Below is a table with the largest lakes in the world (in descending order), which includes their names, surface area (in square kilometers), greatest depth (in meters), as well as the country in which they are located.
number | lake name | Maximum depth, m | Country | |
1 | Caspian Sea | 371000 | 1025 | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Our Country, Turkmenistan |
2 | Top | 82103 | 406 | Canada, United States |
3 | Victoria | 68800 | 83 | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
4 | Aral Sea | 68000 | 42 | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan |
5 | Huron | 59600 | 229 | Canada, United States |
6 | Michigan | 58000 | 281 | USA |
7 | Tanganyika | 32900 | 1470 | Burundi, Zambia, DR Congo, Tanzania |
8 | Baikal | 31772 | 1642 | Our Country |
9 | Big Bearish | 31153 | 446 | Canada |
10 | Nyasa | 29600 | 706 | Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania |
11 | Great Slave | 27200 | 614 | Canada |
12 | Erie | 25744 | 64 | Canada, United States |
13 | Winnipeg | 24514 | 36 | Canada |
14 | Ontario | 18960 | 244 | Canada, United States |
15 | Ladoga | 17700 | 230 | Our Country |
16 | Balkhash | 16996 | 26 | Kazakhstan |
17 | East | 15690 | 1000 | Antarctic |
18 | Maracaibo | 13210 | 60 | Venezuela |
19 | Onega | 9700 | 127 | Our Country |
20 | Ayr | 9500 | 6 | Australia |
21 | Титикака | 8372 | 281 | Bolivia, Peru |
22 | Nicaragua | 8264 | 26 | Nicaragua |
23 | Athabasca | 7850 | 120 | Canada |
24 | Deer | 6500 | 219 | Canada |
25 | Rudolf (Turkana) | 6405 | 109 | Kenya, Ethiopia |
26 | Issyk-Kul | 6236 | 668 | Kyrgyzstan |
27 | Torrens | 5745 | 8 | Australia |
28 | Venern | 5650 | 106 | Sweden |
29 | Winnipegosis | 5370 | 18 | Canada |
30 | Albert | 5300 | 25 | DR Congo, Uganda |
31 | Urmia | 5200 | 16 | Iran |
32 | Mveru | 5120 | 15 | Zambia, DR Congo |
33 | Netting | 5066 | 132 | Canada |
34 | Nipigon | 4848 | 165 | Canada |
35 | Manitoba | 4624 | 20 | Canada |
36 | Taimyr | 4560 | 26 | Our Country |
37 | Big Salty | 4400 | 15 | USA |
38 | Saima | 4400 | 82 | Finland |
39 | Lesnoe | 4349 | 64 | Canada, United States |
40 | Hanka | 4190 | 11 | China, Our Country |
Note: lake – part of the water shell of the planet; a naturally occurring body of water that has no direct connection to the sea or ocean.