The 50 Largest Lakes (by Surface Area)
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| No. | ENGLISH NAME |
Area (km2) |
LOCAL NAME |
CONTINENT | NATION(S) | Latitude (deg) |
Longitude (deg) |
Max. Depth (m) |
Volume (km3) |
Elevation (m) |
fresh/ salt |
| 1 | Caspian Sea | 371,000 | Kaspiyskoye More | Asia | Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Iran |
42.00 | 50.00 | 1,025 | 78,200 | -28 | salt |
| 2 | Lake Superior | 82,100 | Lake Superior | North America | Canada, USA | 47.55 | -87.77 | 407 | 12,230 | 183 | fresh |
| 3 | Lake Victoria | 68,460 | Lake Victoria | Africa | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
-1.00 | 33.00 | 92 | 2,700 | 1,134 | fresh |
| 4 | Lake Huron | 59,500 | Lake Huron | North America | Canada, USA | 45.00 | -81.25 | 229 | 3,540 | 177 | fresh |
| 5 | Lake Michigan | 58,000 | Lake Michigan | North America | USA | 44.00 | -87.00 | 282 | 4,920 | 177 | fresh |
| 6 | Lake Tanganyika | 32,000 | Lac Tanganyika | Africa | Burundi, Tanzania, Congo, Zambia |
-6.00 | 29.50 | 1,471 | 18,900 | 774 | fresh |
| 7 | Lake Baikal | 31,500 | Ozero Baykal | Asia | Russia | 54.00 | 109.00 | 1,637 | 23,000 | 456 | fresh |
| 8 | Great Bear Lake | 31,326 | Great Bear Lake | North America | Canada | 66.00 | -120.93 | 452 | 2,380 | 186 | fresh |
| 9 | Lake Nyasa | 29,500 | Lake Nyasa | Africa | Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique |
-12.00 | 34.50 | 706 | 8,000 | 475 | fresh |
| 10 | Great Slave Lake | 27,000 | Great Slave Lake | North America | Canada | 61.78 | -113.72 | 614 | 2,080 | 156 | fresh |
| 11 | Lake Erie | 25,657 | Lake Erie | North America | Canada, USA | 42.15 | -81.25 | 64 | 483 | 174 | fresh |
| 12 | Lake Winnipeg | 23,750 | Lake Winnipeg | North America | Canada | 52.52 | -97.78 | 36 | 371 | 217 | fresh |
| 13 | Lake Ontario | 19,000 | Lake Ontario | North America | Canada, USA | 43.65 | -77.78 | 245 | 1,640 | 75 | fresh |
| 14 | Aral Sea | 17,000 | Aralskoye More | Asia | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan |
45.00 | 60.00 | 40 | 193 | 35 | salt |
| 15 | Lake Balkhash | 17,000 | Ozero Balkhash | Asia | Kazakhstan | 46.00 | 74.00 | 26 | 106 | 343 | brackish |
| 16 | Lake Ladoga | 16,400 | Ladozhskoye Ozero | Europe | Russia | 61.00 | 31.50 | 230 | 900 | 5 | fresh |
| 17 | Lake Chad | 15,000 | Lac Tchad | Africa | Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria |
13.33 | 14.00 | 8 | 44 | 240 | fresh |
| 18 | Lake Sap | 14,000 | Tonle Sap | Asia | Cambodia | 13.00 | 104.00 | 10 | 60 | 5 | fresh |
| 19 | Lake Maracaibo | 13,000 | Lago de Maracaibo | South America | Venezuela | 9.67 | -71.50 | 60 | 280 | 1 | brackish |
| 20 | Patos Lagoon | 10,100 | Lagoa dos Patos | South America | Brazil | -31.10 | -51.25 | 5 | 20 | 1 | brackish |
| 21 | Lake Onega | 9,900 | Ozero Onezhskoye | Europe | Russia | 61.50 | 35.75 | 120 | 290 | 35 | fresh |
| 22 | Lake Bangweulu | 9,840 | Lac Bangweolo | Africa | Zambia | -11.08 | 29.75 | 10 | 5 | 1,140 | fresh |
