World Lakes

A lake

• always contains fresh water.

• stays the same size forever.

• is a body of water surrounded by land.

• is the same depth as the rivers that run into it.

Why is Lake Tanganyika so long and narrow?

• It is really a river.

• Not many rivers empty into it.

• It is in a rift valley.

• No one knows.

Who or what was Lake Victoria named after?

• Uganda’s victory over Kenya in a war

• Queen Victoria of England

• the city of Victoria in Canada

• the Australian who discovered the lake

Which of the following lakes is not in Africa?

• Lake Chad

• Lake Baikal

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Tanganyika

Which lake is the source of the Nile River?

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Chad

• Lake Baikal

• Lake Titicaca

On what continent is Lake Maracaibo located?

• Africa

• South America

• Asia

• North America

A strait is

• a small rift-valley lake.

• a kind of canal that was built during the 1800s.

• a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.

• a process engineers use to straighten rivers.

Which Great Lake is entirely in the United States?

• Lake Michigan

• Lake Ontario

• Lake Huron

• Lake Superior

On which lake did the Edmund Fitzgerald sink?

• Lake Michigan

• Lake Huron

• Lake Superior

• Lake Ontario

Why do things on the bottom of Lake Baikal appear close?

• The water is shallow.

• The lake has magnifying water.

• The water is clear.

• The lake has lots of pebbles.