The largest lakes in the world: table

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.

numberlake nameMaximum depth, mCountry
1Caspian Sea 3710001025 Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Our Country, Turkmenistan
2Top82103406 Canada, United States
3Victoria6880083 Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
4Aral Sea6800042 Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
5Huron59600229 Canada, United States
6Michigan58000281 USA
7Tanganyika329001470 Burundi, Zambia, DR Congo, Tanzania
8Baikal317721642 Our Country
9Big Bearish31153446 Canada
10Nyasa29600706 Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania
11Great Slave27200614 Canada
12Erie2574464 Canada, United States
13Winnipeg2451436 Canada
14Ontario18960244 Canada, United States
15Ladoga17700230 Our Country
16Balkhash1699626 Kazakhstan
17East156901000 Antarctic
18Maracaibo1321060 Venezuela
19Onega9700127 Our Country
20Ayr95006 Australia
21Титикака8372281 Bolivia, Peru
22Nicaragua826426 Nicaragua
23Athabasca7850120 Canada
24Deer6500219 Canada
25Rudolf (Turkana)6405109 Kenya, Ethiopia
26Issyk-Kul6236668 Kyrgyzstan
27Torrens57458 Australia
28Venern5650106 Sweden
29Winnipegosis537018 Canada
30Albert530025 DR Congo, Uganda
31Urmia520016 Iran
32Mveru512015 Zambia, DR Congo
33Netting5066132 Canada
34Nipigon4848165 Canada
35Manitoba462420 Canada
36Taimyr456026 Our Country
37Big Salty440015 USA
38Saima440082 Finland
39Lesnoe434964 Canada, United States
40Hanka419011 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.

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