LAKES AND LAGOONS
Q1. What is a lake?
Water bodies in the landed area covered by land or mountains, the wateraccumulating on large shallow areas.
Q2. Lakes are generally of?
Fresh water. There are some salt water lakes like Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Dead Sea, which created in the olden days by the continental drifting or by earthquakes.
Q3. What are the types of lakes?
1. Periglacial
2. Subglacial
3. Artificial
4. Endorhic and
5. Krast.
Q4. What is Periglacial lake?
Part of the lake's margin is formed by an ice sheet, ice cap or glacier, preventing natural drainage.
Q5. What is a subglacial lake?
A lake which is permanently covered by ice.
Q6. What is an artificial lake?
Also called a reservoir. Created by constructions of dams, excavation of land etc. Some of the greatest lakes are reservoirs.
Q7. What is an endorheic lake?
Also called terminal or closed lake. These lakes have no significant outflow either through river or underground diffusion. The water leaves the system by evaporation. Eg: Lake Eyre in Central Asia and Aral Sea.
Q8. What is a Krast lake?
Formed by underground water springing into a depression which no surface inlet/outlet.
Q9. Which is the largest lake in the world?
Caspian Sea - 394300 SQKM - Salt water lake.
Q10. Which is the deepest lake in the world?
Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia - Depth 1637 meters/5471 feet.
Q11. Which is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world?
Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia.
Q12.
Which is the oldest lake in the world?
Lake Baikal.
Q13. Which is the highest lake in the world (by altitude)?
Lake Ojos Del Salado in Chile at 6891mtrs/22608 feet. It is a crater lake formed out of a volcano. It is actually on the Argentina-Chile border, on the Andes ranges.
Q14. Where is the second highest lake in the world?
Tibet - 6368 meters a.s.l.
Q15. Where is lake Titicaca and what are the special features about it?
It is in South America - on the borders of Bolivia and Peru. It is the 1. World's highest commercially navigable lake at 3812 meters. 2. Second largest fresh water lake in the world. 3. Largest fresh water lake in South America.
Q16. Which is the lowest lake (also sea) in the world?
Dead Sea bordering Israel - Jordan - West Bank, lying about 418 meters / 1371 feet below sea level.
Q17. Which is the largest freshwater lake by surface area?
Lake Superior - between Ontario of Canada and Minnesota of USA - 82414 SQKM.
Q18. Which is the largest fresh water lake on an Island?
Lake Manitou on Manitoulin Island, Canadian island on lake Huron. This island has 108 fresh water lakes in it.
Q19. Which is the only salt water lake in the world that is inhabited by crocodiles?
Lake Enriquillo in Dominican Republic.
Q20. Which is the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world, that is spread across three countries?
Lake Victories - 68800 SQKM - It is spread across Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. It is Africa's largest lake.
Q21. What are the five great lakes of USA?
They are really great lakes on earth by surface area. All fresh water lakes on the USA- Canada borders.
Q22. Which is the largest lake of Australia?
Lake Eyre - 9500 SQKM.
Q23. What is the biggest lake of Canada?
Great Bear Lake 31153 SQKM - Canada's largest - 4th largest in North America - 8th largest in the world.
Q24. Where is lake Malawi and it is spread across?
Also called Lake Nyasa, it lies in Mozambique and is also spread across Malawi and Tanzania . It is 365 miles long and 52 miles across at its widest point.
Q25.
Which is the largest salt water lake of India?
Chilka Lake - near Cuttack, Orissa at the South and North mouth of river Mahanadi. It is about 1165 SQKM. A brackish water lake considered to have been part of the sea in pre historic days.
Q26.
Which is the largest fresh water lake of India?
Wular Lake, Jammu and Kashmir between Sopore and Bandipur.
Q27. What are the other large fresh water lakes of India?
1. Kolleru Lake - West Godavari Dt., Andhra Pradesh. 2. Khaver Jeel - Beghusarai Dt., Bihar.
Q28. Which is the highest lake of India?
Guru Dongmar Lake - Sikkim - close to India-China border at an altitude of 17100 feet. One of the world's highest lake.
Q29. Where is Chandra Taal lake and what is special about it?
In Himachal Pradesh, (Himalayas). Reachable by trekking only during May and August months alone.
Q30. Where is Vembanad lake and what is the major event held here annually?
Kerala -- It is the largest lake of Kerala spread across 200 SQKM. The famous "Vallam Kali" a snake boat race, for the Nehru Trophy is held here annually on the 2nd week of August attracting huge tourists including foreigners.
Q31. Where is lake Manasarovar and what is its importance to India?
It is Tibet located at an altitude of 4556 mtrs above sea level. It is the source for Brahmaputra, Sutlej, Indus and Karnali rivers. It is the highest large fresh water lake in the world.
Q32. Which is the most famous tourist attraction lake of India and where is it?
Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
Q33. What is Sea of Galilei?
Israel's largest freshwater lake. Also called Tiberias Lake.
Q34. Which is the largest man made lake of India?
Indra Sagar Lake, Narmada River, Khandwa Dt., Madhya Pradesh.
Q35. What is the name for the study of Lakes?
Limnology.
Q36. Half of the lakes in the entire world is found in one country. What is it?
Canada. That is why it is called the "Land of Thousand Lakes".
Q37. Which lake is called America's Dead Sea, but provides habitat for millionsv of birds?
The Great Salt Lake of Utah.
Q38. Which famous reservoir was created by the Akosombo Dam in?
Lake Volta.
Q39. Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty lake now. What was the previous name?lake's
Bedloe island, New York.
Q40. What are the names of the famous lakes in Udaipur, Rajasthan which have some interesting features?
1. Fateh Sagar Lake: Has two islands, one housing a Solar Observatory and another a beautiful garden.
2. Pichola Lake: A beautiful palace in the middle of the lake.
Q41. Where is "Great Slave" lake?
Canada. Named after Slave Indians. Drained by the McKenzie river.
Q42. What is a Lagoon?
A body of comparatively shallow or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sand bank, coral reef or similar feature. Thus, the enclosed body of water behind a barrier reef or barrier islands or enclosed by an atoll reef is also called a Lagoon.
Q43. Where is the largest lagoon in India?
Vembanad, Alleppey Dt Kerala.
Q44. Which place in India is famous for lagoons and a major tourist spot?
Alleppey now Alappuzha in Kerala.
