Growing up in India, as young students, we had learnt that the two largest lakes in the world were the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. While trying to study up the lakes of the world this week, I realized that Black Sea is not considered a lake. It is an inland ocean. I wonder what is being taught in India these days.

Also, when looking up the lakes by size, I could not find one particular lake that we had learnt about in India – the Aral Sea. I have now learnt that the whole lake does not exist any more! It used to be the fourth largest lake in the world. Man made irrigation projects have diverted all the river sources and now it is a desert!

See if you know or can guess the answers to the following:

1. What is the country with most lakes? (it has more lakes than the rest of the world combined)
2. What is the highest navigable lake?
3. What is the lowest lying lake?
4. What is the largest lake in the Antarctica? (it is the 16th largest in the world)
5. What is the largest lake with salt water on one side and fresh water on the other?
6. What is the lake which has more species of fish than any other lake?
7. What is the largest lake in Europe?
8. What is the largest lake that is entirely within one country?
9. What is the longest freshwater lake?
and lastly, a weird one…
10. What is the largest alkaline lake? (it is also the largest desert lake in the world)

You can check here for your answers.