Lake (disambiguation)

Lakes are bodies of liquids that are limited in size. In Minecraft, lake-like formations can be generated by a variety of biomes, features and terrain features, that are often mistakenly called "lakes", despite that there is no single cause for their generation.

The following biomes, features or terrain features are commonly referred to as "lakes":

Biomes

 * A small biome surrounded by land on all sides.
 * A wide section of a biome.

Features

 * s, small pools of lava that generate in the Overworld above Y=0.
 * s, one-block-deep sheets of constrained lava found in biomes in the Nether.
 * s, shallow water pools surrounded by clay found in biomes.

Terrain features

 * A, where the terrain generates below the local water level in a non-aquatic biome.
 * An, which fills caves with water at different levels, creating underground lakes.
 * A, which fills certain caves with lava below Y=0, creating underground lava lakes.
 * , which fills everywhere below Y=32 with lava in the Nether.

Removed features

 * , a small body of water that abundantly generated at any altitude in the Overowrld.
 * , a variant of the biome where large lakes generated more frequently.