Carter Lake is a shallow oxbow lake in Nebraska and Iowa, located next to Omaha, and marks one of the only spots the Iowa-Nebraska border is not on the Missouri River.

The lake has native black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, green sunfish, and largemouth bass.

The lake is irregularly stocked with channel catfish and northern pike.

Invasive species in the lake include curlyleaf pondweed and eurasian watermilfoil.

[1] A beach resort with a large boathouse and two-story pavilion, a Rod and Gun Club, and a YMCA camp had all settled on the shores of Lake Nakoma by 1906.