Lakes and reservoirs in Russia

Russia’s diverse landscape features a vast network of natural lakes and massive man-made reservoirs. This collection includes the remote Labynkyr Lake in Sakha, known for its extreme depths and local legends, and the ancient Elgygytgyn crater lake in Chukotka. Major reservoirs like Kuybyshev and Ivankovo, often called 'seas,' showcase large-scale Soviet engineering on the Volga River. The list also highlights unique geological sites, such as the Suavjärvi impact crater in Karelia and Lake Vivi, the symbolic geographical center of the Russian Federation.

Russia's Lakes and Reservoirs — Map

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Labynkyr Lake

Labynkyr Lake is a lake in Oymyakonsky Ulus, Sakha Republic, Russia.

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Lake Lama

Lake Lama is a large freshwater lake in Krasnoyarsk Krai, north-central part of Russia.

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Kuybyshev Reservoir

Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir, sometimes called Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea, is a reservoir of…

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Ivankovo Reservoir

Ivankovo Reservoir or Ivankovskoye Reservoir, informally known as the Moscow Sea, is the uppermost reservoir on the Volga, in Moscow and…

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Kuybyshev Reservoir

Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir, sometimes called Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea, is a reservoir of…

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Kuybyshev Reservoir

Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir, sometimes called Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea, is a reservoir of…

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Kuybyshev Reservoir

Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir, sometimes called Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea, is a reservoir of…

Евгений Леонидович Кринов / Public domain

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Cheko Lake

The Tunguska event was a tremendous ~12 megaton explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate,…

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Lake Taymyr

Lake Taymyr is a lake of the central regions of the Taymyr Peninsula in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation.

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Lake Dyupkun

Lake Dyupkun is a vast, isolated lake stretching for 90 kilometres in the southwest of the Putorana Plateau in Northern Siberia.

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Elgygytgyn Lake

Lake Elgygytgyn, also transcripted El'gygytgyn, is a crater lake in Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in northeast Siberia,…

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Arejskoe

High-altitude lake situated 996 meters above sea level between the Malkhan and Yablonovy mountain ranges. Located in Zabaykalsky Krai, it is a designated natural monument known for its therapeutic muds and nearby mineral springs.

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Lake Lacha

Lake Lacha is a freshwater lake, located in the south of Kargopolsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia, 7 kilometres south of the…

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Vodlozero

Lake Vodlozero is a large freshwater lake in the southeastern part of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

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Nerpichye Lake

Lake Nerpichye is a lake in the Kamchatka Krai of Russia.

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Krasnoyarskoye reservoir

Krasnoyarsk Reservoir, known also as the Krasnoyarsk Sea, is an artificial lake which was created by the construction of the Krasnoyarsk…

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Lake Ozhogino

Lake Ozhogino is a large shallow freshwater lake in Sakha, Russia. It has an area of 157 km².

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Vivi Lake

Lake Vivi is a lake in Evenkia, Siberia, Russia. The area of the lake is 229 square kilometres.The lake is located in a remote area and has…

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Lake Krasnoye

Lake Krasnoye is a lake in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Russia.

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Suavjärvi crater

Suavjärvi is a lake and impact crater in the Republic of Karelia, Russia about 50 km north of the town of Medvezhyegorsk.

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