Question: What is the world’s largest freshwater lake by surface area?
Answer: Lake Superior has a surface area of 31,820 square miles, which is approximately the size of South Carolina. It has a maximum length of 350 miles and maximum breadth of 160 miles. Interestingly, it’s only the third-largest freshwater lake by volume, with Russia’s Lake Baikal holding the most water. (For geography mavens: We are explicitly not counting the Caspian Sea, which is actually part of an ocean basin, as a lake, so please don’t argue about that point.)
