Lake and waterfall #world 🌎 Geography

🍃Lakes are among the most varied features of the earth’s surface. They occupy the hollow of the land surface in which water accumulates.

  🍃Important Lakes of the World are –
Caspian Sea,
Lake Chad,
Lakes of North America (Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario),
Lake Victoria,
Aral Sea,
Nyasa,
Lake Baikal,
Great Bear,
Lake Titicaca,
Dead Sea,
Lake Crater, etc.

🍃Based on the total area occupied and volume, the largest lake of the world is the Caspian Sea of Eurasia. The lake covers an area of 371000 km2. Caspian is a Brackish water Lake. River Ural and Volga drains into its northern part. To the south of the Caspian Sea is the Kara-Bogaz Lake which has a salinity of 140%.

🍃 The Great Lakes of North America are located in the Northeastern part of the continent.

Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater Lake. It is one of the great lakes located between USA and Canada.

🌿 Lake Baikal of Russia is the World’s deepest Lake, having a maximum depth of 1620 mts. Baikal is about 25 million years old. The Lake Baikal is also known as the sacred sea.

🌿Lake Tanganyika is the world’s second deepest lake 1470 mt. It is also the world’s longest freshwater lake (660 km).

🌿Lake Titicaca is located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is 370 mts (1214 fts) deep.

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🌿The Largest freshwater lake – By volume-Lake Baikal,
by the total surface area covered - Lake Superior.

🌿Largest salt water lake – Caspian Sea (Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Kazakhstan)

🌿Largest Lake in the world – Caspian Sea.

🌿 Most saline lake in the world – Lake Assal (Djibouti).

🌿 Lake with the lowest elevation – Dead sea (Jordan, Israel & West bank)

🌿 Highest lake in the world – Ojos del Salado (Chile Argentina)

🌿 The Highest navigable lake in the world – Lake Titicaca (Peru, Bolivia).

LAGOON

A Lagoon is a body of water separated from larger bodies of water by a natural barrier. Natural barriers may include sandbars, barrier reefs, coral reefs, etc.

Chilka (Odisha) is the largest lagoon of India whereas the New Caledonian barrier reef (in New Caledonia an autonomous region of France) is the largest lagoon in the World.

Based on the Volume, the Largest Lakes of Different Continents Are-

Continents.                                     Lakes
Africa.                                      Tanganyika
Asia.                                         Baikal
Europe                                      Ladoga
North America                      Superior

Deepest Lakes in the Different Continents

Africa                                      Tanganyika

Asia                                           Baikal

North America.                         Great Slave

South America.                       O’ Higgins / San Martin

Antarctica.                               Australia

Vostok.                                      St. Clair

Top Five Largest lakes in the World based on volume
(1) Caspian Sea
(2) Baikal
(3) Tanganyika
(4) Superior
(5) Malawi

Top Five Largest Lakes in the world based on the Surface area
(1) Caspian Sea
(2) Superior
(3) Victoria
(4) Huron
(5) Michigan.

Top Five Deepest Lakes in the World

(1) Baikal
(2) Tanganyika
(3) Caspian Sea
(4) Vostok
(5) O’ Higgins / San Martin

Largest Lakes of Different Continents Based on the total Surface area covered –

Asia.                             Caspian Sea

Africa.                           Victoria

Australia.                      Lake Eyre

Europe.                         Ladoga

North America.           Superior

South America.           Titicaca

Antarctica.                    Vostok

Note : The Caspian Sea is a transcontinental lake covering both Europe and Asia, otherwise if removed then Lake Baikal is the largest lake of Asia.

The Great Lakes of North America and the important Cities located near them.

The great lakes of North America consist of five lakes –
Lake Huron,
Lake Michigan,
Lake Superior,
Lake Ontario and
Lake Erie.

These lakes are known for their industrial clusters and inland navigation.

Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Erie and Ontario create the border between USA and Canada.