Located in northwest Iran and formerly one of the biggest saltwater lakes in the world, Urmia has an intriguing tale. At its largest, the lake measured around 2,317 square miles (6,001sq km) but its size has fluctuated over the years.
This 1,760-square-mile (4,560sq km) lake sits on a peninsula in the far reaches of Russia's north and is bigger than the likes of St Lucia, Bahrain and Singapore.
At 2,425 square miles (6,280sq km), Issyk-Kul is the largest lake in Kyrgyzstan and is bigger than the islands of Cape Verde and Trinidad and Tobago.
The very existence of Lake Turkana in such a dry and barren landscape is astonishing. Surrounded by northern Kenya's dry, harsh landscape, the lake is a true desert oasis the size of Brunei.
Sitting across the border of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Reindeer Lake is an astonishing 2,568 square miles (6,650sq km) in size and is dotted with around 5,500 islands.
The biggest lake in Central America and twice the size of Cape Verde, Lake Nicaragua is 3,149 square miles (8,157sq km) of fresh water.
On the Peruvian side of the lake are the Uros islands, unique floating platforms built out of reeds where people live in small thatch dwellings.
This vast lake in the European side of Russia is 3,753 square miles (9,720sq km) in size (larger than the island of Cyprus) and has well over 1,500 islands on its surface.
Travelling here is almost impossible unless you've unlimited funds for a private expedition, as the lake sits below a Russian research station base near the South Pole.