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A map of the Great Lakes Basin showing the five sub-basins. Left to right they are: Superior (magenta); Michigan (cyan); Huron (green); Erie (yellow); Ontario (red). Though the five lakes lie in separate basins, they form a single, naturally interconnected body of fresh water, within the Great Lakes Basin. As a chain of lakes and rivers, they ...
"Cameroon Crater Lakes", World Wildlife Fund ; Australia; Eurasia "Freshwater Fishes of Iran: Drainage Basins" North America "Watersheds" map in the North American Atlas; Ricketts, Taylor H., Eric Dinerstein, David M. Olson, Colby J. Loucks, et al. (1999). Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press ...
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
African Great Lakes: 32,900 km 2 (12,700 sq mi) 18,750 km 3 (4,500 cu mi) Fresh Superior Canada, United States. North American Great Lakes: 82,100 km 2 (31,700 sq mi) 12,070 km 3 (2,900 cu mi) Fresh Malawi Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania. African Great Lakes: 29,600 km 2 (11,400 sq mi) 8,640 km 3 (2,070 cu mi) Fresh Vostok Antarctica. Under the ...
List of lakes, showing country and size, with European ranking Rank Name Native names Country Average area Notes km 2 mi 2; 1 Ladoga: Ла́дожское о́зеро, Laatokka Russia: 17,700 6,800: 14th largest lake in the world 2 Onega: Onego, Онежское озеро, Ääninen, Äänisjärvi Russia: 9,894 3,820: 18th largest lake in the ...
By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,007 square miles (59,590 km 2)—of which 9,103 square miles (23,580 km 2) lies in Michigan and 13,904 square miles (36,010 km 2) lies in Ontario—making it the third-largest fresh water lake on Earth (or the fourth-largest lake, if the Caspian Sea ...
Bordering country Båvrojávrre Norway/ Sweden: Bilećko Lake Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Montenegro: Lac des Brenets (Swiss name) or Lac de Chaillexon (French name) Switzerland/ France: Lake Constance Switzerland/ Germany/ Austria: Cuciurgan Reservoir (artificial lake) Moldova/ Ukraine
Satellite image of Europe by night 1916 physical map of Europe Topography of Europe. Some geographical texts refer to a Eurasian continent given that Europe is not surrounded by sea and its southeastern border has always been variously defined for centuries. In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands.