| Term | Definition |
| Caspian Sea | the largest lake in the world, despite it is named as a sea |
| Superior | the largest of the Great Lakes |
| Huron | Great Lake of eastern Michigan |
| Michigan | Great Lake of western Michigan and eastern Wisconsin |
| Erie | Great Lake of northern Ohio and southeastern Michigan |
| Ontario | Great Lake of New York and Canada that shares its name with a province |
| Winnipeg | lake in Manitoba north of Winnipeg |
| Great Slave | lake in Northwest Territories in which Yellowknife is close to the shore |
| Great Bear | lake in Northwest Territories that is farther north than the Great Slave |
| Ladoga | lake in Russia that is to the east of St. Petersburg |
| Baikal | located in Russia, the deepest fresh water lake in the world |
| Aral Sea | series of lakes between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan |
| Victoria | largest lake in Africa |
| Tanganyika | long lake between Dem. Rep. of the Congo and Tanzania |
| Titicaca | lake between Bolivia and Peru |
| Vanern | largest lake in Sweden |
| Great Salt | salt water lake located in the state of Utah |
| Athabasca | lake in Saskatchewan and Alberta, provinces of Canada |
| Onega | lake in Russia east of Lake Landoga |
| Nyasa | lake east of Malawi and also shares borders with Mozambique and Tanzania |