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?
Lagoon
Spring
Freshet
Oasis
2. What country shares the longest border with Caspian Sea?
Turkmenistan
Iran
Russia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has 1,892 km of coastline and Turkmenistan in the 2nd place with 1,767 km
3. How many Great Lakes are there?
7
5
4
6
Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario and Superior are the ones
4. Which one of these used to be world's 4th largest lake?
Sarygamysh Lake
Qinghai Lake
Aral Sea
Lake Turkana
Since 1960s the Soviets used it for irrigation projects and caused its shrink
5. What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world?
Great Slave Lake
Lake Titicaca
Lake Chad
Lake Baikal
It is also the largest freshwater lake in terms of volume
6. In which country would you find Lake Van?
Turkey
Brazil
Philippines
Sweden
It is Middle East's largest lake
7. What is the largest lake in Antarctica?
Lake Albert
Lake Vostok
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Taymyr
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
Lake that is connected to another lake by a river
Salt lake
A shallow lake (not that deep)
9. South America's largest lake (area), Lake Titicaca, is located between which countries?
Argentina and Paraguay
Argentina and Chile
Bolivia and Peru
Bolivia and Chile
10. What is the maximum depth of Lake Tanganyika?
1,020 m (3,340 ft)
910 m (2,980 ft)
1,470 m (4,820 ft)
970 m (3,180 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
Lake Malawi
Lake Urmia
Saima
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 Volta, Ghana
Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua
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?
New South Wales
South Australia
Tasmania
Queensland
14. Out of top 10 world's biggest lakes by area, how many of them are surrounded by only one country?
4
5
6
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?
IJsselmeer, Netherlands
Saimaa, Finland
Vänern, Sweden
Lake Garda, Italy
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?
Is a salt lake
Jordan River is its inflow
Is bordered by Israel, Jordan and Syria
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
New Guinea
Great Britain
Luzon
Canada's largest island has it
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