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Country hubs help readers move from global lake systems into local lake records, source notes, and community observations.

Country lake hubs

Country pages give each nation a permanent home for lake records, map links, source notes, and community observations.

Great Lakes shorelines, glacial lakes, crater lakes, desert reservoirs, and mountain basins.

One of the world’s most lake-rich countries, with vast shield, boreal, Arctic, and prairie lake systems.

Home to Lake Baikal, large northern lakes, and major inland water systems.

A defining lake country with dense lake districts and forested waters.

Large Scandinavian lakes, forest lakes, and glacially shaped freshwater regions.

Major African Great Lakes shorelines and rift-valley freshwater systems.

Lake Victoria and connected East African lake and wetland landscapes.

High-altitude Andean waters including Lake Titicaca’s western basin.

Alpine and pre-Alpine lakes known for scenery, towns, and deep cultural history.

Alpine lakes, transboundary waters, and clear mountain-fed basins.