Major Lakes of the World

Great Slave Lake

Deepest lake in North America (Canada)

Lake Baikal (bye CALL)

Deepest lake in the world

Lake Superior

Largest freshwater lake in the world

Caspian Sea

Largest lake in the world

Lake Nyasa

Malawi

Lake Tanganyika

One of the deepest and longest freshwater lakes in the world; located in East Africa

Lake Maracaibo (mara KY bo)

South America's largest lake (Venezuela)

Lake Chad

Central Africa

Lake Victoria

Africa's largest lake

Lake Titicaca

Highest navigable lake in the world (located on border of Peru/Bolivia)