Budgewoi Lake

              Budgewoi Lake , a lagoon that is part of the Tuggerah Lakes, is located within the Wyong Shire local government area in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The lake is located near the settlement of Budgewoi and is situated about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Sydney. 
               Drawing its catchment from a small creek and the southern half of Lake Munmorah, Budgewoi Lake is located north of Wallarah Point and is bounded by Toukley, Budgewoi, Buff Point, Charmhaven and Gorokan. 

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Lake Tanganyika

                Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, in both cases, after only Lake Baikal in Siberia. It had a surface of 32,900 km2 (12,700 sq mi). It is also the world's longest freshwater lake. The lake is divided among four countries – Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia. 
                The major river that flows into this lake is the Ruzizi River, which enters the north of the lake from Lake Kivu. The Malagarasi River, which is Tanzania's second largest river, enters the east side of Lake Tanganyika. The Malagarasi is older than Lake Tanganyika and before the lake was formed directly drained into the Congo river .

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Lake Bourget

                Lake Bourget (Lac du Bourget) is a lake at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in the department of Savoie, France. It is the largest and the deepest lake located entirely within France. The lake was formed during the last period of global glaciation in the Alps (Würm glaciation) during the Pleistocene epoch. It has a surface area of 44.5 km2 (4,450 hectares). 
                The following settlements: Aix-les-Bains, Le Bourget-du-Lac, Brison-Saint-Innocent, Conjux. Chambéry, the capital of Savoie, lies about 10 km south of the lake. The lake is bordered by the steep summits of the Mont du Chat and the Chaîne de l'Épine on the west, and Bauges Mountains on the east, which form its shores.

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Lake Alexandrina

                  Lake Alexandrina is a lake in South Australia adjacent to the coast of the Southern Ocean, about 100 kilometres south-east of Adelaide. Lake Alexandrina is located north of Encounter Bay and east of Fleurieu Peninsula. The Murray River is the major river to flow into Lake Alexandrina. Others include the Bremer, Angas, and Finniss Rivers, all from the eastern side of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. 
                   The lake is shallow and contains a number of islands near the southern end. Hindmarsh Island is reputed to be the largest island in the world with salt water on one side and fresh water on the other. Lake Alexandrina is connected by a narrow channel to the smaller Lake Albert to the south-east.

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Lake Tota

               Lake Tota (Lago de Tota) is the largest lake in Colombia, located in the east of Boyacá department. It is the source of the Upia River which flows into the Orinco River basin. It had a surface of 55 km². Lake Tota had 5 islands: San Pedro, Santa Helena, Santo Domingo, Cerro Chico, La Custodia. 
               Laguna de Tota Natural National Park is located in the immediate vicinity of the lake, in the municipality of Cuitiva. It extends over approximately 3.5 ha on heights between 3100 and 3200 m². Many people believe in "The monster of Lake Tota ". The monster of Lake Tota is an aquatic course, known, among other reviews-like "diabloballena".

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Opuntia cactus

               Opuntia also known as nopales or paddle cactus, is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. Currently, only prickly pears are included in this genus of about 200 species distributed throughout most of the Americas. The coat of arms of Mexico depicts a Mexican golden eagle, perched upon an Opuntia cactus, devouring a rattlesnake. Prickly pears typically grow with flat, rounded cladodes (also called platyclades) that are armed with two kinds of spines; large, smooth, fixed spines and small, hairlike prickles called glochids, that easily penetrate skin and detach from the plant. Many types of prickly pears grow into dense, tangled structures. 
               Main species of Opuntia are: Opuntia aciculata (Chenille Prickly Pear), Opuntia aurantiaca, Opuntia basilaris (Beavertail cactus), Opuntia chaffeyi, Opuntia chlorotica, Opuntia compressa, Opuntia echinocarpa, Opuntia echios, Opuntia engelmannii (Engelmann's Prickly Pear), Opuntia ficus-indica (Indian Fig Opuntia), Opuntia fragilis (Little Prickly Pear), Opuntia gosseliniana (Violet Prickly Pear), Opuntia humifusa (Eastern Prickly Pear), Opuntia leucotricha (Arborescent Prickly Pear), Opuntia littoralis (Coastal Prickly Pear), Opuntia macrocentra (Black-spine Prickly Pear), Opuntia matudae (xoconostle), Opuntia microdasys (Bunny ears cactus), Opuntia monacantha (Common Prickly Pear), Opuntia phaeacantha (Tulip Prickly Pear), Opuntia stricta (Erect Prickly Pear). 

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Becharof Lake

              Becharof Lake is a lake situated on the Alaska Peninsula. It is located 23 miles (37 km) south-east of Egegik, in the Aleutian Range. Becharof Lake is the second largest lake in Alaska after Iliamna Lake. It ranks eighth on list of largest lakes of the United States by volume and fourteenth on list of largest lakes of the United States by area. It had a surface of 1,170 km2 (453 sq mi). 
              The lake was named in 1868 by the naturalist William Healey Dall after the Russian navigator Dmitry Bocharov, who explored Alaska in 1788. This lake now bears his name with an Americanized spelling: Becharof Lake. He probed the lake to its most eastern extent in the summer of 1791.

