How many lakes in Florida are natural?

Florida has approximately 7,800 Natural Lakes with a surface area of one acre (0.4 ha) or more. The majority of these lakes were formed or enlarged by dissolution of the underlying limestone by acidic surface waters.



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Alaska is the state with the most naturally formed lakes, containing 3,197 lakes and over 3 million unnamed lakes. Many of the lakes are unnamed because of the size of Alaska and the remote nature of much of the state.

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Lake Okeechobee is Florida's largest lake and the second largest body of fresh water in the contiguous United States. The word Okeechobee comes from the Seminole Indian language Oki (water) and Chubi (big) and means big water. These early Floridians chose the name well.

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Canada has the most natural lakes in the world followed by Russia and USA. About 9% of Canada's surface area is covered by lakes. The Great Bear Lake is the largest lake in Canada.

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The Great Lakes are one of the world's largest surface freshwater ecosystems.
  • 84% of North America's surface fresh water.
  • about 21% of the world's supply of surface fresh water.
  • Physical Features of the Great Lakes.
  • The Great Lakes Atlas Third Edition 1995 is available from NSCEP, US EPA's publication service.


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Kingsley Lake is an almost perfectly circular lake of about 2,000 acres (810 ha) in North East Florida, is located inside Clay County about six miles (9.7 km) east of Starke, Florida. According to some sources, it is the oldest and highest lake in Florida, located on the edge of the Trail Ridge formation.

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Lake County is located in the geographical center of the State between the Florida Cities of Orlando and Ocala. The County contains over 1,000 lakes and 202 square miles of water.

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The main purpose of the retention ponds is to hold onto the storm runoff or any kind of runoff in general and release the water at various flow rates. The water is naturally processed without additional equipment when in a retention pond, and also improves the water quality.

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Many of the Florida Keys' beaches are manmade, or are just a layer of sand over a sliver of limestone. The north is almost always cooler than south, something to remember in both summer and winter.

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Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world.

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The Blue Lake, New Zealand This lake on New Zealand's South Island is the clearest lake in the world, according to science.

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The dark color occurs when high concentrations of phytoplankton (microscopic algae) or colored dissolved organic matter in the water absorb the blue light.

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