The total area of lakes on Earth is 2.7 million square kilometers, which is 18%, Finland is the country with the largest number of lakes, with more than 60,000 large and small lakes, known as the "country of ten thousand lakes", among the top ten lakes in the world, one of which has been owned by our country in history, Its pure water reserves can be used by human beings for decades, then they are all in **, this article will take you to understand.
1. Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is not the sea?Yes, although the name is called the sea, it is actually a lake, the reason why it is called the sea is because the area is large enough, the color of its water tends to be seawater, located at the junction of Europe and Asia, it is the largest lake in the world (saltwater lake), with an area of 370,000 km, accounting for 14% of the global lake area, the maximum depth of the sea water is 1025 meters, and the water storage capacity is 6680,000 cubic kilometers. There are more than 130 rivers that flow into the sea. Because the Caspian Sea is located in a desert environment, the climate is arid and water evaporates strongly. Water came in less and more out, there was a "deficit" that could not make ends meet, and the area of the lake gradually shrank, from 42 in 193020,000 square kilometers, shrunk to 37 in 197010,000 square kilometers.
2. Lake Superior
Shared by the United States and Canada, it is the world's largest freshwater lake with an area of 8240,000 km, water storage capacity 1With a maximum depth of 20,000 cubic kilometers and a maximum depth of 405 meters, Lake Superior can completely cover North and South America with a depth of more than 30 cm.
Lake Victoria
It is located in the East African Plateau, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, with an area of 690,000 km, water storage capacity of 2,760 cubic kilometers, maximum depth of 82 meters. It is the largest lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake in the world. Fish are abundant, and tilapia, as we know it, is very common in the lake. The lake was discovered by British explorer John Hanning Speke and named it after Queen Victoria of England at the time. Lake Victoria is home to nearly 30 million people on its shores.
4. Lake Huron
The second largest lake in the Great Lakes of North America, shared by the United States and Canada, with an area of 5960,000 km with a maximum depth of 229 meters. The water storage capacity is 3,540 cubic kilometers. There are many islands on the lake, among which Manitoulin Island is the largest lake island in the world with an area of 2,766 km.
5. Lake Michigan
It is the third largest of the Great Lakes in North America in terms of area and the only lake that belongs entirely to the United States. Area 580,000 km, the maximum depth is 281 meters, and the water storage capacity is 4,918 cubic kilometers. The lake contains a toxic chemical, polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
Lake Tanganyika
Located in the middle of Africa, it covers an area of 3290,000 km, the deepest depth of 1,470 meters, second only to Lake Baikal, is the second deepest lake in the world, with a water storage capacity of 1890,000 cubic kilometers, 80% of the world's fish have been found in this lake, and it was discovered by the British explorer John Hanning Speke.
7. Lake Baikal
It is located in the south of Eastern Siberia and has an area of 3150,000 km, the deepest depth is 1,637 meters, and the water storage capacity is 236 trillion cubic meters, is the sum of the water volume of the five great lakes in North America, more than the entire Baltic Sea, clean water reserves account for 20% of the world's freshwater reserves, accounting for 85% of the total water of Russian lakes, can be drunk by human beings for decades, is the world's deepest lake, but also the oldest lake. With 336 rivers flowing into the lake, it is extremely rich in mineral resources, and one of the largest Kviktin gas fields in the Russian Far East has been discovered in the region, with a total reserve of 2 trillion cubic meters. The lake was returned to China from the early Tang Dynasty and was occupied by Tsarist Russia in the Qing Dynasty.
8. Big Bear Lake
The largest lake in Canada and the fourth largest lake in North America. It is named because of the large number of polar bears here. Area 310,000 km. The maximum depth is 413 meters, and the water storage capacity is 2,292 cubic kilometers.
Lake Malawi
It is located in the southernmost part of the Great Rift Valley in Africa and is the third largest lake in Africa, with an area of 290,000 km, water storage of 7,775 cubic kilometers, the deepest depth of 706 meters, the third largest freshwater lake in Africa, the fourth deepest lake in the world, the lake has a strange phenomenon, often at 9 o'clock in the morning, the water level of the lake begins to fall, drops about 6 meters and then stops, to 7 o'clock in the afternoon, the lake water level begins to rise again, this strange phenomenon so far scientists have not solved the mystery.
10. Da Nu Lake
It is the second largest lake in Canada with an area of 2860,000 km, water storage capacity 2088 trillion cubic meters, up to a depth of 614 meters.
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