rank name entity type area_km2 max_depth_m volume_km3 country countries lat lon image 1 Caspian Sea Q5484 endorheic lake; lake; salt lake 386400 1025 78700 Iran; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Russia; Azerbaijan 42 50.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caspian%20Sea%20from%20orbit.jpg?width=320 2 Lake Superior Q1066 rift lake; lake; glacial lake 82350 406 12100 Canada; United States 47.52882 -87.76002 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Superior%2C%20ISS.jpg?width=320 3 Lake Victoria Q5505 freshwater lake; lake 68100 83 2750 Kenya; Uganda; Tanzania -1 33 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Getting%20out%20to%20fish%20at%20dusk.jpg?width=320 4 Lake Huron Q1383 lake 59600 230 3538 Canada; United States 44.59258 -82.75629 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Huron%20in%20winter.jpg?width=320 5 Lake Michigan Q1169 lake 57750 281 4918 USA United States 44.00787 -86.75645 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Michigan%20in%20true%20color.jpg?width=320 6 Lake Tanganyika Q5511 lake 32900 1433 18900 Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zambia; Burundi; Tanzania -6.1 29.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Tanganyika.jpg?width=320 7 Lake Baikal Q5513 freshwater lake; mountain lake; lake 31722 1642 23615.4 RUS Russia 53.30278 108.00472 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olkhon%20Island%20and%20Lake%20Baikal.jpg?width=320 8 Great Bear Lake Q5525 lake 31153 446 2236 CAN Canada 66 -121 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Great%20Bear%20Lake.jpg?width=320 9 Lake Malawi Q5532 lake 29600 704 8400 Malawi; Tanzania; Mozambique -12.18333 34.36667 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cape%20McLear%2C%20Malawi%20(2498445835).jpg?width=320 10 Great Slave Lake Q5539 glacial lake 27209 614 1580 CAN Canada 61.66667 -114 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UtsingiPoint-GreatSlaveLake.JPG?width=320 11 Lake Erie Q5492 lake 25744 65 483 United States; Canada 42.25 -80.99972 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A1.23188.1851.LakeErie.143.250m.jpg?width=320 12 Lake Winnipeg Q3272 lake 24400 36 294 CAN Canada 52.11667 -97.25 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20winnipeg%20in%20july.jpg?width=320 13 Lake Ontario Q1062 lake 18529 244 1639 Canada; United States 43.72889 -78.10639 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ISS-36%20Lake%20Ontario%20(horizontal).jpg?width=320 14 Lake Balkhash Q134485 lake; endorheic lake 18200 25 106 KAZ Kazakhstan 46.54083 74.87889 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/STS039-085-00E%20Lake%20Balkhash%2C%20Kazakhstan%20April%201991.jpg?width=320 15 Lake Ladoga Q15288 lake 17700 230 838 RUS Russia 60.84278 31.45972 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sortavalan%20saaristoa.jpg?width=320 16 Lake Maracaibo Q182137 lake 13210 60 280 VEN Venezuela 9.81583 -71.55667 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maracaibo%20MODIS%202004jun26.jpg?width=320 17 Lagoa dos Patos Q661235 lake; lagoon 10000 7 BRA Brazil -31.15 -51.39 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lagoa%20dos%20Patos%20PIA03444%20lrg.jpg?width=320 18 Lake Bangweulu Q673169 lake 9840 10 ZMB Zambia -11.08333 29.75 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bangweulu%20NASA%20satellite%20photo.PNG?width=320 19 Lake Onega Q166162 lake 9800 127 285 RUS Russia 61.69056 35.65556 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2%20%D0%B8%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8F%202011.%20%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5.