Get to know some of the biggest lakes in the world

Based on an estimate of 117 million lakes in different parts of the globe, it covers nearly 4% of the area not occupied by natural glaciers. Researchers have only counted lakes with an area of ​​about half a hectare and more, we are talking about an area of ​​517,9976 square kilometers of the earth covered with lake water. Stay with us to introduce you to some of these great lakes in the world.

Based on an estimate of 117 million lakes in different parts of the globe, it covers nearly 4% of the area not occupied by natural glaciers. Researchers have only counted lakes with an area of ​​about half a hectare and more, we are talking about an area of ​​517,9976 square kilometers of the earth covered with lake water. Continue with us to introduce you to some of these great lakes in the world.

Caspian Sea

The Caspian sea is known as the sea partly because of its size and amount of salt water. But geographically, because it is not connected to the sea or ocean and is located below the sea level, it is considered by many people as a lake. Its mouth is 39,3678 square kilometers, about five times larger than the second lake in this list, Lake Superior. The five countries of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan surround the Caspian Sea.

At the border between Europe and Asia, the Caspian Sea is a "closed basin" because there is no outflow from the lake. The Volga River, the longest river in Europe, supplies most of the water to the Caspian Lake. In total, the Caspian Sea contains almost 40 percent of all river water in the world.

Lake Superior

The largest freshwater lake in the world, it is so large that it can hold all the water in the Great Lakes as much as the three lakes of Erie. The surface of the lake is almost the size of the state of Maine in the United States, ten percent of the world's unfrozen fresh water is stored in Lake Superior. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet, mentions a lake called "Gichi Gumi" (roughly meaning big sea or big water) in the book "Song of Hiawatha". Canadian songwriter and singer Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song "The Legend of Edmund FitzGerald", which commemorates the victims of the sinking of the Edmund FitzGerald ship with 29 crew members in the same lake in 1975; performed, used the same name.

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world, is watered mainly by rainwater, not rivers and streams. This lake is also known as the longest lake with a distance of 402 km from coast to coast. But on average, it is only about 41 meters deep, depending on the weather and rainfall. Lake Victoria was once thought to be the great source of the Nile River in Africa. But the Nile, like Victoria, is mainly watered by rainwater.

Victoria has more than 3,000 islands in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, most of which are inhabited. The Essissi Islands in the northwestern part of the lake, an archipelago of 84 islands, includes at least one golf course and resort.

Heoran Lake

Huran Lake is the third largest freshwater lake in the world, covering an area of ​​more than 59,569 square kilometers, and its widest point is 397 kilometers long. Like many lakes in Canada, it is part of the largest body of water in the country. Most of Lake Huron's water comes from the St. Mary's River, flows from Lake Superior, and a small amount overflows from Lake Michigan through the Straits of Mackinac.

Manitoulin Island is the largest freshwater island in the world, located in the northern part of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada, and has more than 100 lakes of its own, where about 13,000 people live throughout the year.

Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is known as the third and largest of the Great Lakes and is the only lake that is completely located in the United States. The surface of this lake is 494 km long and 189 km wide, covering an area of ​​more than 56,979 square kilometers. It is connected to Lake Huron through the Straits of Mackinac, and for this reason, many scientists consider the two to be one lake.

The shoreline in the northern part of the lake is largely uninhabited. But its southern and western coast stretches from Gary, Indiana (with a population of 78,000), all of Chicago (with a population of 2.7 million), Milwaukee (with a population of 559,000) and Green Bay (with a population of 104,000) are densely populated. . There are several fishing spots in the lake for catching salmon, salmon and various types of duck fish.

Lake Tanganyika

Tanganyika is known as the longest lake in the world. It is only 72 km wide but it stretches for about 672 km, which extends from north to south, starting in Burundi, a long border between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and ending in Zambia, which covers an area of ​​approximately 33669 square kilometers. .

This fresh water lake is one of the largest and deepest in the world and contains more than 2000 different species of plants and animals. Of these, more than 600 species can only be found in Tanganyika. This lake about 12 million years ago along the Great African Valley, due to the rupture between two large tectonic plates in the continent; Was formed.

Lake Baikal

This lake is known as the oldest and deepest fresh water lake in the world and its deepest part is 1.6 km deep. Lake Baikal contains 20% of all fresh water on the planet. More than 300 streams and rivers flow into this lake, although one of them, named Angara, ends in another way. Lake Balkal is the only freshwater habitat for a species of porpoise in the world.

Baikal about 20 to 25 million years ago, like Lake Tanganyika in Africa, which is located in a gap in the continent, where, according to scientists, the tectonic plates will eventually separate and form a different climate; Was formed.