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WORLD LAKES

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WORLD LAKES:

ü A lake is a body of still water.

ü The water may be fresh or salt.

ü It should be localized.

ü It should be surrounded by land.

ü These are larger and deeper than ponds.

ü Lakes are not part of oceans.

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ü Natural lakes are found in mountain areas.

ü Other lakes found along the course of rivers.

ü Most of the lakes on the earth are fresh water lakes.

ü Most of the rivers on the earth are present in the Northern Hemisphere.

ü Most of the world lakes are present in Canada.

ü Finland is known as ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’.

ü Minnesota one of the states in USA is known as “Land of Ten Thousand Lakes”.

LAKE VAN:

ü This is the largest salt water lake in Turkey. (Turkey capital city: Ankara).

ü It is a saline lake.

ü The water in Lake Van is brackish.

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· Brackish water: This is the water that has more salinity

than fresh water but not as much as Sea water.

LAKE VICTORIA:

ü This is located in Africa.

ü This is the largest lake in Africa.

ü Victoria Lake spreads over Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

ü The Victoria Lake is named after Queen Victoria of UK.

ü This is the largest tropical Lake in the World.

ü This is the World’s second largest fresh water lake. (First is Lake Superior in North

America).

CASPIAN SEA:

ü This is the World’s largest lake.

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ü This is the World’s smallest geological Ocean.

ü This is the largest enclosed body of water on the earth.

ü This has no outflows (endorheic).

ü This has inflow from the North; hence the water in the North region is fresh.

ü The water in the Southern region it has salinity.

LAKE SUPERIOR:

ü This is the largest fresh water lake in the World. (If Michigan and Huron are seen as two

different lakes).

ü This is located in USA and Canada.

ü It is one of the five Great Lakes in the North America.

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GREAT LAKES:

ü These are located in North

America.

ü These are located on USA and

Canada border.

ü It consists of

v Lake Superior

v Lake Michigan

v Lake Huron

v Lake Erie

v Lake Ontario.

Lake Huron:

ü This is located in North America.

ü This has the longest coastline lake in the World.

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GREAT BEAR LAKE:

ü This is located in Canada.

ü This is the largest lake in Canada. (Please remember Great lakes are present on the US

and Canada border).

LAKE BAIKAL:

ü This is located in Russia.

ü This is located in the Siberian region.

ü This is the deepest lake in the World.

ü It is a continental rift type lake.

ü This is the clearest lake in the World.

· The transparency or clearness of water in Seas or

lakes is measured by Secchi Disk.

· The Secchi Disk is created in the year 1865 by

Pietro Angelo Sechhi Sj of Italy.

· Through Secchi Disk the transparency of water is

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measured.

· This is related to water turbidity.

· (Turbidity is the cloudiness of water caused by

individual particles).

· This measure is known as Secchi depth.

LAKE TITICACA:

ü This is located in South America.

ü This is present in the border of Peru (Capital Peru) and Bolivia (Capital La Paz).

ü This is the highest commercially navigable lake in the World.

ü This is the largest lake in South America.

ü This is the highest lake at the Sea level in the World.

LAKE EYRE:

ü This is located in Australia.

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ü It is a salt water lake.

ü This is the lowest point in Australia.

ü This is the largest lake in Australia.

LAKE TANGANYIKA:

ü This is the longest lake.

ü This is the second deepest lake in the World after Baikal.

ü This is the second oldest lake in the World.

LAKE MANASAROVAR:

ü This is located in Tibet.

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ü This is a fresh water lake.

ü This is the highest large fresh water lake in the World.

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