List of lakes by area
List of lakes
* denotes saline lake. Source for the 20 largest lakes (and their areas): This list excludes seasonal lakes such as Lake Eyre (max area 9500 km²), Mar Chiquita Lake (Córdoba) (max area 6000 km²) and Lake Torrens (max area 5745 km²).

List of lakes by area

Section Title: List of lakes
Table Section Text: * denotes saline lake. Source for the 20 largest lakes (and their areas): This list excludes seasonal lakes such as Lake Eyre (max area 9500 km²), Mar Chiquita Lake (Córdoba) (max area 6000 km²) and Lake Torrens (max area 5745 km²).

Name	Countries with shoreline	Area	Length	Maximum depth	Water volume	-	Notes

1	Caspian Sea*	Kazakhstan Russia Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Iran	371,000 km2 (143,000 sq mi)	1,199 km (745 mi)	1,025 m (3,363 ft)	78,200 km3 (18,800 cu mi)	-	Despite its name, the Caspian Sea is often regarded as the world's largest lake, though it contains an oceanic basin (contiguous with the world ocean until 11 million years ago) rather than being entirely over continental crust.

2	Superior	Canada United States	82,100 km2 (31,700 sq mi)	616 km (383 mi)	406.3 m (1,333 ft)	12,100 km3 (2,900 cu mi)	-	Largest of the Great Lakes by volume, having more water than the other four combined. The largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area.

3	Victoria	Uganda Kenya Tanzania	68,870 km2 (26,590 sq mi)	322 km (200 mi)	84 m (276 ft)	2,750 km3 (660 cu mi)	-	The largest lake by area in Africa.

4	Huron	Canada United States	59,600 km2 (23,000 sq mi)	332 km (206 mi)	229 m (751 ft)	3,540 km3 (850 cu mi)	-	Contains Manitoulin Island, the world's largest lake island.

5	Michigan	United States	58,000 km2 (22,000 sq mi)	494 km (307 mi)	281 m (922 ft)	4,900 km3 (1,200 cu mi)	-

6	Tanganyika	Burundi Tanzania Zambia Democratic Republic of the Congo	32,600 km2 (12,600 sq mi)	676 km (420 mi)	1,470 m (4,820 ft)	18,900 km3 (4,500 cu mi)	-	Longest freshwater lake in the world and second-largest by volume.

7	Baikal	Russia	31,500 km2 (12,200 sq mi)	636 km (395 mi)	1,637 m (5,371 ft)	23,600 km3 (5,700 cu mi)	-	Deepest lake in the world and largest volume freshwater lake in the world.

8	Great Bear Lake	Canada	31,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)	373 km (232 mi)	446 m (1,463 ft)	2,236 km3 (536 cu mi)	-	Largest lake entirely within Canada

9	Malawi	Malawi Mozambique Tanzania	29,500 km2 (11,400 sq mi)	579 km (360 mi)	706 m (2,316 ft)	8,400 km3 (2,000 cu mi)	-	Has more species of fish than any other lake in the world.

10	Great Slave Lake	Canada	27,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)	480 km (300 mi)	614 m (2,014 ft)	1,560 km3 (370 cu mi)	-	Deepest lake in North America

11	Erie	Canada United States	25,700 km2 (9,900 sq mi)	388 km (241 mi)	64 m (210 ft)	489 km3 (117 cu mi)	-

12	Winnipeg	Canada	24,514 km2 (9,465 sq mi)	425 km (264 mi)	36 m (118 ft)	283 km3 (68 cu mi)	-

13	Ontario	Canada United States	18,960 km2 (7,320 sq mi)	311 km (193 mi)	244 m (801 ft)	1,639 km3 (393 cu mi)	-

14	Ladoga	Russia	18,130 km2 (7,000 sq mi)	219 km (136 mi)	230 m (750 ft)	908 km3 (218 cu mi)	-	Largest lake in Europe

15	Balkhash*	Kazakhstan	16,400 km2 (6,300 sq mi)	605 km (376 mi)	26 m (85 ft)	106 km3 (25 cu mi)	-

16	Vostok	Antarctica	12,500 km2 (4,800 sq mi)	250 km (160 mi)	900–1,000 m (3,000–3,300 ft)	5,400 ± 1,600 km3 (1,300 ± 380 cu mi)	-	Largest lake in Antarctica

17	Onega	Russia	9,700 km2 (3,700 sq mi)	245 km (152 mi)	127 m (417 ft)	285 km3 (68 cu mi)	-

18	Titicaca	Bolivia Peru	8,372 km2 (3,232 sq mi)	177 km (110 mi)	281 m (922 ft)	893 km3 (214 cu mi)	-

19	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	8,264 km2 (3,191 sq mi)	177 km (110 mi)	26 m (85 ft)	108 km3 (26 cu mi)	-

20	Athabasca	Canada	7,850 km2 (3,030 sq mi)	335 km (208 mi)	243 m (797 ft)	204 km3 (49 cu mi)	-

21	Taymyr	Russia	6,990 km2 (2,700 sq mi)	250 km (160 mi)	26 m (85 ft)	12.8 km3 (3.1 cu mi)	-

22	Turkana*	Ethiopia Kenya	6,405 km2 (2,473 sq mi)	248 km (154 mi)	109 m (358 ft)	204 km3 (49 cu mi)	-	Largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.

