This is a list of terrestrial lakes with a surface area of more than 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), ranked by area. This list does not include reservoirs and lagoons.
<p>The area of some lakes can vary considerably over time, either seasonally or from year to year. This is especially true of salt lakes in arid climates.This list does not include extraterrestrial lakes, such as Kraken Mare (400 000Â km2) on Saturn's moon, Titan.
List of lakes
* denotes saline lake.
Source for the 20 largest lakes (and their areas):
This list excludes seasonal lakes such as Lake Eyre (max area 9500 km²) and Lake Torrens (max area 5745 km²).
See also
- List of lakes by volume
- List of lakes by depth
- List of largest lakes of Europe
- Aral Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km2 (26,300 sq mi)
- Lake Urmia, formerly the twenty-ninth largest lake in the world, with an area of 5,200 km2 (2,000 sq mi)
- Lake Michigan-Huron
Notes and references
Note: Lake areas may slightly vary depending on the sources.
- Notes
- References
External links
- "Large Lakes of the World". FactMonster. Pearson Education.Â
Further reading
- Largest lakes of the former USSR, Water Quality Assessment of the Former Soviet Union (1998) ISBN 0419239200
- North America: Physical features, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge (2011) ISBN 0312643020
