what is the largest natural lake in the world?

Answer 1

Largest is the Caspian Sea. Deepest is Lake Baikal.

Answer 2

To counter Pirrannah's claim...geographically speaking, Michigan-Huron is a single lake. It's not a river between them, it's a channel several miles wide...and both lakes are at the same elevation. It was through a quirk of cartography that they got separate names. This probably occured because native Americans had separate names for the lakes, combined with a lack of early knowledge that they were in connected.

That said, the Wikipedia article is incorrect and for all intents and purposes, Michigan and Huron are separate lakes. What's done is done and that's how history has classified them. It's the same as the Missouri River and Mississippi Rivers being called different rivers...despite that if you combine the two, they are the longest river "system" in the world. The length of a river system is defined as the total length from the mouth to the start of the longest/farthest tributary.

So even though the Nile is the longest river in the world, the Missouri-Mississippi is the longest river system. In the same way, Michigan-Huron is the largest single body of fresh water in the world, though I'd be willing to bet that Lake Baikal still has a greater volume.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Since you don't specify saline or fresh water:
Caspian Sea is largest lake by area and is the largest saline lake. It doesn't matter that it once was connected to any other body of water.

As you can see from the answers you have received: DO NOT RELY ON WIKIPEDIA for any answers. It is a collection of things edited by "anybody" who wants to contribute. They have shown repeatedly that some of the stuff in it is completely fabricated.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world's_largest_lakes

this wiki link gives a list of all the lakes, although it lists michigan-huron as the largest freshwater lake, but that is in correct

because michigan and huron are two separate lakes of the greta lakes system of north america.


Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. Lake Baikal in Russia is larger by volume, as is Lake Tanganyika. The Caspian Sea, while vastly larger than Lake Superior in both surface area and volume, is saline; though presently isolated, in the past, it has been repeatedly connected to, and isolated from, the Mediterranean via the Black Sea.

Answer 6

Size is Lake Superior in the Great Lake
Volume is Lake Baikal in Russia because it is the deepest fresh water lake in the world.

Answer 7

1) The Caspian Sea is the largest saltwater lake by volume

2) Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake by volume

Answer 8

the second largest lake is lake victoria in uganda. but im not quite sure about

Answer 9

Isn't it the Aral Sea? I believe it is a lake, a fresh water lake.

Answer 10

well there are 2 categories area they take up or volume.

Area: Lake Superior (North America)
Volume: Lake Baikal (Asia)