Large Lakes in Asia
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No. ENGLISH
NAME		 LOCAL
NAME		 NATION(S) Max. Area
(km2)
1 Caspian Sea Kaspiyskoye More Russia, Azerbaijan,
Turkmenistan, Iran		 371,000
2 Lake Baikal Ozero Baykal Russia 31,500
3 Aral Sea Aralskoye More Kazakhstan,
Uzbekistan		 17,000
4 Lake Balkhash Ozero Balkhash Kazakhstan 17,000
5 Lake Sap Tonle' Sap Cambodia 14,000
6 Lake Issykkul Ozero Issyk-Kul Kyrgyzstan 6,240
7 Lake Urmia Daryacheh-ye Rezaiyeh Iran 5,960
8 Lake Taymyr Ozero Taymyr Russia 5,000
9 Lake Koko Nor Qinghai Hu China 4,583
10 Lake Khanka Ozero Khanka China, Russia 4,400
11 Lake Van Van Gölü Turkey 3,713
12 Lake Chany Ozero Chany Russia 3,500
13 Lake Poyang Poyang Hu China 3,350
14 Uvs Lake Uvs Nuur Mongolia 3,350
15 Lake Tungting Dangting Hu China 3,100
16 Lake Helmand Daryacheh-ye Sistan Afghanistan, Iran 3,000
17 Lake Alakol Ozero Alakol Kazakhstan 2,650
18 Lake Hovsgol Khovsgöl Nuur Mongolia 2,620
19 Lake Hulun Hulun Nur China 2,330
20 Lake Tai Tai Hu China 2,210
21 Lake Hungtze Hongze Hu China 2,100
22 Lake Nam Nam Co China 1,940
23 Lake Zaysan Ozero Zaysan Kazakhstan 1,800
24 Lake Ziling Siling Co China 1,640
25 Lake Tuz Tuz Gölü Turkey 1,500
26 Lake Hyargas Hyargas Nuur Mongolia 1,420
27 Lake Tangra Tangra Yumco China 1,400
28 Lake Tengiz Ozero Tengiz Kazakhstan 1,380
29 Lake Baghrash Bosten Hu China 1,380
30 Lake Hammer Hawr al Hammer Iraq 1,350
31 Luang Sea Thale Luang Thailand 1,290
32 Chilka Lake Chilka Lake India 1,170
33 Lake Har Us Nar Us Nuur Mongolia 1,150
34 Lake Toba Danau Toba Indonesia 1,150
35 Lake Ebi Ebinur Hu China 1,070
36 Dead Sea Dead Sea Israel, Jordan 1,020
37 Lake Weishan Weishan Hu China 1,000
38 Lake Chao Chao Hu China 900
39 Bay Lagoon Laguna de Bay Philippines 890
40 Lake Pomo Puma Yumco China 880
41 Lake Ulungur Ulungur Hu China 830
42 Lake Terinam Zhari Namco China 810
43 Lake Yamdrok Yamzho Yumco China 800
44 Lake Seletyteniz Ozero Seletyteniz Kazakhstan 780
45 Lake Namak Daryacheh-ye Namak Iran 750
46 Lake Sasykkol Ozero Sasykkol' Kazakhstan 740
47 Lake Kulundinskoe Ozero Kulundinskoye Russia 728
48 Kaoyu Lake Gaoyu Hu China 700
49 Lake Biwa Biwa-Ko Japan 680
50 Lake Kyaring Gyaring Co China 670
51 Lake Beysehir Beysehir Gölü Turkey 650
52 Lake Ngoring Ngoring Hu China 650
53 Lake Buyr Buyr Nuur China, Mongolia 610
54 Lake Pangong Bangong Co China, India 600
55 Lake Evoron Ozero Zvoron Russia 590
56 Lake Oling Gyaring Hu China 570
57 Ubinskoe Lake Ubinskoye Ozero Russia 559
58 Lake Har Nar Nuur Mongolia 530
59 Lake Egridir Hoyran Gölü Turkey 520
60 Lake Istada Abi-i-istada Afghanistan 520
61 Lake Lop Nor Lop Nur China ???

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