List of endorheic basins

Africa

Chott Melrhir (Algeria)

Chott Ech Chergui (Algeria)

Chott el Hodna (Algeria)

Tidikelt Depression (Algeria)

Sebkha Azzel Matti

Sebhka Mekerrhane

Tunisian salt lakes (Tunisia)

Chott el Djerid

Chott el Gharsa

Qattara Depression (Egypt)

Siwa Depression (Egypt)

Lake Chad Basin (Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria)

Western Equatorial Crater Lakes (Cameroon)

Lake Barombi Koto

Lake Barombi Mbo

Lake Bermin

Lake Benakouma

Lake Dissoni/Soden

Lake Mboandong

Makgadikgadi Pans (Botswana)

Northern Eastern Rift (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia)

Afar Depression (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia)

Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes (Ethiopia)

Lake Turkana Basin (Ethiopia, Kenya)

Southern Eastern Rift (Kenya, Tanzania)

Lake Logipi (Kenya)

Lake Baringo (Kenya)

Lake Bogoria (Kenya)

Lake Nakuru (Kenya)

Lake Elmenteita (Kenya)

Lake Naivasha (Kenya)

Lake Magadi (Kenya)

Lake Natron (Tanzania)

Lake Eyasi (Tanzania)

Lake Rukwa (Tanzania)

Lake Chilwa (Malawi)

Lake Chiuta (Malawi, Mozambique)

Etosha Basin (Angola, Namibia)

Okavango Basin (Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)

Antarctica

Lake Vanda

Lake Vida

Australia

Lake Eyre Basin (Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia), which drains into the highly variable Lake Eyre and includes Lake Frome.

Lake Torrens (South Australia)

Lake Corangamite (western Victoria)

Lake George (New South Wales), formerly connected to the Murray-Darling Basin.

Bulloo-Bancannia drainage basin (New South Wales)

Eurasia

Caspian Sea Basin (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan) including the Volga River.

Aral Sea Basin (Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) including the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers.

Lake Balkhash Basin (China, Kazakhstan)

Emin Valley (China, Kazakhstan)

Lake Alakol

Issyk-Kul, Son-Kul and Chatyr-Kul lakes (Kyrgyzstan)

Dzungarian Basin (China)

Ulungur Lake

Ebinur Lake

Manas Lake

Ailik Lake

Uvs Nuur basin (Mongolia, Russia)

Great Lakes Depression (Mongolia, Russia)

Khyargas-Nurr Lake

Khar-Us Lake

Khar Lake

Tarim Basin (China)

Lop Nur

Gobi Desert (China, Mongolia)

Hulun Lake (China, Mongolia), sometimes overflows into the Argun River, a tributary of the Amur

Tibetan Plateau (China)

Nam Lake

Siling Lake

Tangra Lake

Ngangze Lake

Taro Lake

Ngangla Ringco

Zhari Namco

Dagze Lake

Dogai Coring Lake

Qinghai Lake (China)

Qaidam Basin (China)

Kumkol Basin (between the Altyn-Tagh and the Kunlun)

Turpan Depression (Chna)

Sistan Basin (Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan)

Hamun-e Mashkid (Iran, Pakistan)

Hari River, Afghanistan (Tedzhen River) (Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan)

Murgab River (Afghanistan, Turkmenistan)

Iranian Plateau (Iran)

Bejestan

Dasht-e Kavir

Dasht-e Lut

Zayande River

Hamun-e Jaz Murian

Kor River (Kor Rud)

Lake Maharlu 29.481°N 52.805°E / 29.481; 52.805 (Lake Maharlu)

Namak Lake

Sirjan

Yazd

Lake Urmia (Iran)

Lake Van (Turkey)

Central Anatolian lake basins (Turkey)

Lake Tuz

Lake Beyşehir

Lake Eğirdir

Lake Burdur

Lake Acıgöl

Syrian Desert Basins (Syria, Jordan)

Sabkhat al Muh (Syria)

Buhayrat al 'Utaybah (Syria)

Arabian Plateau (Saudi Arabia)

Wadi al-Rummah

Wadi Dawasir

Dead Sea Basin (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Syria)

(India)

Sambhar Lake (India)

Tso Kar (India)

Tso Moriri (India)

Pangong Tso (India)

Neusiedlersee (Austria)

Lake Trasimeno (Italy)

Laguna de Gallocanta (Spain)

Estany de Banyoles (Spain)

The Lasithi Plateau in Crete, Greece

North America

Endorheic basins in the Great Plains

Quill Lakes, Lenore Lake, and Basin Lake (Saskatchewan)

