KERALA PSC / PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY / IMPORTANT LAKES / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

KERALA PSC / PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY / IMPORTANT LAKES / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

KERALA PSC / PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY / IMPORTANT LAKES / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

·      Caspian Sea: The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume. It is land locked body of water and lies between Russia and Iran. It has a maximum depth of about 1025 meters and has a salinity of approximately 1.2%

·      Lake Victoria: South Africa’s largest lake as well as largest tropical lake in the world. It is the source of the longest branch of the Nile River, the White Nile

·      Lake   Michigan: It is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It has an area of 58016 sq.km making it the largest freshwater lake in the US. The lake’s average depth is 85 meters, while its greatest depth is 281 meters

·      Lake Tanganyika: Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in Central Africa. It is estimated to be the second largest lake in the world by Volume. In depth (1470m maximum) it is second only to Lake Baikal.

·      Lake Baikal: Lake Baikal is lies in southern Siberian in Russia. Lake Baikal is the deepest and oldest lake in the world as well as the largest freshwater lake by volume. Now it is a world heritage site

·      Lake Titicaca: Lake Titicaca is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world in the world at 3812 meters above the sea level. Ore than 35 rivers empty into Titicaca. It is located in the Altiplano high in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia.  

·      Great Salt Lake: is endorheic (has no outlet besides evaporation) and thus has very high salinity. It is saltier than sea water.

·      Lake Superior: Lake Superior is the largest North America’s Great Lakes. It is the largest fresh water lake in the world by surface area and third largest by volume. The lake is fed by over 200 rivers.

·      Lake Eyre: The lake is located in the deserts of Central Australia. It is largest lake in Australia as well as the lowest point of the continent, approximately 15 meters below the sea level.

·      Dead Sea: It is an example of rift valley lake which lies along the West Bank of Jordan. The Jordan river flows into the Dead Sea which has no outlet, and evaporation balances the inflow.

·      Chad Lake: A large, shallow freshwater lake in North-Central Africa. Maximum depth is about 6m, but average depth is only about 1.2m. Lake Chad is fed by several rivers and has no outward drainage. It constitutes one of the largest inland drainage areas of Africa.

·      Victoria Lake: Africa’s largest lake and a part of the Nile River system. It is relatively shallow, with a maximum depth of only 82m. It lies in a broad, shallow basin on the vast East African Plateau.

 

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