What are the world's biggest lakes by volume?

In 1960, the Aral Sea was the world's twelfth-largest known lake by volume, at 1,100 km 3 (260 cu mi). However, by 2007 it had shrunk to 10% of its original volume and was divided into three lakes; none of them is large enough to appear on this list. read more

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world, as well as the the 3rd largest such body by volume, and the 2nd largest lake of any kind by overall area in the world. It is also the largest amongst all of the North American Great Lakes, with a total surface area of 82,414 square kilometers. read more

The world's biggest lake by volume is the Caspian Sea, with a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers. The rest of the Top 10 are Lake Baikal (23,600), Lake Tanganyika (18,900), Lake Superior (11,600), Lake Michigan-Huron (8260), Lake Malawi (7725), Lake Vostok (5400±1600), Lake Victoria (2700), Great Bear Lake (2236), and Lake Issyk-Kul (1730). read more