Lakes and other water bodies of Victoria (Australia)

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The following is a list of naturally occurring lakes and other water bodies in Victoria, Australia; outside the Greater Melbourne area, in alphabetical order, for those lakes with a surface area greater than 70 hectares (170 acres):

Lake nameTypeRegionPrimary inflowPrimary outflowAreaImageNotes
hectaresacres
Albacutya Eutrophic Wimmera Outlet CreekEvaporation5,50014,000 [1]
Barracoota Freshwater East Gippsland 240590 [2]
Beeac Hypersaline Western District Lakes Evaporation5601,400 [3]
Boga Freshwater water storage The Mallee outfall channel to the Little Murray River 9402,300 LakeBoga.JPG [4]
Bookar Barwon South West Evaporation4501,100 [5]
Borrie Coastal wetland Greater Geelong Little River Port Phillip Bay 70170 Lake Borrie Wetlands.jpg [6]
Bullen Merri Brackish crater Barwon South WestEvaporation4601,100 Lake Bullen Merri at Sunset.jpg [7] [8]
Buloke Eutrophic Wimmera Richardson River Evaporation4,30011,000 [9]
Burrumbeet EutrophicWestern VictoriaBurrumbeet CreekEvaporation2,3005,700 [10]
Colac FreshwaterBarwon South WestBarongarook CreekEvaporation2,8006,900 LakeColac2010.JPG [11]
Coleman FreshwaterGippsland Latrobe River Bass Strait 1,3003,200 [12]
Colungulac Saline Western District LakesEvaporation1,5003,700 [13]
Condah Crater lakeBarwon South West Darlot Creek Evaporation250620 [14]
Connewarre Estuarine Bellarine Peninsula Barwon River Barwon River8802,200 Lake Connewarre from Tait Point 05.jpg [15]
Coorong EutrophicWimmera Yarriambiack Creek Evaporation100250 [16]
Coradgil FreshwaterWestern District LakesEvaporation78190 [17]
Corangamite Hypersaline, endorheic Western District Lakes Woady Yaloak River Evaporation17,00042,000 [18]
Cundare HypersalineWestern District LakesEvaporation280690 [19]
Deep FreshwaterWestern VictoriaEvaporation85210 [20]
Elingamite FreshwaterWestern District LakesElingamite CreekEvaporation300740 [21]
Gnarpurt SalineWestern District LakesEvaporation2,3505,800
Gnotuk
Hindmarsh EutrophicWimmera Wimmera River Outlet Creek13,50033,000 [22]
Hume Reservoir Hume Murray River Murray River20,19049,900 Hume Weir, February 2012.jpeg [23] [24]
Keilambete
King FreshwaterGippsland Tambo River; Mitchell River to Bass Strait4,40011,000 [25]
Learmonth
Logan
Marmal WimmeraEvaporation130320 [26]
Martin FreshwaterWestern District Lakes Woady Yaloak River Woady Yaloak River2,2005,400 [27]
Milangil SalineWestern District Lakes310
Mokoan ReservoirHume Broken River Evaporation9,40023,000 Lake-Mokoan-aerial.jpg [28]
Monbeong
Mulwala ReservoirMurray RiverMurray River6,60016,000 Lake Mulwala Stevage.jpg [29]
Murdeduke SalineWestern District Lakes3,800
Nagambie Reservoir Goldfields Goulburn River Goulburn River170420 Bailieston Goulburn Weir Boats.JPG [30]
Narracan Reservoir West Gippsland Latrobe RiverLatrobe River281690 [31]
Purrumbete Crater lake Western District LakesEvaporation5521,360 [32]
Reedy FreshwaterBellarine Peninsula Barwon River Barwon River5501,400 Reedy Lake 04.jpg
Reeve FreshwaterGippslandCarr Creekto Bass Strait5,20013,000 [33]
Rosine
Round
Tali Karng formed by a natural landslide Alpine Snowden Creek, Nigothoruk Creekunderground to Wellington River 1435 Tali Karng.jpg [34]
Terangoon FreshwaterWestern District Lakes208510
Tutchewop FreshwaterThe MalleeEvaporation7601,900 [35]
Tyrrell Salt lakeMalleeTyrrell CreekEvaporation20,86051,500 [36]
Tyers FreshwaterGippslandBoggy Creek; Stony Creekto Bass Strait9502,300 [37]
Victoria (Bellarine) SalineBellarine Peninsulato Bass Strait139340 Lake Victoria from Collendina.jpg [38]
Victoria (Gippsland) FreshwaterGippslandLatrobe River; Mitchell Riverto Bass Strait15,00037,000 [39]
Weeranganuk FreshwaterBarwon South WestEvaporation4601,100 [40]
Wellington FreshwaterGippslandLatrobe River; Avon River to Bass Strait15,00037,000 [41]
Wendouree FreshwaterGoldfieldsGong Gong ReservoirEvaporation238590 Lake wendouree (1).jpg [42]
William Hovell ReservoirAlpine King River King River113280 LakeWilliamHovell.JPG [43]

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  21. ↑ "Map of Elingamite Lake, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  22. ↑ "Map of Lake Hindmarsh, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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  29. ↑ "Map of Lake Mulwala, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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  35. ↑ "Map of Lake Tutchewop, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  36. ↑ "Map of Lake Tyrell, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  37. ↑ "Map of Lake Tyres, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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  39. ↑ "Map of Lake Victoria, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  40. ↑ "Map of Lake Weeranganuk, VIC". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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