Lake (Civ6)

Lake
Introduced in Civilization VI
Base Yields	1 Food 1 Gold
Stats
Movement cost	1
Movement cost	1
Appeal	+1 to adjacent tiles
Appeal	+1 to adjacent tiles
Possible Resources
Bonus
Luxury
Strategic or Special
Notes
Provides fresh water to adjacent tiles

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Lake is a base terrain in Civilization VI. It is found throughout the world, formed by up to 9 water tiles completely surrounded by land.

• Base yields:
  • 1 Food, 1 Gold
• Provides fresh water to nearby tiles
• Can provide fresh water via an Aqueduct
• May contain sea-based Resources
• Allows construction of Harbor and Water Park districts.
• +1 Appeal

Strategy

A relatively small expanse of shallow water which is surrounded entirely by land is considered a Lake. Their main function is to provide a source of fresh water for cities founded next to them (or connected to them via an Aqueduct); this is also their main differential from Coast. However, if they are big enough, they will almost always have at least one resource and can thus be explored just like seas and oceans.

Huey Teocalli is specifically designed to enhance Lakes. It adds +1 Food and Production to all Lake tiles for a total yield of 2 Food, 1 Production and 1 Gold, plus any additional bonuses from resources (and bonus Amenities for the city which built it).

Note that Harbors can still be built on Lakes, and units may embark there. Of course, since Lakes are by definition landlocked, it doesn't make much sense to Embark units just to cross one instead of going around it by land, unless otherwise blocked such as by a Mountain.

In Rise and Fall you can build the new Water Park district in a Lake. This is especially useful for single-tile Lakes, which are of little use otherwise. The Water Park, with its special buildings and wider effect, is often a better alternative to the Entertainment Complex.

In Gathering Storm the new Canal district will allow connecting Lakes in suitable locations to the open ocean, or to any nearby body of water.

Lake names

Gathering Storm introduced a new mechanic in which Lakes can have different names based on the first civilization that finds them. Below is the list of the names and civilization of origin:

