Lake Geneva is a deep lake located north of the Alps, within the shared territory of Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest in the Rhône River basin. Sixty percent (345.31 km² or 133.32 sq mi) of the lake's area belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Geneva, and Valais) and forty percent (234.71 km² or 90.62 sq mi) belongs to France.

Lake Peipus is the largest transboundary lake in Europe, located on the border between Estonia and Russia. In Estonia, the lake is near the city of Tartu and covers an area of ​​3,555 km². Its average depth is 7.1 meters, with a maximum depth of 15 meters. Lake Peipus consists of three parts: a northern section, a southern section, and a central section that acts as a bridge between the other two.

Lagoa Mirim is a large estuarine lagoon stretching from the southern part of the Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil to eastern Uruguay. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a sandy isthmus and is partly barren.

With the longest shoreline of all of the Great Lakes, Lake Huron is one of the most unique lakes on Earth. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes, and the fourth largest lake in the world by surface area. Huron is renowned for its beaches, sand dunes, wetlands, forests, and extensive river systems.

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. It is the world's third-largest freshwater lake by volume and contains nearly 10% of the word’s fresh surface water. Lake Superior is relatively young, approximately 10,000 years old dating back to the last glacial retreat. The Lake Superior watershed includes the surrounding areas of Ontario, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.

The Great Lakes are a group of five large freshwater lakes located in North America on the border between the United States and Canada. They are the largest group of freshwater lakes by total area in the world and hold about 21% of the world's surface fresh water.

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the easternmost of the group. Lake Ontario is bordered by the province of Ontario in Canada to the north, west, and southwest, and the state of New York in the United States to the south and east. It is the smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area but has significant depth.

Lake Tanganyika is one of the most remarkable natural features of East Africa and the world. The lake spans four countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania, and Zambia. It is part of the East African Rift system. The lake is estimated to be 9–12 million years old, making it one of the oldest lakes in the world.

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Lake Erie is the fourth-largest of the five Great Lakes of North America by surface area and the smallest by volume. It borders four U.S. states—Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Michigan—and the Canadian province of Ontario.