World's Twenty Largest Lakes

Geography

World's Twenty Largest Lakes

The following list summarizes the Earth's TOP TWENTY BIGGEST Lakes, listed in order of surface area.

The Twenty Biggest Lakes on Earth
Lakes, Ten Largest		Area in Square Miles	Depth In Feet
1	Caspian Sea (Kazakhstan)	143,244	3,363
2	Lake Superior (U.S.-Can.)	31,700	1,330
3	Lake Victoria (Africa)	26,828	270
4	Aral Sea (Russia)	24,904	220
5	Lake Huron (U.S.-Canada)	23,000	750
6	Lake Michigan (U.S.)	22,300	923
7	Lake Tanganyika (Africa)	12,700	4,823
8	Lake Baikal (Russia)	12,162	5,315
9	Great Bear Lake (Canada)	12,096	1,463
10	Lake Nyasa (Malawi) (Africa)	11,150	2,280
11	Great Slave (Canada)	11,031	2,015
12	Lake Erie (U.S.-Canada)	9,910	210
13	Lake Winnipeg (Canada)	9,417	60
14	Lake Ontario (U.S.-Canada)	7,340	802
15	Lake Balkhash (Kazakhstan)	7,114	85
16	Lake Ladoga (Russia)	6,835	738
17	Lake Chad (Africa)	6,300	24
18	Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela)	5,217	115
19	Lake Onega (Russia)	3,710	328
20	Lake Eyre (Australia)	3,600	4

World's Biggest Geographic Features
10 Largest Cities 10 Largest Countries 7 Largest Continents	20 Highest Mountains 20 Largest Deserts 20 Largest Islands 20 Largest Lakes 20 Longest Rivers

Disclaimer: I hope there are no errors.

This Vaughns 1-Pagers World's 20 Largest Lakes web page was updated on 2009-04-20.