Lakes	Civilization	Notes
Agua Vermelha	Brazil
Altyevatnet	Norway	Appears to be a misspelling of Altevatnet, which lies in the county of Troms og Finnmark in Northern Norway. Also known as Álddesjávri in Northern Sámi, it covers nearly 80km2.
aManzamnyama	Zulu
Aral Sea	Russia, Scythia	The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan which began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up by the 2010s. When completely full it was the fourth largest lake in the world.
Ba Bể Lake	Vietnam
Baengnokdam	Korea	A crater lake on top of the Hallasan volcano on Jeju Island in South Korea. The name means "white deer lake".
Bakhtegan Lake	Persia	Used to be a salt lake in Fars Province, Iran and the second largest of the country. Lake Bakhtegan is now completely dry due to dams built on the Kor River.
Bassenthwaite Lake	England	One of the largest water bodies in the English Lake District. Also the only body of water in the Lake District with the word "lake" in its name.
Blåsjø	Norway	Covering 84.48km2 in the counties of Agder and Rogaland, this lake is artificial, formed by the Ulla-Førre hydropower complex, which consists of three hydroelectric power stations: Kvilldal, Saurdal and Hylen.
Boeung Kak	Khmer	It once was the largest urban lake in Phnom Penh. Now the lake has been filled with sand and the area is used for real estate development.
Bourget Lake	France	Lac du Bourget in French. Located within the Jura Mountains in the Savoie department, it is the deepest lake located entirely within France.
Budi Lake	Mapuche	A tidal brackish water lake located near the coast of La Araucanía Region in Chile.
Buwełno Lake	Poland
Caburgua Lake	Mapuche	Located in the La Auracanía Region of Chile, it is a part of the Huerquehue National Park.
Chao Lake	China	Also known by its Chinese name Chao Hu, it is the largest lake in Anhui Province and one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China.
Chinchayqucha	Inca	Also known as Lago Junín or Lake Junin, it is the largest lake entirely within Peruvian territory.
Conison Lake	England	A misspelt Coniston Water, the third largest body of water in the Lake District.
Dąbie Lake	Poland	Located within the delta of the Oder River in northwestern Poland. It is named after the Dąbie district of the city of Szczecin.
Dal Lake	India	An urban lake in Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir region in India. Also known by its nicknames: "Lake of Flowers", "Jewel in the crown of Kashmir" and "Srinagar's Jewel".
Derwentwater Lake	England	Derwentwater, or Derwent Water, is one of the principal bodies of water in the Lake District National Park in England.
Dipor Bil	India	A permanent freshwater lake, also known as Deepor Beel, it is situated in the Assam state in India.
Dobskie Lake	Poland	Located in the Masurian Lake District in Poland. Dobskie Lake is one of six connected lakes which Lake Mamry is comprised of.
Doiran Lake	Greece, Macedon	Also known as Dojran Lake, it has an area of 43.1 square km (16.6 sq mi) shared between North Macedonia and Greece.
Dongting Lake	China	Dongting Lake is a large, shallow lake in northeastern Hunan Province, China. It is a flood basin of the Yangtze River, so its volume depends on the season.
El Bricial	Spain
Feldges Lake	America	A lake located in Stearns County, Minnesota.
Femunden	Norway	Norway's third largest lake, located in the counties of Innlandet and Trøndelag. Covers 203.52km2 and once marked the border with Sweden.
Fucine Lake	Rome	Known in Italian as Lago Fucino, it was a large endorheic lake in western Abruzzo, central Italy. Once the third largest lake in Italy, it was drained in 1878.
Galletué Lake	Mapuche	A glacial lake located in the Andes of La Araucanía Region of southern Chile.
Great Bear Lake	Canada	Largest lake entirely situated in Canada, the fourth-largest in North America and the eighth-largest in the world. It is found in the Northwest Territories.
Great Bitter Lake	Arabia, Egypt	A saltwater lake in Egypt, connected to the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea via the Suez Canal. The lake is used as a "passing lane" for ships passing through the Suez Canal.
Great Salt Lake	America	A lake found in the state of Utah, this sodium-rich lake is the namesake of Utah's capital: Salt Lake City.
Great Slave Lake	Canada	The tenth-largest lake in the world and also the deepest lake (614 metres; 2,014 ft) in North America. It is located in the Northwest Territories of Canada
Greenlee Lough	England	A national nature reserve in Northumberland, northern England. The lough was used as a reservoir by the Romans on Hadrian's wall.
Guarapiranga	Brazil	A reservoir in the southern area of the city of Sāo Paulo, Brazil.
