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.
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.
Major lakes/reservoirs
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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