FRESHWATER LAKESANUP GHIMIRE, ROCK FACE LIMITED

LAKE BAIKAL• Oldest (25 million years) and deepest

(1700 metres) lake.

• Area: 31722 square kilometres.

…LAKE BAIKAL• Average depth : 744 metres

• Located in South East Siberia, Russia.

…LAKE BAIKAL• Twenty percentage of world’s

freshwater

• Around 1200 animal species and 600 types of animals.

• 27 endemic species of fish

• Water seals, omul fish, golomyanka (oil-fish).

LAKE VICTORIA• Largest lake in Africa

• Located in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

…LAKE VICTORIA• 68000 square kilometres area.

• Maximum depth: 82 metres.

…LAKE VICTORIA

• Average depth: 20 metres

• Largest tropical lake in the world.

• 500 species of fish

• Cichlids fish.

LAKE SUPERIOR• Largest freshwater lake in the world by surface

area (82100 square kilometres).

• Average depth: 147 metres.

• Maximum depth: 406 metres.

…LAKE SUPERIOR• Located in North America.

• 10% of the world’s freshwater.

• 88 species of fish

• Common fish species: Brook Trout, Pike, Lake trout, Rainbow, walleye, pink and Chinook.

LAKE TANGANYIKA

• Longest freshwater lake in the world (660 kilometres).

• Located in Tanzania, Burundi, Congo DR and Zambia.

…LAKE TANGANYIKA

• Area: 32900 square kilometres.

• 350 species of fish.

• Common species: Endemic cichlids, Giant Nile Perch, Small Nile Perch, Goliath tiger, Yellow belly, Kapenta, Bichir.

LAKE MALAWI• Area: 29600 square kilometres

• Length: 580 kilometres

• Located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

…LAKE MALAWI• 500-1000 species of fish

• Cannon fish, Mbuna, Chambo, Utaka, Usipa, Matemba, Mlamba, Kampango.

LAKE VANERN• Largest lake in European Union

• Area 5650 square kilometres

• Average depth 27 metres

• Located in Sweden.

…LAKE VANERN

• Smelt Fish

• Gullspang Salmon and Klaralv Salmon

LAKE LADOGA• Located in North Western Russia

• Area: 25900

• Average depth: 51 metres

• Maximum depth: 230 metres

…LAKE LADOGA• 48 species of fish

• Common species: roach, carp bream, zander, European perch, ruffe and smelt.