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Can you name the world's largest natural lakes?
created by
davidr
Enter a lake in the box below
Correctly named lakes will show up below
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Lake is defined as a body of water surrounded by land
Source: U.S. Dept. of Interior (from
The World Almanac 2009
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Rank
Lake
Area (km²)
1.
371,000
2.
82,414
3.
69,485
4.
59,569
5.
57,756
6.
32,893
7.
31,500
8.
31,080
9.
30,044
10.
28,930
Rank
Lake
Area (km²)
11.
25,719
12.
23,553
13.
19,477
14.
18,428
15.
18,130
16.
13,300
17.
9,891
18.
9,500
19.
8,135
20.
8,001
15,690 km²
8,001
33,670 km²
8,001
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Largest Lakes Quiz
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Bees
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 05:32 GMT
14 points
Am I the only one who tried Lake Hylia?
Robert_Lo
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 05:36 GMT
8 points
I only got the 5 HOMES lakes...can't believe I didn't think of the Caspian Sea.
nhrafan
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 06:02 GMT
6 points
I didnt do so hot either, although i'm glad that i am part of only 4.1% of people to get number 16
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marpocky
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 06:40 GMT
-6 points
15/20, and never heard of 4 of the other 5.
debbiedoesnothin
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 06:47 GMT
1 point
Only got 7. I've never heard of most of them.
phw
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 07:00 GMT
33 points
If the Aral sea is 3 lakes with total area of 33000 km^2 as stated in the bonus answer, then at least one of those three lakes should have the 10000 km^2 needed to be on the top 20. (Although the way the Aral's going, in a few more years it may not matter.)
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chillicothe20
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 08:10 GMT
-19 points
why is the black sea not a lake?
jjuva13
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 08:18 GMT
24 points
I think it's because the Black Sea is not completely enclosed by land.
jjuva13
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 08:20 GMT
-3 points
and it's not formed by a river.
Chumley
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 08:31 GMT
11 points
What about Lake Vostok?
davidr
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 08:53 GMT
1 point
@phw: The admins have edited this quiz somewhat from the version I submitted (from an admittedly undersourced Wikipedia page). The World Almanac gives a much higher area for the Aral Sea than the 17,160km² quoted by Wikipedia. The latter figure means that none of the components has to be bigger than 6000km².
davidr
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 09:36 GMT
9 points
@chillicothe20: The Black Sea is connected to the Atlantic via the Bosporus, the Mediterranean and the Straits of Gibraltar.
davidr
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 09:57 GMT
14 points
`Lake' Maracaibo is also connected to the Atlantic Ocean. It's just a bay of the Caribbean Sea. It's at sea level and opens directly out into the ocean across a five-mile-wide boundary: there's not even a short river between the two.
davidr
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 10:26 GMT
-2 points
@Jake M.: No, I tried it too, after your prompt. ;-)
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RavenEleni
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 11:53 GMT
-28 points
what about the red sea?
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ZacharyTaylor
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 11:58 GMT
-9 points
bonus aral sea
Art:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 11:59 GMT
-4 points
Lake Huron? Surface area 23,010 sq mi (59,600 km2)[1]
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ZacharyTaylor
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 11:59 GMT
-8 points
10/20 and 1 bonus
OscilatingGibbon
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 12:44 GMT
8 points
Good quiz, I'm pretty sure Lake Vostok should be on there as it fits the definition given.
davidr
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 12:48 GMT
7 points
@raveneleni: The Red Sea is connected to the Indian Ocean via the Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden.
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RunnDMC:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 13:05 GMT
-44 points
I was surprised Loch Ness wasn't on here.
davidr
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 13:21 GMT
8 points
@RunnDMC: Seriously? Loch Ness is under 60km²: the twentieth lake on this list is more than 140 times its size. Also, Loch Lomond is bigger than Loch Ness (a little over 70km²) and Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland is considerably bigger than either (388km²).
The top two lakes here are bigger than the whole of Scotland and the top twelve are bigger than Wales. For American context, the top fifteen are bigger than Connecticut and number two is fractionally smaller than South Carolina.
davidr
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 14:38 GMT
5 points
@Art: Lake Huron is #4 on the list.
weizenugb
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 14:40 GMT
8 points
Served. Nice quiz, davidr. I could only get 11, but my Canadian prowess helped me with Great Bear, Great Slave, and Winnipeg. Also I couldn't remember the name of the lake that borders Rwanda.
weizenugb
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 14:42 GMT
8 points
Actually I guess I was thinking of Tanganyika, and it doesn't even border Rwanda. Nevermind.
Booger
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 15:06 GMT
47 points
Am I immature? Probably. But I've always loved Lake Titicaca.
HollywoodLeo
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 16:50 GMT
7 points
That's where the Great Cornholio hails from!
Uhlan
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 17:12 GMT
4 points
Tim, maybe Lake Malawi? Also, where would Vattern and Vanern (not sure about spelling) in Sweden be?
Morbo
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 17:31 GMT
5 points
@Booger: I'm disappointed that I forgot Lake Titicaca. I basically the Caspian Sea, the Great Lakes, No. 2, and the bonus of the Aral Sea (only because I've been reading a book that mentioned it as a huge environmental disaster). Tough quiz.
leob
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 17:31 GMT
2 points
This quiz favors Russians. + Baikal, Balkhash, Ladoga, Onega.
Tim_Allen
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 17:56 GMT
-2 points
Nice one, Leo B. :)
Bray
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 19:03 GMT
1 point
Disappointed at missing some. Got the top 6, plus Malawi and Ontario.
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ntnon
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 19:24 GMT
-6 points
Isn't "TitiKaKa" a reasonably widely accepted variant spelling..?
chambers
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 19:46 GMT
5 points
recognised all of the top ten but only got 8. should have got winnipeg too
starboy7
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 20:02 GMT
1 point
fun quiz but i didnt know many of them, but i got all the great lakes (i should im surrounded by them)
davidr
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Jan 15th, 2009 at 21:20 GMT
2 points
@Ben: Lake Vänern is about 26th (5,545km²); Vättern is rather smaller (1,900km²) but is still Sweden's second-largest lake. Data from Wikipedia, which quotes a rather different list to the one used here, hence `about'.
davidr
:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 21:26 GMT
5 points
@Leo B: Eight of the twenty are at least partly Canadian.
Tim Allen:
Jan 15th, 2009 at 22:03 GMT
9 points
@davidr: He was clearly kidding (at least I think so, given Leo's penchant for sarcasm). But thanks for playing into the joke.
MRS.JONAS:
Jan 16th, 2009 at 01:07 GMT
-3 points
i only got my lake [= lol
HollywoodLeo
:
Jan 16th, 2009 at 04:55 GMT
2 points
What is it with Leos having a penchant for sarcasm?
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