Trending Lakes in USA this year
The 100 most-viewed lakes this year on Wikipedia (USA). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Caspian Sea.
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Ranked
665,739
Total Views (this year)
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Caspian Sea
largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia
66,247
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views
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
28,208
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3
Aral Sea
Formerly a salt lake in Central Asia
25,766
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4
Lake Superior
largest of the Great Lakes of North America
22,080
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views
5
Lake Tahoe
lake in California and Nevada, United States
19,842
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views
6
Crater Lake
caldera lake in south-central Oregon and main feature of Crater Lake National Park
19,369
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views
7
Dead Sea
lake with no outflow (sea) in Western Asia
18,710
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views
8
Lake Victoria
lake in east-central Africa
14,807
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views
9
Lake Champlain
lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec
14,681
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views
10
Lake Como
lake in Lombardy, Italy
13,287
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views
11
Salton Sea
saline lake in Imperial and Riverside counties in California, United States
12,710
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views
12
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes of North America
11,505
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views
13
Titicaca
Alpine lake in Peru and Bolivia
10,710
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views
14
Loch Ness
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal
10,540
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views
15
Lake Peigneur
lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA
10,098
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views
16
Sea of Galilee
largest freshwater lake in Israel
10,002
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views
17
Great Salt Lake
salt lake in Utah, United States
10,000
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views
18
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes in North America
8,687
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views
19
Lake Garda
lake in Italy
8,111
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views
20
Lake Tanganyika
lake between Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi and Zambia
7,906
views
views
21
Lake Mead
reservoir on the Colorado River, Nevada and Arizona in the United States
7,445
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views
22
Great Slave Lake
lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada
7,398
views
views
23
Lake Powell
reservoir Utah and Arizona in the United States
7,365
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views
24
Pearl Harbor
harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA
7,249
views
views
25
Lake Vostok
Antarctica's largest known subglacial lake
7,147
views
views
26
Lake of the Ozarks
reservoir in central Missouri, United States
6,911
views
views
27
Lake Lanier
reservoir in Georgia, United States
6,735
views
views
28
Lake Texcoco
former natural lake formation within the Valley of Mexico
6,252
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views
29
Lake Ontario
one of the Great Lakes in North America
6,194
views
views
30
Lake Pontchartrain
estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States
6,134
views
views
31
Lake Geneva
lake in Switzerland and France
6,067
views
views
32
Lake Chad
lake in Africa
6,016
views
views
33
Lake Itasca
lake in Clearwater County, northern Minnesota, United States
6,008
views
views
34
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes of North America
5,685
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views
35
Salar de Uyuni
salt flat in Bolivia
5,597
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views
36
Lake Constance
lake in Germany, Switzerland and Austria
5,465
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views
37
Lake Toba
volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
5,311
views
views
38
Lake Okeechobee
freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
5,239
views
views
39
Lake Bled
lake in Slovenia
5,197
views
views
40
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
lake in the town of Webster, Massachusetts, United States
5,154
views
views
