List of lakes by volume
The list
The volume of the lakes below varies little by season. This list does not include reservoirs; if it did, six reservoirs would appear on the list: Lake Kariba at 26th, Bratsk Reservoir, Lake Volta, Lake Nasser, Manicouagan Reservoir, and Lake Guri.

List of lakes by volume

Section Title: The list
Table Section Text: The volume of the lakes below varies little by season. This list does not include reservoirs; if it did, six reservoirs would appear on the list: Lake Kariba at 26th, Bratsk Reservoir, Lake Volta, Lake Nasser, Manicouagan Reservoir, and Lake Guri.

Name	Country	Region	Surface area	Water volume	Salinity

Baikal	Russia	Siberia	31,722 km2 (12,248 sq mi)	23,600 km3 (5,700 cu mi)	Fresh

Tanganyika	Tanzania, DR Congo, Burundi, Zambia	African Great Lakes	32,900 km2 (12,700 sq mi)	18,900 km3 (4,500 cu mi)	Fresh

Superior	Canada, United States	North American Great Lakes	82,100 km2 (31,700 sq mi)	11,600 km3 (2,800 cu mi)	Fresh

Malawi	Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania	African Great Lakes	29,600 km2 (11,400 sq mi)	7,725 km3 (1,853 cu mi)	Fresh

Vostok	Antarctica	Under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet	15,690 km2 (6,060 sq mi)	5,400±1,600 km³ (~1,300 cu mi)	Fresh

Michigan	United States	North American Great Lakes	58,000 km2 (22,000 sq mi)	4,920 km3 (1,180 cu mi)	Fresh

Huron	Canada, United States	North American Great Lakes	59,600 km2 (23,000 sq mi)	3,540 km3 (850 cu mi)	Fresh

Victoria	Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya	African Great Lakes	68,800 km2 (26,600 sq mi)	2,700 km3 (650 cu mi)	Fresh

Great Bear Lake	Canada	Northwest Territories	31,153 km2 (12,028 sq mi)	2,236 km3 (536 cu mi)	Fresh

Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Issyk-Kul Region	6,236 km2 (2,408 sq mi)	1,730 km3 (420 cu mi)	0.6%

Ontario	Canada, United States	North American Great Lakes	18,960 km2 (7,320 sq mi)	1,710 km3 (410 cu mi)	Fresh

Great Slave Lake	Canada	Northwest Territories	27,200 km2 (10,500 sq mi)	1,580 km3 (380 cu mi)	Fresh

Ladoga	Russia	Leningrad Oblast, Republic of Karelia	17,700 km2 (6,800 sq mi)	908 km3 (218 cu mi)	Fresh

Titicaca	Bolivia, Peru	La Paz Department, Puno Region	8,372 km2 (3,232 sq mi)	893 km3 (214 cu mi)	Fresh

Van	Turkey	Southeast Anatolia	3,755 km2 (1,450 sq mi)	607 km3 (146 cu mi)	2.3%

Kivu	Rwanda, DR Congo	African Great Lakes	2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi)	569 km3 (137 cu mi)	Fresh

Erie	Canada, United States	North American Great Lakes	25,667 km2 (9,910 sq mi)	480 km3 (120 cu mi)	Fresh

Khövsgöl	Mongolia	Khövsgöl Province	2,760 km2 (1,070 sq mi)	480 km3 (120 cu mi)	Fresh

Onega	Russia	Leningrad Oblast, Republic of Karelia, Vologda Oblast	9,700 km2 (3,700 sq mi)	295 km3 (71 cu mi)	Fresh

Winnipeg	Canada	Manitoba	24,514 km2 (9,465 sq mi)	284 km3 (68 cu mi)	Fresh

Nipigon	Canada	Ontario	4,848 km2 (1,872 sq mi)	248 km3 (59 cu mi)	Fresh

Toba	Indonesia	Sumatra	1,130 km2 (440 sq mi)	240 km3 (58 cu mi)	Fresh

Argentino Lake	Argentina	Santa Cruz Province	1,466 km2 (566 sq mi)	219.9 km3 (52.8 cu mi)	Fresh

Turkana	Kenya	African Great Lakes	6,405 km2 (2,473 sq mi)	204 km3 (49 cu mi)	0.24%

Vänern	Sweden	Västergötland, Dalsland, Värmland	5,650 km2 (2,180 sq mi)	153 km3 (37 cu mi)	Fresh

Tahoe	United States	California, Nevada	496 km2 (192 sq mi)	151 km3 (36 cu mi)	Fresh

Dead Sea	Jordan, Israel, West Bank	Judea and Samaria Area, Southern District, West Bank, Balqa Governorate, Madaba Governorate, Karak Governorate	810 km2 (310 sq mi)	147 km3 (35 cu mi)	34%

Albert	Uganda, DR Congo	African Great Lakes	5,300 km2 (2,000 sq mi)	132 km3 (32 cu mi)	Fresh

Iliamna	United States	Alaska	2,622 km2 (1,012 sq mi)	115 km3 (28 cu mi)	Fresh

Nettilling	Canada	Nunavut (Baffin Island)	5,066 km2 (1,956 sq mi)	114 km3 (27 cu mi)	Fresh

Balkhash	Kazakhstan	Karaganda Region, Jambyl Region, Almaty Region	16,400 km2 (6,300 sq mi)	112 km3 (27 cu mi)	0.3% (variable)

Athabasca	Canada	Alberta, Saskatchewan	7,850 km2 (3,030 sq mi)	110 km3 (26 cu mi)	Fresh

Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Rivas Department, Granada Department, Río San Juan Department	8,264 km2 (3,191 sq mi)	108 km3 (26 cu mi)	Fresh

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