Niki inggih punika apasang lis danu téréstrial antuk jimbar pamukaan langkung saking sawatara 3,000 kilométer persegi (1,200 sq mi), kaicain peringkat manut aréa,[1][2][3] nénten sajeroning bendungan tur laguna
Jimbar makudang danu prasida sanget mavariasi saking galah nuju galah, becik secara ngamasan utawi saking warsa ka warsa. Paindikan niki kautama mamargi ring danu uyah sané maiklim tuh.
Santukan sekadi punika, lis niki nénten ngacakupin danu ngamasan sekadi Danu Kati Thanda–Éyre (jimbar maksimum 9,500 km2, 3,700 sq mi), Danu Mar Chiquita (Córdoba) (jimbar maksimum 6,000 km2, 2,300 sq mi), Danu Torrens (jimbar maksimum 5,745 km2, 2,218 sq mi) tur Danu Uyah Ageng (jimbar maksimum, 1988, 8,500 km2, 3,300 sq mi).
Lis niki kakepah dados kalih: makasami danu sekadi punapi kaartosan sacara konvénsional nganti 3,000 kilométer persegi (1,200 sq mi), lan danu-danu ageng manut artos géologis, ring dija Segara Kaspia kaanggep dados segara alit lan nénten danu, saha Danu Michigan–Huron (utawi "Huron–Michigan") kaakuin dados asiki patoyan.
Laut Kaspia sacara konvénsional kaanggep dados danu pinih ageng ring jagat, sakémanten mapusat ring pedokan samudra (satunggil fragmén saking Samudra Tethys) kuna lan nénten magenah sajangkepné ring duur kerak banua sekadi danu-danu liyanan di.[4][5][6][7][8]Danu Michigan tur Danu Huron sacara konvénsional kapeték dados danu kawelasang, sakéwanten sacara hidrologi makakalih pinaka asiki patoyan, sané dados danu pinih ageng ring jagat manut jimbar pamukaan.[9][10][11][12][13]
↑Likens, Gene E., ed. (2009). "Historical Estimates of Limnicity". Encyclopedia of inland waters (édisi ka-1st). Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN978-0120884629.
Table 1: The world's lakes >2000 km2 in area, arranged in decreasing order of lake area. See also Lakes (Formation, Diversity, Distribution)Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
↑Marsh, William M.; Martin M. Kaufman (30 April 2012). Physical geography : great systems and global environments. Table 16.2: Great lakes of the world by lake type. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 399. ISBN978-0521764285.
↑Planet Earth And the New Geoscience (2003:154). Victor Schmidt, William Harbert, University of Pittsburgh
↑David Lees in Canadian Geographic writes, "Contrary to popular belief, the largest lake in the world is not Lake Superior but mighty Lake Michigan–Huron, which is a single hydrological unit linked at the Straits of Mackinac." Lees, David. "High and Dry" Canadian Geographic (Méi/Juni 2004) pp.94-108.
↑"Lakes Michigan and Huron are considered to be one lake, as they rise and fall together due to their union at the Straits of Mackinac." U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Hydrological Components" Record Low Water Levels Expected on Lake SuperiorArchived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. Agustus 2007. p.6