The world's largest lake is the salty Caspian Sea at 143,200 square miles (370,886 km sq.).
2007-03-25 19:04:31
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answered by shadyfiras 2
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The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by area[2], with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers (143,244 mi²) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers (18,761 mi³).[3] It is a landlocked endorheic body of water and lies between Russia and Iran. It has a maximum depth of about 1025 meters (3,363 ft). It is called a sea because when the Romans first arrived there, they tasted the water and found it to be salty.[4] It has a salinity of approximately 1.2%, about a third the salinity of most water from the ocean.
2007-03-25 21:06:37
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answered by Anonymous
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It depends on how you define "largest":
World's Largest Lake (by volume):
The salty Caspian Sea is the world's largest land-locked body of water. It contains approximately 18,900 cubic miles of water (78,700 cubic kilometers).
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. This is a volume of water approximately equivalent to all five of the North American Great Lakes combined.
World's Largest Lake (by surface area):
The salty Caspian Sea has the greatest surface area of any lake at 143,200 square miles (370,886 square kilometers). 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).
2007-03-25 19:11:53
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answered by JOHN B 6
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Caspian Sea in Russian, a salt water lake.
Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake.
2007-03-25 19:09:31
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answered by Kid Fleetfoot 3
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Caspian Sea is the largest closed reservoir in the world. The water of the Caspian Sea is slightly saline. The area of the Caspian Sea is approximately 149,200 square miles (386,400 square kilometers). The Caspian Sea is bordered by five states: Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkmenistan. Caspian Sea is over 30 million years old.
2007-03-25 19:10:54
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answered by Muktesh 2
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The largest saltwater lake in the world is the Caspian sea. It is 143,244 sq. miles.
The largest freshwater lake in the world is here in the United States.
Lake Superior with 31,700 sq. miles.
2007-03-25 19:08:08
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answered by Molly 6
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Lake Superior in Michigan
2007-03-25 19:06:57
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answered by sandeep i 2
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Assuming you mean freshwater lake, Lake Baikal in Russia is largest by volume and Lake Superior is the largest in surface area (not as deep as Baikal).
2007-03-25 19:05:26
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answered by Rocco 3
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Caspian Sea.
2007-03-26 12:55:48
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answered by starjammer 3
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somewhere in russia but i'm not 100% sure
2007-03-25 20:37:02
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answered by Anonymous
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