what is the bigest lake in the word?

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from asia

Answer 1

The largest lake in the world by surface area is the Caspian Sea. With a surface area of 394,299 km², it has a surface area greater than the next six largest lakes combined.



The largest freshwater lake by surface area, and second largest by volume, is Lake Superior with a surface area of 82,414 km². However, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan form a single hydrological system with surface area 117,350 km², sometimes designated Lake Michigan-Huron. All these are part of the Great Lakes of North America.



The deepest lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia, with a bottom at 1,637 m (5,371 ft.) and is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume.



The world's oldest lake is Lake Baikal, followed by Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania).





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Answer 2

Lake Baikal



Facts About Lake Baikal:

The world's deepest lake (1 mile), the world's oldest lake (25 million years), home to a fifth of the world's fresh water and over 1000 endemic species, including the world's only freshwater seal. The water is so clear you can see over 100 feet down. The ice freezes so thick in the winter that engineers once tried to run a train across it (the train sank, leaving an 11-mile trench).

Answer 3

It's The Caspian Sea In North Coast Of Iran



It's Called a Sea, But It's A lake, Cuz It's Not Connected



To An Ocean !

Answer 4

The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water at 143,200 square miles (370,886 km2). The largest freshwater lake is Lake Superior in North America at 31,700 mi2 (82,103 km2). Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area with Lake Baikal in Siberia is larger by volume.

Answer 5

Lake Baikal in East Siberia, Russia, is the biggest and deepest fresh water lake in the world with an area of 12000 square miles

Answer 6

Lake Baikal

Answer 7

There are two ways to define biggest

1. Size or Area

2. Volume



By Size

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Biggest is Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km) . But it is not a fresh water lake.



Lake Superior - 31,700 sq. mi, Is the Largest fresh water lake in the world



LAKES (By Size)

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Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km)

Superior, North America (82,100 sq km)

Victoria, Africa (69,500 sq km)

Huron, North America (59,600 sq km)

Michigan, North America (57,800 sq km)

Tanganyika, Africa (32,900 sq km)

Baikal, Asia (31,500 sq km)





By Volume

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The volume is defined by amount of water it holds.



Lake Baikal is the largest (by volume).A World Heritage Site, it lies in Southern Siberia in Russia, between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and Buryatia to the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk. The name derives from Tatar "Bai-Kul" - "rich lake". It is also known as the Blue Eye of Siberia.

Answer 8

great lakes

Answer 9

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