Static GK: Largest Lakes in the World in decreasing order
Static GK: Largest Lakes in the World in decreasing order
| Name | Countries with shoreline | Notes |
| Caspian Sea | Kazakhstan Russia Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Iran |
The Caspian Sea is often regarded as the world’s largest lake, but it contains an oceanic basin (contiguous with the world ocean until 11 million years ago) rather than being entirely over continental crust. |
| Superior | Canada United States |
Largest of the Great Lakes by volume, having more water than the other four combined.Popularly considered the largest freshwater lake by surface area, though Lakes Michigan and Huron are treated hydrologically as a single entity due to their connection at the deep watered Straits of Mackinac; this single entity would be the largest freshwater lake by surface area if it were treated as a single lake. |
| Victoria | Uganda, Kenya Tanzania |
The largest lake by area in Africa. |
| Huron | Canada United States |
Contains Manitoulin Island, the world’s largest lake island. |
| Michigan | United States | Largest lake by area entirely within one country. |
| Tanganyika | Burundi, Tanzania Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Longest freshwater lake in the world and largest volume fresh water lake in Africa. |
| Baikal | Russia | Deepest lake in the world and largest volume fresh water lake in the world. |
| Great Bear Lake | Canada | Largest lake entirely within Canada. |
| Malawi | Malawi Mozambique Tanzania |
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| Great Slave Lake | Canada | Deepest lake in North America. |
Longest Rivers of the world in decreasing order:
| River | Source | Outflow |
| Nile | Tributaries of Lake Victoria, Africa | Mediterranean Sea |
| Amazon | Glacier-fed lakes, Peru | Atlantic Ocean |
| Mississippi-Missouri- | Source of Red Rock, Montana | Gulf of Mexico |
| Red Rock | ||
| Chang Jiang (Yangtze) | Tibetan plateau, China | China Sea |
| Ob | Altai Mts., Russia | Gulf of Ob |
World’s Largest Dams in decreasing order
| Dam | Location |
| Three Gorges | China |
| Syncrude Tailings | Canada |
| Chapetón | Argentina |
| Pati | Argentina |
| New Cornelia Tailings | United States |
| Tarbela | Pakistan |
List of Dams in the order of height
| Name | Country | River |
| Jinping-I Dam | China | Yalong |
| Nurek Dam | Tajikistan | Vakhsh |
| Xiaowan Dam | China | Lancang |
| Xiluodu Dam | China | Jinsha Jiang |
| Grande Dixence Dam | Switzerland | Dixence |
