Alphabetical Name List of Large Lakes
The 50 Largest Lakes
 Lakes with large water volume
Deep Lakes Pictures of World Lakes
Large Lakes with surface area in excess of 500km2
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Continent Number
of lakes		 Area
103km2		 Countries (number of lakes)
ASIA 61 559 China(25), Russia(8),Kazakhstan(7), Mongolia(5),Turkey(4), Iran(3), Afghanistan(2), India(2),....., Japan(1)
AFRICA 23 197 Congo(7), Ethiopia(4), Tanzania(4), Zambia(3), Uganda(3)
EUROPE 25 61 Russia(11), Finland(5), Sweden(3)
NORTH AMERICA 122 486 Canada(97), USA(26), Nicaragua(2), Mexico(2)
SOUTH AMERICA 14 46 Argentina(8), Chile(4), Bolivia(2)
OCEANIA 8 23 Australia(7), New Zealand(1)
TOTAL 253 1,372 fresh(188), brackish(15), salt(50)

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REFERENCES
  • Herdendorf, C.E..(1982):Large lakes of the world, J. Great Lakes Res., 8(3):379-412.
  • Tilzer, M.M. and Serruya, C. (1990): "Large Lakes", Springer-Verlag. pp.691.
  • International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC):World Lakes Database, http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/database.html
  • World Lakes Network, http://www.worldlakes.org/lakes.asp
  • National Astronomical Observatoru, Japan(2007): Chronological Scientific Tables, Maruzen,pp.1022.

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