23	Reindeer Lake	Canada	6,330 km2 (2,440 sq mi)	245 km (152 mi)	337 m (1,106 ft)	95.25 km3 (22.85 cu mi)	-

24	Issyk-Kul*	Kyrgyzstan	6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi)	182 km (113 mi)	668 m (2,192 ft)	1,738 km3 (417 cu mi)	-

25	Urmia*	Iran	6,001 km2 (2,317 sq mi)	130 km (81 mi)	16 m (52 ft)	-

26	Vänern	Sweden	5,545 km2 (2,141 sq mi)	140 km (87 mi)	106 m (348 ft)	153 km3 (37 cu mi)	-	Largest lake in the European Union

27	Winnipegosis	Canada	5,403 km2 (2,086 sq mi)	245 km (152 mi)	18 m (59 ft)	-

28	Albert	Uganda Democratic Republic of the Congo	5,299 km2 (2,046 sq mi)	161 km (100 mi)	58 m (190 ft)	280 km3 (67 cu mi)	-

29	Mweru	Zambia Democratic Republic of the Congo	5,120 km2 (1,980 sq mi)	131 km (81 mi)	27 m (89 ft)	38 km3 (9.1 cu mi)	-

30	Nettilling	Canada	5,066 km2 (1,956 sq mi)	113 km (70 mi)	132 m (433 ft)	-	Lake is on Baffin Island and is the largest lake on an island.

31	Nipigon	Canada	4,843 km2 (1,870 sq mi)	116 km (72 mi)	165 m (541 ft)	248 km3 (59 cu mi)	-

32	Manitoba	Canada	4,706 km2 (1,817 sq mi)	225 km (140 mi)	7 m (23 ft)	14.1 km3 (3.4 cu mi)	-

33	Great Salt Lake*	United States	4,662 km2 (1,800 sq mi)	121 km (75 mi)	10 m (33 ft)	18.92 km3 (4.54 cu mi)	-

34	Qinghai Lake*	China	4,489 km2 (1,733 sq mi) (2007)	32.8 m (108 ft)	-

35	Saimaa	Finland	≈ 4,400 km2 (1,700 sq mi)	82 m (269 ft)	36 km3 (8.6 cu mi)	-

36	Lake of the Woods	Canada United States	4,350 km2 (1,680 sq mi)	110 km (68 mi)	64 m (210 ft)	19.4 km3 (4.7 cu mi)	-

37	Khanka	China Russia	4,190 km2 (1,620 sq mi)	90 km (56 mi)	10.6 m (35 ft)	18.3 km3 (4.4 cu mi)	-

38	Sarygamysh	Uzbekistan Turkmenistan	3,955 km2 (1,527 sq mi)	125 km (78 mi)	40 m (130 ft)	68.56 km3 (16.45 cu mi)

39	Dubawnt	Canada	3,833 km2 (1,480 sq mi)

40	Van*	Turkey	3,755 km2 (1,450 sq mi)	119 km (74 mi)	451 m (1,480 ft)	607 km3 (146 cu mi)

41	Peipus	Estonia Russia	3,555 km2 (1,373 sq mi)	15.3 m (50 ft)	25 km3 (6.0 cu mi)

42	Uvs*	Mongolia	3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi)	84 km (52 mi)

43	Poyang	China	3,210 km2 (1,240 sq mi)	170 km (110 mi)	25.1 m (82 ft)	25.2 km3 (6.0 cu mi)

44	Tana	Ethiopia	3,200 km2 (1,200 sq mi)	84 km (52 mi)	15 m (49 ft)

45	Amadjuak	Canada	3,115 km2 (1,203 sq mi)

46	Melville	Canada	3,069 km2 (1,185 sq mi)

47	Bangweulu	Zambia	3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi)	75 km (47 mi)	4 m (13 ft)

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Lake Superior is the second largest lake in the world by area and the largest freshwater lake by area.
Lake Superior is the second largest lake in the world by area, and the largest freshwater lake by area.
Superior is the second largest freshwater lake in the world by area.

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final_sentence: Lake Superior is the second largest lake in the world by area, and the largest freshwater lake by area.
final_sentence: Superior is the second largest freshwater lake in the world by area.