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A lake is a large body of water, surrounded by land, and not directly connected to the ocean. Most lakes have fresh water, but some that do not have outflowing rivers have salt water, such as the Dead Sea and the [Great Salt Lake]?. The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea, the deepest is [Lake Baikal]? in Siberia?.

A lake is a large body of water, surrounded by land, and not directly connected to the ocean. Most lakes have fresh water, but some that do not have outflowing rivers have salt water, such as the Dead Sea and the [Great Salt Lake]?. The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea, the deepest is [Lake Baikal]? in Siberia?. The term lake is also used to describe bodies such as Lake Eyre which are dry most of the time but become filled under seasonal conditions of heavy rain.