Lake Okeechobee in Florida may not be in the top 10 biggest lakes, but it’s got the coolest name.
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That map looks thirsty
srmndeep on
Should have honorary mention of Aral Sea !
miraVOLLA on
rip Aral Sea forever in our hearts
Trakinasbr25 on
Just a question, should the Caspian has its own class of body of water? Tiny ocean? Colossal lake? And the great lakes (American and African ones), should they have a different classification?
groupnight on
The Caspian sea is not a F’en lake
Lake superior is number #1, that’s why it’s called Superior
HalfHorseHalfMann on
Ahh thank god.
Not Snakes, but lakes….phew
nemom on
For one definition of „largest“.
HarlequinBKK on
4 of these top 10 largest lakes are in Canada (2 of them shared with the USA). The way I see it, if the world ever runs severely short of freshwater, Canada becomes a world superpower.
DiaBoloix on
By surface, the Michigan-Huron is the biggest (yes, it’s a unique body of water)
By volume, Baikal. It has 21% of all the world’s surface freshwater, while the Great Lakes altogether have the 20%.
Politically speaking, and not geographically. Lake Victoria in Africa is the biggest.
Then Caspian is Tethis Ocean dinosaur, so difficult to classify.
RumSunSea on
Ten largest lakes by what; the surface, the volume? Fresh water lakes, salt water lakes? Did anyone ever heard about Caspian lake? I never heart that term, did you?
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Lake Okeechobee in Florida may not be in the top 10 biggest lakes, but it’s got the coolest name.
That map looks thirsty
Should have honorary mention of Aral Sea !
rip Aral Sea forever in our hearts
Just a question, should the Caspian has its own class of body of water? Tiny ocean? Colossal lake? And the great lakes (American and African ones), should they have a different classification?
The Caspian sea is not a F’en lake
Lake superior is number #1, that’s why it’s called Superior
Ahh thank god.
Not Snakes, but lakes….phew
For one definition of „largest“.
4 of these top 10 largest lakes are in Canada (2 of them shared with the USA). The way I see it, if the world ever runs severely short of freshwater, Canada becomes a world superpower.
By surface, the Michigan-Huron is the biggest (yes, it’s a unique body of water)
By volume, Baikal. It has 21% of all the world’s surface freshwater, while the Great Lakes altogether have the 20%.
Politically speaking, and not geographically. Lake Victoria in Africa is the biggest.
Then Caspian is Tethis Ocean dinosaur, so difficult to classify.
Ten largest lakes by what; the surface, the volume? Fresh water lakes, salt water lakes? Did anyone ever heard about Caspian lake? I never heart that term, did you?
Area or volume?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Fuller_projection_with_largest_lakes_by_area.svg/500px-Fuller_projection_with_largest_lakes_by_area.svg.png
I prefer this projection
Lake Michigan and Huron are actually the same lake, hydrologically.