Fresh Water Lakes of the world.

1. FRESHWATER LAKESANUP GHIMIRE, ROCK FACE LIMITED

2. LAKE BAIKAL
• Oldest (25 million years) and deepest
(1700 metres) lake.
• Area: 31722 square kilometres.

3. …LAKE BAIKAL
• Average depth : 744 metres
• Located in South East Siberia, Russia.

4. …LAKE BAIKAL
• Twenty percentage of world’s
freshwater
• Around 1200 animal species
and 600 types of animals.
• 27 endemic species of fish
• Water seals, omul
fish, golomyanka (oil-fish).

5. LAKE VICTORIA
• Largest lake in Africa
• Located in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

6. …LAKE VICTORIA
• 68000 square kilometres area.
• Maximum depth: 82 metres.

7. …LAKE VICTORIA
• Average depth: 20 metres
• Largest tropical lake in the
world.
• 500 species of fish
• Cichlids fish.

8. LAKE SUPERIOR
• Largest freshwater lake in the world by surface
area (82100 square kilometres).
• Average depth: 147 metres.
• Maximum depth: 406 metres.

9. …LAKE SUPERIOR
• Located in North America.
• 10% of the world’s
freshwater.
• 88 species of fish
• Common fish species: Brook
Trout, Pike, Lake trout,
Rainbow, walleye, pink and
Chinook.

10. LAKE TANGANYIKA
• Longest freshwater lake in the world (660
kilometres).
• Located in Tanzania, Burundi, Congo DR and
Zambia.

11. …LAKE TANGANYIKA
• Area: 32900 square
kilometres.
• 350 species of fish.
• Common species: Endemic
cichlids, Giant Nile
Perch, Small Nile
Perch, Goliath tiger, Yellow
belly, Kapenta, Bichir.

12. LAKE MALAWI
• Area: 29600 square kilometres
• Length: 580 kilometres
• Located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

13. …LAKE MALAWI
• 500-1000 species of fish
• Cannon
fish, Mbuna, Chambo, Ut
aka, Usipa, Matemba, Ml
amba, Kampango.

14. LAKE VANERN
• Largest lake in European Union
• Area 5650 square kilometres
• Average depth 27 metres
• Located in Sweden.

15. …LAKE VANERN
• Smelt Fish
• Gullspang Salmon and
Klaralv Salmon

16. LAKE LADOGA
• Located in North Western Russia
• Area: 25900
• Average depth: 51 metres
• Maximum depth: 230 metres

17. …LAKE LADOGA
• 48 species of fish
• Common species: roach,
carp bream, zander,
European perch, ruffe and
smelt.