A lake is an area filled with slowly moving or standing water, confine in a basin, surrounded by land, apart from any channel that feeds or drains it. Lakes are not part of the ocean. List and brief details of famous lakes are given below.
v Caspian Sea
® Location: Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia
® Area: 394,299 Square Kilometers
® Length: 1,199 Kilometers
® Water Taste: Salt
v Superior Lake
® Location: USA-Canada
® Area: 82,414 Square Kilometers
® Length: 616 Kilometers
® Water Taste: Fresh
v Victoria Lake
® Location: Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya
® Area: 69,485 Square Kilometers
® Length: 322 Kilometer
® Water Taste: Fresh
v Aral Sea
® Location: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
® Area: 66,457 Square Kilometers
® Length: 428 Kilometers
® Water Taste: Salt
v Huron
® Location: USA-Canada
® Area: 59,596 Square Kilometers
® Length: 397 Kilometer
® Water Taste: Fresh
v Tanganyika
® Location: Tanzania-Zaire (Congo)
® Area: 32,893 Square Kilometers
® Length: 676 Kilometers
® Water Taste: Fresh
v Baikal
® Location: Russia
® Area: 32,500 Square Kilometers
® Length: 636 Kilometers
® Water Taste: Fresh
v Great Bear
® Location: Canada
® Area: 31,080 Square Kilometers
® Length: 373 Kilometers
® Water Taste: Fresh
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