List of lakes of Arkansas

There are at least 2340 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.^[1]^[2]

A reservoir (etymology from French réservoir a "storehouse ^[3]) 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.

Major lakes/reservoirs

Lake/reservoir	Region	Acreage	Hectares
Lake Ouachita	Southwest	66,324^[4]	26,840
Bull Shoals Lake	Northwest	45,440	18,390
Lake Dardanelle	Northwest	34,300	13,900
Greers Ferry Lake	Northwest	31,500	12,700
Millwood Lake	Southwest	29,200	11,800
Beaver Lake	Northwest	28,220	11,420
Norfork Lake	Northeast	22,000	8,900
Lake Jack Lee	Southeast	15,000	6,100
DeGray Lake	Southwest	13,400	5,400
Ozark Lake	Northwest	10,600	4,300
Lake Maumelle	Central	8,900	3,600
Lake Hamilton	Southwest	7,460	3,020
Lake Erling	Southwest	7,000	2,800
Lake Conway	Central	6,700	2,700
Lake Chicot	Southeast	5,300	2,100

List of lakes by county

References

^ Britannica online. "Lake (physical feature)". Retrieved 2012-03-21. [a Lake is] any relatively large body of slowly moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin of appreciable size. Definitions that precisely distinguish lakes, ponds, swamps, and even rivers and other bodies of nonoceanic water are not well established. It may be said, however, that rivers and streams are relatively fast moving; marshes and swamps contain relatively large quantities of grasses, trees or shrubs; and ponds are relatively small in comparison to lakes. Geologically defined, lakes are temporary bodies of water.
^ "Dictionary.com definition". Retrieved 2012-03-12. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
^ "Reservoir". Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ "Lake Ouachita - Largest Lake In Arkansas". November 27, 2018.

[1] Britannica online. "Lake (physical feature)". Retrieved 2012-03-21. [a Lake is] any relatively large body of slowly moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin of appreciable size. Definitions that precisely distinguish lakes, ponds, swamps, and even rivers and other bodies of nonoceanic water are not well established. It may be said, however, that rivers and streams are relatively fast moving; marshes and swamps contain relatively large quantities of grasses, trees or shrubs; and ponds are relatively small in comparison to lakes. Geologically defined, lakes are temporary bodies of water.

[2] "Dictionary.com definition". Retrieved 2012-03-12. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.

[3] "Reservoir". Online Etymology Dictionary.

[4] "Lake Ouachita - Largest Lake In Arkansas". November 27, 2018.

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