|
Rank |
Name |
Countries with shoreline |
Area |
Facts |
|
1 |
Caspian Sea |
Kazakhstan,Russia Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan,Iran |
371,000 km2 |
The Caspian Sea is often regarded as the world's largest lake, but it contains an oceanic basin rather than being entirely over continental crust. |
|
2 |
Superior |
Canada United States |
82,414 km2 |
The Largest freshwater lake by surface area. |
|
3 |
Victoria |
Uganda,Kenya, Tanzania |
69,485 km2 |
The largest lake in Africa |
|
4 |
Huron |
Canada United States |
59,600 km2 |
Contains Manitoulin Island, the world's largest lake island. |
|
5 |
Michigan |
United States |
58,000 km2 |
Largest lake entirely within one country |
|
6 |
Tanganyika |
Burundi,Tanzania Zambia,DRC |
32,893 km2 |
Longest lake in the world and second largest by volume among fresh water lakes in the world |
|
7 |
Baikal |
Russia |
31,500 km2 |
Deepest lake in the world. Largest fresh water lake by volume in the world. |
|
8 |
Great Bear Lake |
Canada |
31,080 km2 |
Largest lake entirely within Canada. |
|
9 |
Malawi |
Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi |
30,044 km2 |
|
|
10 |
Great Slave Lake |
Canada |
28,930 km2 |
Deepest lake in North America. |