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World Lakes Flashcards

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This largest lake in Africa is also the main reservoir of the Nile River

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Lake Victoria

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Mosul, one of Iraq’s largest cities, lies on the west bank of this river

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Tigris

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The principal river of Tuscany rises on Monte Falterona

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Arno River

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2 of Africa’s deepest lakes, Tanganyika &; Nyasa, lie in this 4,500-mile-long valley system

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The Great Rift Valley

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According to Maori legend, this country’s Lake Manapouri was formed by the tears of dying sisters

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New Zealand

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(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Switzerland.) Europe’s palace of nations, the UN’s second biggest facility, stands in the 46 hectare Ariana Park with amazing views of this lake

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Lake Geneva

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In 1990 colonies of marine life were found living in hydrothermal vents at the bottom of this Siberian lake

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Lake Baikal

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Bordered by 5 countries, this saltwater lake is also called the Khazar Sea & the Mazandaran Sea

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The Caspian Sea

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This scenic lake in central Switzerland is also known as the Lake of the Four Forest Cantons

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Lake Lucerne

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Lake Balkhash in this largest “stan” by area is bizarre in that it’s half freshwater, half saltwater

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Kazakhstan

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The strait of Promenthoux separates this large Alpine lake into the Grand Lac & the Petit Lac

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Lake Geneva

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This Canadian province shares the Chiputneticook Lakes with Maine

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New Brunswick

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Put MB on your letter & it’ll go to this province that could be called the Land of 38,000 Lakes

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Manitoba

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This lake is shared by Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania

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Lake Victoria

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More than 3,000 square miles in area, it shares its name with a Central American nation

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Lake Nicaragua

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Sharing the name of a city, it’s the largest lake entirely within a Canadian province

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Lake Winnipeg

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17
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We shall return to this island nation & its large lakes like lake Lanao on Mindanao

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Phillipines

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18
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The Emerald Lakes on this country’s North Island get their color from minerals from eruptions of Mount Tongariro

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New Zealand

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In 1932, a dam was built across the Zuiderzee, creating the IJsselmeer, this country’s largest lake

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Netherlands

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Europe’s 2 largest lakes, Ladoga & Onega, lie in the northwestern part of this country

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Russia

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21
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Lake Marathon, an artificial lake, served as this capital’s main water supply from 1931 until 1959

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Athens

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In 2006 this prestigious boys’ school on the Thames completed construction of Lake Dorney for rowing

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Eton

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23
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Lake Ladoga was divided between the Soviet Union & this nation until a 1940 war, when the Soviets seized the entire lake

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Finland

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24
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Shared by Macedonia & Albania, Ohrid Lake–one of Europe’s most beautiful–is on this peninsula

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Balkan

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25
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This lake that has a female name lies in an old glacial basin between Germany, Austria & Switzerland

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Lake Constance

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26
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To create this lake in the 1960s, historical ruins such as Abu Simbel were moved to higher ground

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Lake Nasser (southern Egypt and northern Sudan)

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27
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The town of Yellowknife is located on the shore of this “Great” Canadian lake

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Great Slave Lake

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28
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Percy Shelley wrote of this Italian lake, it “exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty”

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Lake Como

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29
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The Tipitapa river connects Lake Managua with this larger lake

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Lake Nicaragua

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30
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It’s mostly in Egypt; the Sudanese call their portion Lake Nubia

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Lake Nasser

31
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Although long landlocked, Bolivia maintains a navy with about 170 boats, many patrolling on this lake

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Lake Titicaca

32
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International travel between Tanzania, Uganda & Kenya on this lake is no longer permitted

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Lake Victoria

33
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North America’s deepest lake at 2,015 feet is this “great” Canadian one

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Great Slave Lake

34
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The 3 “lakes of” this Irish national park are Upper Lake, Muckross Lake & Lough Leane

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Killarney National Park

35
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Windermere is the biggest lake in this country’s Lake District

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England

36
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Africa’s Lake Victoria lies in 3 countries: Tanzania, Kenya & this one

