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Printable version; In other projects ... Seawater bodies. List of bodies of water by salinity; List of oceans; ... List of lakes and reservoirs – Mogollon Rim ...
Longest freshwater lake in the world and third largest of any kind by volume. [18] 7: Baikal Russia: Fresh 31,722 km 2 12,248 sq mi 636 km 395 mi 1,642 m 5,387 ft 23,610 km 3 5,660 cu mi Deepest lake in the world and largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. [19] 8: Great Bear Lake Canada: Fresh 31,153 km 2 12,028 sq mi 373 km 232 mi 446 m
Printable version; In other projects ... List of alpine lakes; ... Lakes and other water bodies of Victoria (Australia)
In addition, some lakes become seasonally stratified. Ponds and pools have two regions: the pelagic open water zone, and the benthic zone, which comprises the bottom and shore regions. Since lakes have deep bottom regions not exposed to light, these systems have an additional zone, the profundal. [3]
Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique) Malawi/ Mozambique/ Tanzania: Lake Mweru Democratic Republic of the Congo/ Zambia: Lake Nasser (Arabic: بحيرة ناصر Boħēret Nāṣer; Sudanese: Lake Nubia) Egypt/ Sudan: Lake Rweru Burundi/ Rwanda: Lake Sélingué (artificial lake) Mali/ Guinea: Lake Tanganyika
Considered the oldest surviving freshwater lake on the planet, it is also the deepest body of water in Asia at 5,315 feet (1,620 m), and the largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 20% of the planet's fresh water. An elongated lake, it has a maximum width of 60 miles (97 km) with an approximate length of 389 miles (626 km), and is fed by ...
One way to classify lakes (or other bodies of water) is with the trophic state index. [2] An oligotrophic lake is characterized by relatively low levels of primary production and low levels of nutrients. A eutrophic lake has high levels of primary productivity due to very high nutrient levels. Eutrophication of a lake can lead to algal blooms.
There are three basic types of freshwater ecosystems: Lentic (slow moving water, including pools, ponds, and lakes), lotic (faster moving water, for example streams and rivers) and wetlands (areas where the soil is saturated or inundated for at least part of the time). [2] [1] Freshwater ecosystems contain 41% of the world's known fish species. [3]