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Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area [a] and the third-largest freshwater lake by volume, [12] holding 13% of the fresh water in all of the world's rivers and lakes.
Name Location Volume Maximum Depth notes 1: Lake Superior: Michigan - Minnesota - Ontario - Wisconsin: 9,799,680,000 acre⋅ft (12,088 km 3) 1,332 ft (406 m) Third-largest fresh-water lake in the world by volume
This article lists lakes with a water volume of more than 100 km 3, ranked by volume. The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. [1] Generally, the volume must be inferred from bathymetric data by integration. Lake volumes can also change dramatically over time and during the year, especially for salt lakes in arid climates.
They contain 21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume. [1] [2] [3] The total surface is 94,250 square miles (244,106 km 2), and the total volume (measured at the low water datum) is 5,439 cubic miles (22,671 km 3), [4] slightly less than the volume of Lake Baikal (5,666 cu mi or 23,615 km 3, 22–23%
Longest freshwater lake in the world and third largest of any kind by volume. [18] 7: Baikal Russia: Fresh 31,722 km 2 12,248 sq mi 636 km 395 mi 1,642 m 5,387 ft 23,610 km 3 5,660 cu mi Deepest lake in the world and largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. [19] 8: Great Bear Lake Canada: Fresh 31,153 km 2 12,028 sq mi 373 km 232 mi 446 m
Lake Michigan hit a high of 18%, while Lake Superior maxed out at 12% ice cover. Great Lakes ice maintains ecosystem health, recreation, infrastructure. ... Water quality: Warmer waters and less ...
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Great Salt Lake: Utah: 950 sq mi 2,460 km 2: natural salt [4] 9 Lake Oahe: North Dakota–South Dakota: 685 sq mi 1,774 km 2: man-made [5] 10 Lake Okeechobee: Florida: 662 sq mi 1,715 km 2: natural [6] 11 Lake Pontchartrain: Louisiana: 631 sq mi 1,634 km 2: natural brackish [7] 12 Lake Sakakawea: North Dakota: 520 sq mi 1,347 km 2: man-made 13 ...