Lake | Location | Basin countries | Residence time |
Stausee Ferden | Ferden, Valais | Switzerland | 36 hours |
Lake Wohlen / Wohlensee | Canton of Bern | Switzerland | 2.1 days |
Lake Hévíz | Hévíz | Hungary | 3 days |
Lake St. Clair | Great Lakes | Canada, United States | 7 days (2-30 days) |
Lake Arapuni | North Island | New Zealand | 1 week |
Milton Pond | Strafford County, New Hampshire, York County, Maine | United States | 11.1 days |
Gibson Lake | Gibson Generating Station, Princeton, Indiana | United States | 2 weeks |
Råcksta Träsk | Stockholm | Sweden | 2-3 weeks |
Lake Sagami | Kanagawa | Japan | 18 days |
Lake Cristallina | Ticino | Switzerland | 2-4 weeks |
Northeast Pond | Strafford County, New Hampshire; York County, Maine | United States | 23.7 days |
Brandy Pond | Naples, Maine | United States | 34 days |
Champagne Pool | Waiotapu, North Island | New Zealand | 34 days |
Prospect reservoir | Prospect, New South Wales | Australia | 30-40 days |
Sicklasjön | Stockholm | Sweden | 1.2 months |
Devils Lake | Lincoln County, Oregon | United States | 1.8 months |
Lough Derg | Shannon River Basin | Ireland | 1.8 months |
Derwent Water | Cumbria | United Kingdom | 55 days |
Lake Biel / Bielersee / Lac de Bienne | Canton of Bern | Switzerland | 58 days |
Veluwemeer | Flevoland, Gelderland | Netherlands | 2 months |
Hacksjön | Tullinge | Sweden | 2.4 months |
Kamloops Lake | British Columbia | Canada | ca. 0.2 years (20-340 days) |
Malham Tarn | North Yorkshire, England | United Kingdom | 11 weeks |
Lac d'Anterne | Passy, Haute-Savoie | France | 90 days |
Graham Lake | Hancock County, Maine | United States | 3 months |
Grand Lac de Clairvaux | Jura department, Franche-Comté | France | 3 months |
Laduviken | Djurgården | Sweden | 3 months |
Esthwaite Water | Lake District, Cumbria | United Kingdom | 95 days |
Trehörningen | Huddinge, Southern Stockholm County | Sweden | 98 days |
Lac de Divonne | Divonne-les-Bains, Ain | France | 100 days |
Lake Lesina / Lago di Lesina | Province of Foggia, Apulia | Italy | 100 days |
Seeweidsee | Canton of Zurich | Switzerland | 100 days |
Hüttnersee | Hütten, Canton of Zurich | Switzerland | 120 days |
Lake Lauerz / Lauerzersee | Canton of Schwyz | Switzerland | 4 months |
Morris Lake | Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia | Canada | 4.1 months |
Sobradinho Reservoir | Sobradinho, Bahia | Brazil | 4.2 months |
Balch Pond | Carroll County, New Hampshire; York County, Maine | United States | 136 days |
Magelungen | Huddinge | Sweden | 4-5 months |
Russell Lake | Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia | Canada | 4.6 months |
Loweswater | Lake District, Cumbria | United Kingdom | 150 days |
Lappkärret | Stockholm | Sweden | 5 months |
Lough Feeagh | County Mayo | Ireland | 5.6 months |
Egelsee | Bubikon, Canton of Zurich | Switzerland | 180 days |
Lac de Vouglans | Jura, Franche-Comté | France | 180 days |
Mettmenhaslisee | Canton of Zurich | Switzerland | 180 days |
Albysjön | Stockholm | Sweden | 6 months |
Chesuncook Lake | Piscataquis County, Maine | United States | 6 months |
Clinton Lake | DeWitt County, Illinois | United States | 6 months |
Flagstaff Lake | Somerset County and Franklin County, Maine | United States | 6 months |
Lake Coeur d'Alene | Northern Idaho | United States | 6 months |
Lac de Saint-Point | Doubs department, Franche-Comté | France | 200 days |
Kyrksjön | Bromma | Sweden | 7 months |
Newnan's Lake | Gainesville, Florida | United States | 7.2 months |
Staples Pond | Temple, Maine | United States | 8.2 months |
Lac Cornu | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie | France | 250 days |
Lac du Brévent | Chamonix, Haute-Savoie | France | 250 days |
Lake Silvaplana / Silvaplanersee / Lej da Silvaplauna | Engadin, Grisons | Switzerland | 250 days |
Loch Awe | Argyll and Bute, Scotland | United Kingdom | 8.4 months |
Långsjön | Stockholm | Sweden | 9-10 months |
Lake Sarnen / Sarnersee | Obwalden | Switzerland | 9.6 months |
Lake Lovozero | Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast | Russia | 10 months |
Drevviken | Stockholm | Sweden | 10-11 months |
Mörtsjön | Huddinge | Sweden | < 1 year |
Judarn | Bromma, Stockholm | Sweden | 11 months |
Coniston Water | Lake District, Cumbria | United Kingdom | 340 days |