41
Lake Manasarovar
freshwater lake in Purang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet, China
5,104
views
views
42
Lake Karachay
former lake in the southern Ural mountains in Russia, used as a disposal site for high-radioactive waste
4,714
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views
43
Lake Maracaibo
large lake in Venezuela with an outflow to the Caribbean Sea
4,612
views
views
44
Loch Lomond
freshwater lake in Scotland, UK
4,568
views
views
45
Manicouagan Reservoir
lake in Quebec, Canada
4,461
views
views
46
Tulare Lake
dry lake in San Joaquin Valley, California
4,438
views
views
47
Lake Balaton
freshwater lake in Hungary
4,428
views
views
48
Lake Malawi
African Great Lake
4,263
views
views
49
Mono Lake
endorheic lake in California
4,201
views
views
50
Lake George
lake in Warren County, New York, United States
4,188
views
views
51
Lake Maggiore
lake in Italy and Switzerland
4,168
views
views
52
Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre
endorheic lake in South Australia
4,124
views
views
53
Lake Winnipesaukee
lake in New Hampshire, United States of America
4,097
views
views
54
Bonneville Salt Flats
densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
3,928
views
views
55
Roopkund
high altitude glacial lake in Uttarakhand, India
3,842
views
views
56
Lake Turkana
alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
3,749
views
views
57
Lake of the Woods
large glacial lake in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota
3,701
views
views
58
Issyk-Kul
lake in Kyrgyzstan
3,685
views
views
59
Golden Horn
urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
3,679
views
views
60
Great Bear Lake
large glacial lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada
3,656
views
views
61
Big Ass Lake
lake in Nova Scotia, Canada
3,546
views
views
62
Lough Neagh
large lake in Northern Ireland
3,448
views
views
63
Lake Nyos
crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
3,390
views
views
64
Lake Havasu
reservoir on the Colorado River in California and Arizona, United States
3,386
views
views
65
Lake Ladoga
freshwater lake in Russia and largest lake entirely in Europe
3,360
views
views
66
Lake Agassiz
glacial lake in North America
3,353
views
views
67
Pyramid Lake
lake in Nevada, United States
3,338
views
views
68
Chandra Taal
lake situated in the Lahaul part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (India)
3,279
views
views
69
Pool of Bethesda
reservoir in Jerusalem
3,261
views
views
70
Lake Winnebago
lake in Wisconsin
3,240
views
views
71
Lake Bonneville
former pluvial lake in what is now Utah, Nevada, and Idaho in the United States
3,219
views
views
72
Windermere
largest natural lake in England
3,164
views
views
73
Lake Ohrid
lake in North Macedonia and Albania
3,146
views
views
74
Lake Michigan–Huron
lake system
3,026
views
views
75
Berkeley Pit
mine
3,008
views
views
76
Devils Hole
spring in Nye County, Nevada, United States
2,995
views
views
77
Lop Nur
former salt lake in Bayingolin Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
2,940
views
views
78
Lake Winnipeg
lake in Manitoba, Canada
2,932
views
views
79
Geiseltalsee
lake in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
2,931
views
views
80
Flathead Lake
large natural lake in Lake and Flathead counties in Montana, United States
2,855
views
views
81
Lake Biwa
freshwater lake in Japan
2,784
views
views
82
Oeschinen Lake
lake in Switzerland
2,758
views
views
83
Pangong Tso
soda lake in the Himalayas
2,729
views
views
84
Lake Nicaragua
largest lake in Central America
2,709
views
views
85
Lake Norman
reservoir in North Carolina, United States
2,652
views
views
86
Hetch Hetchy
valley, reservoir, and aqueduct in California, USA
2,569
views
views
87
Bay of Kotor
bay
2,566
views
views
88
Lake Berryessa
reservoir in Napa County, California, United States
2,528
views
views
89
Caddo Lake
lake in Texas and Louisiana, United States
2,526
views
views
90
Lake Kivu
meromictic lake in the East African Rift valley
2,522
views
views
91
Lake Pend Oreille
lake in Kootenai and Bonner counties in Idaho, United States
2,521
views
views
92
Eibsee
lake in Grainau municipality, Bavaria, Germany
2,467
views
views
93
Lake Natron
a salt or soda lake in Arusha Region in Tanzania
2,449
views
views
94
Qinghai Lake
lake in Qinghai, China
2,444
views
views
95
Krishna Raja Sagara
reservoir in India
2,409
views
views
96
Lake Balkhash
lake in southeastern Kazakhstan
2,408
views
views
97
Chilika Lake
lagoon in India
2,371
views
views
98
Lake Van
largest lake in Turkey
2,371
views
views
99
Walden Pond
lake in Concord, Massachusetts, United States
2,351
views
views
100
Rutland Water
reservoir in Rutland, England
2,347
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