Largest Lakes

	Name	Countries with shoreline	Area	Length	Maximum depth	Water volume		Notes
1	Caspian Sea*	Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Iran Azerbaijan Russia	371,000 km2 (143,000 sq mi)	1,199 km (745 mi)	1,025 m (3,360 ft)	78,200 km3 (18,800 cu mi)		Variously considered the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. Geologically, it is a small ocean.[3]

	Name	Countries with shoreline	Area	Length	Maximum depth	Water volume		Notes
2	Michigan-Huron	Canada United States	117,702 km2 (45,445 sq mi)	710 km (440 mi)	282 m (930 ft)	8,458 km3 (2,029 cu mi)		Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are physically a single body of water. If counted separately, Huron and Michigan are the third and fourth largest, respectively.
3	Superior	Canada United States	82,414 km2 (31,820 sq mi)	616 km (383 mi)	406 m (1,330 ft)	12,100 km3 (2,900 cu mi)		The largest lake in the world if Huron-Michigan is counted as two lakes.
4	Victoria	Uganda Kenya Tanzania	69,485 km2 (26,828 sq mi)	322 km (200 mi)	84 m (280 ft)	2,750 km3 (660 cu mi)		The second largest lake in the world if Huron-Michigan is counted as two lakes.
5	Tanganyika	Burundi Tanzania Zambia Democratic Republic of the Congo	32,893 km2 (12,700 sq mi)	676 km (420 mi)	1,470 m (4,800 ft)	18,900 km3 (4,500 cu mi)		Second deepest lake in the world.
6	Baikal	Russia	31,500 km2 (12,200 sq mi)	636 km (395 mi)	1,637 m (5,370 ft)	23,600 km3 (5,700 cu mi)		Deepest lake in the world. Largest volume fresh water lake in the world.
7	Great Bear Lake	Canada	31,080 km2 (12,000 sq mi)	373 km (232 mi)	446 m (1,460 ft)	2,236 km3 (536 cu mi)
8	Malawi	Tanzania Mozambique Malawi	30,044 km2 (11,600 sq mi)	579 km (360 mi)	706 m (2,320 ft)	8,400 km3 (2,000 cu mi)
9	Great Slave Lake	Canada	28,930 km2 (11,170 sq mi)	480 km (300 mi)	614 m (2,010 ft)	2,090 km3 (500 cu mi)
10	Erie	Canada United States	25,719 km2 (9,930 sq mi)	388 km (241 mi)	64 m (210 ft)	489 km3 (117 cu mi)