lakes in the world

-Caspian Sea 

 

Location: Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran

Area (km ²): 394,299

Length (miles): 1199

Maximum depth (m): 946

Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia, Azerbaijan, Iran (province of Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan), Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, and Europe (Russia), Dagestan, Kalmykia and the Astrakhan Oblast. He is the largest inland body of water, with a surface area of 371,000 km ², and therefore has the characteristics possessed by the sea and lakes. He is often ranked as the world's largest lake, though it does not contain fresh water but salt water. 

-Superior 

 

Location: United States, Canada

Area (km ²): 82,414

Length (km): 616

Maximum depth (m): 406

Lake Superior is the largest North American Great Lakes that restrict Ontario in Canada, and Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan in the United States. He is the largest freshwater lake in the world in surface area.

- Victoria 

 

Location: Tanzania, Uganda

Area (km ²): 69,485

Length (km): 322

Maximum depth (m): 82

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe) is the largest lake in Africa, the world's largest tropical lake, and the second largest freshwater lake in surface area of the world after Lake Superior. The lake is located in a plateau in the western Great Rift Valley of Africa and regulated by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.