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This article lists lakes with a water volume of more than 100 km³, ranked by volume. The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. Generally, the volume must be inferred from bathymetric data by integration. Lake volumes can also change dramatically over time and during the year, especially for salt lakes in arid climates. For these reasons, and because of changing research, information on lake volumes can vary considerably from source to source. The base data for this article are from The Water Encyclopedia (1990).[1] Where volume data from more recent surveys or other authoritative sources has been used, it is referenced in each entry.
The list
The volume of the lakes by varies little by season. This list does not include reservoirs; if it did, six reservoirs would appear on the list: Lake Kariba at 26th, Bratsk Reservoir, Lake Volta, Lake Nasser, Manicouagan Reservoir, and Lake Guri.
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- Oceanic lakes
Two bodies of water at times considered to be lakes are hydrologically ocean (Maracaibo) or geologically ocean (the Caspian Sea).
| Name | Country | Region | Surface area | Water volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caspian Sea[2] |  Azerbaijan, Template:Country data Russia, Template:Country data Kazakhstan, Template:Country data Turkmenistan, Template:Country data Iran
|
371,000 km2 () | Template:Convert/km3 | |
| Maracaibo[3] | Template:Country data Venezuela | Trujillo, Zulia | 13,210 km2 () | Template:Convert/km3 |
- Continental lakes
The following are geological as well as geographical lakes.
In 1960, the Aral Sea was the world's twelfth-largest known lake by volume, at Template:Convert/km3. However, by 2007 it had shrunk to 10% of its original volume and was divided into three lakes; none of them is large enough to appear on this list.[15]
By continent
- Africa: Lake Tanganyika
- Antarctica: Lake Vostok
- Asia: Lake Baikal (Caspian Sea)
- Oceania: Lake Eyre
- Europe: Lake Ladoga
- North America: Lake Superior
- South America: Lake Titicaca
Notes and references
- Notes
- References
- ↑ van der Leeden; Troise; Todd (1990), The Water Encyclopedia (2nd ed.), Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publishers, p. 198–200
- ↑ The Caspian Sea is generally regarded by geographers, biologists and limnologists as a huge inland salt lake. It is endorheic (having no outlet), and can be compared to other large (but still much smaller) endorheic salt lakes, such as the Aral Sea, Great Salt Lake and Lake Van. However, the Caspian's large size means that for some purposes it is better modeled as a sea. Geologically, the Caspian, Black, and Mediterranean seas are remnants of the ancient Tethys Ocean. Politically, the distinction between a sea and a lake may affect how the Caspian is treated by international law.
- ↑ Lake Maracaibo is generally regarded as a lake, but is seen by geologists as an inlet of the Caribbean Sea. It lies approximately at sea level, is somewhat salty and is connected to the Caribbean via a channel at its northern end.
- ↑ Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake by volume.
- ↑ Which Lake is the World's Largest?
- ↑ "Lakes Michigan and Huron are considered to be one lake hydraulically because of their connection through the deep Straits of Mackinac." Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Great Lakes Sensitivity to Climatic Forcing: Hydrological Models." NOAA, 2006.
- ↑ "Lakes Michigan and Huron are considered to be one lake, as they rise and fall together due to their union at the Straits of Mackinac." U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Hydrological Components" Record Low Water Levels Expected on Lake Superior. August 2007. p.6
- ↑ "Great Lakes Map". Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,4561,7-135-3313_3677-15926--,00.html. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ↑ "Largest Lake in the World". geology.com. http://geology.com/records/largest-lake.shtml. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ↑ Hebert, Paul (2007), "Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories", Encyclopedia of Earth, Washington, DC: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment, http://www.eoearth.org/article/Great_Bear_Lake,_Northwest_Territories, retrieved 2007-12-07
- ↑ http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/153100/
- ↑ Degens, E.T.; Wong, H.K.; Kempe, S.; Kurtman, F. (June 1984), "A geological study of Lake Van, eastern Turkey", International Journal of Earth Sciences (Springer) 73 (2): 701–734, doi:10.1007/BF01824978, http://www.springerlink.com/content/x5285613642v3665/
- ↑ "Lake Nipigon". World Lake Database. International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC). http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/Lake.asp?LakeID=SNAM-099&RoutePrm=0%3A%3B4%3Aload%3B. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ Although some parts of Indonesia are often regarded as belonging to Oceania, Sumatra and Lake Toba are generally placed in Asia.
- ↑ Philip Micklin; Nikolay V. Aladin (March 2008). "Reclaiming the Aral Sea". Scientific American. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=reclaiming-the-aral-sea&sc=rss. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
