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Lakes

A lake is a sizable water body surrounded by land and fed by rivers, springs, or local precipitation.

Canada has more lake area than any other country in the world, with 563 lakes larger than 100 square kilometres. The Great Lakes, straddling the Canada-U.S. boundary, contain 18% of the world's fresh lake water.

The world's largest lakes are shown in this figure.
The largest lakes in Canada are shown in this figure.

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