Best Lakes

Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park protects a significant area of Tasmania’s highlands. It features dramatic alpine landscapes including Cradle Mountain, the deepest freshwater lake in Australia – Lake St Clair – and diverse flora and fauna. The park is popular with hikers, particularly tho...

The Lake District National Park encompasses a vast area of mountainous terrain and lakes within Cumbria, England. Established in 1951, it’s notable for its dramatic landscapes including Scafell Pike, England's highest peak, and Windermere, the largest lake. The park offers extensive opportunities fo...

The Badain Jaran Desert is an arid region located in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. Covering an area of approximately 49,000 square kilometers, it is distinguished by a complex system of stationary sand dunes, several of which exceed 400 meters in height. These are among the tallest...

Ounianga Kebir is a settlement and group of lakes in the Sahara of northern Chad. It forms part of the Lakes of Ounianga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2012, whose freshwater and saline lakes persist in an exceptionally dry environment through a distinctive groundwater-fed hydrological s...

Ounianga Serir is the southeastern group within the Lakes of Ounianga, a system of permanent lakes in the hyper-arid Ennedi region of northeastern Chad. Its lakes are generally smaller than those around Ounianga Kebir and are separated by dunes and areas of vegetation. The wider lake system was insc...

Waterton Lakes National Park encompasses a stunning area of southwestern Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. Established in 1895, it is notable as part of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site shared with Montana. The park features six alpine lakes and diverse wildlife h...

Nelson Lakes National Park is a protected area located in the north of New Zealand's South Island, established in 1956. The park is characterized by its deep glacial lakes, notably Rotoiti and Rotoroa, surrounded by rugged peaks of the Southern Alps and extensive native beech forests. It offers exte...

The long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) is a dragonfly species belonging to the family Libellulidae, native to Africa and parts of Southern Europe. It is easily identified by its highly slender, pinched abdomen, which is predominantly black with yellow lateral markings, making it one of the most elon...

The Aydar-Arnasay Lakes System in Kazakhstan is a Ramsar site and national park encompassing two saline lakes vital for migratory birds and supporting unique halophyte ecosystems within the Kyzylkum Desert.

Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe is WWF ecoregion PA1315 in Mongolia, a 500 km Valley of Lakes where saline wetlands support waterbirds.

La Mauricie National Park is a protected natural area established in 1970, located in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada. Encompassing 536 square kilometers, the park preserves a vast landscape of dense boreal and mixed forests, rolling hills, and over 150 lakes. Before its creation as a nat...

Prince Albert National Park is a protected area in central Saskatchewan, Canada, established in 1927 and administered by Parks Canada. Its landscape lies near the transition between prairie and boreal forest and includes lakes, wetlands, aspen woodland, and coniferous forest; Waskesiu Lake is its pr...

The Massif du Néouvielle is a mountain range in the French Pyrenees, distinguished by its rugged granite peaks and the Néouvielle National Nature Reserve, a protected area established in 1935.

The Massif du Carlit is a mountain range in the French Pyrenees, notable for containing the Puig Carlit, which at 2,921 meters is the highest peak in the Pyrénées-Orientales department.

The Massif du Taillefer is a mountain range in the French Alps, distinguished by its extensive iron mining history and the Taillefer peak, which rises to an elevation of 2,857 meters.