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Welcome to 'Large Lakes' where you'll enjoy discovering facinating information about some of the world's largest lakes around. Select your lake of preference from the menu or read through the biref selected information below.
Aral SeaLake Location:
Russia | Lake Area:
24,904 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
220 feet |
The Aral Sea 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. The name roughly translates as "Sea of Islands", referring to more than 1,000 islands of one hectare ... read moreCaspian SeaLake Location:
Kazakhstan | Lake Area:
143,244 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
3,363 feet |
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers (143,244 sq mi) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers (18,761 ... read moreGreat Bear LakeLake Location:
Canada | Lake Area:
12,096 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
1,463 feet |
Great Bear Lake is the largest lake entirely within Canada (Lake Superior and Lake Huron straddling the Canada-US border are larger), the third largest in North America, and the seventh largest in the world.
The lake is situated on the Arctic Circle between 65 and 67 ... read moreGreat Slave LakeLake Location:
Canada | Lake Area:
11,031 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
2,015 feet |
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 m (2,015 ft), and the ninth-largest lake in the world. It is 480 km (298 ... read moreLake BaikalLake Location:
Russia | Lake Area:
12,162 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
5,315 feet |
Lake Baikal lies in Southern Siberia in Russia between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and Buryatia to the southeast near the city of Irkutsk. The origin of the name Baikal comes from Baigal which is translated from the Mongolian language as "nature". It is also ... read moreLake BalkhashLake Location:
Kazakhstan | Lake Area:
7,114 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
85 feet |
Lake Balqash is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, the second largest in Central Asia after the Aral Sea. It is a closed basin that is part of the endorheic basin that includes the Caspian and Aral seas.
From as early as 103 BC up until the ... read moreLake ChadLake Location:
Africa | Lake Area:
6,300 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
24 feet |
ake Chad (in French: Lac Tchad) is a large, shallow lake in Africa. It is economically very important, providing water to more than 20 million people living in the four countries which surround it — Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria. It is located mainly in ... read moreLake ErieLake Location:
USA, Canada | Lake Area:
9,910 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
210 feet |
Lake Erie is the tenth largest lake on Earth and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, is the fourth largest by surface area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. It is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario, on ... read moreLake EyreLake Location:
Australia | Lake Area:
3,600 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
4 feet |
Lake Eyre is, on the rare occasions that it fills, the largest lake in Australia and is the lowest point in Australia, at approximately 15 m (49 ft) (AHD) below sea level. It is the focal point of the vast Lake Eyre Basin and is ... read moreLake HuronLake Location:
USA, Canada | Lake Area:
23,000 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
750 feet |
Lake Huron, bounded on the west by the state of Michigan, USA, and on the east by the province of Ontario, Canada, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named ... read moreLake LadogaLake Location:
Russia | Lake Area:
6,835 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
738 feet |
Lake Ladoga, Ladozhskoye Ozero; Finnish: Laatokka) is a freshwater lake located in Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia. It is the largest lake in Europe, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world.
The lake's area is 17,891 km2 (excluding the ... read moreLake MalawiLake Location:
Africa | Lake Area:
11,150 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
2,280 feet |
Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa, and Lago Niassa in Mozambique), is the most southerly lake in the Great African Rift Valley system. The lake, third largest in Africa and the ninth largest in the world, is situated between Malawi, ... read moreLake MaracaiboLake Location:
Venezuela | Lake Area:
5,217 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
115 feet |
Lake Maracaibo is a large brackish lake in Venezuela. It is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by a 55km strait on the northern edge of the lake, and fed by numerous rivers, the largest being the Catatumbo River. It is the largest lake in ... read moreLake MichiganLake Location:
USA | Lake Area:
22,300 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
923 feet |
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. It is bounded, from west to east, by the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The word "Michigan" ... read moreLake OnegaLake Location:
Russia | Lake Area:
3,710 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
328 feet |
Lake Onega is a lake in Russia. Its surface area is 9,894 km2, its volume is 280 km3, its maximum depth is 120 m. It has 1,369 islands with a total area of 250 km2. It is fed by 58 rivers, the main rivers being ... read moreLake OntarioLake Location:
USA, Canada | Lake Area:
7,340 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
802 feet |
Lake Ontario, bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, U.S., is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.
The name of the lake is derived from ontari:io, a ... read moreLake SuperiorLake Location:
USA, Canada | Lake Area:
31,700 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
1,330 feet |
Lake Superior, bounded by Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, USA, to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan, USA, to the south, is the largest of North America's Great Lakes. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and is the world's fourth-largest ... read moreLake TanganyikaLake Location:
Africa | Lake Area:
12,700 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
4,823 feet |
Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in central Africa.
It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia.
The lake is divided between four countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of ... read moreLake VictoriaLake Location:
Africa | Lake Area:
26,828 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
270 feet |
Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.
Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres (26,560 mi2) in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second largest ... read moreLake WinnipegLake Location:
Canada | Lake Area:
9,417 sq. miles | Lake Depth:
60 feet |
is a very large (24,514 km2 (9,465 sq mi)) lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg. It is the largest lake within the borders of southern Canada, and it is ... read more |
