Lake Peipus. Lake Peipus is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the international border between Estonia and Russia.
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Neusiedl Lake. Lake Neusiedl or Lake Fert??, is the largest endorheic lake in Central Europe, straddling Austria and Hungary. The lake is saline and covers 315??km2 (122??sq??mi), of which 240??km2 (93??sq??mi) is on the Austrian side and 75??km2 (29??sq??mi) on the Hungarian side. Its drainage basin is about 1,120??km2 (430??sq??mi), about three times its size excluding the lake itself. From north to south, the lake is about 36??km (22??mi) long, and it is between 6??km and 12??km wide from east to west. On average, its surface is 115.45??m (378.8??ft) above the Adriatic Sea and it is no more than 1.8??m deep.
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Laguna del Carb??n. Laguna del Carb??n is a salt lake in Corpen Aike Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. This salt lake is located 54 kilometres from Puerto San Juli??n, within the Gran Bajo de San Juli??n, an endorheic basin situated between the San Julian Bay and the Chico River. At 105 metres (344??ft) below sea level, Laguna del Carb??n is the lowest point of the Americas, and the seventh-lowest point on Earth.
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Lake Enriquillo. Lake Enriquillo is a hypersaline lake in the Dominican Republic located in the southwestern region of the country. Its waters are shared between the provinces of Bahoruco and Independencia, the latter of which borders Haiti. Lake Enriquillo is the largest lake in both the Dominican Republic and Hispaniola, as well as the entire Caribbean. It is also the lowest point for an island country.
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Lake Albert. Lake Albert, originally known as Lake Mwitanzige by the Banyoro, Nam Ovoyo Bonyo by the Alur, and temporarily as Lake Mobutu Sese Seko, is a lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is Africa's sixth-largest lake and the second biggest of Uganda's Great Lakes.
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Dead Sea. The Dead Sea, also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the West Bank to the west and Israel to the southwest. It lies in the endorheic basin of the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.
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Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. 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. In terms of volume, Lake Victoria is the world's ninth-largest continental lake, containing about 2,424??km3 (1.965??109??acre???ft) of water. Lake Victoria occupies a shallow depression in Africa. The lake has an average depth of 40??m (130??ft) and a maximum depth of 80???81??m (262???266??ft). Its catchment area covers 169,858??km2 (65,583??sq??mi). The lake has a shoreline of 7,142??km (4,438??mi) when digitized at the 1:25,000 level, with islands constituting 3.7% of this length.
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Lake Kulul. Lake Kulul is the lowest point in Eritrea, located in the Northern Red Sea Region. It lies in the Eritrean portion of the Danakil Depression at approximately 75 meters below sea level.
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Lake Assal. Lake Assal is a crater lake in central-western Djibouti. It is located at the western end of Gulf of Tadjoura between Arta Region, and Tadjoura Region, touching Dikhil Region, at the top of the Great Rift Valley, some 120??km (75??mi) west of Djibouti city. Lake Assal is a saline lake that lies 155??m (509??ft) below sea level in the Afar Triangle, making it the lowest point on land in Africa and the third-lowest point on Earth after the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. No outflow occurs from the lake, and due to high evaporation, the salinity level of its waters is 10 times that of the sea, making it the fifth most saline body of water in the world, behind Garabogazk??l, Lake Retba, Gaet'ale Pond and Lake Elton. The salt in the lake is exploited under four concessions awarded in 2002 at the southeast end of the lake; the major share of production is held by Soci??t?? d???Exploitation du Lac and Soci??t?? d???Exploitation du Salt Investment S.A de Djibouti.
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Lake Chad. Lake Chad is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area in excess of 1,000,000??km2 (390,000??sq??mi). It is an important wetland ecosystem in West-Central Africa. The lakeside is rich in reeds and swamps, and the plain along the lake is fertile, making it an important irrigated agricultural area. The lake is rich in aquatic resources and is one of the important freshwater fish producing areas in Africa.
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Lake Tanganyika. Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is the world's second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. It is also the 6th largest lake by area. The lake is shared among four countries???Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia???with Tanzania (46%) and the DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. It drains via the Lukuga River into the Congo River system, which ultimately discharges at Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo into the Atlantic Ocean.
BurundiDem. Rep. of CongoTanzaniaZambiaAfrica
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Chott Melrhir. Chott Melrhir, also known as Chott Melghir or Chott Melhir and Lake Tritonis in ancient myths, is an endorheic chott-kind of salt lake in northeastern Algeria. It is the westernmost part of a series of depressions which extend from the Gulf of Gab??s into the Sahara. It was formerly known as Lake Tritonis. They were created between Miocene and Early Pleistocene as a result of compression accompanying the formation of the Atlas Mountains. With the maximum area of about 6,700??km2 (2,600??sq??mi), it is the largest lake in Algeria. It lies almost entirely below sea level and contains the lowest point in Algeria, ???40 meters. Its size varies over the year and is usually larger than 130??km (81??mi) from east to west. The nearby cities are Biskra, El Oued and Touggourt.
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