There are at least 2,340 named lakes and reservoirs in Arkansas. The following list contains lists of lakes and reservoirs in Arkansas by county. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of Arkansas’s lakes, but not all.
A lake is a terrain feature (or physical feature), a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin (another type of landform or terrain feature; that is not global). Another definition is a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size that is surrounded by land. On Earth a body of water is considered a lake when it is inland, not part of the ocean, is larger and deeper than a pond.
A reservoir (etymology from French réservoir a "storehouse ) is an artificial lake used to store water. Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such a brickwork or cast concrete.
Lake/reservoirRegionAcreageHectaresLake OuachitaSouthwestBull Shoals LakeNorthwestLake DardanelleNorthwestGreers Ferry LakeNorthwestMillwood LakeSouthwestBeaver LakeNorthwestNorfork LakeNortheastLake Jack LeeSoutheastDeGray LakeSouthwestOzark LakeNorthwestLake MaumelleCentralLake HamiltonSouthwestLake ErlingSouthwestLake ConwayCentralLake ChicotSoutheast
List of lakes by county List of lakes of Arkansas County, Arkansas List of lakes of Ashley County, Arkansas List of lakes of Baxter County, Arkansas List of lakes of Benton County, Arkansas List of lakes of Boone County, Arkansas List of lakes of Bradley County, Arkansas List of lakes of Calhoun County, Arkansas List of lakes of Carroll County, Arkansas List of lakes of Chicot County, Arkansas List of lakes of Clark County, Arkansas List of lakes of Clay County, Arkansas List of lakes of Cleburne County, Arkansas List of lakes of Cleveland County, Arkansas List of lakes of Columbia County, Arkansas List of lakes of Conway County, Arkansas List of lakes of Craighead County, Arkansas List of lakes of Crawford County, Arkansas List of lakes of Crittenden County, Arkansas List of lakes of Cross County, Arkansas List of lakes of Dallas County, Arkansas List of lakes of Desha County, Arkansas List of lakes of Drew County, Arkansas List of lakes of Faulkner County, Arkansas List of lakes of Franklin County, Arkansas List of lakes of Fulton County, Arkansas List of lakes of Garland County, Arkansas List of lakes of Grant County, Arkansas List of lakes of Greene County, Arkansas List of lakes of Hempstead County, Arkansas List of lakes of Hot Spring County, Arkansas List of lakes of Howard County, Arkansas List of lakes of Independence County, Arkansas List of lakes of Izard County, Arkansas List of lakes of Jackson County, Arkansas List of lakes of Jefferson County, Arkansas List of lakes of Johnson County, Arkansas List of lakes of Lafayette County, Arkansas List of lakes of Lawrence County, Arkansas List of lakes of Lee County, Arkansas List of lakes of Lincoln County, Arkansas List of lakes of Little River County, Arkansas List of lakes of Logan County, Arkansas List of lakes of Lonoke County, Arkansas List of lakes of Madison County, Arkansas List of lakes of Marion County, Arkansas List of lakes of Miller County, Arkansas List of lakes of Mississippi County, Arkansas List of lakes of Monroe County, Arkansas List of lakes of Montgomery County, Arkansas List of lakes of Nevada County, Arkansas List of lakes of Newton County, Arkansas List of lakes of Ouachita County, Arkansas List of lakes of Perry County, Arkansas List of lakes of Phillips County, Arkansas List of lakes of Pike County, Arkansas List of lakes of Poinsett County, Arkansas List of lakes of Polk County, Arkansas List of lakes of Pope County, Arkansas List of lakes of Prairie County, Arkansas List of lakes of Pulaski County, Arkansas List of lakes of Randolph County, Arkansas List of lakes of Saline County, Arkansas List of lakes of Scott County, Arkansas List of lakes of Searcy County, Arkansas List of lakes of Sebastian County, Arkansas List of lakes of Sevier County, Arkansas List of lakes of Sharp County, Arkansas List of lakes of St. Francis County, Arkansas List of lakes of Stone County, Arkansas List of lakes of Union County, Arkansas List of lakes of Van Buren County, Arkansas List of lakes of Washington County, Arkansas List of lakes of White County, Arkansas List of lakes of Woodruff County, Arkansas List of lakes of Yell County, Arkansas
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