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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Lake Tanganyika
Is the longest lake in the world, located on 4 countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. The lake stretches 673 km in the north-south direction, covering an area of about 32,900 km2.
The Tanganyika freshwater lake is inhabited by over 2,000 creatures, including the 600 endemic species. The lake formed about 12 million years ago, along the Great Rift Valley due to the rift of two continental tectonic plates.
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Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is located in the Northern hemisphere, Lake Baikal, also known as the Natural Lake, the Rift Lake (the lake formed due to the shift in the Ant Rift area). It is located north of the Mongolian border, in the southern Siberian region of Russia, between the States of the Buryat Republic and Irkutsk Oblast. Lake Baikal is the largest non-glacial freshwater lake in the world, and contains about 20% of the world's fresh water. It is also regarded as one of the world's most obvious lakes. Along with being the 7th largest lake in the world, with a total surface area of 31,500 km², it is also the world's largest lake and the deepest lake in the world. It may even be one of the oldest lakes on our planet, with an estimated age of not less than 25 million years. The average depth of the lake is 744.4 m, with the deepest point to 1642 metres (the Rift lake is usually deeper than the non-rift lake, due to the depth of the rift formed by the reactivity and water filling). Thanks to the isolation with people and long-standing, the world's most varied and unusual freshwater fauna has been created. The basin of the lake is located entirely in Russia and the main water supply is the Barguzin, Selenge and Upper Angara rivers. It was drained by the Angara River.
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Great Bear Lake
Also known as the Big Bear Lake in the territory of Canada and the largest lake in Canada and the 7th largest lake in the world. Its area is about 31.100 km2
The maximum length can be reached about 310km, the maximum width can reach nearly 180km and the depth of yes it can reach nearly 450m.
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Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, also known as Nyasa Lake, is located on the territory of three countries Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It has an area of more than 29,600 km², length 580 km, width 75 km. Lake Malawi is also the habitat of more than 1,000 cichlids, crocodiles, and mint.
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Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake is not only the 10th largest lake in the world, this is also the deepest North American lake with a depth of 614 metres and is the second largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The lake is 480 km long, 19 to 109 km wide, and has a surface area of 28,930 km2. The river is the main water supply, while the main drainage is the Mackenzie River. Located as far north as the surface elevation of about 156 meters, the Great Slave Lake surface is virtually frozen throughout the year.
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