Hamun Lake	Persia	A shallow lake located on the Irano-Afghan border in the Sistan region.
Hawr as Sa'diyah	Babylon, Sumer
Heaven Lake	Korea	A crater lake on the border between China and North Korea. It lies within a caldera atop the volcanic Paektu Mountain. Heaven Lake is recognized as the highest volcanic lake in the world by Guinness Book of Records.
Hjälmaren	Sweden	Sweden's fourth largest lake, situated in the Central Swedish lowland. It's 63 kilometres long and 20 kilometres wide.
Hồ Tây	Vietnam
Hongze Lake	China	The fourth largest freshwater lake in China, located in Jiangsu Province. It has quadrupled in size since the 12th century.
Hornindalsvatnet	Norway	Located in the Møre og Romsdal and Vestland counties, this is Norway's and Europe's deepest lake, measuring at a depth of 514 metres. Covers 51km2.
Hulun Lake	China, Mongolia	A large lake in the Inner Mongolia region of Northern China. It is one of the five largest freshwater lakes in all of China.
Ichkeul Lake	Phoenicia	Lake Ichkeul is a lake in Tunisia, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) to Bizerte, the northernmost city in Africa on the Mediterranean Sea.
Iliamna Lake	America	The largest lake in Alaska and the third largest lake entirely in the United States. Through the Kvichak River, its waters drain into Bristol Bay.
Issyk-Kul Lake	Scythia	Also known as Ysyk Köl, this saline lake in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan is the seventh deepest lake in the world. It means "warm lake" in Kyrgyz; although surrounded by snow-capped peaks, it never freezes.
Kartsakhi Lake	Georgia	This soda lake in the Caucasus Mountains is the second largest lake in Georgia. Part of the lake is located in Turkey, where it is known as Lake Aktaş.
Khar-Us Lake	Mongolia	Khar-Us Lake is a lake in western Mongolia in the Great Lakes Depression. It is the upper one in a system of the interconnected lakes: Khar-Us, Khar, Dörgön, Airag and Khyargas.
Khövsgöl Lake	Mongolia	Lake Khövsgöl is the largest fresh water lake in Mongolia by volume and second largest by area. It is located near the northern border of Mongolia.
Khyargas Lake	Mongolia	Khyargas Lake is a salt lake in Khyargas district, Uvs Province, Western Mongolia.
Kilunda Lake	Kongo
Kolleru Lake	India	Located in the state of Andrha Pradesh in India, it forms the largest shallow freshwater lake in Asia.
Königssee	Germany	The third deepest lake in Germany, most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park.
Kosi Lake	Zulu	Probably better known as Kosi Bay. It is a series of four interlinked lakes in the Maputaland area of the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa.
Lac de Grand-Lieu	France	In winter it is the largest lake in France, in the summer second after Lac du Bourget. Only licensed professional fishermen are allowed to use a boat on the lake.
Lagoa da Vela	Portugal
Lagoa das Furnas	Portugal
Lagoa das Sete Cidades	Portugal
Lagoa de Santiago	Portugal
Lagoa do Fogo	Portugal
Lagoa dos Patos	Brazil	Lagoa dos Patos translates to Ducks' Lagoon. It is the largest barrier-lagoon in South America and is located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.
Lagoas de Bertiandos	Portugal
Laguna de Baý		Otherwise known as Laguna Lake, it is the largest lake in the Philippines.
Laguna de la Cocha	Gran Colombia	Laguna de la Cocha) is a 39,000-hectare (96,000-acre) volcanic crater lake located within the Pasto Municipality in Nariño, Colombia.
Lắk Lake	Vietnam
Lake Abaya	Ethiopia	Located in the Main Ethiopian Rift, east of the Guge Mountans.
Lake Abbe	Ethiopia	A salt lake, lying on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It is also known as Lake Abhe Bad. The lake is considered one of the most inaccessible areas of the earth.
Lake Aðapaskāw	Cree	Known in English as Lake Athabasca, the lake is located in Saskatchewan and Alberta provinces of Canada.
Lake Aiguebelette	France	Lac d'Aiguebelette in French, it is a natural lake within the department of Savoie, France.
Lake Alakol	Scythia
Lake Albert
Lake Amadeus	Australia
Lake Amatitlán	Maya
Lake Ammer	Germany
Lake Annecy	France
Lake Antogo	Mali
Lake Aougoundou	Mali
Lake Atitlán
Lake Baikal	Russia
Lake Balaton	Hungary	A freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. The largest lake in Central Europe. Well known for the Balaton Sound electronic music festival.
Lake Balkhash	Scythia
Lake Bangweulu
Lake Bardawil	Egypt
Lake Benacus	Rome
Lake Beyşehir	Byzantium, Ottomans
Lake Biwa	Japan
Lake Bolsena	Rome
Lake Bracciano	Rome
Lake Bujon	Korea
Lake Burdur	Byzantium, Ottomans
Lake Carnegie	Australia
Lake Chalco	Aztec
Lake Chamo	Ethiopia
Lake Champlain	America, Canada
Lake Chew Bahir	Ethiopia
