Lake
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Country
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Area sq km
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Volume
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Notes
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Caspian Sea
|
Kazakhstan
|
371,000
|
78,200
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Also Russia, Iran,Azerbaijan,Turkmenistan
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Lake Superior
|
United States
|
82,414
|
12,100
|
Also Canada
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Lakes Huron-Michigan
|
United States
|
117,702
|
8,458
|
Also Canada; one body of water
|
Lake Victoria
|
Uganda
|
69,485
|
2.750
|
Also Kenya, Tanzania
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Lake Tanganyika
|
Burundi
|
32,893
|
18,900
|
Also Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire
|
Lake Baikal
|
Russia
|
31,500
|
23,600
|
At 1637 m deepest on Earth
|
Great Bear Lake
|
Canada
|
31,080
|
2,236
|
|
Lake Malawi
|
Malawi
|
30,044
|
8,400
|
Also Tanzania and Mozambique. Cichlids!
|
Great Slave Lake
|
Canada
|
28,930
|
2,090
|
|
Lake Erie
|
United States
|
25,719
|
489
|
Also Canada
|
Lake Winnipeg
|
Canada
|
23,553
|
283
|
|
Lake Ontario
|
United States
|
19,477
|
1639
|
Also Canada
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Lake Turkana
|
Kenya
|
6,405
|
204
|
Also Ethiopia; largest alkaline lake
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Lake Oroumieh (Urmia)
|
Iran
|
6,001
|
<100
|
largest in the Middle East
|
Lake Kivu
|
Rwanda
|
2,700
|
500
|
70 cubic km of CH4; 256 cubic km of CO2
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South Aral Sea 1960
|
Kazakhstan
|
68,000
|
22,750
|
Also Uzbekistan
|
South Aral Sea 2010
|
|
5,000
|
25
|
east basin now has no (zero) water
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Okavango Delta
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Botswana
|
15,000
|
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A seasonal floodplain
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