquihue Lake
- Lleulleu Lake
- Maihue Lake
- Neltume Lake
- Laguna Verde
- Panguipulli Lake
- Pellaifa Lake
- Pirihueico Lake
- Pullinque Lake
- Puyehue Lake
- Riñihue Lake
- Ranco Lake
- Rupanco Lake
- Tagua Tagua Lake
- Tinquilco Lake
- Todos los Santos Lake
- Villarrica Lake
[edit] Lakes in Zona Austral
- Azul Lake
- Blanco Lake
- Chaiguata Lake
- Caro Lake
- Chico Lake
- Cochrane Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
- Copa Lake
- Cucao Lake
- Del Toro Lake
- Dickson Lake
- El Parrillar Lake
- Espolón Lake
- Fagnano Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
- Geike Lake
- General Carrera Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
- Greve Lake
- Grey Lake
- La Paloma Lake
- Laguna Blanca
- Laguna Abascal
- Laguna San Rafael
- Laguna Verde
- Navarino Lake
- Nordenskiöld Lake
- O'Higgins Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
- Palena Lake (in Chile and Argentina)
- Pehoe Lake
- Pilushejan Lake
- Pingo Lake
- Presidente Rios Lake
- Reñihue Lake
- Roosevelt Lake
- Sarmiento Lake
- Viedma Lake (undefined border near the Southern Patagonian Ice Field between Chile and Argentina)
- Windhond Lake
- Yelcho Lake
- Yulton Lake
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