In this deep trough lies Lake Malawi, the third-largest lake in Africa, comprising about 20% of Malawi's area.

These days, Hawley, a borough in Wayne County, is better known for its old-fashioned charm and for having Pennsylvania's third-largest artificial lake in its backyard.

Blacken is a basin in Lake Mälaren, the third-largest lake in Sweden.

Mälaren, the third-largest lake in Sweden, is an example of deglacial uplift.

Winnipesaukee is the third-largest lake in New England after Lake Champlain and Moosehead Lake.

It is the third-largest lake in the republic (19,9 км2).

In 1962 the river was damed to create Elektrėnai Reservoir, the third-largest artificial lake in Lithuania.

Bass Lake is the third-largest natural lake in Indiana.

Richland Chambers Reservoir is the third-largest lake by surface area and the eighth-largest reservoir by water volume in Texas.

It is the third-largest lake on Newfoundland.