Largest Lakes by Water Volume

Caspian Sea 78,200 km3 is largest. Lake Baikal 23,615 km3 contains 22% of worlds freshwater. Lake Tanganyika 17,800 km3.

Lake Superior 12,100 km3. Lake Malawi 8,400 km3. Lake Victoria 2,760 km3 despite being large by area it is shallow.

The top 10 lakes hold most of the worlds surface freshwater..