Lake Chiemsee	Germany
Lake Chon	Korea
Lake Constance	Germany
Lake Copais	Greece
Lake Débo	Mali
Lake Disappointment	Australia
Lake Egirdir	Byzantium, Ottomans
Lake Enol	Spain
Lake Ercina	Spain
Lake Erie	America, Canada	The fourth largest of the Great Lakes of North America.
Lake Eyre	Australia
Lake Faguibine	Mali
Lake Fertő	Hungary
Lake Frome	Australia
Lake Geneva	France, Gaul
Lake Gopło	Poland
Lake Grevelingen	Netherlands	Grevelingenmeer (Lake Grevelingen) is a closed off part of the Rhine-Meuse estuary on the border of the Dutch provinces of South Holland and Zeeland. It is the largest saltwater lake in Europe.
Lake Güija	Maya
Lake Habbaniyah	Babylon, Sumer
Lake Hammar	Babylon, Sumer
Lake Hauroko	Māori
Lake Herrera	Gran Colombia
Lake Hévíz	Hungary
Lake Huron	America, Canada	One of the Great Lakes of North America.
Lake Idku	Egypt	Lake Idku connects to the Mediterranean Sea. The lake lies to the west of the city of Edku in northern Egypt
Lake IJssel	Netherlands	The IJsselmeer also known as Lake IJssel in English, is a closed off inland bay in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland
Lake Inawashiro	Japan	Lake Inawashiro is the fourth-largest lake in Japan, located in central Fukushima Prefecture, south of Mount Bandai. It is also known as the 'Heavenly Mirror Lake' (天鏡湖, Tenkyōko)
Lake Iseo	Rome
Lake Izabal	Maya
Lake Iznik	Byzantium, Ottomans
Lake Karla	Greece
Lake Kasumigaura	Japan	The second-largest lake in Japan, located 60 km to the north-east of Tokyo.
Lake Kawaguchi	Japan
Lake Khanka	China, Russia
Lake Khasan	Korea
Lake Kivu
Lake Koroneia	Greece, Macedon
Lake Kummerow	Germany
Lake Ladoga	Russia
Lake Larius	Rome
Lake Leopoldo	Gran Colombia
Lake Louise	Canada
Lake Mackay	Australia
Lake Mai-Ndombe	Kongo
Lake Mamry	Poland
Lake Manapouri	Māori
Lake Manzala	Egypt
Lake Mariout	Egypt
Lake Marken	Netherlands	The Markermeer or Lake Marken is a 700 km2 (270 sq mi) lake in the central Netherlands in between provinces Flevoland and Noord-Holland and its smaller and larger neighbors, the IJmeer and IJsselmeer.
Lake Matano	Indonesia
Lake Mer-Wer	Egypt
Lake Michigan	America	One of the Great Lakes of North America.
Lake Mistassini	Canada
Lake Müritz	Germany
Lake Mweru
Lake Nakaumi	Japan
Lake Neuchâtel	Gaul
Lake Nhlabane	Zulu
Lake Niangay	Mali
Lake Nicaragua
Lake Niegocin	Poland
Lake Nipigon	Canada
Lake of Banyoles	Spain	Lake of Banyoles or Estany de Banyoles is a natural lake located in the province of Girona in Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest natural lake in Catalonia.
Naarden Lake	Netherlands	The Naardermeer or Naarden Lake is situated in central The Netherlands, close to its namesake city Naarden.
Lake Nyasa
Lake of the Woods	America, Canada
Lake Okeechobee	America
Lake Onega	Russia
Lake Ontario	America, Canada
Lake Paliastomi	Georgia	This lake is connected to the Black Sea. Also included within the boundaries of the Kolkheti National Park in Georgia.
Lake Peipus	Russia
Lake Petén Itzá	Maya
Lake Poso	Indonesia
Lake Prespa	Greece, Macedon
Lake Pukaki	Māori	The largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island.
Lake Puwpu	Inca
Lake Rotoiti	Māori
Lake Rotomahana	Māori
Lake Rotorua	Māori
Lake Saimaa
Lake Saint Lucia	Zulu
Lake Schwerin	Germany
Lake Sentarum	Indonesia
Lake Sevan
Lake Shala	Ethiopia
Lake Shinji	Japan
Lake Sibhayi	Zulu
Lake Starnberg	Germany
Lake Superior	America, Canada	One of the Great Lakes of North America.
Lake Szelid	Hungary
Lake Tahoe	America
Lake Tai	China, Scythia
Lake Tana	Ethiopia
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Taupo	Māori
Lake Taymyr	Russia
Lake Texcoco	Aztec	Saltwater lake in what is now Mexico City. Site of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. Drained when the Spanish built Mexico City.
Lake Te Anau	Māori	Second largest lake by surface area in New Zealand. Two of New Zealand's Great Walks start at the lake; the Milford Track and the Kepler track.
Lake Titiqaqa	Inca
Lake Toba	Indonesia
Lake Torrens	Australia
Lake Tota	Gran Colombia
Lake Towuti	Indonesia
Lake Trasimene	Rome
Lake Trichonida	Greece
Lake Tumba	Kongo
Lake Turkana	Ethiopia
Lake Tuz	Byzantium, Ottomans
Lake Urmia	Persia
Lake Valencia	Gran Colombia
Lake Van	Byzantium, Ottomans
Lake Vegoritida	Greece, Macedon
Lake Velence	Hungary
Lake Verbanus	Rome
Lake Victoria
Lake Vistonida	Greece, Macedon
Lake Volvi	Greece, Macedon
Lake Waikaremoana	Māori
Lake Wakatipu	Māori
Lake Walchen	Germany
Lake Wanaka	Māori
Lake Wigry	Poland
Lake Windermere	England
Lake Winnebago	America
Lake Winnipeg	Canada, Cree
Lake Winnipegosis	Cree
Lake Xaltocan	Aztec
Lake Xochimilco	Aztec
Lake Yeak Laom	Khmer
Lake Ziway	Ethiopia
Lake Zumpango	Aztec
