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Lakes in the eastern hemisphere among the world’s 100 largest

61 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 Victoria68,100 km²
  3. 3Lake Tanganyika32,900 km²
  4. 4Lake Baikal31,722 km²
  5. 5Lake Malawi29,600 km²
  6. 6Lake Balkhash18,200 km²
  7. 7Lake Ladoga17,700 km²
  8. 8Lake Onega9,800 km²
  9. 9Lake Eyre North8,144 km²
  10. 10South Aral Sea7,300 km²
  11. 11Lake Turkana6,405 km²
  12. 12Issyk-Kul6,236 km²
  13. 13Lake Torrens5,700 km²
  14. 14Vänern5,650 km²
  15. 15Lake Albert5,270 km²
  16. 16Lake Urmia5,200 km²
  17. 17Lake Mackay4,737 km²
  18. 18Lake Mweru4,650 km²
  19. 19Lake Taymyr4,560 km²
  20. 20Qinghai Lake4,400 km²
  21. 21Saimaa4,400 km²
  22. 22Lake Gairdner4,350 km²
  23. 23Lake Khanka4,190 km²
  24. 24Sarygamysh Lake3,955 km²
  25. 25Lake Van3,755 km²
  26. 26Lake Tana3,600 km²
  27. 27Lake Peipus3,543 km²
  28. 28Uvs Lake3,350 km²
  29. 29North Aral Sea3,300 km²
  30. 30Poyang Lake3,210 km²
  31. 31Aydar Lake3,000 km²
  32. 32Dongting Lake2,820 km²
  33. 33Lake Khövsgöl2,760 km²
  34. 34Lake Bangweulu2,700 km²
  35. 35Lake Kivu2,700 km²
  36. 36Tonle Sap2,700 km²
  37. 37Lake Alakol2,650 km²
  38. 38Lake Rukwa2,600 km²
  39. 39Lake Frome2,596 km²
  40. 40Hulun Lake2,399 km²
  41. 41Selin Co2,391 km²
  42. 42Lake Mai-Ndombe2,300 km²
  43. 43Lake Tai2,250 km²
  44. 44Lake Edward2,150 km²
  45. 45Lake Tuz2,075 km²
  46. 46Lake Chany2,000 km²
  47. 47Lake Barlee1,980 km²
  48. 48Hongze Lake1,960 km²
  49. 49Lake Macleod1,938 km²
  50. 50Nam Co1,920 km²
  51. 51Vättern1,893 km²
  52. 52Lake Zaysan1,860 km²
  53. 53Lake Kyoga1,720 km²
  54. 54Lake Cowan1,600 km²
  55. 55Lake Tengiz1,590 km²
  56. 56Khar-Us Lake1,578 km²
  57. 57Lake Chad1,540 km²
  58. 58Lake Milh1,501 km²
  59. 59Kumpupintil Lake1,500 km²
  60. 60Lake Mweru Wantipa1,500 km²

and 1 more, all in the quiz.

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. The eastern hemisphere: east of the prime meridian, to 180°. Places are by geography: what lies in a dependency counts for its own region (Puerto Rico’s islands are the Caribbean’s, Réunion’s Africa’s), and Hawaii is in Polynesia. Ranked in the world first: the 100 largest lakes of the world, and of those the ones in the eastern hemisphere.

On the map

Map of Lakes in the eastern hemisphere among the world’s 100 largest, 61 lakes: each one marked on the globe

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