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Lake Name | Area in acres | Lake Description |
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Caspian Sea
(Azerbaijan / Iran / Kazakhstan / Northern Caucases, Russia / Povolzhsky, Russia / Turkmenistan) |
107,737,946 |
![]() ![]() With the largest volume of any saltwater "lake" on earth, the Caspian Sea holds well over 62 billion acre-feet of saltwater. Many classify the Caspian Sea not as a lake, but as an inland sea. (There is no widely accepted definition of "lake," but most exclude bodies of saltwater.) Considered by many ... |
Lake Michigan-Huron
(Ontario, Canada / Great Lakes / Illinois, USA / Indiana, USA / Michigan, USA / Wisconsin, USA) |
29,062,400 |
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Lake Superior
(Ontario, Canada / Great Lakes / Michigan, USA / Minnesota, USA / Wisconsin, USA) |
20,288,000 |
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Lake Victoria
(African Great Lakes / Nyanza, Kenya / Western, Kenya / Kagera, Tanzania / Mara, Tanzania / Mwanza, Tanzania / Uganda) |
17,000,350 |
![]() Lake Victoria -- also known as Victoria Nyanza, Ukerewe, and Nalubaale -- rakes in the superlatives: it is the largest lake on the African continent by surface area, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. Joined by five others, Lake ... |
Lake Huron
(Ontario, Canada / Great Lakes / Michigan, USA) |
14,726,400 |
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Lake Michigan
(Great Lakes / Illinois, USA / Indiana, USA / Michigan, USA / Wisconsin, USA) |
14,336,000 |
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Lake Tanganyika
(African Great Lakes / Burundi / Congo (DRC) / Kigoma, Tanzania / Rukwa, Tanzania / Zambia) |
7,907,372 |
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Lake Baikal
(Eastern Siberia, Russia) |
7,782,336 |
![]() Russia's national treasure, Lake Baikal, is the world's deepest lake and is our planet's largest freshwater lake measured by water volume. Its bottom is 4,215 feet below sea level. Lake Baikal contains about 1/5 of Earth's unfrozen surface freshwater. It is also one of the most biologically diverse ... |
Great Bear Lake
(Northwest Territories, Canada) |
7,698,074 |
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Lake Malawi
(African Great Lakes / Malawi / Mozambique / Iringa, Tanzania / Mbeya, Tanzania / Ruvuma, Tanzania) |
7,314,319 |
![]() ![]() Located in the East African Rift Valley system between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, Lake Malawi -- also known as Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa, and Lago Niassa -- is the third-largest lake in Africa at over 7,314,319 acres. It also has the distinction of being the second deepest lake in Africa ... |
Great Slave Lake
(Northwest Territories, Canada) |
6,721,280 |
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Lake Erie
(Ontario, Canada / Great Lakes / New York, USA / Pennsylvania, USA / Michigan, USA / Ohio, USA) |
6,261,500 |
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Lake Winnipeg
(Manitoba, Canada) |
5,867,520 |
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Lake Ontario
(Ontario, Canada / Great Lakes / New York, USA) |
4,697,600 |
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Lake Vostok
(Antarctica) |
4,500,000 |
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Lake Ladoga
(North-Western, Russia) |
4,481,238 |
![]() Located 25 miles north of St. Petersburg, Russia's Lake Ladoga is the largest freshwater body in Europe with a surface area of 4,481,238 acres. The amazing lake stretches for 136 miles across northwestern Russia and has an average width of 51 miles. There are 660 islands in the lake and over 32 rivers ... |
Lake Eyre
(South Australia, Australia) |
2,394,451 |
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Lake Volta
(Ghana) |
2,096,000 |
![]() ![]() Lake Volta, the world's fourth largest reservoir, is located in the west African nation of Ghana. Known to locals as Volta Lake, it was built to provide electricity, fresh water and economic opportunities to the people of Ghana. The lake borders the regions of Volta, Central, Brong Ahafo, Ashanti, and ... |
Lake Titicaca
(Bolivia / Peru) |
2,068,480 |
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Lake Nicaragua
(Boaco, Nicaragua / Chontales, Nicaragua / Granada, Nicaragua / Rio San Juan, Nicaragua / Rivas, Nicaragua) |
2,013,909 |
![]() ![]() Lake Nicaragua, the largest lake in Central America, is so large that it has many sea or ocean characteristics. Lago Cocibolca, the native name for the freshwater lake that means "sweet sea," boasts large waves, heavy storms that cause navigation problems, nothing but more water at its horizon, and ... |
Lake Athabasca
(Alberta, Canada / Saskatchewan, Canada) |
1,939,776 | Lake Athabasca is a 1,939,776-acre lake with a maximum depth of 410 feet making it the largest and deepest lake in both Alberta and Saskatchewan. Approximately 30% of the lake lies within Alberta and the remainder is located in Saskatchewan. Lake Athabasca is a fly-in lake meaning the only way to get ... |
Lake Turkana
(Ethiopia / Eastern, Kenya / Rift Valley, Kenya) |
1,667,961 |
![]() ![]() Lake Turkana, located in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya and stretching into Northern Ethiopia, is said to be the world's largest permanent desert lake. With a hot and arid climate and location in the middle of the desert, this lake is usually only visited as a stopover during a safari. Originally ... |
Kuybyshev Reservoir
(Povolzhsky, Russia) |
1,593,823 |
![]() The Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir is a 1,593,823-acre lake in the middle of the Volga and lower Kama rivers in west central (Middle Volga Region) Russia. The reservoir was created by the Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station dam located between the cities of Zhigulevsk and Togliatti in Samara ... |
Issyk Kul
(Kyrgyzstan) |
1,540,949 |
![]() ![]() Little-known Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan is poised to become Central Asia's most famous tourism destination. Popular among citizens of the former USSR, the new and refurbished resorts and health spas of Issyk Kul are now open for business and beckon all those with an adventurous spirit to the second-largest ... |
Reindeer Lake
(Manitoba, Canada / Saskatchewan, Canada) |
1,500,000 |
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