Which is the deepest lake in the world?
- A.Lake Tanganyika
- B.Lake Baikal
- C.Caspian Sea
- D.Lake Superior
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Lake Baikal. It lies in a rift valley in southern Siberia, reaches a depth of about 1,642 metres and holds more fresh water by volume than any other lake, roughly a fifth of the unfrozen surface fresh water of the earth. Option A is wrong but is the second deepest lake in the world and the longest freshwater lake, lying in the western arm of the East African rift. Option C is wrong because the Caspian Sea, though the largest lake in the world by area, is a salt lake and far shallower than Baikal. Option D is wrong because Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, not the deepest; it is a glacial lake scooped out by the ice sheets of the Pleistocene and drains towards the Atlantic through the St Lawrence.
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View allWhich is the largest lake in the world by surface area?
- A.Lake Superior
- B.Lake Victoria
- C.Caspian Sea
- D.Lake Baikal
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Read the full explanation →Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, is located in which country?
- A.Brazil
- B.Venezuela
- C.South Africa
- D.Norway
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Angel Falls, called Salto Angel in Spanish, drops about 979 metres from the Auyan Tepui, one of the flat topped table mountains of the Guiana highlands, and is fed by the Churun river, a tributary of the Caroni.
Read the full explanation →The Victoria Falls are situated on which river?
- A.Niger
- B.Orange
- C.Zambezi
- D.Limpopo
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The falls lie on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the Zambezi drops into a basalt gorge; the local name Mosi-oa-Tunya means the smoke that thunders, and the missionary explorer David Livingstone named them after Queen Victoria in 1855.
Read the full explanation →The Niagara Falls lie between which two of the Great Lakes?
- A.Lake Superior and Lake Huron
- B.Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
- C.Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
- D.Lake Ontario and Lake Michigan
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Read the full explanation →Which of the five Great Lakes of North America lies entirely within the United States?
- A.Lake Huron
- B.Lake Erie
- C.Lake Michigan
- D.Lake Superior
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Of the five lakes remembered by the word HOMES, Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior, only Michigan lies wholly in the United States; the international boundary with Canada runs through the other four.
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