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.
Lake/reservoir | Region | Acreage | Hectares |
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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 |