Huge List of Famous Lakes - Statistics

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Hint Area Lake % Correct
Named for a queen 59,940 Lake Victoria
96%
Largest lake entirely within the United States 58,030 Lake Michigan
90%
Largest freshwater lake by area 82,100 Lake Superior
90%
Considered the largest lake in the world, but also a full-fledged sea 389,000 Caspian Sea
89%
Cleveland's lake 25,667 Lake Erie
88%
Deepest and oldest lake in the world, and also the largest freshwater lake by volume 31,722 Lake Baikal
83%
Toronto's lake 18,970 Lake Ontario
81%
Lake in Scotland known for its sea monster 36.2 Loch Ness
80%
Named for a Native American group 59,590 Lake Huron
79%
Shares its name with a country in southern Africa 29,600 Lake Malawi
72%
Largest lake in South America, and largest lake in the mountains 8,372 Lake Titicaca
72%
Its shoreline has the lowest elevation of any place on the Earth's surface 605 Dead Sea
68%
One of two Canadian lakes starting with "Great" 31,153 Great Bear Lake
68%
Largest in Utah 950 Great Salt Lake
68%
The town of Bellagio lies on this Italian lake known for its ritzy villas 146 Lake Como
62%
Largest in Switzerland and France 580 Lake Geneva
58%
Remnants of what was the world's 4th largest lake in 1950 3,300 North {Aral} Sea
57%
One of two Canadian lakes starting with "Great" 27,200 Great Slave Lake
56%
Largest in Central America. Has freshwater sharks. 8,264 Lake Nicaragua
55%
Largest lake in Africa by volume 32,900 Lake Tanganyika
54%
Lake in northern Africa which was 100 times as large 10,000 years ago 2,000 Lake Chad
52%
Found on the California/Nevada border 191 Lake Tahoe
50%
Where Jesus walked on water in the Bible 166 Sea of Galilee
49%
Located in New York near the site of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics 8.8 Lake Placid
38%
Largest in Scotland 71 Loch Lomond
35%
The deepest lake in the United States, it sits atop a volcano 53 Crater Lake
34%
Formed by the creation of the Aswan Dam and named for an Egyptian president 5,250 Lake Nasser
32%
Largest in Europe, second largest in Russia 17,700 Lake Ladoga
30%
Largest in Florida 1,900 Lake Okeechobee
30%
Largest in Hungary 600 Lake Balaton
28%
Largest in Italy 370 Lake Garda
27%
Found at the northernmost point of the lower 48 U.S. states 4,350 Lake of the {Woods}
26%
Known as the "Missouri Dragon" due to its irregular coastline 220 Lake of the {Ozarks}
21%
Largest in Turkey 3,755 Lake Van
21%
Located in a national park, it is the largest lake in North America with an elevation over 2000 meters 136 Yellowstone Lake
20%
Largest in Kazakhstan 16,400 Lake Balkhash
19%
Formed by the closing off of the Zuiderzee on the Dutch coast 1,100 IJsselmeer
17%
Largest in England 14.7 Windermere
15%
Lake in Palau with marine creatures that have evolved to lose the power of their stings 0.05 Jellyfish Lake
13%
Buried under 4000 meters of ice, it is the largest lake in Antarctica 12,500 Lake Vostok
13%
Named for a northern mammal, part of it lies on an ancient meteor impact crater 6,650 Lake Reindeer
11%
Largest in New Zealand 616 Lake Taupo
10%
Located in the caldera of an Indonesian supervolcano which erupted 74,000 years ago 1,130 Lake Toba
10%
Former lake located where Mexico City now sits 0 Lake Texcoco
9%
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