+-----------------+---------------+--------+----------------------+
| =NAME= | =Location= |=Area in| =Mean Elevation |
| | | Square | in Feet= |
| | | Miles= | |
+-----------------+---------------+--------+----------------------+
|Black Sea |Asia and Europe| 170,000|Sea-level |
|Caspian Sea |Asia | 170,000| 90 below sea-level|
|Sea of Aral |Asia | 26,160 | 157 above sea-level|
|Balkash |Asia | 7,135| 779 above sea-level|
|Maracaibo |South America | 6,315| 0 above sea-level|
|Eyre |Australia | 3,600| 70 above sea-level|
|Titicaca |South America | 3,200|12,506 above sea-level|
|(slightly saline)| | | |
|Issik-kul |Asia | 2,250| 5,300 above sea-level|
|Great Salt Lake |North America | 2,177| 4,218 above sea-level|
|Koko-nor |Asia | 2,040| 9,970 above sea-level|
|Urumiah |Asia | 1,795| 4,100 above sea-level|
|Van |Asia | 1,400| 5,200 above sea-level|
|Dead Sea |Asia | 444| 1,290 below sea-level|
|Ngami (nearly |Africa | 297| 2,919 above sea-level|
|dried up) | | | |
+-----------------+---------------+--------+----------------------+
[Illustration: =Relative Size of Lakes of the Eastern Hemisphere=]