The worlds oldest lake is in Russia, and is called " Lake Baikal".
Mono Lake is at least 760,000 years old, but some say that Clear Lake is the oldest lake in North America. It is around 480,000 years old it is also the largest natural fresh water lake completely in California.
It is the world's oldest lake
Lake Baikal
The oldest manmade lake in South Carolina is Lake Wateree. It is in Kershaw County and has 216 miles of shoreline.
the Hampton lake is the largest lake in America
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the oldest are old bcause they are old
the oldest map is about 375years old!
Lake Baikal is the oldest lake in the world and is located in Russia on the continent of Asia.
Lake Mungo is significant to Australia because of it's discovery of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady. They are Australia's oldest human remains to be found, being 40,000 to 42,000 years old.
Lake Victoria, at 69,464 sq km. Lake Victoria is relatively young at about 400,000 years. There is no definitive answer that I could find but there are many in the millions of years range and even a suggestion on Wikipedia that the Great Lakes foundation is around 1.5 billion years old and is the result of tectonic activity.