Lakes with a surface area of more than 4,000 km², listed by area. A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size surrounded by land. ...

Note: The area of some lakes can vary considerably over time, either seasonally or from year to year. This is especially true of salt lakes in arid climates.

The List

	Name and location	Area		Length		Max-depth		Water volume		Thumbnail (same scale for all lakes)
		sq. mi.	km²	mi.	km	ft.	m	mi³	km³
1.	Caspian Sea,[1] Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran	143,250	371,000	745	1,199	3,363	1,025	18,761	78,200
2.	Michigan-Huron(freshwater),[2] Canada - U.S	45,410	117,702	440	710	923	282	2,030	8,458
3.	Superior(freshwater), Canada - U.S	31,820	82,414	383	616	1,333	406	2,903	12,100
4.	Victoria, Kenya-Tanzania-Uganda	26,829	69,485	200	322	276	84	660	2,750
5.	Tanganyika, Tanzania-DRC-Burundi-Zambia	12,700	32,893	420	676	4,823	1,470	4,536	18,900
6.	Baikal,[3] Russia	12,162	31,500	395	636	5,369	1,637	5,521	23,600
7.	Great Bear Lake, Canada	12,000	31,080	232	373	1,463	446	436	2,236
8.	Malawi, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania	11,600	30,044	360	579	2,316	706	2,016	8,400
9.	Great Slave Lake, Canada	11,170	28,930	298	480	2,014	614	502	2,090
10.	Erie(freshwater), Canada - U.S	9,930	25,719	241	388	210	64	117	489
11.	Winnipeg, Canada	9,094	23,553	264	425	118	36	68	283
12.	Ontario(freshwater), Canada - U.S	7,520	19,477	193	311	802	244	393	1,639
13.	Balkhash, Kazakhstan	7,115	18,428	376	605	85	26	26	106
14.	Ladoga, Russia	7,000	18,130	136	219	755	230	218	908
15.	Aral Sea,[4] Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan	6,625	17,160	266	428
16.	Maracaibo, Venezuela	5,135	13,300
17.	Tonlé Sap, Cambodia	3,861	10,000[5]
18.	Onega, Russia	3,819	9,891	154	248	394	120	67	280
19.	Titicaca, Bolivia-Peru	3,141	8,135	110	177	922	281	214	893
20.	Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua	3,089	8,001	110	177	85	26
21.	Athabasca, Canada	3,058	7,920	208	335	797	243	49	204
22.	Turkana, Kenya	2,473	6,405	154	248	358	109	49	204
23.	Reindeer Lake, Canada	2,444	6,330	152	245	1,106	337
24.	Eyre, South Australia	2,400[6]	6,216	130	209
25.	Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan	2,394	6,200	113	182	2,192	668	417	1,738
26.	Urmia, Iran	2,317	6,001	81	130	52	16
27.	Dongting, China	2,316	6,000[7]
28.	Torrens, South Australia	2,200	5,698	130	209
29.	Vänern, Sweden	2,141	5,545	87	140	348	106	37	153
30.	Winnipegosis, Canada	2,086	5,403	152	245
31.	Albert, Uganda, Zaire	2,046	5,299	100	161	190	58	67	280
32.	Nettilling, Baffin Island, Canada	1,950	5,051	70	113
33.	Nipigon, Canada	1,870	4,843	72	116	540	165
34.	Manitoba, Canada	1,817	4,706	140	225
35.	Great Salt Lake, U.S.	1,800	4,662	75	121

