Lakes Throughout the World - Game Information

I changed the wording of the game around a little to make it more understandable, Lake Michigan-Huron is the largest freshwater lake. That will help clear any confusion, because I am learning the definition of a lake is not entirely clear.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/HOMEPAGES/USAZERB/141.htm

The Caspian Sea is considered to geologically be a small ocean. So for purposes of the game, i did not list it as actually a lake.

Wikipedia states:

"Lake Michigan-Huron is the largest lake by surface area: 117,350 km². It also has the longest lake coastline in the world: 8,790 km. If Huron and Michigan are considered two lakes, Lake Superior is the largest lake, with 82,414 km². However, Huron is still has the longest coastline at 6,157 km (2980 km excluding the coastlines of its many inner islands). The world's smallest geological ocean, the Caspian Sea, at 394,299 km² has a surface area greater than the six largest freshwater lakes combined, and it frequently cited as the world's largest lake."

The Caspian Sea's area is 371.000km2, Michigan-Huron's is 117.000km2, more than three times smaller.

All according to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world%27s_largest_lakes

I had always assumed the Caspian Sea to be the world's largest lake; interesting to see that Michigan-Huron is even larger.

for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes