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largest inland lakes and seas

	Location	sq km	sq mi
¹ Shrinking in area due to environmental factors; until the 1980s it was the world's 4th largest
² Artificial lake created by Akosombo Dam (1966)
³ Lake Maracaibo, in Venezuela, is far larger at 13,260 sq km (5,120 sq mi), but is linked to the Caribbean by a narrow channel and therefore not an ‘inland’ lake
⁴ Salt lakes that vary in size with rainfall
Europe
Lake Ladoga	Russia	17,700	6800
Lake Onega	Russia	9600	3700
Saimaa system	Finland	8000	3100
Vänern	Sweden	6500	2100
Asia
Caspian Sea [1]	W. Central Asia	371,000	143,000
Aral Sea¹ [6]	Kazakstan/Uzbekistan	33,640	13,000
Lake Baikal [9]	Russia	31,500	12,200
Tonlé Sap	Cambodia	20,000	7700
Lake Balkhash	Kazakstan	18,400	7100
Africa
Victoria Nyanza [3]	East Africa	68,000	26,000
Lake Tanganyika [7]	Central Africa	33,000	12,700
Lake Malawi [10]	East Africa	29,600	11,400
Lake Chad	Central Africa	26,000	10,000
Lake Turkana	Ethiopia/Kenya	8500	3300
Lake Volta²	Ghana	8480	3250
North America
Lake Superior [2]	Canada/USA	82,400	31,800
Lake Huron [4]	Canada/USA	59,600	23,010
Lake Michigan [5]	USA	58,000	22,300
Great Bear Lake [8]	Canada	31,800	12,280
Great Slave Lake	Canada	28,400	11,000
Lake Erie	Canada/USA	25,700	9900
Lake Winnipeg	Canada	24,500	9500
Lake Ontario	Canada/USA	19,700	7600
Lake Nicaragua	Nicaragua	8000	3100
South America
Lake Titicaca³	Bolivia/Peru	8300	3200
Lake Poopó	Peru	2800	1100
Australia
Lake Eyre⁴	Australia	9300	3600
Lake Torrens⁴	Australia	5800	2200
Lake Gairdner⁴	Australia	4800	1900

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