The Largest Lakes In Europe

This list below includes both freshwater and saltwater lakes. Some important points to note:
# If it were a natural lake, the Kuybyshev Reservoir (6,450 sq km / 2,490 sq miles - Russia) would be at number 3 in the chart below. A further four reservoirs would also make the European Top 10, if man-made lakes were to be included; Rybinsk Reservoir (Number 5 - 4,580 sq km / 1,770 sq miles - Russia), Tsimlyansk Reservoir (Number 8 - 2,702 sq km / 1,043 sq miles - Russia), Kremenchuk-Oskol Reservoir (Number 9 - 2,250 sq km / 868 sq miles - Ukraine) and Kakhovka Reservoir (Number 10 - 2,155 sq km / 832 sq miles - Ukraine).
# No saltwater lakes have made the European Top 10.

	Lake	Country(s)	Water Volume	Total Area
					[lake images info]
1	Ladoga	Russia	908 km3 / 218 cubic miles	18,130 sq km / 7,000 sq miles
2	Onega	Russia	280 km3 / 67 cubic miles	9,891 sq km / 3,819 sq miles
3	Vänern	Sweden	153 km3 / 37 cubic miles	5,650 sq km / 2,181 sq miles
4	Saimaa	Finland	36 km3 / 9 cubic miles	4,400 sq km / 1,700 sq miles	no image available
5	Peipus	Estonia / Russia	25 km3 / 6 cubic miles	3,555 sq km / 1,373 sq miles	no image available
6	Vättern	Sweden	77 km3 / 18 cubic miles	1,900 sq km / 734 sq miles	no image available
7	Beloye	Russia	5.2 km3 / 1.2 cubic miles	1,290 sq km / 498 sq miles	no image available
8	Vygozero	Russia	9.3 km3 / 2.2 cubic miles	1,250 sq km / 483 sq miles	no image available
9	IJsselmeer	Netherlands		1,200 sq km / 463 sq miles	no image available
10	Mälaren	Sweden	14 km3 / 3 cubic miles	1,140 sq km / 440 sq miles	no image available

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Lake Images Info
The size comparison images have mostly been originally produced by Bill Rankin @ www.radicalcartography.net for this wikipedia project. Some have been issued as public domain images, and can be freely used, but others are licensed through a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 license. You must check these images individually for re-publishing permissions.

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