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Located entirely within Canada, this lake covers about 7,850 km².
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This lake lies wholly inside Canada and spans roughly 3,069 km².
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Found entirely within China, this lake covers approximately 4,489 km².
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Located entirely within Canada, this lake covers about 3,115 km².
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Found entirely within Russia, this lake covers approximately 17,700 km².
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With a surface area of about 4,190 km², this lake is located in Russia and China.
KHANKAThis lake lies wholly inside Antarctica (subglacial) and spans roughly 12,500 km².
VOSTOKShared by Mongolia and Russia, this lake ranks among the world's largest at roughly 3,350 km².
UVSFound entirely within Russia, this lake covers approximately 9,700 km².
ONEGALocated entirely within Canada, this lake covers about 27,200 km².
SLAVEThis lake lies wholly inside Tanzania and spans roughly 5,615 km².
RUKWAThis lake, found in Canada and the United States, covers roughly 4,350 km².
WOODSLocated entirely within Canada, this lake covers about 4,706 km².
MANITOBALocated entirely within the United States, this lake covers about 57,800 km².
MICHIGANFound entirely within Ethiopia, this lake covers approximately 3,200 km².
TANAWith a surface area of about 19,011 km², this lake is located in Canada and the United States.
ONTARIOThis lake lies wholly inside Russia and spans roughly 4,560 km².
TAYMYRFound entirely within Canada, this lake covers approximately 4,848 km².
NIPIGONLocated entirely within Kazakhstan, this lake covers about 3,300 km².
ARALLocated entirely within Kazakhstan, this lake covers about 16,400 km².
BALKHASHCovering approximately 59,940 km², this lake lies within Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.
VICTORIAFound entirely within Kyrgyzstan, this lake covers approximately 6,236 km².
ISSYKKULLake Tanganyika, the world's second-deepest lake, is bordered by Tanzania, Congo, and Burundi, plus this country to its south.
ZAMBIALocated entirely within Sweden, this lake covers about 5,650 km².
VANERNShared by Canada and the United States, this lake ranks among the world's largest at roughly 82,100 km².
SUPERIORAlso called Lake Nyasa, this African Great Lake is bordered by Mozambique and Tanzania.
MALAWISpanning about 5,120 km², this lake sits within Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
MWERUThis lake lies wholly inside Canada and spans roughly 3,833 km².
DUBAWNTThis lake lies wholly inside Russia and spans roughly 31,722 km².
BAIKALThis Central American freshwater lake is famous for a population of freshwater bull sharks.
NICARAGUAThis lake lies wholly inside Canada and spans roughly 6,650 km².
REINDEERShared by Kenya and Ethiopia, this lake ranks among the world's largest at roughly 6,405 km².
TURKANAThis lake, found in Canada and the United States, covers roughly 25,667 km².
ERIESpanning about 59,570 km², this lake sits within Canada and the United States.
HURONBordering Estonia and Russia, this lake covers about 3,555 km² of surface area.
PEIPUSBordering Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Russia, this is the world's largest lake by surface area, at roughly 371,000 km².
CASPIANLocated entirely within Finland, this lake covers about 4,380 km².
SAIMAABordering Peru and Bolivia, this lake covers about 8,372 km² of surface area.
TITICACACovering approximately 5,590 km², this lake lies within Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
ALBERTThis lake lies wholly inside Canada and spans roughly 24,514 km².
WINNIPEGFound entirely within Turkey, this lake covers approximately 3,755 km².
VANFound entirely within Canada, this lake covers approximately 31,153 km².
BEARFound entirely within Zambia, this lake covers approximately 3,000 km².
BANGWEULUThis lake lies wholly inside China and spans roughly 3,210 km².
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