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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?
Lagoon
Freshet
Oasis
Spring
2. What country shares the longest border with Caspian Sea?
Kazakhstan
Russia
Azerbaijan
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?
6
4
5
7
Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario and Superior are the ones
4. Which one of these used to be world's 4th largest lake?
Qinghai Lake
Sarygamysh Lake
Lake Turkana
Aral Sea
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?
Philippines
Sweden
Turkey
Brazil
It is Middle East's largest lake
7. What is the largest lake in Antarctica?
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Albert
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?
Salt lake
Lake that is connected to another lake by a river
A small lake
A shallow lake (not that deep)
9. South America's largest lake (area), Lake Titicaca, is located between which countries?
Bolivia and Chile
Argentina and Paraguay
Bolivia and Peru
Argentina and Chile
10. What is the maximum depth of Lake Tanganyika?
910 m (2,980 ft)
1,020 m (3,340 ft)
970 m (3,180 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?
Saima
Lake Malawi
Great Bear Lake
Lake Urmia
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 Taupo, New Zealand
Lake Volta, Ghana
Crater Lake, United States
Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua
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
Queensland
Tasmania
14. Out of top 10 world's biggest lakes by area, how many of them are surrounded by only one country?
7
5
6
4
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?
Saimaa, Finland
Lake Garda, Italy
Vänern, Sweden
IJsselmeer, Netherlands
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 bordered by Israel, Jordan and Syria
Contains earth's lowest elevation on land
Is a salt lake
Jordan River is its inflow
Syria does not border Dead Sea, Palestine does
17. The largest lake on an island is Nettilling Lake. Which island is it on?
Luzon
New Guinea
Great Britain
Baffin Island
Canada's largest island has it
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