Pete Oxford / Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in Lago Azul with Torres del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

George Sanker / American Buffalo or Bison (Bison bison) group with calves, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, May

Rolf Nussbaumer / RF- Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) drinking from wetland lake. Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Lynn M Stone / Portrait of male Boxer, light brindle coloured with natural ears, standing by lake shore, Illinois, USA

Thomas Lazar / Ice hanging from arch in sea cave carved in soft sandstone cliffs, frozen lake, Squaw Bay, Lake Superior, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin, USA, February 2009

Kirkendall-Spring / Autumn in a hardwood forest in Chapel Basin, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Munising Falls in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA

Jim Brandenburg / Forest on lake shore, Judd Lake, Superior National Forest, Minnesota

Tim Fitzharris / Castle Rock overlooking Lake Superior, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

Jim Brandenburg / Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) at edge of lake in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with 1200 miles of canoe routes, part of Superior National Park, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Ice along the shore of Burntside Lake at sunset, Superior National Forest, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Breeze blown grass of lakeside sedge meadow, Moose Lake, Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota

Olga Kamenskaya / Flowers, (Ferulopsis hystrix) Pimenov, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Flowers growing on Cape Khoboy, Olkhon Island, Baikal Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Locoweed (Oxytropis lanata) and Alison flowers (Alyssum lenense) Olkhon island, Lake Baikal Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Flowers (Ferulopsis hystrix) on lakeshore, Pimenov , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Landfill on Olkhon Island, Baikal Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Lakeshore, reflected in water, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June 2016.

Olga Kamenskaya / Khakusy , health resort with hot springs, located in the north of Buryatia Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July.

Olga Kamenskaya / Trees growing on the shore of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Flowering shrub (Ephedra monosperma) Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July.

Olga Kamenskaya / Small house with wind turbine, on the shore of Lake Baikal, East Olkhon. Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Erlend Haarberg / Aerial view of frozen lake in the Muddus National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Swedish Lapland, Sweden, October.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) young male being groomed on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) young male being groomed on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Olive baboons (Papio anubis) groomeing on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) young male and female resting on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) young male and female resting on the shores, Lake Tanganyika. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Olive baboons (Papio anubis) resting on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Olive baboons (Papio anubis) standing on the lake shore. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Oscar Dewhurst / Puna ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi) on grass mound in Andean lake. Arequipa, Peru. September. Cropped

Axel Gomille / Tiger (Panthera tigris), walking on lake shore, Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Eric Baccega / Grey headed Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) on shoreline, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.

Bruno D'Amicis / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) grazing beside lake in the snow. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, February.

Michel Roggo / Waves in Lake Malawi, Malawi, November 2015. Photographed for the Freshwater Project.

Lynn M. Stone / American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) swimming along lakeshore, Lakeland, Florida, USA. December.

Lynn M. Stone / American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) swimming along lakeshore, Lakeland, Florida, USA. December.

Lynn M. Stone / American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) at base of Bald Cypress trees along lakeshore, Lakeland, Florida, USA.

Ashley Cooper / Drought impacted lake in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. October 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Ice house lake in drought conditions in the El Dorado National Forest, California, USA. October 2014.

Igor Shpilenok / Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Pribaikalsky National Park, Lake Baikal UNESCO World Heritage Site, March 2017.

Igor Shpilenok / Olkhon Island in winter, Lake Baikal, Pribaikalsky National Park, Lake Baikal UNESCO World Heritage Site, March 2017.

Michel Roggo / Village on the shore of Lake Malawi, Malawi, November 2015. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Michel Roggo / Shore of Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Lake Baikal UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siberia, Russia. September 2013. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Michel Roggo / Shore of Lake Baikal, Lake Baikal UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siberia, Russia. September 2013. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Michel Roggo / Shore of Lake Baikal, Lake Baikal UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siberia, Russia. May 2013. Photographed for The Freshwater Project.

Alan Williams / Reflections in Llyn Gwynant in the Glaslyn Valley looking west, with Yr Aran mountain in the background. Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK, September 2017

Danny Green / RF - Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) resting, Lake Clarke National Park, Alaska, September (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)