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Largest lakes

100 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.

The 100 largest lakes by surface area. Free to play, with no account needed. What you miss comes back for review until it sticks.

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 Vostok12,500 km²
  17. 17Lake Onega9,800 km²
  18. 18Lake Titicaca8,372 km²
  19. 19Lake Nicaragua8,264 km²
  20. 20Lake Athabasca7,850 km²
  21. 21Reindeer Lake6,500 km²
  22. 22Lake Turkana6,405 km²
  23. 23Issyk-Kul6,236 km²
  24. 24Vänern5,650 km²
  25. 25Lake Albert5,270 km²
  26. 26Lake Urmia5,200 km²
  27. 27Lake Winnipegosis5,164 km²
  28. 28Nettilling Lake5,051 km²
  29. 29Lake Nipigon4,848 km²
  30. 30Lake Mweru4,650 km²
  31. 31Lake Manitoba4,624 km²
  32. 32Lake Taymyr4,560 km²
  33. 33Qinghai Lake4,400 km²
  34. 34Saimaa4,400 km²
  35. 35Great Salt Lake4,400 km²
  36. 36Lake of the Woods4,350 km²
  37. 37Lake Khanka4,190 km²
  38. 38Sarygamysh Lake3,955 km²
  39. 39Dubawnt Lake3,833 km²
  40. 40Lake Van3,755 km²
  41. 41Lake Tana3,600 km²
  42. 42Lake Peipus3,543 km²
  43. 43Uvs Lake3,350 km²
  44. 44Poyang Lake3,210 km²
  45. 45Amadjuak Lake3,115 km²
  46. 46Lake Melville3,069 km²
  47. 47Dongting Lake2,820 km²
  48. 48Lake Khövsgöl2,760 km²
  49. 49Lake Kivu2,700 km²
  50. 50Lake Bangweulu2,700 km²
  51. 51Lake Alakol2,650 km²
  52. 52Iliamna Lake2,622 km²
  53. 53Lake Rukwa2,600 km²
  54. 54Hulun Lake2,399 km²
  55. 55Selin Co2,391 km²
  56. 56Lake Mistassini2,335 km²
  57. 57Lake Mai-Ndombe2,300 km²
  58. 58Wollaston Lake2,286 km²
  59. 59Lake Tai2,250 km²
  60. 60Lake Edward2,150 km²

and 40 more lakes, all in the quiz.

Surface area in km², natural lakes only (no reservoirs). The Caspian Sea is included because it is a lake by hydrological definition. Areas of shallow or saline lakes fluctuate by season and year. Lakes whose extent depends on the season or the decade are left out, though they would rank here when full: Lake Eyre North (8,144 km² at its mapped extent, dry most years), the shrunken Aral Sea (the South Aral about 7,300 km², the North Aral 3,300) and Lake Chad (about 1,540 km² today, 25,000 in the 1960s); the lakes pool lists them, with the fact that their area varies.

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