Trending Lakes this year
The 100 most-viewed lakes this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Caspian Sea.
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Ranked
674,871
Total Views (this year)
1
Caspian Sea
largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia
68,388
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2
Lake Baikal
freshwater rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the greatest mountain lake in Asia and the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world
31,509
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views
3
Aral Sea
Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia
28,356
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views
4
Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
19,999
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views
5
Dead Sea
lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia
19,647
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views
6
Crater Lake
caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
18,657
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views
7
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
18,624
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views
8
Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
15,231
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views
9
Lake Champlain
lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
14,234
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views
10
Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
13,846
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views
11
Salton Sea
saline lake in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, United States
12,261
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views
12
Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
11,444
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views
13
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes of North America
11,159
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views
14
Loch Ness
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
10,816
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views
15
Sea of Galilee
largest freshwater lake in Israel
10,483
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views
16
Great Salt Lake
salt lake in Utah, United States
9,867
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views
17
Lake Peigneur
lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA
9,839
views
views
18
Lake Garda
lake in Italy
9,598
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views
19
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes in North America
8,399
views
views
20
Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
8,079
views
views
21
Pearl Harbor
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
7,801
views
views
22
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
7,614
views
views
23
Lake Mead
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
7,117
views
views
24
Lake Vostok
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
7,044
views
views
25
Lake Powell
reservoir Utah and Arizona in the United States
7,030
views
views
26
Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
6,939
views
views
27
Lake of the Ozarks
reservoir in central Missouri, United States
6,675
views
views
28
Lake Texcoco
former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
6,464
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views
29
Salar de Uyuni
salt flat in Bolivia
6,233
views
views
30
Lake Chad
lake in Africa
6,220
views
views
31
Lake Lanier
reservoir in Georgia, United States
6,197
views
views
32
Lake Ontario
one of the Great Lakes in North America
6,059
views
views
33
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
6,008
views
views
34
Lake Itasca
lake in Clearwater County, northern Minnesota, United States
5,832
views
views
35
Lake Pontchartrain
estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States
5,820
views
views
36
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes of North America
5,487
views
views
37
Lake Toba
volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
5,400
views
views
38
Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
5,319
views
views
39
Lake Karachay
former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
5,238
views
views
40
Lake Bled
lake in Slovenia
5,201
views
views
41
Issyk-Kul
lake in Kyrgyzstan
5,053
views
views
42
Lake Okeechobee
freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
5,023
views
views
43
Lake Balaton
freshwater lake in Hungary
4,959
views
views
44
Lake Manasarovar
freshwater lake in Purang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China
4,845
views
views
45
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
4,826
views
views
46
Lake Maracaibo
large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
4,615
views
views
47
Loch Lomond
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
4,445
views
views
48
Manicouagan Reservoir
lake in Quebec, Canada
4,366
views
views
49
Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
4,234
views
views
50
Tulare Lake
dry lake in San Joaquin Valley, California
4,223
views
views
51
Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
4,072
views
views
52
Mono Lake
endorheic lake in California
4,028
views
views
53
Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre
endorheic lake in South Australia
4,002
views
views
54
Golden Horn
urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
3,941
views
views
55
Roopkund
high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
3,878
views
views
56
Lake George
lake in Warren County, New York, United States
3,775
views
views
57
Lake Nyos
crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
3,758
views
views
58
Lake Turkana
alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
3,748
views
views
59
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
3,743
views
views
60
Lake Biwa
freshwater lake in Japan
3,722
views
views
61
Lake Winnipesaukee
lake in New Hampshire, United States of America
3,659
views
views
62
Lake of the Woods
large glacial lake in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota
3,486
views
views
63
Big Ass Lake
lake in Nova Scotia, Canada
3,411
views
views
64
Lake Ohrid
lake in North Macedonia and Albania
3,411
views
views
65
Pool of Bethesda
reservoir in Jerusalem
3,409
views
views
66
Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
3,358
views
views
67
Lough Neagh
large lake in Northern Ireland
3,293
views
views
68
Lake Agassiz
glacial lake in North America
3,234
views
views
69
Lop Nur
former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
3,208
views
views
70
Pyramid Lake
lake in Nevada, United States
3,180
views
views
71
Lake Havasu
reservoir on the Colorado River in California and Arizona, United States
3,137
views
views
72
Chandra Taal
lake situated in the Lahaul part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (India)
3,100
views
views
73
Lake Winnebago
lake in Wisconsin
3,085
views
views
74
Lake Bonneville
former pluvial lake in what is now Utah, Nevada, and Idaho in the United States
3,050
views
views
75
Windermere
largest natural lake in England
3,012
views
views
76
Devils Hole
spring in Nye County, Nevada, United States
2,940
views
views
77
Lake Winnipeg
lake in Manitoba, Canada
2,811
views
views
78
Berkeley Pit
mine
2,795
views
views
79
Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
2,766
views
views
80
Eibsee
lake in Grainau municipality, Bavaria, Germany
2,764
views
views
81
Oeschinen Lake
lake in Switzerland
2,743
views
views
82
Lake Kivu
meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
2,699
views
views
83
Bay of Kotor
bay
2,698
views
views
84
Qinghai Lake
lake in Qinghai, China
2,685
views
views
85
Lake Nicaragua
largest lake in Central America
2,661
views
views
86
Geiseltalsee
lake in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
2,653
views
views
87
Lake Michigan–Huron
lake system
2,639
views
views
88
Lake Natron
a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
2,637
views
views
89
Flathead Lake
large natural lake in Lake and Flathead counties in Montana, United States
2,612
views
views
90
Pangong Tso
soda lake in the Himalayas
2,602
views
views
91
Lake Van
largest lake in Turkey
2,475
views
views
92
Lake Berryessa
reservoir in Napa County, California, United States
2,438
views
views
93
West Lake
lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
2,432
views
views
94
Lake Norman
reservoir in North Carolina, United States
2,416
views
views
95
Hetch Hetchy
valley, reservoir, and aqueduct in California, USA
2,401
views
views
96
IJsselmeer
artificial lake in the Netherlands
2,356
views
views
97
Caddo Lake
lake in Texas and Louisiana, United States
2,323
views
views
98
Lake Lucerne
lake at Lucerne, Switzerland
2,307
views
views
99
Lago de Atitlán
crater lake in the Western Highlands of Guatemala
2,302
views
views
100
Lake Pend Oreille
lake in Kootenai and Bonner counties in Idaho, United States
2,293
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