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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?
Oasis
Freshet
Spring
Lagoon
2. What country shares the longest border with Caspian Sea?
Russia
Kazakhstan
Iran
Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
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
4
6
5
Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario and Superior are the ones
4. Which one of these used to be world's 4th largest lake?
Sarygamysh Lake
Lake Turkana
Aral Sea
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?
Great Slave Lake
Lake Titicaca
Lake Baikal
Lake Chad
It is also the largest freshwater lake in terms of volume
6. In which country would you find Lake Van?
Philippines
Sweden
Brazil
Turkey
It is Middle East's largest lake
7. What is the largest lake in Antarctica?
Lake Taymyr
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Vostok
Lake Albert
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
A shallow lake (not that deep)
Salt lake
9. South America's largest lake (area), Lake Titicaca, is located between which countries?
Bolivia and Chile
Bolivia and Peru
Argentina and Chile
Argentina and Paraguay
10. What is the maximum depth of Lake Tanganyika?
970 m (3,180 ft)
1,470 m (4,820 ft)
1,020 m (3,340 ft)
910 m (2,980 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 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
Tasmania
South Australia
Queensland
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?
Lake Garda, Italy
Vänern, Sweden
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?
New Guinea
Great Britain
Luzon
Baffin Island
Canada's largest island has it
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