What is the largest lake in the world?
by 
Kim Siever
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Below are the ten largest lakes in the world. They are followed by their country/countries and in parenthesis by their sizes first in square miles and then in square kilometers. Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran (152,239, 394,299) Called a sea because the Romans, finding it salty, named it Mare Caspium. Many geographers, however, consider it a lake because it is land-locked. Superior, USA-Canada (31,820, 82,414) Victoria, Tanzania-Uganda (26,828, 69,485) Huron, USA-Canada (23,010, 59,596) Michigan, USA (22,400, 58,016) Aral, Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan (13,000, 33,800) Tanganyika, Tanzania-Congo (12,700, 32,893) Baikal, Russia (12,162, 31,500) Great Bear, Canada (12,000, 31,080) Nyasa, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania (11,600, 30,044)
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The following is a list of the top 5 largest lakes of the world (in sq miles) Caspian Sea (salt water) 370,992 Superior 82,103 Victoria 69,464 Aralb 64,501 Huron 59,600
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Lake Superior
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That's kind of a tough question since people seem to be divided as to whether The Caspian Sea is a lake or an actual sea. Being enclosed though, it fits the definition of "lake" better than that of "sea".
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The Caspian Sea. It's called a sea but it's really a lake, because it's completely surrounded by land.
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It's actually Lake Baikal : ) thats if you are counting VOLUME combined with FRESH water. By surface area- but with SALT water - it's the Caspian Sea. Although a 'Sea' it is landlocked so it's classed as a Lake. The largest in SURFACE area AND Fresh water is - as my esteemed friend Highlander said - Lake Superior. : )
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caspian sea
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Lake Baikal in Russia - athough the Caspian sea may be correct Yeah - it's the Caspian Sea Baikal is the deepest
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the largest lake in the world is the caspian sea but lake superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world but second largest in the world.The caspian is a lake despite the fact that it is called a sea.
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Lake Superior (U.S.-Canada) 31,700 square miles.
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By volume or area, the largest salt water lake is the Caspian Sea. The largest freshwater lake by area is Lake Superior. By volume the largest freshwatre lake is Lake Baikal.
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A lake any body of water surrounded by land and very large lakes are sometimes called seas. The world's largest lake is the salty Caspian Sea at 143,200 square miles, (370,886 km). The world's second largest lake, and the world's largest freshwater lake is North America's Lake Superior at 31,700 mi2 (82,103 km)
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Michigan-Huron! 117 702Km²
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