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Aral Sea, formerly the third largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km 2 (26,300 sq mi) Lake Chad, formerly the eleventh largest lake in the world, with an area of 26,000 km 2 (10,000 sq mi) Lake Urmia, formerly with an area of 5,200 km 2 (2,000 sq mi), but down to a tenth that size in 2017. It has since increased in area under a ...
Below are the reservoirs (artificial lakes) in the world with a surface area exceeding 500 km 2 (190 sq mi). Reservoirs can be formed conventionally, by damming the outlet of a canyon or valley to form a lake; the largest of this type is Ghana's Lake Volta, with a water surface of 8,500 km 2 (3,300 sq mi).
Pangong Tso; Lake Baikal – Lake Baikal is located in Siberia in southeastern Russia, just north of Mongolia. Considered the oldest surviving freshwater lake on the planet, it is also the deepest body of water in Asia at 5,315 feet (1,620 m), and the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 20% of the planet's fresh water.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of lakes by area; List of lakes by depth; List of lakes by volume; List of largest lakes and seas in the Solar System;
List of alpine lakes; List of Antarctic subglacial lakes; List of dams and reservoirs; List of drying lakes; List of international lakes; List of lakes by area; List of lakes by depth; List of lakes by volume; List of lakes; List of largest lakes and seas in the Solar System; List of largest lakes of Europe; List of prehistoric lakes; Recursive ...
Dymaxion map of the world with the 15 largest lakes highlighted. Image title: A map of the world, showing all landmasses with 10° graticule and Tissot's indicatrices of diameter 1,000 km and spacing 30°. Coastlines precise to 110 km. Width: 100%: Height: 100%
What are the 10 biggest lakes in Ohio besides Lake Erie? Ohio has 110 lakes larger than five acres of land, with a total surface area of over 4,500 acres. Twenty-one of Ohio's 88 counties have ...
The area given is the normal or average area of the lake. The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Two lakes in the top 100 are ...