The Ten Largest Lakes of the World
| Rank | Name, Location | Area (sq. miles) | Length (miles) | Max. Depth (feet) | | 1. | Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran (salt water) | 152,239 | 745 | 3,104 | | 2. | Superior, U.S.-Canada | 31,820 | 383 | 1,333 | | 3. | Victoria, Tanzania-Uganda | 26,828 | 200 | 270 | | 4. | Huron, U.S.-Canada | 23,010 | 247 | 750 | | 5. | Michigan, U.S. | 22,400 | 321 | 923 | | 6. | Aral, Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan | 13,000 | 266 | 223 | | 7. | Tanganyika, Tanzania-Congo | 12,700 | 420 | 4,708 | | 8. | Baikal, Russia | 12,162 | 395 | 5,712 | | 9. | Great Bear, Canada | 12,000 | 232 | 270 | | 10. | Nyasa, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania | 11,600 | 360 | 2,316 |
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Note: The Caspian Sea is called "sea" because the Romans, finding it salty, named it Mare Caspium. Many geographers, however, consider it a lake because it is land locked. |
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