Links

Site Name URL
GEMS/Global Water Data Centre https://gemstat.org/
Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/
Water surface elevation measured by satellite interferometric altimetry
Global Reservoirs/Lakes Monitor (G-REALM) https://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/global_reservoir/
Pseudo real-time lake surface height variation measurement by satellite altimetry
Foreign Agricultural Service/United States Department of Agriculture
Global Lakes & Reservoirs Repository http://worldlake-db.com
Provides Vector/Raster Data of Lake Shape
National Lakes Assessment https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/nla
A part of National Aquatic Resource Surveys by US EPA
Water Quality Portal https://www.waterqualitydata.us/
National Water Quality Monitoring Council, USA
Lakes Online http://www.lakesonline.com
Lakes in the United States
International Data Centre on Hydrology of Lakes and Reservoirs http://www.hydrolare.net
Data on Hydrology of World Lakes and Reservoirs
HYDROLARE/the State Hydrological Institute (St Petersburg, Russia)
Global Lakes and Wetlands Database https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/global-lakes-and-wetlands-database
WWF and the Center for Environmental Systems Research, Univ. of Kassel, Germany
Ezeri.lv database https://www.ezeri.lv
Database of lakes in Latvia
Ramsar: Homepage http://www.ramsar.org
World Network of Biosphere Reserves http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/world-network-wnbr/wnbr/
UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves
World Heritage List http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
UNESCO World Heritage Centre

 

Sites Related to Individual Lake URL
Baikal http://www.baikal.ru
Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute https://www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/japan/lake-biwa-environmental-research-institute-lberi/58b56471140ba006668b456b
Local government institute responsible for Lake Biwa environment
Shiga Prefectural Government, Japan
Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) http://www.cblt.org/en
Chilika Develpment Authority http://www.chilika.com
Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Eaux du Leman (CIPEL) http://www.cipel.org
Lake Kasumigaura Database http://db.cger.nies.go.jp/gem/moni-e/inter/GEMS/database/kasumi/index.html
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
Laguna Lake Development Authority http://llda.gov.ph/
Lake Mashu, Long-term Environmental Monitoring http://db.cger.nies.go.jp/gem/inter/GEMS/mashu/contents/database/dataindex.html
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
Lake Tanganyika Authority http://lta.iwlearn.org/
Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) https://www.lvbcom.org/

 

Partly commercial but still great sites URL
LakePedia https://www.lakepedia.com