Ī remnant of the vast, Glacial Lake McConnell. Largest lake in Antarctica, but subglacial. No other great lake has that ratio.įresh shallow western part. Very large catchment area compared to own size. Has the smallest volume of the Great Lakes. Has more species of fish than any other lake in the world. Largest lake entirely within Canada, and the largest lake partially within the Arctic Circle ĭeepest lake in the world and largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. Longest freshwater lake in the world and third largest of any kind by volume. The largest lake (by area) that is located entirely in one country. Contains Manitoulin Island, the world's largest lake island. Largest of the Great Lakes by volume, having more water than the other four combined. Garabogazköl lagoon, if counted separately, would rank as the world's 15th largest, with an area of 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).
Geologically a small ocean rather than a lake. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are conventionally counted as separate lakes, but hydrologically they are a single body of water, which is the world's largest lake by surface area. The Caspian Sea is conventionally considered the world's largest lake, but it is centered on an oceanic basin (a fragment of the ancient Tethys Ocean) rather than lying entirely over continental crust as all other lakes do. The list is divided in two: all lakes as conventionally defined down to 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi), and the largest lakes under a geological definition, where the Caspian Sea is considered a small ocean rather than a lake, and Lake Michigan–Huron (or "Huron–Michigan") is recognized as a single body of water. This list therefore excludes seasonal lakes such as Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre (maximum area 9,500 km 2, 3,700 sq mi), Mar Chiquita Lake (Córdoba) (maximum area 6,000 km 2, 2,300 sq mi), Lake Torrens (maximum area 5,745 km 2, 2,218 sq mi) and Great Salt Lake (maximum area, 1988, 8,500 km 2, 3,300 sq mi). This is especially true of salt lakes in arid climates. The area of some lakes can vary considerably over time, either seasonally or from year to year. This is a pair of lists of terrestrial lakes with a surface area of more than approximately 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi), ranked by area, excluding reservoirs and lagoons. Dymaxion world map with the 15 largest lakes roughly to scale
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