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  2. Lake Baikal - Wikipedia

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    However, because it is also the deepest lake, [6] with a maximum depth of 1,642 metres (5,387 feet; 898 fathoms), [1] Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 23,615.39 km 3 (5,670 cu mi) of water [1] or 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water, [7] [8] more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined. [9]

  3. List of lakes by area - Wikipedia

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    Longest freshwater lake in the world and third largest of any kind by volume. [18] 7: Baikal Russia: Fresh 31,722 km 2 12,248 sq mi 636 km 395 mi 1,642 m 5,387 ft 23,610 km 3 5,660 cu mi Deepest lake in the world and largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. [19] 8: Great Bear Lake Canada: Fresh 31,153 km 2 12,028 sq mi 373 km 232 mi 446 m

  4. List of lakes by volume - Wikipedia

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    This article lists lakes with a water volume of more than 100 km 3, ranked by volume. The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. [1] 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.

  5. Caspian Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. [2] [3] [4] An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau.

  6. List of lakes of Russia - Wikipedia

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    List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order: Achchyon (Аччён) Akush (Акуш) Arakhley (Арахле́й) Baikal (Байкал) Bakhmatovskoye ...

  7. Why the largest lakes in the US are essential to the economy ...

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    The Great Lakes, which comprise five of the country's largest lakes and the biggest freshwater system in the world, include shipping channels crucial to the U.S. and Canada.

  8. List of lakes by depth - Wikipedia

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    The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust. However, it is generally regarded by geographers as a large endorheic salt lake. Of these registered lakes; 10 have a deepest point above the sea level. These are: Issyk-Kul, Crater Lake, Quesnel, Sarez, Toba, Tahoe, Kivu, Nahuel Huapi, Van and Poso.

  9. Lethal lake in Russia could kill you - AOL

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    The lake sits in western Russia near the border of Kazakhstan. Nearby is Mayak, formerly known as Chelyabinsk one of the country's largest nuclear production sites. See more in the gallery below: