What are the World's Largest Bodies of Water?
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The world’s largest bodies of water include oceans, seas, gulfs, bays, and lakes. While there is not agreement on the precise size, because the boundaries of bodies of water are not clear, the following charts will give you a fair idea of some of the largest. Also of note are the changes in size due to natural and unnatural causes. Lake Chad is worth mentioning in this regard. With an area of over 9,653 sq. mi (25,000 sq. km) in the 1960s — about the size of Lake Erie, Lake Chad was the fourth largest lake in Africa. By the late 1990s, Lake Chad had an area of only 521 sq. mi (1350 sq. km) — about 1/3 the size of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
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It's interesting, the list of largest lakes varies depending on what you are considering when you consider size: volume or surface area. In coming to this realization I also learned an acronym to remember the great lakes -- HOMES: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. - rjohnson
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When the area of the Black Sea does not include the Sea of Azov its something like 436,400 sq km. But sometimes people include the Sea of Azov when they give the Black Sea's total area. - anon8976
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