World's Top 5 Largest Lakes by Surface Area

What is the largest Lake in the World? In this video featured the top 5 largest Lakes in the World by Surface Area.

The Largest Lakes in the World

Lakes are bodies of water surrounded by land except for outlets or inlets in the form of rivers or streams that drain or feed the lakes respectively. Lakes are larger and deeper when compared to the bodies of water we refer to as ponds. Lakes can be freshwater or saline. It is estimated that there are around 2 million lakes across the globe. They are found in a wide variety of habitats and at different elevations.

Lakes can be formed as a result of tectonic, volcanic, or even glacial activities, but intentional and accidental human activities have also created and destroyed many lakes. Most of the world’s largest lakes are in North America. In the distant past, the region was covered by glaciers and many of these lakes here have glacial origins.

Below is a list of the 5 Largest lakes on Earth

5. Lake Michigan
▶️Surface Area : 58,016 km²
▶️Location : United States

▶️Lake Michigan is one of the North American Great Lakes. It is 494 km long and 190 km wide and has over 2,575 km of shoreline. The average depth of the lake is 85 m. It has a maximum depth of 282 m. It traces its origin to glacial activity.

4. Lake Huron
▶️Surface Area : 59,596 km²
▶️Location : Canada, United States

▶️Lake Huron is also a North American Great Lake. It's the 3rd largest freshwater lake. Lake Huron is 331 km long and 295 km wide. The deepest point of the lake is 229 m below surface, and its average depth is 59 m. Like the other Great Lakes, Lake Huron was formed due to the glacial activity. The Mackinac Strait and Saint Mary’s River are its primary inflows. Lake Huron is also home to the Manitoulin Island, the Largest 'lake island’ in the world.

3. Lake Victoria
▶️Surface Area : 69,485 km²
▶️Location, : Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

▶️Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake and the world’s largest tropical lake. Named after Queen Victoria, it is one of the African Great Lakes and is fed by inflows from the Kagera River. Lake Victoria is relatively shallow with an average depth of 40 m and a maximum depth of 84 m. It has 84 islands.

2. Lake Superior
▶️Surface Area : 82,414 km²
▶️Location : Canada, United States

▶️Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world, the 3rd largest lake by volume, and the 2nd largest lake of any kind by surface area in the world. Lake Superior is a North American Great Lake.Lake Superior has a maximum depth of 406 m. Water from Lake Superior drains into Lake Huron via the St. Mary’s River and the Soo Locks.

1. Caspian Sea
▶️Surface Area : 371,000 km²
▶️Location : Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Russia, Turkmenistan

▶️The Caspian Sea is technically the largest lake in the world. It holds 78,200 cubic km of water. The Caspian Sea is also the 3rd-deepest lake in the world. The deepest part of the lake is 1,025 m below surface. The average depth is 211 m. The Caspian Sea has an “endorheic basin” as it has no outflows. The Volga, Ural, Terek, and Kura Rivers are some of the lake's inflows.
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