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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

. 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

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(or physical feature), a body of

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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

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, is larger and deeper than a

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. Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a

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or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such a

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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 There are at least 24 named lakes and reservoirs in Bradley County, Arkansas. Lakes * Bend Lake, , el. * Bilbo Lake, , el. * Black Lake, , el. * Black Lake, , el. * Buck Lake, , el. * Eagle Lake, , el. * Frank Lake, , el. * Gar La ...

List of lakes of Hempstead County, Arkansas There are at least 37 named lakes and reservoirs in Hempstead County, Arkansas. Lakes * 1916 Cut-off, , el. * 1940 Cut-off Lake, , el. * Beard Lake, , el. * Bois d'Arc Lake, , el. * Bushy Lake (Arkansas), Bushy Lake, , el. * Clear Lake ...

List of lakes of Nevada County, Arkansas There are at least 13 named lakes and reservoirs in Nevada County, Arkansas. Lakes * Grassy Lake, , el. * Suckles Lake, , el. Reservoirs * Arkansas Noname 68 Reservoir, , el. * Barham Lake Number 1, , el. * Barham Lake Number Two, ...

* 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 There are at least 110 named lakes and reservoirs in Pulaski County, Arkansas. Lakes * Big Lake, , el. * Devoe Lake, , el. * Ferguson Lake, , el. * Georgetown Lake, , el. * Ginhouse Lake, , el. * Hills Lake, , el. * Horseshoe Lake, , ...

List of lakes of Randolph County, Arkansas There are at least 33 named lakes and reservoirs in Randolph County, Arkansas. Lakes * Brown Lake, , el. * Bull Pizzle Lake, , el. * Dishpan Lake, , el. * Gas Plant Lake, , el. * Horseshoe Lake, , el. * Legate Lake, , el. * Looney La ...

List of lakes of Saline County, Arkansas There are at least 52 named lakes and reservoirs in Saline County, Arkansas. Lakes * Dotted Lake, , el. * Dotty Lake, , el. * Masoner Lake, , el. Reservoirs * 4-H Camp Lake, , el. * Alcoa Water Supply, , el. * Barr Lake, , el. * Blo ...

References

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Lakes A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...

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