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This is a list of lakes (including reservoirs) in the United States, grouped by state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not ...
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.
The list is divided in two: all lakes as conventionally defined down to 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi), and the largest lakes under a geological definition, where the Caspian Sea is considered a small ocean rather than a lake, and Lake Michigan–Huron (or "Huron–Michigan") is recognized as a single body of water.
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This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [1] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [2] If all basins over 2.5 acres were counted, Minnesota would have 21,871 lakes. [3]
This list does not include reservoirs; if it did, six reservoirs would appear on the list: Lake Kariba at 26th, Bratsk Reservoir, Lake Volta, Lake Nasser, Manicouagan Reservoir, and Lake Guri. Estuaries and lagoons are not included either. Examples: Lake Melville (estuary) and Lake Maracaibo (lagoon), comparable with Lagoa dos Patos.
Selkirk Lake 94 acres (38 ha) 39 feet (12 m) Allegan County: Shank Lake 246 acres (100 ha) Iron County: Shavehead Lake 299 acres (121 ha) Cass County: Shaw Lake 100 acres (40 ha) Shiawassee County: Sheephead Lake 490 acres (200 ha) Chippewa County: Sheets Lake 39 acres (16 ha) [3] Livingston County: Sheffer Lake 12 acres (4.9 ha) 30 feet (9.1 m)
This is a partial list of lakes of Canada. Canada has an extremely large number of lakes, with the number of lakes larger than three square kilometres being estimated at close to 31,752 by the Atlas of Canada. Of these, 561 lakes have a surface area larger than 100 km 2, [1] including four of the Great Lakes. Almost 9% (891,163 square ...