Lauwers Lake	Netherlands	Lauwersmeer or Lauwers Lake is a man-made lake in the north of the Netherlands, on the border of the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. The central and eastern parts of the lake became Lauwersmeer National Park on 12 November 2003.
Limingen	Norway	Covers 94km2 and is located in the municipalities of Røyrvik and Lierne in Trøndelag county. Also known as Lyjmede in Southern Sámi.
Loch Awe	Scotland
Loch Coruisk	Scotland
Loch Finlaggan	Scotland
Loch Lomond	Scotland
Loch Maree	Scotland
Loch Morar	Scotland
Loch Ness	Scotland
Loch Tay	Scotland
Loktak Lake	India
Łuknajno Lake	Poland
Maharloo Lake	Babylon, Persia, Sumeria
Mälaren	Sweden
Mallalafquén	Mapuche
Mjøsa	Norway	Norway's largest lake, located in the counties of Viken and Innlandet, covering 362km2. The cities of Lillehammer, Gjøvik and Hamar are all located along the shores of this lake, and it contains Norway's largest freshwater island, Helgøya. Water transport on Mjøsa was once vital for the settlements on its shores, but this was replaced by the eventual construction of railways.
Møsvatnet	Norway	More commonly known as simply Møsvatn, this lake is located in the municipality of Vinje in Vestfold og Telemark county, and lies at 919 metres above sea level, not far away from the Hardangervidda plateau. Its primary outflow, the river Måna, serves as the primary inflow for another lake on Norway's list of names: Tinnsjøen.
Mundaú Lagoon	Brazil
Namak Lake	Persia
Nisser	Norway	Located in the municipality of Nissedal (which derives its name from the lake) in Vestfold og Telemark county. Covering 76.3km2, the lake's name is identical to the indefinitive plural form of the word nisse, which is the name of a short, gnome-like creature in Scandinavian mythology. However, the lake's name is etymologically unrelated to the creature.
Norsjø	Norway	Located in the municipalities of Skien, Nome and Sauherad in Vestfold og Telemark county. Covers 55.48km2 and is part of the Telemark Canal.
Oreti Lake	Georgia
Oros Lake	Brazil
Øyeren	Norway	Covers 84.74km2 and is located in the municipalities of Enebakk, Lillestrøm, Rælingen, Spydeberg and Trøgstad in Viken county. Glomma, the longest river in Norway, creates Northern Europe's largest inland river delta in this lake as it passes through it. The lake's name (Øyir in Old Norse) is derived from the word øy - "island" or "flat and fertile land along a waterside" - referring to the flat islands that make up this delta.
Pallqaqucha	Inca
Pangong Tso	India
Paravani Lake	Georgia
Pariwanaqucha	Inca
Pateira de Fermentelos	Portugal
Plauer See	Germany
Poyang Lake	China
Qinghai Lake	China
Reindeer Lake	Canada, Cree
Represa de Eng Souza Dias	Brazil
Riñihue Lake	Mapuche
Røssvatnet	Norway	Norway's second largest lake, located in the municipalities of Hattfjelldal and Hemnes in Nordland county. It is also a reservoir, and covers 218.61km2. Had it not been for the dams that regulate its volume, it would have covered 190km2, and would only have been Norway's third largest lake. Also known as Reevhtse in Southern Sámi.
Saaler Bodden	Germany
Samji Lake	Korea
Sanabria Lake	Spain
Sarygamysh Lake	Scythia
Schaalsee	Germany
Sea of Galilee	Arabia, Phoenicia
Selbusjøen	Norway	Lies primarily in the municipality of Selbu (which takes its name from this lake) in Trøndelag county, but a small part of it is located within Trondheim's municipal borders, with the lake lying southeast of the city itself. Covers 58.26km2.
Shuswap Lake	Canada
Snåsavatnet	Norway	Located in the municipalities of Snåsa and Steinkjer in Trøndelag county. Covers 122km2.
Śniardwy	Poland	The largest lake in Poland.
Steinhuder Meer	Germany
Storsjön	Sweden
Tabatskuri Lake	Georgia
Te waihora	Māori
Tinnsjøen	Norway	Covers 51.43km2 and is located in the municipalities of Tinn and Notodden in Vestfold og Telemark county. Most famous for being the final resting place of the SF Hydro, a steam-powered railway ferry sunk by the Norwegian resistance during World War II, as part of the heavy water sabotage. The shipment of heavy water that was intended for Germany remains at the bottom of the lake to this day.
Tonle Bati Lake	Khmer
Tonlé Sap	Khmer
Tyrifjorden	Norway	Covers 139km2, and is located in the municipalities of Hole, Lier, Modum and Ringerike in Viken county, 40km northwest of Oslo. Despite what the name implies, it is commonly not regarded as a fjord.
Ullswater Lake	England
Utikuma Lake	Cree
Uvs Lake	Mongolia
Vänern	Sweden
Vättern	Sweden
Vembanad Lake	India
Wabamun Lake	Cree
Wakaw Lake	Cree
Waskesiu Lake	Cree
West Lake	China
West Nubian Lake	Nubia
Wojnowo Lake	Poland
Wollaston Lake	Cree
Yanaqucha	Inca

Gallery

A Lake tile, as seen in-game

See also

• Lake in other games