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Wher is the bigest lake in the world?

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Wher is the bigest lake in the world?

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The Caspian Sea is a landlocked endorheic sea of Eurasia between Asia and Europe. It is the world's largest inland body of water. It has a surface area of 371,000 km虏 (143,000 sq. mi.), and a maximum depth of about 980m (3200 ft). Thus it has characteristics common to both seas and lakes. It is often listed as the world's largest lake, though it is not a freshwater one. It has a salinity of approximately 1.2%, about a third the salinity of sea water. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/caspian_sea...
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"The salty Caspian Sea is the world's largest land-locked body of water."

"Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake in terms of volume."

"The salty Caspian Sea has the greatest surface area of any lake at 143,200 square miles (370,886 square kilometers). Lake Superior, on the United States/Canada border is the freshwater lake lake with the greatest surface area at 31,700 square miles (82,103 square kilometers).

"Lake Baikal in southern Russia is the world's deepest lake. It is 5314 feet deep (1637 meters) and it's bottom is at 4215 feet (1285 meters) below sea level. This large lake is located in an active continental rift zone which is estimated to be widening at a rate of about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) per year."
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Lake Baikal in Siberia has the largest volume of fresh water in one lake.
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"Lake Baikal is the largest (by volume), deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world. A World Heritage Site, it lies in Southern Siberia in Russia."
"However, in surface area, it is exceeded by the much shallower Great Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan, as well as by the relatively shallow Lake Victoria in East Africa and the second largest in volume, Central Africa's Lake Tanganyika." For more, see www.wikipedia.com