Color-coded regions of the world based on the seven commonly-recognised continents Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land masses with minimal distortion as nearly one continuous continent A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. ... The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume,[1] with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometres (143,244 mi²) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometres (18,761 mi³).[2] It is a landlocked endorheic body of water and lies between... The Great Lakes from space; the two-lobed Lake Michigan-Huron lies in the center Lake Michigan-Huron is a designation sometimes given to the body of water (part of the North American Great Lakes) customarily referred to as two separate lakes: Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. ... Lake Superior, bounded by Ontario and Minnesota to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan to the south, is the largest of North Americas Great Lakes. ... Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. ... Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in central Africa (3° 20 to 8° 48 South and from 29° 5 to 31° 15 East). ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Great Bear Lake, NWT, Canada Mackenzie River drainage basin showing Great Bear Lakes position in the Western Canadian Arctic Great Bear Lake (Slavey: Sahtu, French: Grand lac de lOurs) is the largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the fourth largest in North America, and the eight... Mackenzie River drainage basin showing Great Slave Lakes position in the Western Canadian Arctic Great Slave Lake (French: Grand lac des Esclaves) is the second largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (behind Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at 614 meters (2,015 ft. ... Lake Erie (pronounced ) is the eleventh largest lake on Earth[2] and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, it is the fourth largest by surface area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. ... Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, on Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg (52°30′N 97°47′W) is a very large (24,400 km²) lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about 55 km north of the city of Winnipeg. ... Lake Ontario (French: lac Ontario), bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontarios Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. ... Lake Balkhash from space, April 1991 Lake Balkhash: NASA image, taken 18 April 2000 by SeaWiFS Lake Balkhash, or Lake Balqash, is a large lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, the second largest in Central Asia after the Aral Sea. ... Map of lake Ladoga Towpath Bridge between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (from a photograph taken ca. ... The Aral Sea (Kazakh: Арал Теңізі (Aral Tengizi), Uzbek: , Russian Аральскοе мοре) is a landlocked endorheic sea in Central Asia; it lies between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan, in the south. ... A map showing the location of Lake Maracaibo. ... NASA satellite image of the Tonle Sap (the Great Lake) The Tonlé Sap (meaning Large Fresh Water River but more commonly translated as Great Lake) is a combined lake and river system of huge importance to Cambodia. ... Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake) is a lake in the Russian Federation. ... Lake Titicaca is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world,[1], at 3,812 m (12,507 feet) above sea level. ... Lake Nicaragua (Spanish: Lago de Nicaragua) or Lake Cocibolca (Lago Cocibolca) is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua and it is of tectonic origin. ... Lake Athabasca, Canada Lake Athabasca is located in the Northwest corner of Saskatchewan and the Northeast corner of Alberta between the 58° and 60° latitudes. ... View over Lake Turkana Lake Turkana, formerly known as Lake Rudolf, is a lake in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya (although the far northern end of the lake crosses into Ethiopia), which covers a surface area of 6405 km² (2473 mi²), making it the worlds largest permanent desert... test test test Reindeer Lake is a lake in central Canada located on the border between northeastern Saskatchewan and northwestern Manitoba with the majority in Saskatchewan. ... Composite satellite image of Lake Eyre using shortwave infrared, near-infrared, and blue wavelengths. ... Issyk Kul from space, September 1992 Issyk Kul at sundown (2002) Issyk Kul beach (2002) Issyk Kul (also Ysyk Köl, Issyk-kol) (located at ) is an endorheic lake in the northern Tian Shan mountains in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. ... Lake Urmia from space, October 1984 Satellite image of Lake Urmia, taken in November 2003 Lake Urmia (37. ... Dongting Lake or Lake Dongting (also Dong Lake, 洞庭湖; Pinyin: Dòngtíng hú; Wade-Giles: Tung-ting Hu) is a large, shallow lake in northeastern Hunan Province of China. ... Lake Torrens National Park in South Australia (Australia), is located 431 km north of Adelaide. ... Lake Vänern Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, and the third largest lake in Europe, covering an area of 5,655 km². Its main tributary is Klarälven, which flows into the lake near the city of Karlstadt. ... Lake Winnipegosis (52°30N 100°W) is a large (5370 sq²) lake in central North America, in Manitoba, Canada, some 300 km northwest of Winnipeg. ... Lake Albert and its river systems. ... Nettilling Lake is in the southern part of the island, being the upper of the two visible lakes. ... Lake Nipigon (French : lac Nipigon) is the largest lake entirely within the boundaries of the Canadian province of Ontario and is sometimes described as the sixth Great Lake. ... Lake Manitoba is a large (4,624 sq. ... Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. State of Utah, is the fourth largest terminal lake in the world,[1] and the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. ...

By continent

• Africa - Lake Victoria
• Antarctica - Lake Vostok (Subglacial lake)
• Asia - Salt: Caspian Sea - Fresh: Lake Baikal
• Australia - Lake Eyre
• Central America - Lake Nicaragua (second largest in Latin America, first in Central America)
• Europe - Lake Ladoga
• North America - Lake Michigan-Huron
• South America - Brackish: Lake Maracaibo - Fresh: Lake Titicaca

A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. ... Lake Vostoks location within Antarctica (NASA) Lake Vostok is the largest of more than 70 subglacial lakes in Antarctica. ... A subglacial lake is a lake that is permanently covered by ice. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume,[1] with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometres (143,244 mi²) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometres (18,761 mi³).[2] It is a landlocked endorheic body of water and lies between... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Composite satellite image of Lake Eyre using shortwave infrared, near-infrared, and blue wavelengths. ... Map of Central America Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. ... Lake Nicaragua (Spanish: Lago de Nicaragua) or Lake Cocibolca (Lago Cocibolca) is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua and it is of tectonic origin. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Map of Central America Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Map of lake Ladoga Towpath Bridge between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (from a photograph taken ca. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Great Lakes from space; the two-lobed Lake Michigan-Huron lies in the center Lake Michigan-Huron is a designation sometimes given to the body of water (part of the North American Great Lakes) customarily referred to as two separate lakes: Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... A map showing the location of Lake Maracaibo. ... Lake Titicaca is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world,[1], at 3,812 m (12,507 feet) above sea level. ...

Notes

Note: Lake areas may slightly vary depending on the sources.

For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ...

See also

• List of lakes by depth
• List of lakes by volume
• Largest Lakes of Western Europe - Rank Order

Sources

• Factmonster.com
• van der Leeden, Troise, and Todd, eds., The Water Encyclopedia. Second Edition. Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publishers, 1990. pp. 198-200.