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Encyclopedia > List of lakes by volume

Lakes with a water volume over 100 km3, listed by volume. A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ...


Note: information on lake volumes can vary considerably from source to source. For consistency, this article uses the printed source listed below (values from other sources are listed in parentheses). Lake volumes can also change dramatically over time and during the year, especially for salt lakes in arid climates.

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The list

Continent colour key
Africa Asia Europe North America Antarctica South America
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Name and location Water volume
    mi³ km³
1. Caspian Sea,[1] Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran 18,768 78,200
2. Baikal,[2] Russia 5,520 23,000
3. Tanganyika, Tanzania-DRC-Burundi-Zambia 4,536 18,900
4. Superior, Canada - U.S 2,784 11,600
5. Michigan-Huron, Canada - U.S 1,982 8,260
6. Malawi, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania 1,854 7,725
7. Vostok, Vostok-Antarctica 1,300 5,400
8. Victoria, Kenya-Tanzania-Uganda 648 2,700
9. Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan 415 1,730
10. Ontario, Canada - U.S 410 1,710
11. Great Slave Lake, Canada 257

(502) Color-coded regions of the world based on the seven commonly reckoned 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 references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in central Africa (3° 20 to 8° 48 South and from 29° 5 to 31° 15 East). ... 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. ... 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 Vostoks location within Antarctica (NASA) Lake Vostok is the largest of more than 70 subglacial lakes in Antarctica. ... Lake Victoria and the Great Rift Valley Lake Victoria height variation The lake as seen from space, looking west, with other members of the African Great Lakes forming an arc in the middle distance. ... 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 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. ... 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. ...

1,070

(2,090)
12. Aral Sea, Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan (information as of 1990) 245 1,020
13. Great Bear Lake, Canada 242

(436) 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. ... 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...

1,010

(2,236)
14. Ladoga, Russia 218 908
15. Titicaca, Bolivia-Peru 170 710
16. Kivu, Rwanda-Congo 137 569
17. Erie, Canada - U.S 131 545
18. Khövsgöl, Mongolia 115 480
19. Onega, Russia 70.8 295
20. Turkana, Kenya 49.0 204
21. Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan 45.1 188
22. Vänern, Sweden 43.2 180
23. Winnipeg, Canada 30.5 127
24. Balkhash, Kazakhstan 25.9 112
25. Athabasca, Canada 26.4 110
26. Nicaragua, Nicaragua 25.9 108

Map of lake Ladoga Towpath Bridge between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (from a photograph taken ca. ... Lake Titicaca is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world[1], at 3,812 m (12,507 feet) above sea level. ... Lake Kivu forms part of the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo Satellite image of Lake Kivu courtesy of NASA. Lakeside in Rwanda Lake Kivu is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. ... 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. ... Lake Khövsgöl. ... Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake) is a lake in the Russian Federation. ... 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... The Dead Sea ( Arabic: ‎, Hebrew: ‎)is the Earths lowest point not covered by ice, at 418 m (1371 feet) below sea level and falling[2], and the deepest hypersaline lake in the world, at 330 m (1083 feet) deep. ... 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. ... 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 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. ... 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. ...

By continent

A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in central Africa (3° 20 to 8° 48 South and from 29° 5 to 31° 15 East). ... Lake Vostoks location within Antarctica (NASA) Lake Vostok is the largest of more than 70 subglacial lakes in Antarctica. ... 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... 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 very long. ... 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. ... 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. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Lake Titicaca is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world[1], at 3,812 m (12,507 feet) above sea level. ... A map showing the location of Lake Maracaibo. ...

Notes

Note: Lake volumes may slightly vary depending on the sources. For consistency, this article uses the source listed below.

  1. ^ The salty Caspian Sea is considered a lake because it is land-locked.
  2. ^ Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake by volume.

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

See also

Worlds deepest lakes by maximum depth. ... Lakes with a surface area of more than 4,000 km², listed by area. ... This is a List of the largest lakes of Western Europe in order of surface area. ...

Sources

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

 

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