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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.
Learn about the surface area, location, and features of the world's largest lakes, including the Caspian Sea, Lake Superior, and Lake Victoria. Find out the difference between a lake and a sea, and how lakes affect climate, ecology, and human activities.
Learn about the 10 largest lakes in the world by area, including the Caspian Sea, Lake Superior, and Lake Victoria. Find out how human activity and climate change affect these water bodies and discover the subglacial lakes in Antarctica.
7 Σεπ 2021 · Compare the size and location of the world's largest lakes, from the Caspian Sea to Lake Baikal, using the Great Lakes as a reference. See how the lakes vary in type, depth, and salinity, and how human activity can affect them.
12 Ιαν 2024 · Learn about the surface area, volume, length, depth and wildlife of the 10 largest lakes in the world, including the Caspian Sea, Lake Superior and Lake Victoria. Find out which countries border these lakes and how they affect the environment and economy.
The largest lake in the United States is Lake Superior at 82,100 km² with shorelines in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, although it also stretches into Canada. Lake Michigan is the largest lake that is situated completely in the United States, with 58,000 km² of surface area.
The Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water in the world by area and accounts for 40–44% of the total lake waters of the world, [24] and covers an area larger than Germany. The coastlines of the Caspian are shared by Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan.
