June 18 - 25

The Ten Largest Lakes of the World

Rank	Name, Location	Area (sq. miles)	Length (miles)	Max. Depth (feet)
1.	Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran (salt water)	152,239	745	3,104
2.	Superior, U.S.-Canada	31,820	383	1,333
3.	Victoria, Tanzania-Uganda	26,828	200	270
4.	Huron, U.S.-Canada	23,010	247	750
5.	Michigan, U.S.	22,400	321	923
6.	Aral, Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan	13,000	266	223
7.	Tanganyika, Tanzania-Congo	12,700	420	4,708
8.	Baikal, Russia	12,162	395	5,712
9.	Great Bear, Canada	12,000	232	270
10.	Nyasa, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania	11,600	360	2,316

Note: The Caspian Sea is called "sea" because the Romans, finding it salty, named it Mare Caspium. Many geographers, however, consider it a lake because it is land locked.