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Lakes - Multiple Choice

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about world lakes?
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1. What is the small lake found in the middle of desert called?
Freshet
Oasis
Spring
Lagoon
2. What country shares the longest border with Caspian Sea?
Russia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Iran
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan has 1,892 km of coastline and Turkmenistan in the 2nd place with 1,767 km
3. How many Great Lakes are there?
5
4
6
7
Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario and Superior are the ones
4. Which one of these used to be world's 4th largest lake?
Aral Sea
Lake Turkana
Sarygamysh Lake
Qinghai Lake
Since 1960s the Soviets used it for irrigation projects and caused its shrink
5. What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world?
Lake Chad
Great Slave Lake
Lake Baikal
Lake Titicaca
It is also the largest freshwater lake in terms of volume
6. In which country would you find Lake Van?
Sweden
Philippines
Brazil
Turkey
It is Middle East's largest lake
7. What is the largest lake in Antarctica?
Lake Albert
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Taymyr
Lake Vostok
It's almost the same size (surface area) as East Timor with 12,500 square km
8. What type of lake is a pond?
A small lake
Salt lake
A shallow lake (not that deep)
Lake that is connected to another lake by a river
9. South America's largest lake (area), Lake Titicaca, is located between which countries?
Bolivia and Peru
Bolivia and Chile
Argentina and Paraguay
Argentina and Chile
10. What is the maximum depth of Lake Tanganyika?
910 m (2,980 ft)
970 m (3,180 ft)
1,020 m (3,340 ft)
1,470 m (4,820 ft)
It is world's second deepest lake after Russia's Lake Baikal
11. Which lake has the most species of fish than any other lakes?
Great Bear Lake
Saima
Lake Urmia
Lake Malawi
Africa's 3rd largest lake, around 800 fish species are estimated to be found in it
12. In which one of these lakes does freshwater sharks live?
Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua
Lake Volta, Ghana
Lake Taupo, New Zealand
Crater Lake, United States
It is one of the few that does
13. Australia's largest lake is called Lake Eyre. In which state is it located?
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Tasmania
14. Out of top 10 world's biggest lakes by area, how many of them are surrounded by only one country?
5
6
4
7
U.S.A.'s Michigan, Russia's Baikal and Canada's Great Slave - and Bear Lakes
15. Which one is European Union's largest lake?
Vänern, Sweden
Lake Garda, Italy
IJsselmeer, Netherlands
Saimaa, Finland
In Europe (continent) it is the 4th largest after three bigger lakes in Russia
16. Which one of these statements about the Dead Sea is NOT true?
Jordan River is its inflow
Is bordered by Israel, Jordan and Syria
Is a salt lake
Contains earth's lowest elevation on land
Syria does not border Dead Sea, Palestine does
17. The largest lake on an island is Nettilling Lake. Which island is it on?
Baffin Island
Luzon
New Guinea
Great Britain
Canada's largest island has it
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