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The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world, with an area of c.144,000 sq mi (372,960 sq km).

Lake Superior alone is the world’s largest freshwater lake with an area of 31,820 sq mi (82,414 sq km), although there is a larger volume of freshwater in Lake Baykal.

Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mts. of South America is the world’s highest large lake at 12,500 ft (3,800 m) above sea level; the Dead Sea is the lowest at 1,345 ft (410 m) below sea level.

2006-09-05 17:07:48 · answer #1 · answered by jennifersuem 7 · 0 0

A lake is any body of water surrounded by land and very large lakes are sometimes called seas. The world's largest lake is the salty Caspian Sea at 143,200 square miles (370,886 km2). The Caspian Sea is surrounded by Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.

The world's second largest lake, and the world's largest freshwater lake is North America's Lake Superior at 31,700 mi2 (82,103 km2).

2006-09-05 20:52:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Lake Superior, Lake Michigan.

2006-09-05 16:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume. It contains about 5521 cubic miles of water (23,000 cubic kilometers), or approximately 20% of Earth's fresh surface water.

Lake Superior, on the United States/Canada border is the freshwater lake lake with the greatest surface area at 31,700 square miles (82,103 square kilometers).

Victoria, Lake, or Victoria Nyanza, largest lake of Africa and the world's second largest freshwater lake, c.26,830 sq mi (69,490 sq km), E central Africa, on the Uganda-Tanzania-Kenya border.

2006-09-05 17:07:57 · answer #4 · answered by deedee 2 · 1 0

The largest lake in the world is
Lake Baikal in the ex Soviet Union.
Check Internet for more details

2006-09-05 16:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by vim 5 · 1 0

Lake LotsBigger; it is really big!!!
Lake NotasBig; it not really big, more like less than really but more than just a big lake.

2006-09-05 16:58:03 · answer #6 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0 1

Caspian Sea - Russia
Lake Superior - USA. Canada

2006-09-05 17:01:53 · answer #7 · answered by NchantingPrincess 5 · 1 0

Google it.

2006-09-05 17:04:04 · answer #8 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 0 1

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