%20-%20panoramio%20(2).jpg?width=320 20 Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre Q179970 lake; endorheic lake; intermittent lake 9300 6 30.1 AUS Australia -28.66667 137.16667 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NEO%20lake%20eyre%20big.jpg?width=320 21 Lake Volta Q201679 reservoir 8502 75 148 GHA Ghana 7.4 0.2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Volta%20lake.jpg?width=320 22 Titicaca Q35342 monomictic lake; mountain lake; lake 8372 489 893 Peru; Bolivia -15.825 -69.325 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/00%201635%20Reed%20Islands%20of%20Lake%20Titicaca.jpg?width=320 23 Lake Nicaragua Q173862 lake 8264 60 108 NIC Nicaragua 11.5742 -85.3563 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ISS066-E-103300%20-%20View%20of%20Nicaragua.jpg?width=320 24 Lake Athabasca Q272463 lake 7850 243 204 CAN Canada 59.26667 -109.45 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20Athabasca%2C%20Canada.jpg?width=320 25 Smallwood Reservoir Q1539726 reservoir 6527 28 CAN Canada 54.09639 -64.01111 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Churchill%20fallslabrador.jpg?width=320 26 Reindeer Lake Q1134446 lake; glacial lake 6500 219 95.2 CAN Canada 57.25 -102.25028 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Canada.A2002236.1810.721.250m%20NASA.jpg?width=320 27 Kuybyshev Reservoir Q745937 reservoir 6450 41 58 RUS Russia 53.45 49.16667 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kuybyshev%20Reservoir%20(3).jpg?width=320 28 Lake Turkana Q182719 salt lake; endorheic lake 6405 109 203.6 Ethiopia; Kenya 4.05 36.01667 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LakeTurkanaSouthIsland.jpg?width=320 29 Issyk-Kul Q42191 ancient lake; endorheic lake; lake 6236 668 1738 KGZ Kyrgyzstan 42.41667 77.25 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Issyk%20Kul.jpg?width=320 30 Mar Chiquita Q782399 salt lake 5770 10 2.4 ARG Argentina -30.62806 -62.55889 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laguna%20Mar%20Chiquita.jpg?width=320 31 Lake Torrens Q163855 salt lake 5700 8 AUS Australia -31.04444 137.85972 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E.%20C.%20Frome%20-%20First%20view%20of%20the%20salt%20desert%20-%20called%20Lake%20Torrens%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320 32 Vänern Q173596 lake 5650 106 153 SWE Sweden 58.91667 13.5 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%A4nern%20by%20Sentinel-2.jpg?width=320 33 Bukhtarma Reservoir Q999142 reservoir 5490 9.6 48 KAZ Kazakhstan 48.90194 83.51417 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bukhtarminskoe%202.jpg?width=320 34 Bratsk Reservoir Q899803 reservoir 5470 150 169.3 RUS Russia 56.25 101.75 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bratsk%20Reservoir%20View%202007.jpg?width=320 35 Lake Kariba Q1047206 reservoir 5400 78 180 Zimbabwe; Zambia -16.9 28 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kariba%2C%20Zimbabwe%2004.JPG?width=320 36 Lake Albert Q125888 lake 5270 58 132 Uganda; Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.68333 30.91667 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lac%20Albert%202.jpg?width=320 37 Lake Nasser Q182796 reservoir 5250 25 132 Egypt; Sudan 22.5 31.86 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abu%20Simbel%2C%20Nefertari%20Temple%2C%20Lake%20Nasser%2C%20Egypt%2C%20Oct%202004.jpg?width=320 38 Urmia Lake Q199551 hypersaline lake; endorheic lake 5200 15 45 IRN Iran 37.662 45.405 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lake%20urmia%201984.jpg?width=320 39 Lake Winnipegosis Q934638 lake 5164 12 20.1 CAN Canada 52.5 -100 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WinnipegosisBeach.JPG?width=320 40 Poyang Lake Q207690 lake 5100 25 25 CHN People's Republic of China 29.06667 116.38333 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Satelites%20image%20of%20Lake%20Poyang.png?width=320 41 Nettilling Lake Q1132211 lake 5051 132 CAN Canada 66.48333 -70.33333 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nettilling%20Lake%202019-08-21%20Sentinel-2%20L2A%20Highlight%20Optimized%20Natural%20Color.jpg?width=320