List of lakes of Italy

The following is a list of lakes of Italy. The lakes of Italy can be distinguished, depending on their location within the national territory, between pre-alpine, north-western, Apennine, Sicilian and Sardinian, in addition to lagoons and coastal lakes. They are generally named after the surrounding towns and often their capacity has been increased with the construction of dams, in order to create large water reserves to be used for the production of electricity. There are more than 1000 lakes in Italy,^[1] the largest of which is Garda (370 km² or 143 sq mi).

The pre-alpine lakes are the largest and most important because they constitute capacious basins, in which the alpine rivers restrain their impetus and purify their waters, depositing the transported materials. They also affect the local climate, mitigating it. Their waters fill the bottom of long valleys that flow into the Po Valley. They are deep valleys, carved by glaciers, which once descended to the foot of the Alpine chain. Generally, their emissary rivers then flow into the Po River.

There are also lakes along the Italian coasts. They were formed by the wave motion of the sea, which, first of all in the inlets, accumulated sandy shores and dune strings, which closed the waters behind. In this way, the old marine inlets have been transformed into lakes.

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Lake	Region	Area	Elevation	Maximum depth
Lake Garda (Lago di Garda)	Lombardy, Trentino/South Tyrol, Veneto	370 km² (143 sq mi)	65 m (213 ft)	346 m (1,135 ft)
Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore)	Lombardy, Piedmont, Ticino (Switzerland)	210 km² (81 sq mi)	194 m (636 ft)	372 m (1,220 ft)
Lake Como (Lago di Como)	Lombardy	146 km² (56 sq mi)	198 m (650 ft)	410 m (1,350 ft)
Lake Trasimeno (Lago Trasimeno)	Umbria	124 km² (48 sq mi)	257 m (843 ft)	7 m (23 ft)
Lake Bolsena (Lago di Bolsena)	Lazio	114 km² (44 sq mi)	305 m (1,001 ft)	151 m (495 ft)
Lake Iseo (Lago d'Iseo)	Lombardy	65.3 km² (25.2 sq mi)	186 m (610 ft)	251 m (823 ft)
Lake Bracciano (Lago di Bracciano)	Lazio	56.7 km² (21.9 sq mi)	160 m (520 ft)	165 m (541 ft)
Lake Lugano (Lago di Lugano)	Lombardy, Ticino (Switzerland)	48.7 km² (18.8 sq mi)	271 m (889 ft)	288 m (945 ft)
Lake Omodeo (Lago Omodeo)	Sardinia	29 km² (11 sq mi)	118 m (387 ft)	59.55 m (195.4 ft)
Lake Orta (Lago d'Orta)	Piedmont	18.2 km² (7.0 sq mi)	290 m (950 ft)	144 m (472 ft)
Lake Coghinas (Lago Coghinas)	Sardinia	17.8 km² (6.9 sq mi)	164 m (538 ft)	50 m (160 ft)
Lake Varese (Lago di Varese)	Lombardy	14.9 km² (5.8 sq mi)	238 m (781 ft)	26 m (85 ft)
Lake Vico (Lago di Vico)	Lazio	12.1 km² (4.7 sq mi)	510 m (1,670 ft)	48.5 m (159 ft)
Lake Idro (Lago d'Idro)	Lombardy	10.9 km² (4.2 sq mi)	368 m (1,207 ft)	122 m (400 ft)

List of lakes of Italy

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Lakes with an area &gt;10&nbsp;km2 (3.9&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi)

Alphabetical

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See also

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