Why are lakes very important to life?
Lakes are important because they store freshwater also to provide a place for plants and animals to live.
What Is a lake?
It is a area of water that has land all around it.
Are there different kinds of lakes?
Yes, there are aboveground, reservoir and underground lakes. They can be artificial or natural areas that store water.
What are 10 of the largest lakes in the world and where are they?
1 The Caspian Sea
A- It is the biggest inland water body of water in the world
B-It is located between Asia and Europe
C-The pollution is increasing rapidly mostly from the oil industry
D-The surface are is 371,000 square kilometers
E-The main difference is the lake is the world biggest salt water lake it does not contain freshwater to support life.
2 Lake Victoria
A-It is one of the Great Lakes in Africa. It is named after Queen Victoria.
B-It is Africas largest lake at 59,947square kilometers.
C-The lake and its wetlands are home to many kinds of wildlife.
D-it is the worlds largest examples of human created extinctions in any ecosystem.
E-The lake is polluted mostly due to raw sewage and dumping of toxic wastes by industry.
3 Lake Superior
A-It is one of the 5 North American Great Lakes with Canada to the north and the USA to the south.
B-The lake is 82,103 square meter on the surface that is about equal size as the country of Austria in Europe.
C-To fill the lake there are over 200 rivers that bring water to it.
D-Climate change is affecting the lake by raising the temperature of the water.
E-The large size and water temperatures control the temperature of the land around the lake.
4-Lake Huron
A-It is one of the 5 North American Great Lakes
B-More tha 10,000 people live near the lake.
C-235 seaman were killed in the worst storm on the lake in 1913
D-The lake has changed greatly in the last 100 years by the induction of fish and plants that were not originally from the lake.
E-It has the longest shoreline of any of the North American Great Lakes as it has over 30,000 islands.
5-Lake Michigan
A-The lake is also one of the 5 North American Great Lakes with Chicago on its south shore.
B-The shore of Michigan has the biggest sand dunes of any freshwater lake in the world.
C-Over 20% of the freshwater in the world is in the North American Great Lakes.
D-Lake Michigan is the only great lake that is completely inside of America.
E-The lake is the only great lake to face north to south the other lakes face east to west.
6-Lake Tanganyika
A-Lake Tanganyika is located in Africa it is the 2nd biggest lake on the continent.
B-The lake is divided up and owned by 4 different countries.
C-The lake is the longest freshwater lake in the world it is 673 kilometers long.
D-The average temperature of the water is 25 degrees celsius.
E-1,000,000 people live near the lake and the lake is 9 to 12 million years old.
7-Lake Baikal
A- The lake is very old it is the oldest freshwater lake in the world and is located in Siberia close to Mongolia in Russia.
B-The lake has as much freshwater as all of the 5 North American Great Lakes combined.
C- Over half of the water in the lake come from Mongolia south of the lake.
D- The water in the lake is some of the clearest water in the world.
E-Industry and over tourism threaten the health of the lake.
8-The Great Bear Lake
A-The lake is located entirely in Canada the 4th largest lake in North America.
B-The lake is 31,000 square kilometers and it is covered by ice over 8 months of each year.
C.The lake was formed by glaciers first coming the retreating back to the north.
D-The top of the lake is in the Arctic Circle.
E-Many animals who live in the clod temperatures live near the lake.
9-Lake Malawi
A-Lake Malawi is one of the African Great Lakes. It is 29,000 square kilometers
B-The temperature of the water is 22.7 degrees celsius so it is a very popular tourist spot.
C-The lake is home to more different species of fish than any lake in the world. Many of the fish are sold for aquariums around the world.
D-The area around the lake is one of the safest places on earth with very friendly people.
E-Human life has existed near the lake for 50,000 to 60,000 years so it is one of the first for humans to live.
10-The Great Slave Lake
A-It is the 2nd largest lake inside of Canada it is 28,586 square kilometers in size.
B-The lake is also frozen over for 8 months each year.
C-Many major fish species live in the lake making fishing a popular sport at the lake.
D-The lake is fed by many rivers so the water level remains the same..
E-The lake is over 300 meters deep so it is the deepest freshwater lake in the world.