Ullswater | Lake District, Cumbria | United Kingdom | 350 days |
Khanka Lake | Heilongjiang Province, China and Primorsky Krai, Russia | China, Russia | 1 year |
Lake Monona | Dane County, Wisconsin | United States | 1.1 years |
Long Lake | Maine | United States | 1.1 years |
Mooselookmeguntic Lake | Franklin County, Maine | United States | 1.1 years |
Greifensee | Canton of Zurich | Switzerland | 408 days |
Nainital Lake | Uttarakhand | India | 1.16 years |
Manasbal Lake | Kashmir Valley | India | 1.2 years |
Lake Zurich / Zürichsee | Zürich | Switzerland | 440 days |
Tegernsee | Bavaria | Germany | 1.28 years |
Deer Creek Reservoir | Utah | United States | 1.3 year |
Orlången | Huddinge | Sweden | 1.33 years |
Haweswater Reservoir | Lake District, Cumbria | United Kingdom | 500 days |
Loch Shiel | Lochaber, Highland, Scotland | United Kingdom | 1.37 year |
Lake Walen /Walensee / Lake Walenstadt | St. Gallen, Glarus | Switzerland | 1.4258 years |
Keoka Lake | Maine | United States | 1.5 years |
Kootenay Lake | British Columbia | Canada | 1.5 years |
Lake Murten /Lac de Morat /Murtensee | Canton of Fribourg, Vaud | Switzerland | 1.6 years |
Oeschinen Lake | Bernese Oberland | Switzerland | 1.61 years |
Lac de Lessy | Haute-Savoie | France | 600 days |
East Grand Lake | Maine / New Brunswick | Canada, United States | 1.7 years |
Lake Ikeda | Kyūshū island | Japan | 1.7 years |
Lake Poyang | Jiujiang | China | 0.173 years[3] |
Faaker See | Carinthia | Austria | 1.8 years |
Ossiacher See / Lake Ossiach | Carinthia | Austria | 1.8 years |
Varese Lake/Lago di Varese | Province of Varese, Lombardy | Italy | 1.8 years |
Long Lost Lake | Clearwater County, Minnesota | United States | 1.8 years |
Ältasjön | Älta | Sweden | 1.8 years |
Lake Thun / Thunersee | Canton of Bern | Switzerland | 684 days |
Green Lake | Maine | United States | 1.9 years |
Gömmaren | Huddinge | Sweden | 1.9 yrs |
Loch Lomond | Dunbartonshire, Central Scotland | Scotland, United Kingdom | 1.9 years |
Lake Balaton | Hungary | Hungary | 2 years |
Lake Rotoroa | Hamilton, Waikato, North Island | New Zealand | approx. 2 years |
Lake Tūtira | Hawke's Bay, North Island | New Zealand | 2 years |
Türlersee | Canton of Zurich | Switzerland | 730 days |
Pfäffikersee | Canton of Zurich | Switzerland | 2.085 years |
Caniapiscau Reservoir | Quebec | Canada | 2.2 years |
Lake Sils / Silsersee /Lej da Segl | Engadin, Grisons | Switzerland | 2.2 years |
Wilersee | Canton of Zug | Switzerland | 2.2 years |
Great Pond | Maine | United States | 2.3 years |
Moberly Lake | British Columbia | Canada | 2.4 years |
Päijänne | Jyväskylä | Finland | 2.5 years |
Lake Erie | North America | Canada, United States | 2.6 years |
Rangeley Lake | Franklin County, Maine | United States | 2.6 years |
Lake Brienz / Brienzersee | Canton of Bern | Switzerland | 2.69 years |
Ammersee / Lake Ammer | Upper Bavaria | Germany | 2.7 years |
Großer Plöner See | Schleswig-Holstein | Germany | 3 years |
Paudash Lake | Haliburton County, Ontario | Canada | 3 years |
Moosehead Lake | Maine | United States | 3.1 years |
Trekanten | Stockholm | Sweden | 3.1 years |
Great East Lake | Carroll County, New Hampshire; York County, Maine | United States | 3.3 years |
Lake Champlain | North America | Canada, United States | 3.3 years |
Flathead Lake | Montana | United States | 3.4 years |
Lake Lucerne /Vierwaldstättersee | Central Switzerland | Switzerland | 3.4 years |
Lake Winnipeg | Manitoba, Canada | Canada | 3.5 years |
Lac de Paladru | Isère | France | 3.6 years |
Lake Hallwil / Hallwilersee | Aargau | Switzerland | 3.9 years |
Flaten | Southern Stockholm | Sweden | 4 years |
Lake Annecy / Lac d'Annecy | Haute-Savoie | France | 4 years |
Lake Maggiore / Verbano / Lago Maggiore | Lombardy and Piedmont, Italy; Canton Ticino, Switzerland | Italy, Switzerland | 4 years |
Todos los Santos Lake | Los Lagos | Chile | 4 years |
Lake Baldegg / Baldeggersee | Canton of Lucerne | Switzerland | 4.2 years |
Lake Iseo / Lago d'Iseo | Lombardy | Italy | 4.2 years |
Lake Constance / Bodensee | Germany, Switzerland, Austria | Germany, Switzerland, Austria | 4.3 years |
Corey Lake | Michigan | United States | 4.4 years |
Elk and Beaver Lakes | Saanich, British Columbia | Canada | 4.4 years (Elk Lake), |
Lake Como | Lombardy | Italy | 4.5 years |
Lake Mendota | Wisconsin | United States | 4.5 years |
