Where is the largest freshwater lake in the world ?

Lake Baikal is located on the territory of Russia and is the deepest lake in the world. Located on the border between the United States and Canada, Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. And the Caspian Sea is much larger than Lake Superior, so the largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea.

North America is a continent with many lakes, with a total area of about 400,000 square kilometers, ranking first among all continents. Lakes are mainly found in the northern half of the continent. With a total area of 245273 square kilometers, the five great lakes of the Central Plateau - Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are the largest freshwater lakes in the world, known as the "North American Mediterranean".

Among them, Lake Superior is the largest in area and the largest freshwater lake in the world.

In geography books, it is written about Lake Baikal, but there is a workbook that says Lake Superior, but I think it is Baikal because for the so-called big lake, you can't just look at the surface area, the key is to look at its volume.

Lake Baikal has surprisingly high freshwater reserves, accounting for more than 1 5 of the total freshwater on the Earth's surface, more than the five famous lakes of North America combined.

It is also the deepest freshwater lake in the world, and it is said that it takes 8 years for its water to circulate from the surface to the bottom of the lake.

Lake Baikal is also known as the oldest freshwater lake in the world, 25 million years old. And it's slowly but constantly expanding.

A freshwater lake is a lake that accumulates on the surface of the earth in the form of fresh water. Freshwater lakes are divided into two types: closed and open: closed freshwater lakes are mostly located in high mountains or inland areas, with no obvious river inflow and outflow; Open freshwater lakes can be quite large, with islands and multiple rivers flowing into and out.

So what is the largest freshwater lake in the world?

1. Lake Superior is 616 kilometers long from east to west, 257 kilometers wide from north to south, with an average elevation of 180 meters, a water area of 82,414 square kilometers, and a maximum depth of 405 meters. It has a storage capacity of 10,000 cubic kilometers, accounting for more than half of the water storage of the Great Lakes, and is the largest freshwater lake in the world.

2. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world, discovered by French explorers in 1622"On the lake"。The lake is shared by the United States and Canada and is surrounded by the Canadian province of Ontario and the American states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.

3. Lake Superior is 616 kilometers long from east to west, 257 kilometers wide from north to south, with an average elevation of 180 meters, a water area of 82,414 square kilometers, and a maximum depth of 405 meters. It has a storage capacity of 10,000 cubic kilometers, accounting for more than half of the water storage capacity of the Great Lakes, and is the fourth largest lake in the world in terms of water storage (the first three are the Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal and Lake Tanganyika). The shoreline of the lake is 3,000 kilometers long, the coast is densely forested, and the north shore is full of twists and turns.

There are nearly 200 rivers that flow into the lake, with the Nipigon and St. Louis rivers being the largest.