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

75 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 Huron59,600 km²
  4. 4Lake Michigan57,750 km²
  5. 5Lake Baikal31,722 km²
  6. 6Great Bear Lake31,153 km²
  7. 7Great Slave Lake27,209 km²
  8. 8Lake Erie25,744 km²
  9. 9Lake Winnipeg24,400 km²
  10. 10Lake Ontario18,529 km²
  11. 11Lake Balkhash18,200 km²
  12. 12Lake Ladoga17,700 km²
  13. 13Lake Onega9,800 km²
  14. 14Lake Nicaragua8,264 km²
  15. 15Lake Athabasca7,850 km²
  16. 16South Aral Sea7,300 km²
  17. 17Reindeer Lake6,500 km²
  18. 18Lake Turkana6,405 km²
  19. 19Issyk-Kul6,236 km²
  20. 20Vänern5,650 km²
  21. 21Lake Albert5,270 km²
  22. 22Lake Urmia5,200 km²
  23. 23Lake Winnipegosis5,164 km²
  24. 24Nettilling Lake5,051 km²
  25. 25Lake Nipigon4,848 km²
  26. 26Lake Manitoba4,624 km²
  27. 27Lake Taymyr4,560 km²
  28. 28Great Salt Lake4,400 km²
  29. 29Qinghai Lake4,400 km²
  30. 30Saimaa4,400 km²
  31. 31Lake of the Woods4,350 km²
  32. 32Lake Khanka4,190 km²
  33. 33Sarygamysh Lake3,955 km²
  34. 34Dubawnt Lake3,833 km²
  35. 35Lake Van3,755 km²
  36. 36Lake Tana3,600 km²
  37. 37Lake Peipus3,543 km²
  38. 38Uvs Lake3,350 km²
  39. 39North Aral Sea3,300 km²
  40. 40Poyang Lake3,210 km²
  41. 41Amadjuak Lake3,115 km²
  42. 42Lake Melville3,069 km²
  43. 43Aydar Lake3,000 km²
  44. 44Dongting Lake2,820 km²
  45. 45Lake Khövsgöl2,760 km²
  46. 46Tonle Sap2,700 km²
  47. 47Lake Alakol2,650 km²
  48. 48Iliamna Lake2,622 km²
  49. 49Hulun Lake2,399 km²
  50. 50Selin Co2,391 km²
  51. 51Lake Mistassini2,335 km²
  52. 52Wollaston Lake2,286 km²
  53. 53Lake Tai2,250 km²
  54. 54Lake Tuz2,075 km²
  55. 55Nueltin Lake2,033 km²
  56. 56Southern Indian Lake2,015 km²
  57. 57Lake Chany2,000 km²
  58. 58Hongze Lake1,960 km²
  59. 59McLeod Bay1,934 km²
  60. 60Nam Co1,920 km²

and 15 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 northern hemisphere: north of the equator. 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 northern hemisphere.

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