which is the largest lake in the world?

Answer 1

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The World's Greatest Lakes

The 10 largest lakes in the world
(rated by area in square miles)
Rank Lake Country Location Area
(in sq miles)
1 Caspian Sea Iran/Soviet Union southwest Asia 169,000
2 Lake Superior Canada/United States Great Lakes 31,280
3 Lake Victoria Kenya/Tanzania/
Uganda East Africa 26,828
4 Aral Sea Soviet Union western Turkestan 26,166
5 Lake Huron Canada/United States Great Lakes 23,010
6 Lake Michigan United States Great Lakes 22,400
7 Baikal Soviet Union southern Siberia 13,200
8 Great Bear Lake Canada central Mackenzie District 12,800
9 Tanganyika Burundi/Zaire/
Zambia/Tanzania central Africa 12,700
10 Great Slave Lake Canada southern Mckenzie District 11,172

Answer 2

1.Description: The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world by volume. It is also thought to be one of only a handful of ancient lakes on earth.

The Caspian Sea is an endorheic, or terminal lake, meaning that its water does not reach the ocean. Because of this, minerals build up in the water as it evaporates and the lake usually becomes saline. Endorheic lakes are usually more sensitive to pollution than water bodies that drain to the ocean.


Country: Azerbaijan
Iran
Kazakhstan
Russian Federation
Turkmenistan


Latitude: 40° 0' 0" (40.0000)

Longitude: 51° 0' 0" (51.0000)

Volume: 78,200.00 km3

Surface Area: 436,000.00 km2

Depth Mean depth: 187.0 m
Maximum depth: 1,025.0 m

Age: 2 million - 20 million years before present

Origin: Tectonic

Answer 3

Not as straight forward a question as it might at first seem!

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).

The world's largest man made lake, Lake Nasser, was created by the gigantic Aswan dam that was finished during the late sixties. The dam is 110 meters (360 feet) above the original Nile and is 980 meters (3215 feet) wide. The Lake Nasser goes 500 kilometres (310 miles) from Aswan in the north to Halfa in Sudan and average width of the lake is 10 kilometres (6 miles).

Answer 4

The largest lake in the world by surface area is the Caspian Sea. With a surface area of 394,299 km², it has a surface area greater than the next six largest lakes combined.

Answer 5

The largest lake in the world by surface area is the Caspian Sea. With a surface area of 394,299 km², it has a surface area greater than the next six largest lakes combined.

Answer 6

The Caspian sea. Lat. Mare Caspium or Mare Hyrcanium, salt lake, c.144,000 sq mi (373,000 sq km), between Europe and Asia; the largest lake in the world. It is bordered on the northeast by Kazakhstan, on the southeast by Turkmenistan, on the south by Iran, on the southwest by Azerbaijan, and on the northwest by Russia. The Caspian's surface lies 92 ft (28 m) below sea level. It reaches its maximum depth, c.3,200 ft (980 m), in the south; the shallow northern half averages only about 17 ft (5 m). The Caucasus Mts. rise from the southwestern shore, and the Elburz Mts. parallel the southern coast. The Caspian receives the Volga (which supplies more than 75% of its inflow), Ural, Emba, Kura, and Terek rivers, but has no outlet. The rate of evaporation is particularly high in the eastern inlet called Garabogazkol, which is exploited for salt. Variations in evaporation account for great changes in the size of the sea during the course of history. The damming and diversion of the Volga's water for industrial and residential use have been the leading reasons for the lowering of the Caspian's water level, a problem of serious proportions. The chief ports on the Caspian are Baky, a major oil center, and Astrakhan, at the mouth of the Volga. Underlying the Caspian are some of the world's largest oil reserves, and the five surrounding countries, all with major stakes in oil-field development, have disputed zones of control, although Russia has signed territorial agreements with Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The Caspian also has important fisheries. The northern part of the sea is the chief source of beluga caviar, but the destruction of spawning areas and illegal fishing has greatly reduced the number of sturgeon, and fishing quotas have been imposed. In 2003 a framework treaty for the protection of the sea's environment was signed by four of the surrounding nations; Turkmenistan did not sign.

Answer 7

The largest fresh water lake is Lake Superior. This could also be an answer to your question depending on the nature of your dilemma.

Answer 8

Lake Baikal in Southern Siberia in Russia, the deepest and largest by volume in the world.

It contains more fresh water than the US great lakes combined, if however it is based on area and includes salt water then it is the Caspian Sea at 169,000 sq miles

Answer 9

By surface area, including saltwater lakes: Caspian sea

By surface area, freshwater only: Lake Superior

By volume, or depth at deepest point: Lake Baykal

Answer 10

It seems you may have what you're after all ready, but you may wish to check out the following world lakes site. This gives largest by area and volume.