contains several basins and terminal lakes, including: The Caspian Sea, the largest lake on Earth. A large part of Eastern Europe, drained by the Volga River, is part of the Caspian's basin. Lake Urmia in Western Azerbaijan Province of Iran. The Aral Sea, whose tributary rivers have been diverted, leading to a dramatic shrinkage of the lake. The resulting ecological disaster has brought the plight faced by internal drainage basins to public attention. Lake Balkhash, in Kazakhstan. Issyk-Kul Lake and Chatyr-Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan. Lop Lake, in the Tarim Basin of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Dzungarian Basin in Xinjiang, separated from the Tarim Basin by the Tian Shan. The most notable terminal lake in the basin is the Manas Lake. The Central Asian Internal Drainage Basin, in southern and western Mongolia, contains a series of closed drainage basins, such as the Khyargas Nuur basin, the Uvs Nuur basin, which includes Üüreg Lake, and the Pu-Lun-To River Basin. Qaidam Basin, in Qinghai Province, China, as well as nearby Qinghai Lake. Sistan Basin covering areas of Iran and Afghanistan Pangong Tso and Aksai Chin Lake on the China-India border Many small lakes and rivers of the Iranian Plateau, including Gavkhouni marshes and Namak Lake. Other endorheic lakes and basins in Asia include: The Dead Sea, the lowest surface point on Earth and one of its saltiest bodies of water, lies between Israel and Jordan. Sambhar Lake, in Rajasthan, north-western India Lake Van in eastern Turkey Sabkhat al-Jabbul, extensive salt flats and a lake in Syria. Solar Lake, Sinai, near the Israeli-Egypt border. Lake Tuz, in Turkey, in south part of Central Anatolia Region. Sawa lake in Iraq, in Muthanna Governorate. Australia Australia, being very dry and having exceedingly low runoff ratios due to its ancient soils, has many endorheic drainages. The most important are: Lake Eyre basin, which drains into the highly variable Lake Eyre and includes Lake Frome. Lake Torrens, usually endorheic lake to the west of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, that flows to the sea after extreme rainfall events. Lake Corangamite, a highly saline crater lake in western Victoria. Lake George, formerly connected to the Murray-Darling Basin Europe Though a large portion of Europe drains to the endorheic Caspian Sea, Europe's wet climate means it contains relatively few terminal lakes itself: any such basin is likely to continue to fill until it reaches an overflow level