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Top 10 Largest Lakes by Area

The biggest lakes on Earth by surface area — including the Caspian Sea, the largest of all.

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  • 📏 Ranked by area
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  • 📚 Source: Wikipedia (verified by hand)

  1. Caspian Sea

    Europe / Asia

    371,000 km²

    No change

  2. Lake Superior

    Canada / USA

    82,100 km²

    No change

  3. Lake Victoria

    East Africa

    68,870 km²

    No change
  1. 4Lake HuronCanada / USA59,600 km²No change
  2. 5Lake MichiganUSA58,000 km²No change
  3. 6Lake TanganyikaEast Africa32,600 km²No change
  4. 7Lake BaikalRussia31,500 km²No change
  5. 8Great Bear LakeCanada31,000 km²No change
  6. 9Lake MalawiEast Africa29,500 km²No change
  7. 10Great Slave LakeCanada27,200 km²No change

How this list is ranked

Surface area of the lake.

Data from Wikipedia (verified by hand), refreshed monthly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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