Top 10 largest lakes on the planet you may not know
There are over one hundred million natural lakes scattered throughout the Earth. So what are the largest lakes in the world, invite you to learn in the following article.
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Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is actually a lake by land entirely, not affiliated with the sea and other oceans. Around the Caspian Sea covers the territory of 5 countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. The Volga River, the longest river in Europe, is the main water source of the Caspian Sea.
The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world, with a water surface of about 371,000 km², nearly five times the size of Lake Superior. The reservoir 78,200 km of water by volume, about 3.5 times the water compared to the whole year the large lake after it.
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Lake Superior
Lake Superior is also known as the Upper Lake which is the largest lake in the Great Lakes between the Canadian and the United States borders and the largest freshwater lake in the world with an area of approximately 82.400 km².
The maximum length can reach more than 560km, the maximum width can reach almost 260km and maximum depth can reach over 400m.
3
Lake Victoria
It is the largest freshwater lake in Africa and the Second world, lying between the borders of the countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The lake covers an area of about 69.500 km2. Water supply is mainly for the lake is rainwater, not the flow of rivers or streams. The average depth of the lake is about 40 m, depending on weather and rainfall conditions.
4
Lake Huron
It is the second largest lake in the Great Lakes between the United States and Canada borders. Lake Huron is one of the largest lakes in North America. Huron can be proud of its capacity as the 4th largest lake in the world and is the 3rd largest freshwater lake in the world, with a surface area covering 59,596 km². The lake is 331 km long and 295 km wide. The deepest point of the lake is 229 m, and its average depth is 59 m. Like other large lakes, Lake Huron is formed by the movement of the glaciers and its main water supply is the Straits of Mackinac and the river Saint Mary. Another interesting fact about Huron, is the hometown of Manitoulin Island: the largest lake Island in the world.
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Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is also one of the Great Lakes, but wholly within the U.S. territory. Its area is about more than 58.000 km2.
The maximum length of the lake can reach more than 490km and the maximum width can reach about 190km and the maximum depth in the large water season can reach over 280m.
It has also been theorized that Lake Michigan and Lake Huron were indeed a lake, known as Lake Michigan – Huron, connected through the Strait of Mackinac around 8km. With this hypothesis, Lake Michigan – Huron is the largest freshwater lake in the world about 117.500 km2.
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