There are at least2340 namedlakes andreservoirs inArkansas. 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.
Alake is aterrain feature (orphysical feature), a body ofliquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom ofbasin (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 theocean, is larger and deeper than apond.[1][2]
Areservoir (etymology fromFrenchréservoir a "storehouse[3]) is an artificiallake used to storewater. Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of adam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such abrickwork or cast concrete.
| 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 |
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[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.
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
