NAME          W contin    area av depth elevation  bottom
                         miż      ft       ft       ft
Caspian Sea   S asia   143,244    3,363      (92)  (3,455)
Superior      f n am    31,700    1,330      600     (730)
Victoria      f africa  26,828      270    3,720    3,450
Aral Sea*     S asia    24,904      220      174      (46)
Huron         f n am    23,000      750      579     (171)
Michigan      f n am    22,300      923      579     (344)
Tanganyika    f africa  12,700    4,823    2,534   (2,289)
Baikal        f asia    12,162    5,315    1,493   (3,822)
Great Bear    f n am    12,096    1,463      512     (951)
Nyasa (Malawi)f africa  11,150    2,280    1,550     (730)
Great Slave   f n am    11,031    2,015      513   (1,502)
Erie          f n am     9,910      210      570      360
Winnipeg      f n am     9,417       60      713      653
Ontario       f n am     7,340      802      245     (557)

  * old official measurement -- the sea is rapidly shrinking
      in 1997 it was 1/3 of it's 1930 size!

World Almanac 1996
Cambridge FactFinder 1994