Major Lakes of the World

List of major lakes of the World

Sl.No	Lake	Type	Country / Countries with Shoreline
1.	Caspian Sea	Saline	Kazakhstan Russia Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Iran
2.	Aral Sea	Freshwater	Afghanistan Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
3.	Dead Sea	Saline	Jordan Israel
4.	Lake Superior	Freshwater	Canada United States
5.	Lake Victoria	Freshwater	Uganda Kenya Tanzania
6.	Huron	Freshwater	Canada United States
7.	Michigan	Freshwater	United States
8.	Titicaca	Freshwater	Bolivia Peru
9.	Baikal	Freshwater	Russia
10.	Poyang	Freshwater	China
11.	Great Bear Lake	Freshwater	Canada
12.	Erie	Freshwater	Canada United States
13.	Ontario	Freshwater	Canada United States
14.	Ladoga	Freshwater	Russia
15.	Vostok	Freshwater	Antarctica
16.	Lake Chad	Freshwater	Chad Cameroon Niger Nigeria
17.	Lake Malawi	Freshwater	Malawai Mozambique Tanzania
18.	Tanganyika	Freshwater	Burundi Tanzania Zambia D.R.Congo

Top 5 Lakes of the World by Volume

Sl. No	Lake	Type	Country / Countries with Shoreline
1.	Caspian Sea	Saline	Kazakhstan Russia Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Iran
2.	Baikal Lake	Freshwater	Russia
3.	Tanganyika	Freshwater	Burundi Tanzania Zambia D.R.Congo
4.	Superior	Freshwater	Canada
5.	Malawi	Freshwater	Malawi Mozambique Tanzania

 

Top 5 Lakes of the World by Depth

Sl. No	Lake	Type	Country / Countries with Shoreline
1.	Baikal Lake	Freshwater	Russia
2.	Tanganyika	Freshwater	Burundi Tanzania Zambia D.R.Congo
3.	Caspian Sea	Saline	Kazakhstan Russia Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Iran
4.	Vostok	Freshwater	Antarctica
5.	San Martín	Freshwater	Chile Argentina

 

Top 5 Lakes of the World by Surface Area

Sl. No	Lake	Type	Country / Countries with Shoreline
1.	Caspian Sea	Saline	Kazakhstan Russia Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Iran
2.	Lake Superior	Freshwater	Canada USA
3.	Lake Victoria	Freshwater	Uganda Kenya Tanzania
4.	Huron	Freshwater	Canada USA
5.	Michigan	Freshwater	USA

 

Top 5 Countries with the number of lakes

Sl. No	Country	Number of Lakes
1.	Canada	879,800
2.	Russia	201,200
3.	USA	102, 500
4.	China	23,800
5.	Sweden	22,600

 

Details about the Major Lakes of the World

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Lake Baikal

• Lake Baikal is a rift lake located in Siberia, Russia.
• It is situated in southern Siberia.
• World’s largest freshwater lake by volume.
• It contain 22 to 23% of the world’s fresh surface water.
• It is the World’s deepest lake.
• Lake Baikal has a maximum depth of 1,642 m (5,387 ft).

Dead Sea

• The lake’s surface is 430.5 metres (1,412 ft) below sea level.
• Bordered by Jordan and Israel.
• Its main tributary is the Jordan River.
• Basin countries – Israel, Jordan, and Palestine.
• Deepest hypersaline lake in the world.
• Salinity of 342 g/kg, or 34.2% .

Lake Titicaca

• Located on the border of Bolivia and Peru.
• “highest navigable lake” in the world.
• It is the largest lake in South America (By volume of water and surface area)
• The lake fed by 5 major river.
• These are Ramis, Coata, Ilave, Huancané, and Suchez.

Caspian Sea

• World’s largest inland body of water.
• It lies between Europe and Asia.
• It is bounded by Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan .
• Its main freshwater tributaries is river Volga.
• River Volga is the Europe’s longest river.

 

Lake Tanganyika

• Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake.
• It is the world’s longest freshwater lake.
• It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world.
• It is the second-largest lake by volume.
• Also, It is the second-deepest lake after Lake Baikal.
• The lake is bordered by -Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, and Zambia.
• It drains into the Congo River system.

Lake Victoria

• Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes.
• African Great Lakes consists of 3 lakes namely ..
1. Lake Victoria
2. Lake Tanganyika
3. Lake Malawi

• Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake by area.
• It is the world’s largest tropical lake.
• Also, It is the world’s second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after Lake Superior in North America.
• The lake is bordered by- Kenya , Uganda and Tanzania.

Lake Superior

• Lake Superior is the largest lake of the Great Lakes of North America.
• It is the world’s largest freshwater lake by surface area.
• and the third-largest lake by volume.
• It is shared by Canada and United States of America.
• It drains into Lake Huron via St. Mary’s River.

• Great Lakes of North America consists of 5 lakes , They are lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.

Frequently Asked questions about the major lakes of the World or Facts about the major lakes of the World

♦ The deepest lake in the world ?
• Lake Baikal [1,642 m (5,387 ft)]

♦ World’s largest lake by water volume ?
• Lake Baikal [23,615.39 km³ (5,670 cu mi)]

♦ World’s second longest lake?
• Lake Baikal

♦ World’s oldest lake?
• Lake Baikal

♦ Shape of Lake Baikal?
• Crescent shape

♦ The longest freshwater Lake in the world?
• Lake Tanganyika

♦ Second deepest lake in the world, after lake Baikal ?
• Lake Tanganyika

♦ The second-largest lake by water volume, after lake Baikal ?
• Lake Tanganyika

♦ The world’s highest commercially navigable lake ?
• Lake Titicaca

♦ Largest lake in South America ?
• Lake Titicaca

♦ The world’s lowest lake ?
• Dead Sea

♦ Lake with highest salt concentration.?
• Dead Sea

♦ The world’s largest lake by surface area?
• Lake Superior

♦ Africa’s largest lake by area?
• Lake Victoria

♦ The world’s largest tropical lake ?
• Lake Victoria

♦ The world’s second-largest fresh water lake by surface area?
• Lake Victoria

♦ Largest freshwater lake of China?
• Poyang Lake

♦ Which country is known as the land of thousand lake?

• Finland.

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