List of lakes by area

This is a list of terrestrial lakes with a surface area of more than approximately 2,000 square kilometres (800 sq mi), ranked by area. This list does not include reservoirs or lagoons.

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 excludes seasonal lakes such as Lake Eyre (max area 9500 km²), Mar Chiquita Lake (Córdoba) (max area 6000 km²), Lake Torrens (max area 5745 km²) and Great Salt Lake (max area 4400 km²).

List of lakes

* denotes saline lake.

Source for the 20 largest lakes (and their areas):

See also

• List of lakes by volume
• List of lakes by depth
• List of largest lakes of Europe
• Recursive islands and lakes
• Aral Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km² (26,300 sq mi)
• Lake Chad, formerly the eleventh largest lake in the world, with an area of 26,000 km² (10,000 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

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.

External links

• "Large Lakes of the World". FactMonster. Pearson Education.
• "The Largest Lakes on Each Continent". I Didnt Know This. All Wondrous Things.