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Uganda

37
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The western half of Lake Balkhash in this largest “stan” is freshwater; the eastern half is saltwater

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Kazakhstan

38
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This range was covered with glaciers that formed lakes, like Como and Constance

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Alps

39
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This largest African lake is the chief source of the Nile River

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Victoria

40
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Created in 1968, this lake named for an Egyptian president took 13 years to be near full capacity

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Lake Nasser

41
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This country’s Hendrik Verwoerd Reservoir, aka the Gariep, was created by the damming of the Orange River

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South Africa

42
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Lake Nyasa is the southernmost in a chain of lakes located in this “Great” valley

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Great Rift Valley

43
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Missionary-explorer David Livingstone was found on the shore of this, the world’s longest freshwater lake

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Lake Tanganyika (countries: Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia)

44
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Lake Shepard in this West African nation’s Maryland County is unusual in that it is part freshwater, part salt water

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Liberia

45
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Australia’s largest freshwater lakes were artificially created & include Lake Gordon on this island state

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Tasmania

46
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This high South American lake straddles the border between Bolivia & Peru

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Lake Titicaca

47
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Entebbe is a key Ugandan port on this, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake

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Victoria

48
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Ownership of Lake of the Woods is split between these 2 countries

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US and Canada

49
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In 1499 explorer Alonso de Ojeda followed the South American coast to this lake & named the region Venezuela

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Lake Maracaibo

50
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The reservoir known as Lake Nasser in Egypt is Lake Nubia in this country

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Sudan

51
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This Swiss-French lake is also called Lac Leman

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Lake Geneva

52
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Just past Astrakhan, the Volga flows into this inland “sea” that is actually a lake

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Caspian

53
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The Catatumbo River flows into this lake, an extension of the Gulf of Venezuela

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Lake Maracaibo

54
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This Venezuelan lake is the only one of the world’s 25 largest lakes whose elevation is sea level

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Lake Maracaibo

55
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This “monstrous” Scottish lake has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain

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Loch Ness

56
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This salt lake on the border of Asia & Europe is more than 4 times the size of Lake Superior

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Caspian

57
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It’s estimated that more than 20% of the world’s unfrozen fresh water is in this Siberian lake

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Lake Baikal

58
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The Tipitapa River connects Lake Nicaragua with this other large lake to the north

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Lake Managua

59
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Trasimeno, a large lake in this European country, was the site of a big Hannibal victory in 217 B.C.

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Italy

60
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This lake holds 2 extreme world records: the saltiest & the lowest

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Dead Sea

61
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Bujumbura, capital of this land, sits on Lake Tanganyika

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Burundi

62
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Fed by lakes Victoria & Edward, it’s also known as Lake Mobutu Sese Seko

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Lake Albert

63
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The axolotl is a salamander found in Lake Xochimilco near this world capital

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Mexico City

64
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Noted for its turquoise waters, it’s the pearl of the Canadian Rockies seen here

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Lake Louise

65
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336 rivers flow into this Siberian lake, but only one, the Angora, flows out of it

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Lake Baikal

66
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This largest Central American lake has several islands, including Ometepe, which has 2 volcanoes

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Lake Nicaragua

67
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Lake Albano in the west-central part of this country is the site of Castel Gandolfo, the Pope’s summer residence

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Italy

68
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The castle of Chillon on this lake’s eastern shore was made famous in a Lord Byron poem

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Lake Geneva

69
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Over the centuries, this “sea”, the world’s largest lake, has been getting smaller due to extensive damming

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Caspian Sea

70
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The Rhone River enters & exits this Alpine lake on the French-Swiss border

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Lake Geneva

71
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Australia’s only large permanent lakes are artificially created & include Lake Gordon in this island state

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Tasmania

72
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Ethiopia’s Lake Tana is the source of this river’s blue branch

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Nile

73
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Despite its huge size, this saltwater “sea” bordering Iran has no tides

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Caspian

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