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Pangong Tso; Lake Baikal – Lake Baikal is located in Siberia in southeastern Russia, just north of Mongolia. Considered the oldest surviving freshwater lake on the planet, it is also the deepest body of water in Asia at 5,315 feet (1,620 m), and the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 20% of the planet's fresh water.
A salt lake, also known as a saline lake or brine lake, is an inland body of water situated in an arid or semiarid region, with no outlet to the sea, containing a high concentration of dissolved neutral salts (principally sodium chloride). Examples include the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the Dead Sea in southwestern Asia. [36] [52]
Scale depiction of the 15 largest lakes in the US. The following is a list of the 100 largest lakes of the United States by normal surface area.The top twenty lakes in size are as listed by the National Atlas of the United States, a publication of the United States Department of the Interior.
Āliapa'akai (Salt Lake), in the Honolulu neighborhood of Salt Lake, Hawaii [1] [2] Alieiki Lake [3] Green Lake (Hawaii) (formerly Wai a Pele) [4] [5] (destroyed on 2 June 2018 by an eruption) Hālaliʻi Lake (largest lake in Hawaii) [6] Halulu Lake (largest natural lake in Hawaii) [7] Ka Loko Reservoir [8] Keālia Pond [9] Loʻe Lake [10] Loko ...
List of lakes of Lake County, California; List of lakes of Colorado; List of lakes of Connecticut; List of lakes of Delaware; List of lakes of Florida; List of lakes of Georgia (U.S. state) List of lakes of Hawaii; List of lakes of Idaho; List of lakes of Illinois; List of lakes of Indiana; List of lakes of Iowa; List of lakes, reservoirs, and ...
Dymaxion world map with the 15 largest lakes roughly to scale. This is a pair of lists of terrestrial lakes with a surface area of more than approximately 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi), ranked by area, [1] [2] [3] excluding reservoirs and lagoons.
Lake [3] Type [2] Area Surface elevation (m.a.s.l.) Province Region Coordinates Notes Alligator: crater lake: 23 ha (57 acres) 2 m (6 ft 7 in) Laguna: IV-A: Also known as Lake Tadlac, it is located along the shore of Laguna de Bay in Brgy.
Lake Victoria (elevation 1,134 metres (3,720 ft)), with an area of 68,800 square kilometres (26,600 sq mi), is the largest lake in Africa. It is not in the Rift Valley, instead occupying a depression between the eastern and western rifts formed by the uplift of the rifts to either side.