Largest freshwater lake in Florida/7th largest in US
2nd largest lake in NW Territories & deepest in N America/named for First Nations people of the Dene group (Slavey people)
Largest lake entirely in Canada/located in NW Territories/named for large mammal
Largest lake in S America by volume/located in Andes Mts on Peru-Bolivia border
Also Lake Nyasa/southernmost lake in E African Rift system/in Mozambique/9th largest on earth/home to more species of fish than any other (1000 species of cichlids)/meromictic lake
African Great Lake/2nd largest by volume on earth & 2nd deepest/longest freshwater lake/Tanzania, DRC, Burundi, Zambia/flows into Congo River system
African Great Lake located by Brit John Speke looking for source of Nile/2nd largest by surface area on earth/9th largest continental lake/drained by Nile in Jinja, Uganda
Large shallow endorheic lake in Africa/shrank up to 95% from 1963-98 but is now improving/on edge of Sahara/provides water for Chad, Cameroon, Niger, & Nigeria
Largest enclosed inland body of water on earth by area/bordered by Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, & Turkmenistan/salinity about 1/3 of sea water
Largest freshwater lake by volume on earth/considered world's oldest lake and 1 of the clearest/in Russia/more water than all US Great Lakes combined
9465 sq mi lake in Manitoba (largest in southern Canada)/used by Manitoba Hydro as 1 of the largest resevoirs in the world/big algae problem from phosphorus
Largest freshwater lake by surface area/3rd by volume/called Gitche Gumee in Longfellow's 'Song of Hiawatha'/empties into L Huron via St. Marys River & Soo Locks
Only Great Lake entirely in US/joins Lake Huron through Straits of Mackinac/bordered by Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan/large sand dunes & beaches/Chicago waterfront
Southernmost, shallowest, & smallest by volume of Great Lakes/normally freezes in winter/borders Ontario, Ohio, Pennsylvania, NY, & Michigan
Smallest Great Lake by surface area/means 'Lake of Shining Waters' in Wyandot (Huron) language/outlet to Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River
connects to Lake Michigan via Straits of Mackinac/includes North Channel & Georgian Bay/
Large brackish bay in Venezuela/connected to Gulf of Venezuela by Tablazo Strait/if considered a lake instead of a bay, it would be largest in S America/Catatumbo lightning weather
Salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west/lowest elevation on earth land surface/9.6 times salinity of oceans
Also Lake of Gennesaret or Lake Tiberias/largest freshwater lake in Israel/lowest freshwater lake on earth/main source is Jordan River/much of Jesus' ministry occurred here
Largest salt water lake in Western Hemisphere/located in northern Utah/remnant of Lake Bonneville (prehistoric lake)/Jordan, Weber, & Bear rivers flow into it/America's Dead Sea
Large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the US/on Nevada, California border/largest alpine lake in N America/major tourist attraction
Caldera lake in western United States, located in south-central Oregon/formed by the collapse of the volcano Mount Mazama/no rivers flow in or out/Old Man of the Lake tree stump
Largest lake in Ethiopia & source of the Blue Nile/is fed by the Gumara, Reb and Lesser Abay Rivers/is near the city of Bahir Dar
Largest lake in Middle East/located in Iran/is endorheic salt lake/is currently 10% of original size due to drought
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