LAKES

FACTS ABOUT LAKES

• THE STUDY OF INLAND WATERS IS CALLED AS

LIMNOLOGY

• THE COUNTRY CALLED AS 'THE LAND OF THOUSAND LAKES' IS

FINLAND

• THE LAND CALLED AS 'THE LAND OF TEN THOUSAND LAKES' 

MINNESOTA OF AMERICA

• THE COUNTRY IN WHICH 60 PERCENTAGE OF LAKES IN THE WORLD IS OCCUPIED 

CANADA

• LARGEST LAKE IN THE WORLD

CASPIAN SEA

• LARGEST FRESH WATER LAKE IN THE WORLD

LAKE SUPERIOR

• DEEPEST LAKE IN THE WORLD

LAKE BAIKAL

• LONGEST FRESH WATER LAKE IN THE WORLD

TANGANYIKA

• HIGHEST LAKE IN THE WORLD

LHAGBA POOL OF TIBUT

• HIGHEST NAVIGABLE LAKE IN THE WORLD

TITICACA OF SOUTH AMERICA

• LARGEST LAKE IN AFRICA

VICTORIA LAKE

• LAKE CALLED AS 'BLUE EYE OF SIBERIA'

BAIKAL LAKE

• SECOND LARGEST FRESH WATER LAKE IN THE WORLD

VICTORIA LAKE

• THE COUNTRY IN WHICH FRESH WATER LAKE 'GALILEE SEA' IS SITUATED

ISRAEL

• THE LAKE WHICH IS OFTEN CALLED AS 'TIBERIOUS LAKE ' AND 'KINNARAT LAKE'

GALILEE SEA

• THE LAKE WHICH CONSIDERED AS THE OLDEST LAKE IN THE WORLD

LAKE BAIKAL

• LARGEST LAKE IN EUROPE

LAKE BALATON

• THE COUNTRY WHICH HAS 1,87,888 LAKES

FINLAND

• LARGEST LAKE IN SOUTH AMERICAN CONTINENT

LAKE MARACAIBO

• LARGEST LAKE IN INDIA

CHILKA OF ODISHA

• LARGEST FRESH WATER LAKE IN INDIA

KOLLERU OF ANDHRA PRADESH