Sea of Galilee | Galilee | Israel | 5 years |
Walden Pond | Massachusetts | United States | 5 years [4] |
Bannwaldsee | Allgäu, Bavaria | Germany | 5.2 years |
Sebago Lake | Cumberland County, Maine | United States | 5.1 to 5.4 yrs |
Kennisis Lake | Haliburton Highlands, Ontario | Canada | 5.26 years |
Bay Lake | Crow Wing County, Minnesota | United States | 4-7 years |
Lake Biwa / 琵琶湖 | Shiga Prefecture | Japan | 5.5 years |
Jordan Pond | Hancock County, Maine | United States | 6 years |
Lago di Mergozzo | Piedmont | Italy | 6 years |
Lake Ontario | North America | Canada, United States | 6 years |
Lac la Nonne | Alberta | Canada | 6.5 years |
Lago di Candia | Province of Turin | Italy | 6 or 7 years |
Ägerisee | Canton of Zug | Switzerland | 6.8 years |
Loch Morar | Morar, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland | United Kingdom | 6.87 years |
Lake Powell | Utah/Arizona | United States | 7.2 years |
Millstätter See / Lake Millstatt | Carinthia | Austria | 7.5 years |
Moose Lake | Alberta | Canada | 7.5 years |
Schaalsee | Schleswig-Holstein | Germany | 5 to 10 years |
Iliamna Lake | Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska | United States | 7.8 years |
Lac du Bourget | Savoie, France | France | 8 years |
Odell Lake | Klamath County, Oregon | United States | 8 years |
Lake Lugano /Lago di Lugano | Ticino, Lombardy | Switzerland, Italy | 8.2 years |
Lake Neuchâtel / Lac de Neuchâtel / Neuenburgersee | Romandy | Switzerland | 8.2 years |
Lake Orta /Lago d’Orta /Cusio | Piedmont | Italy | 8.9 years |
Weissensee | Carinthia | Austria | 9.2 years |
Quesnel Lake | British Columbia | Canada | 10.1 years |
Schweriner See | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Germany | 10.1 years |
Lake Taupō | Taupō District, Waikato region, North Island | New Zealand | 10.5 years |
Wörthersee / Lake Wörth | West of Klagenfurt | Austria | 10.5 years |
Lake Chelan | Washington | United States | 10.6 years |
Lake Geneva | Switzerland, France | Switzerland, France | 11.4 years |
Lake Wakatipu | Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, South Island | New Zealand | c. 12 years |
Higgins Lake | Michigan | United States | 12.5 years |
Crescent Lake | Klamath County, Oregon | United States | 13 years |
Yellowstone Lake | Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming | United States | 14 years |
Lake Zug / Zugersee | Central Switzerland | Switzerland | 14.7 years |
Müritz | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Germany | 15 years (?) |
Western Brook Pond | Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | 15.4 years |
Lake Sempach / Sempachersee | Canton of Lucerne | Switzerland | 16.9 years |
Skaneateles Lake | New York | United States | 18 years |
Cayuga Lake | New York | United States | 18.2 years |
Bear Lake | Idaho, Utah | United States | 19.6 years |
Green Lake | Green Lake County, Wisconsin | United States | 21 years |
Lake Starnberg /Starnberger See | Bavaria | Germany | 21 years |
Lake Huron | North America | Canada, United States | 22 years |
Lake Garda / Lago di Garda | Northern Italy | Italy | 26.8 years |
Waldo Lake | Cascade Mountains | United States | 32 years |
Crystal Lake | Benzie County, Michigan | United States | 30 to 60 years |
Lake Columbia | Jackson County, Michigan | United States | 47 years |
Okanagan Lake | British Columbia | Canada | 52.8 years |
Lake Ohrid | | Albania, North Macedonia | 70 years |
Lake Michigan | Michigan | United States | 99 years |
Arendsee | Saxony-Anhalt | Germany | 100 years |
Gull Lake | Alberta | Canada | >100 years |
Lake Yosemite | California | United States | 121 years |
Great Bear Lake | Northwest Territories | Canada | 124 years |
Crater Lake | Oregon | United States | 157 years |
Lake Superior | North America | Canada, United States | 191 years |
Caspian Sea | | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan | 250 years |
Lake Baikal | Southern Siberia | Russia | 330 years |
Lake Tahoe | California, Nevada | United States | 650 years |
Lake Titicaca | | Peru, Bolivia | 1343 years |
Lake Eucumbene | Snowy Mountains, New South Wales | Australia | 1953 years |
Lakes Qaban | Kazan | Russia | 2000 years |
Lake Tanganyika | | Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia | 5500 years |
Lake Vostok | | Antarctica | 13300 years |