List of lakes by volume

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Lakes with a water volume over 100 km3, listed by volume.

Note: information on lake volumes can vary considerably from source to source. For consistency, this article uses the printed source listed below (values from other sources are listed in parentheses). Lake volumes can also change dramatically over time and during the year, especially for salt lakes in arid climates.

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Continent colour key
Africa Asia Europe North America Antarctica South America
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Name and location Water volume
    mi³ km³
1. Caspian Sea,[1] Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran 18,768 78,200
2. Baikal,[2] Russia 5,520 23,000
3. Tanganyika, Tanzania-DRC-Burundi-Zambia 4,536 18,900
4. Superior, Canada - U.S 2,784 11,600
5. Michigan-Huron, Canada - U.S 1,982 8,260
6. Malawi, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania 1,854 7,725
7. Vostok, Vostok-Antarctica 1,300 5,400
8. Victoria, Kenya-Tanzania-Uganda 648 2,700
9. Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan 415 1,730
10. Ontario, Canada - U.S 410 1,710
11. Great Slave Lake, Canada 257

(502)

 1,070

(2,090)
12. Aral Sea, Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan (information as of 1990) 245 1,020
13. Great Bear Lake, Canada 242

(436)

 1,010

(2,236)
14. Ladoga, Russia 218 908
15. Titicaca, Bolivia-Peru 170 710
16. Kivu, Rwanda-Congo 137 569
17. Erie, Canada - U.S 131 545
18. Khövsgöl, Mongolia 115 480
19. Onega, Russia 70.8 295
20. Turkana, Kenya 49.0 204
21. Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan 45.1 188
22. Vänern, Sweden 43.2 180
23. Winnipeg, Canada 30.5 127
24. Balkhash, Kazakhstan 25.9 112
25. Athabasca, Canada 26.4 110
26. Nicaragua, Nicaragua 25.9 108

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[edit] Notes

Note: Lake volumes may slightly vary depending on the sources. For consistency, this article uses the source listed below.

  1. ^ The salty Caspian Sea is considered a lake because it is land-locked.
  2. ^ Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake by volume.

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources

  • van der Leeden, Troise, and Todd, eds., The Water Encyclopedia. Second Edition. Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publishers, 1990. pp. 198-200.
  • Factmonster.com
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