Young Brunette Girl At The Lake On Rocks With A Blue Scarf

Only one lake in the English Lake District is actually called a lake; other than Bassenthwaite Lake, the others are all meres or waters. Only six bodies of water in Scotland are known as lakes (the others are lochs): the Lake of Menteith, the Lake of the Hirsel, Pressmennan Lake, Cally Lake near Gatehouse of Fleet, the saltwater Manxman's Lake at Kirkcudbright Bay and The Lake at Fochabers. Of these only the Lake of Menteith and Cally Lake are natural bodies of fresh water.
Distribution of lakes
The majority of lakes on Earth are fresh water, and most lie in the Northern Hemisphere at higher latitudes. More than 60 percent of the world's lakes are in Canada; this is because of the deranged drainage system that dominates the country.