Coteau du Missouri-Old Wives Lake (Saskatchewan)

Great Sand Hills-Crane Lake and Bigstick Lake (Saskatchewan)

Pakowki Lake (Alberta)

Manito, Tramping, Buffalo, and Sullivan lakes (Alberta, Saskatchewan)

Little Manitou Lake (Saskatchewan)

Devils Lake (North Dakota)

Coteau des Prairies (mostly South Dakota)

The Sandhills (Nebraska)

White Woman Basin (Kansas)

Devil's Lake (Wisconsin)

Great Divide Basin (Wyoming)

San Luis Closed Basin (Colorado)

Crater Lake (Oregon)

Great Basin in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming)

Oregon Lakes (California, Oregon)

Harney Basin (Harney and Malheur lakes) (Oregon)

Alvord Lake (Oregon)

Goose Lake (California, Oregon)

Summer and Silver lakes (Oregon)

North Lahontan Basin (California, Nevada, Oregon), a system of endorheic sub-basins connected with pluvial Lake Lahontan

Pyramid Lake (a remnant of Lake Lahontan) fed by Truckee River-Lake Tahoe (California, Nevada)

Honey Lake-Eagle Lake (California)

Walker Lake (another remnant of Lake Lahontan) fed by Walker River (California, Nevada)

Black Rock Desert (Nevada)

Carson Sink – Carson River (Nevada)

Humboldt Sink – Humboldt River (Nevada)

Quinn River (Nevada)

Bonneville Basin (Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming), a system of endorheic basins connected to pluvial Lake Bonneville

Great Salt Lake (remnant of Lake Bonneville) in Utah

Sevier Lake (Utah)

Utah Lake – Jordan River

South Lahontan Basin (California, Nevada), draining into pluvial Lake Manly in Death Valley

Amargosa River-Badwater Basin (California, Nevada)

Mono Basin/Lake, Owens River/Lake, China Lake, Searles Valley/Lake, Panamint Valley (California, Nevada)

Rogers and Rosamond Lakes (California)

pluvial Lake Mojave (Silver Lake and Soda Lake, California)

Mojave River (California)

Danby Lake, Cadiz Lake, Bristol Lake

Central Nevada basins separate from the Bonneville and Lahontan systems

Groom Dry Lake (Nevada)

Disjunct Colorado River tributaries

pluvial Lake Cahuilla and Salton Sea (California, Baja California)

Eldorado Valley-Pahrump Valley (California, Nevada)

Willcox Playa (Arizona)

Zuni Salt Lake (New Mexico)

Tularosa Basin (New Mexico, Texas)

Guzmán Basin (Chihuahua, Mexico, southwestern New Mexico)

Bolsón de Mapimí (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, and Zacatecas, Mexico)

Llanos el Salado (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas, Mexico)

Valley of Mexico (Federal District, Hidalgo, Mexico, and Tlaxcala, Mexico)

Oriental Basin (Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz, Mexico)

Lake Pátzcuaro (Michoacan, Mexico)

Lake Cuitzeo (Michoacan, Mexico)

Lago de Atitlán (Guatemala)

Lake O'Hara(Yoho National Park) (BC, Canada)

Frame Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

South America

Altiplano (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru) includes Lake Titicaca, Lake Poopo, and the Salar de Uyuni.

Lake Valencia (Venezuela)

Desagues de los Colorados (northeastern Argentina)

Dulce River (Argentina)-Laguna de Mar Chiquita (north-central Argentina)

Northwest Pampas Basins (Dry Pampas of central Argentina)

Southwest Pampas Basins (Dry Pampas of central Argentina)

Meseta Somuncura (Patagonia region of southern Argentina)

Islands

Cul-de-Sac Depression and Lago Enriquillo, on Hispaniola Island.

Buada Lagoon, Nauru

Ancient

Some of the Earth's ancient endorheic systems include:

The Black Sea, until its merger with the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Sea and all its tributary basins, during its Messinian desiccation (5 mya approximately) as it became disconnected from the Atlantic Ocean.

Ebro and Duero basins, draining most of northern Spain during the Neogene and perhaps Pliocene.

Lake Tanganyika in Africa. Currently at an overflow level and therefore draining into the sea via the Lukuga River, but the lake level has been lower in the past, possibly as recently as 1800.

Tularosa Basin and Lake Cabeza de Vaca in North America. Basin formerly much larger than at present, including the ancestral Rio Grande north of Texas, feeding a large lake area.