| 23 | Lake Eyre | 9,500 | Lake Eyre | Oceania | Australia | -28.50 | 137.33 | 5 | 30 | -15 | salt |
| 24 | Lake Titicaca | 8,372 | Lago Titicaca | South America | Bolivia, Peru | -15.80 | -69.40 | 284 | 893 | 3,812 | fresh |
| 25 | Lake Leopold II | 8,200 | Lac Mai-Ndombe | Africa | Congo | -2.00 | 18.33 | 12 | 41 | 340 | fresh |
| 26 | Lake Nicaragua | 8,150 | Lago deNicaragua | North America | Nicaragua | 11.50 | -85.50 | 45 | 108 | 32 | fresh |
| 27 | Lake Athabasca | 7,935 | Lake Athabasca | North America | Canada | 59.18 | -109.37 | 124 | 204 | 213 | fresh |
| 28 | Reindeer Lake | 6,650 | Reindeer Lake | North America | Canada | 57.30 | -102.37 | 219 | 96 | 337 | fresh |
| 29 | Lake Rudolf | 6,500 | Lake Rudolf | Africa | Ethiopia, Kenya | 3.50 | 36.00 | 73 | 200 | 360 | brackish |
| 30 | Lake Issykkul | 6,240 | Ozero Issyk-Kul | Asia | Kyrgyzstan | 42.42 | 77.25 | 668 | 1,740 | 1,608 | brackish |
| 31 | Lake Urmia | 5,960 | Daryacheh-ye Rezaiyeh | Asia | Iran | 37.67 | 45.50 | 16 | 45 | 1,275 | salt |
| 32 | Lake Torrens | 5,780 | Lake Torrens | Oceania | Australia | -31.00 | 137.83 | 1 | 5 | 30 | salt |
| 33 | Lake Vanern | 5,650 | Vänern | Europe | Sweden | 58.92 | 13.50 | 106 | 153 | 44 | fresh |
| 34 | Lake Albert | 5,590 | Lake Albert | Africa | Uganda, Congo | 1.67 | 31.00 | 58 | 151 | 617 | fresh |
| 35 | Lake Winnipegosis | 5,375 | Lake Winnipegosis | North America | Canada | 52.58 | -100.15 | 18 | 20 | 254 | fresh |
| 36 | Netilling Lake | 5,050 | Netilling Lake | North America | Canada | 66.50 | -70.50 | 132 | 30 | fresh | |
| 37 | Lake Mweru | 5,000 | Lac Moero | Africa | Congo, Zambia | -9.00 | 28.75 | 27 | 30 | 920 | fresh |
| 38 | Lake Taymyr | 5,000 | Ozero Taymyr | Asia | Russia | 74.50 | 102.50 | 26 | 13 | 3 | fresh |
| 39 | Lake Nipigon | 4,848 | Lake Nipigon | North America | Canada | 49.83 | -88.52 | 165 | 320 | 260 | fresh |
| 40 | Lake Manitoba | 4,625 | Lake Manitoba | North America | Canada | 50.92 | -98.55 | 7 | 17 | 248 | fresh |
| 41 | Lake Koko Nor | 4,583 | Qinghai Hu | Asia | China | 37.00 | 100.33 | 38 | 62 | 3,196 | salt |
| 42 | Lake Gairdner | 4,470 | Lake Gairdner | Oceania | Australia | -31.58 | 136.00 | 1 | 4 | 34 | salt |
| 43 | Lake Khanka | 4,400 | Ozero Khanka | Asia | China, Russia | 45.00 | 132.40 | 10 | 19 | 69 | fresh |
| 44 | Lake of the Woods | 4,350 | Lake of the Woods | North America | Canada, USA | 49.25 | -94.65 | 64 | 35 | 323 | fresh |
| 45 | Dubawnt Lake | 3,833 | Dubawnt | North America | Canada | 63.12 | -101.40 | 236 | fresh | ||
| 46 | Great Salt Lake | 3,750 | Great Salt Lake | North America | USA | 41.17 | -112.50 | 10 | 19 | 1,280 | salt |
| 47 | Lake Van | 3,713 | Van Gölü | Asia | Turkey | 38.55 | 42.77 | 457 | 607 | 1,646 | salt |
| 48 | Lake Tana | 3,600 | Lake Tana | Africa | Ethiopia | 12.17 | 37.33 | 14 | 28 | 1,840 | fresh |
| 49 | Lake Peipus | 3,500 | Ozero Chudskoye | Europe | Estonia, Russia | 57.32 | 30.87 | 15 | 25 | 30 | fresh |
| 50 | Lake Chany | 3,500 | Ozero Chany | Asia | Russia | 54.83 | 77.50 | 10 | 4 | 105 | salt |