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Lake Volta

                Lake Volta is the largest reservoir by surface area in the world, and the fourth largest one by water volume. It is located completely within the country of Ghana, and it has a surface area of about 8,502 km² (3,275 square miles). The main islands within the lake are Dodi, Dwarf and Kporve. Digya National Park lies on part of the lake's west shore. 
                The lake's northmost point is close to the town of Yapei, and its southmost extreme is at the Akosombo Dam, 520 kilometers downstream from Yapei. Akosombo Dam holds back both the White Volta River and the Black Volta River, which formerly converged, where the middle of the reservoir now lies, to form the single Volta River. Because of the formation of Lake Volta in 1965, about 78,000 people were relocated to new towns and villages, along with 200,000 animals belonging to them. 

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Lake Tsimlyansk

              Lake Tsimlyansk (Tsimlyansk Reservoir, Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir, Цимля́нское водохрани́лище) is an artificial lake on the Don River in the territories of Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts. The reservoir, together with the Volga-Don Canal and the lower course of the Don, provides an important waterway between the Volga River basin and the Sea of Azov. The Tsimlyansk Dam also provides flood control for the lower Don River basin.  
               Completed in 1952, the reservoir is one of the largest in Russia, providing power and irrigation to the Rostov and Volgograd regions. Crops grown around the lake include wheat, rice, cotton, maize, alfalfa, fruit, grapes, and vegetables. Under the waters lies the ancient Khazar fortress town of Sarkel.

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Great Bear Lake

                Great Bear Lake (Grand lac de l'Ours) is the largest lake entirely within Canada (Lake Superior and Lake Huron straddling the Canada-US border are larger), the fourth largest in North America, and the eighth largest in the world. It had a surface area of 31,153 km2 (12,028 sq mi). The lake is in the Northwest Territories and is situated on the Arctic Circle between 65 and 67 degrees of northern latitude and between 118 and 123 degrees western longitude, 186 m (610 ft) above sea level. 
                Great Bear Lake is covered with ice from late November to July. There are 2 settlements on the shores of the lake: Deline and Port Radium. The primary outflow is Great Bear River.

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Lake Nicaragua

               Lake Nicaragua (Lago de Nicaragua, Lago Cocibolca, Mar Dulce, Gran Lago, Gran Lago Dulce, Lago de Granada) is a vast freshwater lake in Nicaragua of tectonic origin. With an area of 8,264 km2 (3,191 sq mi), it is the largest lake in Central America, the 19th largest lake in the world (by area) and the 9th largest in the Americas. 
               The lake drains to the Caribbean Sea via the San Juan River, historically making the lakeside city of Granada, Nicaragua, an Atlantic port although it is closer to the Pacific. It is intermittently joined by the Tipitapa River to Lake Managua. Lake Nicaragua had more than 400 islands. The main islands are: Ometepe, Zapatera, and Solentiname. 

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Lake Balkhash

                 Lake Balkhash (Балқаш Көлі, Balqaş köli, Озеро Балхаш) is one of the largest lakes in Asia and 13th largest continental lake in the world. It is located in southeastern Kazakhstan, in Central Asia, and belongs to an endorheic (closed) basin shared by Kazakhstan and China, with a small part in Kyrgyzstan. These rivers are: Ili, Karatal, Aksu, Lepsi, Byan, Kapal, Koksu. The lake currently covers 16,400 km2 (6,300 sq mi), but, like the Aral Sea, it is shrinking because of the diversion of water from the rivers that feed it. 
                 Lake Balkhash had 3 islands (Basaran, Ortaaral, Tasaral), 5 peninsulas (Saryesik, Baygabyl, Balai, Shaukar, Kentubek) and 2 bays (Shempek and Saryshagan). Saryesik Peninsula, located near the middle of the lake, hydrographically divides it into two very different parts. The western part, which comprises 58% of the total lake area and 46% of its volume, is relatively shallow, quiet and is filled with freshwater, whereas the eastern part is much deeper and saltier. These parts are connected by the Strait Uzynaral (Ұзынарал).

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Lake Junín

                Lake Junín (Lago Junín, Chinchaycocha) is the largest lake entirely within Peru. Even though Lake Titicaca has a much larger area, its eastern half is located on Bolivian territory. It is located at approximately 4,082 metres (13,392 ft) above sea level, and it had a surface of 529.88 square kilometres (204.59 sq mi).
                Most of the lake is located in the Junín Province of the Junín Region, its northwestern tip belongs to the Pasco Province, which is in the Pasco Region. The primary outflows are Upamayo and Mantaro River. Lake Junín has two endemic birds: The critically endangered Junín Flightless Grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii) and the endangered Junín Rail (Laterallus tuerosi).

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