List of lakes of Bucharest



The Lakes, Parks and Leisure Administration in Bucharest (Administrația Lacuri, Parcuri și Agrement) has under its upkeep nine lakes and nine dams, from the total of 15 located on the Colentina River, that started to be built since 1936 and that cover a total area of 1153.98 ha and have a combined volume of 29571000 m3. The largest lake inside Bucharest, in terms of surface area, is the Lake Morii, other large lakes with banks in Bucharest or parts in Bucharest are the Lake Cernica that has an area of 341 ha; and the largest in terms of volume is Lake Pantelimon with a volume of 12300000 m3. The oldest manmade lake in Bucharest is the Herăstrău Lake, which was completed in 1936; this lake also has the oldest sluice in the city, built between 1933 and 1936, and finalized in 2007.

List of lakes
Lake Băneasa is located in Sectorul 1; it has a length of 3 km, a width between 50 m and 400 m, a surface area of 40 ha, a depth between 1 m and 3 m, a volume of 630000 m3 and a debit of 2.5 m/s.

Lake Cișmigiu is located in Sectorul 1; it has a length of 1.3 km, a width of 50 m, a surface area of 2.65 ha, a depth between 1 m and 2 m, and a volume of 290000 m3.

Lake Colentina is located in Sectorul 2; it has a length of 1.3 km, a width of 100 –, a surface area of 29 ha, a depth between 1 m and 5 m, and a volume of 600000 m3.

Lake Dâmbovița is located in Sectorul 6; it has a length of 200 m, a width of 400 m, a surface area of 55 ha, an average depth of 3 m, and a volume of 2000000 m3.

Lake Fundeni is located in Sectorul 2; it has a length of 2.1 km, a width of 200 –, a surface area of 35 ha, a depth between 1 m and 5 m, and a volume of 800000 m3.

Lake Floreasca is located in Sectorul 1; it has a length of 3 km, a width between 100 m and 800 m, a surface area of 70 ha, a depth between 1 m and 5 m, a volume of 1600000 m3 and a debit of 2.5 m/s.

Lake Grivița is located in Sectorul 1; it has a length of 3.8 km, a width between 50 m and 500 m, a surface area of 53 ha, a depth between 1 m and 4 m, a volume of 1000000 m3, and a debit of 2.5 m/s.

Lake Herăstrău is located in Sectorul 1; it has a length of 3.5 km, a surface area of 77 ha, and a volume of 2390000 m3.

Lacul Lebedelor is a small lake located close to Lake Cișmigiu in Sectorul 1 and reserved for water birds.

Lacul Morii ("Mill Lake") is the largest lake in Bucharest. Located in Sectorul 6, it has a length of 7 km, a surface area of 246 ha, a maximum depth of 6 m, and a volume of 14700000 m3.

Lake Pantelimon is located in Sectorul 2 and covers a surface of 260 ha, but most of the lake is outside Bucharest, in Pantelimon.

Lake Plumbuita is located in Sectorul 2.

Lake Străulești is located in Sectorul 1, it has a length of 2.3 km, a width between 100 m and 300 m, a surface area of 33 ha, a depth between 1 m and 5 m, and a volume of 700000 m3.

Lake Tineretului is located in Tineretului Park; it has an average depth of 1.5 m, covers a surface of 13.5 ha, and a volume of 200000 m3.

Lake Tei (Linden Tree Lake) is located in Tei Park, in the Tei neighborhood; it has a length of 2.5 km, a surface area of 80 ha, and a volume of 2000000 m3.

Lake Titan is in Titan Park; it covers a surface of 85 ha.

Lake Văcărești is located in Sectorul 4 and covers a surface of 189 ha.

Other lakes include Dobroești, the lake from Drumul Taberei Park, and the lake from Carol Park.