List of lakes by volume
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.
The list
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| Name and location | Water volume | ||
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| 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, Russia (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, Canada - U.S | 137 | 569 |
| 17. | Erie, Canada - U.S | 131 | 545 |
| 18. | Khuvsgul, 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 |
By continent
- Africa - Lake Tanganyika
- Antarctica - Lake Vostok
- Asia - Caspian Sea
- Australia -
- Central America - Lake Nicaragua (second largest in Latin America, first in Central America)
- Europe - Lake Ladoga
- North America - Lake Superior
- South America - Lake Titicaca (Lake Maracaibo)
Notes
Note: Lake volumes may slightly vary depending on the sources. For consistency, this article uses the source listed below.
- ^ The salty Caspian Sea is considered a lake because it is land-locked.
- ^ Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake by volume.
See also
Sources
- van der Leeden, Troise, and Todd, eds., The Water Encyclopedia. Second Edition. Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publishers, 1990. pp. 198-200.
- Factmonster.com