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Famous Lakes of the World
Big and famous lakes and where they are.
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- Caspian SeaLakeBetween Europe and Asia; the world's largest lake by area (salty)
- Lake SuperiorLakeNorth America; the largest of the Great Lakes, between the U.S. and Canada
- Lake VictoriaLakeEast Africa: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania; Africa's largest lake
- Lake HuronLakeGreat Lakes; between Michigan and Ontario
- Lake MichiganLakeGreat Lakes; the only one completely inside the United States
- Lake ErieLakeGreat Lakes; the shallowest, with Niagara River leaving it
- Lake OntarioLakeGreat Lakes; the smallest by area, east of Erie
- Lake TanganyikaLakeEast Africa; very long and deep
- Lake MalawiLakeMalawi, Mozambique and Tanzania
- Lake ChadLakeCentral Africa; has shrunk a lot
- Lake TurkanaLakeKenya; the largest desert lake
- Lake NasserLakeEgypt and Sudan; made by the Aswan High Dam
- Lake BaikalLakeSiberia, Russia; the deepest lake in the world
- Aral SeaLakeKazakhstan and Uzbekistan; mostly dried up
- Dead SeaLakeIsrael, Jordan and the West Bank; a super salty lake, the lowest land on Earth
- Sea of GalileeLakeIsrael; a freshwater lake
- Lake TiticacaLakePeru and Bolivia; the highest large navigable lake
- Lake MaracaiboLakeVenezuela
- Great Bear LakeLakeNorthwest Territories, Canada
- Great Slave LakeLakeNorthwest Territories, Canada; very deep
- Lake WinnipegLakeManitoba, Canada
- Lake AthabascaLakeAlberta and Saskatchewan, Canada
- Great Salt LakeLakeUtah; a big salty lake
- Lake TahoeLakeCalifornia and Nevada; a clear mountain lake
- Crater LakeLakeOregon; the deepest lake in the United States, in an old volcano
- Lake OkeechobeeLakeFlorida; the largest freshwater lake in the state
- Lake ChamplainLakeVermont, New York and Quebec
- Lake PontchartrainLakeLouisiana, next to New Orleans
- Lake MeadLakeNevada and Arizona; made by Hoover Dam
- Lake PowellLakeUtah and Arizona; made by Glen Canyon Dam
- Lake of the WoodsLakeMinnesota, Ontario and Manitoba
- Finger LakesLakeNew York State; a group of long narrow lakes
- Lake GenevaLakeSwitzerland and France
- Lake ConstanceLakeGermany, Austria and Switzerland
- Lake ComoLakeItaly; in the foothills of the Alps
- Lake GardaLakeItaly; the largest lake in Italy
- Loch NessLakeScotland; the legend of a monster
- Lake WindermereLakeEngland; the largest lake in England, in the Lake District
- Lake LadogaLakeRussia; the largest lake in Europe
- Lake VänernLakeSweden; the largest lake in the European Union
- Lake TaupōLakeNew Zealand's North Island; the largest lake in New Zealand
- Lake EyreLakeSouth Australia; a huge salt lake that is usually dry
- Lake TobaLakeSumatra, Indonesia; a big volcanic lake
- Qinghai LakeLakeChina; the largest lake in China
- Lake BiwaLakeJapan; the largest lake in Japan
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