Water Lakes are the water bodies that are usually surrounded by land and are normally found in the mountain areas, rift zones and glacial places. The reservoir of water in the lake may be either salty or fresh and it is different than the pond although both are water bodies. Ponds are smaller in their sizes as compare to lakes with no water flow and lakes are deeper than the ponds. Lakes are often fed with big streams and rivers having short-lived landscape features, as they tend to become silted up by sediment from the streams and rivers that feed them. Apart from natural lakes, in many countries of the world, there are many artificial lakes built for the irrigation of agricultural land, producing electricity and for industrial needs. The global ecological degradation has marked worst effect upon the water lakes as they are shrinking on a rapid rate. Some of the lakes in the world have tremendous importance for the environment of their respective area and some of them are famous for their extraordinary scenic beauty. Many beautiful lakes of the world have huge attraction for the visitors from all over the world and are considered as the real wonders of the nature. Here are some wonderful images of some beautiful lakes of the world;

1- Plitvice Lakes of Croatia

Green view of the Plitvice lake of Croatia ( Image: Antoine Khater )

 2- Five Flower Lake of China

Five flower lake of China ( Image: by Hock How & Siew Peng )

3- Lake Titicaca of Bolivia

Lake Titicaca of Bolivia ( Image: By Homdaum )

4- Crater Lake of USA

The Crater lake of U.S ( Image: Jeffrey Johnson )

 5- Lake Bled of Slovenia

Lake Bled of Slovenia ( Image: Issy Witcomb )

 6- Sheosar Lake of Deosai, Pakistan

Sheosar Lake, Deosai Plains, Pakistan ( Image: Tariq Hameed Sulemani )

7- Dal Lake of Srinagar, India

Dal lake of Srinagar, Kashmir ( By Rambonp loves all creature made by God in this uni )

8- Mirror Lake of California, USA

Mirror Lake of California, USA . Image: carlos_seo

9- Ansoo Lake or Tear Lake, Pakistan

Ansoo ( Tear ) Lake, Kaghan Valley, Pakitan ( An Asif Saeed Image )

 10- Mono Lake of California, USA

Mono Lake in CA, USA ( Richard Gaston's Image )

 11- Lake Bogoria of Kenya

Lake Bogoria of Kenya ( Image by Steve Garvie )

 12- Peyto Lake, Alberta, Canada

13- Phandar Lake, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

14- Moraine Lake, Canada

Moraine Lake of Canada ( Image: Dan Billard )

 15- A Japanese Lake in Nagano

Beautiful stars and a magnificent Japanese lake in Nagano ( Image: MASAHIRO MIYASAKA )