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50 largest lakes in the world

50 lakes, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The lakes

  1. 1Caspian Sea386,400 km²
  2. 2Lake Superior82,350 km²
  3. 3Lake Victoria68,100 km²
  4. 4Lake Huron59,600 km²
  5. 5Lake Michigan57,750 km²
  6. 6Lake Tanganyika32,900 km²
  7. 7Lake Baikal31,722 km²
  8. 8Great Bear Lake31,153 km²
  9. 9Lake Malawi29,600 km²
  10. 10Great Slave Lake27,209 km²
  11. 11Lake Erie25,744 km²
  12. 12Lake Winnipeg24,400 km²
  13. 13Lake Ontario18,529 km²
  14. 14Lake Balkhash18,200 km²
  15. 15Lake Ladoga17,700 km²
  16. 16Lake Onega9,800 km²
  17. 17Lake Titicaca8,372 km²
  18. 18Lake Nicaragua8,264 km²
  19. 19Lake Eyre North8,144 km²
  20. 20Lake Athabasca7,850 km²
  21. 21South Aral Sea7,300 km²
  22. 22Reindeer Lake6,500 km²
  23. 23Lake Turkana6,405 km²
  24. 24Issyk-Kul6,236 km²
  25. 25Mar Chiquita5,770 km²
  26. 26Lake Torrens5,700 km²
  27. 27Vänern5,650 km²
  28. 28Lake Albert5,270 km²
  29. 29Lake Urmia5,200 km²
  30. 30Lake Winnipegosis5,164 km²
  31. 31Nettilling Lake5,051 km²
  32. 32Lake Nipigon4,848 km²
  33. 33Lake Mackay4,737 km²
  34. 34Lake Mweru4,650 km²
  35. 35Lake Manitoba4,624 km²
  36. 36Lake Taymyr4,560 km²
  37. 37Great Salt Lake4,400 km²
  38. 38Qinghai Lake4,400 km²
  39. 39Saimaa4,400 km²
  40. 40Lake Gairdner4,350 km²
  41. 41Lake of the Woods4,350 km²
  42. 42Lake Khanka4,190 km²
  43. 43Lagoa Mirim3,994 km²
  44. 44Sarygamysh Lake3,955 km²
  45. 45Dubawnt Lake3,833 km²
  46. 46Lake Van3,755 km²
  47. 47Lake Tana3,600 km²
  48. 48Lake Peipus3,543 km²
  49. 49Uvs Lake3,350 km²
  50. 50North Aral Sea3,300 km²

Surface area in km²: the Largest Lakes set’s figure for its lakes, else Wikidata’s (P2046) where it fits the outline, else the area of the outline. Seasonal salt pans keep their recorded figure; their area varies. Every named lake Natural Earth maps at 1:10m (with its supplements for Europe, North America and Australia), and every lake of the Largest Lakes set. The Caspian Sea counts as a lake, as in that set; coastal lagoons (the Vistula Lagoon, the Black Sea limans) do not. Countries are those on its shores, from the outlines. Natural lakes only: reservoirs (artificial lakes behind a dam, as Natural Earth or Wikidata mark them) are left out. Lakes in Antarctica are left out unless the quiz includes Antarctica.

On the map

Map of 50 largest lakes in the world, 50 lakes: each one marked on the globe

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