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Caspian Sea
- Area (square kilometers)
- 389000
- Supplementary Information
- An inland saline water body at the Europe–Asia boundary, included as a lake under this list’s definition.
Top 10Updated October 13, 2026
Top 10 Largest Lakes in the World
Ten lakes and inland seas ranked by conventional reference surface area. Includes the Caspian Sea; Huron and Michigan are listed separately.
Top 3
- 1Caspian Sea
- 2Lake Superior
- 3
About this ranking
- Ranking type
- Data ranking
- Data as of
- October 13, 2026
- Last source review
- October 13, 2026
Use the source’s conventional list, ordered by reference surface area in square kilometres. Include the Caspian Sea and treat Huron and Michigan separately; exclude reservoirs, lagoons and seasonal lakes. All ten positions and reference areas were checked. The 13 October 2026 date identifies the reference-page snapshot, not a same-day remote-sensing measurement.
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Change history
- Initial daily challenge bank: values, ranks, units and metric definitions checked against the cited public sources on 13 October 2026.
Interesting Facts & Summary
Use the conventional lake definitions, including the Caspian Sea and listing Huron and Michigan separately. The reference table gives 389,000 km² for the Caspian Sea and 82,100 km² for Superior, a ratio of approximately 4.7. Areas change with water level and reference edition; these are reference values, not same-day measurements.
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Sources
- S1 · WikipediaList of lakes by area — Conventional list
Values, ranked entries and metric definitions checked against the cited reference-page snapshot.
Accessed: 2026-10-13
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