World Geography - Facts at a Glance : World's Major Lakes

Major Lakes by Area

Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km)
Superior, North America (82,100 sq km)
Victoria, Africa (69,500 sq km)
Huron, North America (59,600 sq km)
Michigan, North America (57,800 sq km)
Tanganyika, Africa (32,900 sq km)
Baikal, Asia (31,500 sq km)
Great Bear, North America (31,300 sq km)
Aral Sea, Asia (30,700 sq km)
Malawi, Africa (28,900 sq km)
Great Slave, Canada (28,568 sq km)
Erie, North America (25,667 sq km)
Winnipeg, Canada (24,387 sq km)
Ontario, North America (19,529 sq km)
Balkhash, Kazakhstan (18,300 sq km)

Major Lakes by Maximum Depth

	Name	Country	Depth (meters)	Depth (feet)
1.	Baikal	Russia	&00000000000016370000001,637	&00000000000053690000005,369
2.	Tanganyika	Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Zambia	&00000000000014700000001,470	&00000000000048230000004,823
3.	Caspian Sea	Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan	&00000000000010250000001,025	&00000000000033630000003,363
4.	Vostok	Antarctica	&0000000000000900000000>900	&0000000000002950000000>2,950
5.	O'Higgins-San Martín	Chile, Argentina	&0000000000000836000000836	&00000000000027420000002,742
6.	Malawi	Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi	&0000000000000706000000706	&00000000000023160000002,316
7.	Issyk Kul	Kyrgyzstan	&0000000000000668000000668	&00000000000021920000002,192
8.	Great Slave	Canada	&0000000000000614000000614	&00000000000020150000002,015
9.	Crater	United States	&0000000000000594000000594	&00000000000019490000001,949
10.	Matano	Indonesia	&0000000000000590000000590	&00000000000019360000001,936

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