What is the 2nd largest freshwater lake in the world?

Lake Victoria, Africa Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake in the world, after Lake Superior in North America. It is located in East Africa and shares its shores between three countries: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.



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Lake Ladoga, Russian Ladozhskoye Ozero or Ladozhskoe Ozero, largest lake in Europe, located in northwestern Russia about 25 miles (40 km) east of St. Petersburg.

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Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve.

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With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km2 (23,146 sq mi), Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after Lake Superior in North America.

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Lake Michigan is the third largest of the Great Lakes and ranks as the fifth largest lake in the world (by surface area). Source: Lake Michigan Basin statistics map produced by Michigan Sea Grant/Michigan State University Extension (2000).

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Lake Michigan is the sixth largest freshwater lake in the world and the third largest of the North American Great Lakes by surface area. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are joined by the Straits of Mackinac and are considered to be one lake hydrologically.

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3. The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system in the world. The five Great Lakes - Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario - span a total surface area of 94,600 square miles and are all connected by a variety of lakes and rivers, making them the largest freshwater system in the world.

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