World Lakes Quiz

1) Largest lake by area, named as a "sea"

2) African lake named for the British queen

3) Cleveland, OH lies on this Great Lake

4) Largest lake entirely within the US border

5) Oldest and deepest lake in the world

6) Located on the far west side of Switzerland that shares the French border

7) Famous lake in northern Italy, home to many villas and mountain homes

8) Highest lake in the world in the Andes border of Peru and Bolivia

9) Largest freshwater lake by surface area

10) Yellowknife, NT borders this lake

11) Straddles the border between Nevada and California

12) Toronto sits on the shores of this lake

13) Largest lake in Central America, has freshwater sharks

14) Largest lake in Florida, called the "mother of the Everglades"

15) Saline lake in Utah on which the capital shares a name

16) Has the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes

17) NY lake in the Adirondacks that held the Winter Olympics of 1932 and 1980

18) Situated near Austin, TX and is its main water supply

19) Reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border

20) Manitoba lake that shares a name with its capital city

21) Located near St Petersburg, it is the largest lake in Europe

22) Deepest lake in Africa and the worlds 2nd deepest freshwater lake

23) The Blue Nile flows out of this Ethiopian lake

24) Largest lake in Kazakhstan

25) Lake in NH popular with summer tourists and activities

26) Largest lake located entirely within Canada

27) Glacial lake in Montana known for its clear waters

28) Eastern African lake that shares a name with a country that lies on it

29) Massive subglacial lake in Antarctica beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

30) Largest lake in Australia

31) Ancient volcanic lake, the largest in New Zealand

32) Large, remote lake on the Minnesota border with Manitoba and Ontario

33) Popular summer tourist lake in the mountains of Missouri of which it shares a name

34) Straddles the border of New York and Vermont up to the Canadian line

35) Largest loch in Scotland by volume, which may or may not hold a mythical sea monster

36) This Oregon lake is the deepest in the US

37) 2nd largest lake in Europe

38) These lakes in central NY are shaped like the digits on a hand

39) Popular vacation lake in upstate NY, often called the "Queen of American lakes"

40) This lake in Western Australia is bright pink year round due to high salinity and algae

42) Remote lake on the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border formed by a meteor impact

43) This African lake is the largest permanent desert lake and the largest alkaline lake

44) This lake in far east Turkey is the countries' largest

45) 2nd largest saline lake, located in the Kyrgyzstan mountains

46) This Swedish lake is the largest in the EU and the 3rd largest in Europe

47) Worlds largest lake on an island, located on remote Baffin Island

48) This alkaline lake is the largest in China

49) Largest lake in Mongolia

50) Located on the Kazakh/Uzbek border, this "sea" was once a large lake but has now dried into desert due to Soviet irrigation

51) This manmade lake on the Utah/Arizona border is a popular tourist destination

52) Largest lake in Alaska

53) This freshwater lake south of Guadalajara is Mexicos' largest

54) A 24 mile bridge connecting New Orleans to Mandeville crosses this massive lake

55) This lake on the ND-SD border is the largest manmade lake in the US

56) Largest lake in Wisconsin, shares a name with an older type of RV

57) Largest lake in Wyoming, shares a name with the national park its in

58) Largest lake entirely within Ireland

59) This lake in northern Sumatra was formed by a supervolcano eruption

60) Largest freshwater lake in Micronesia, located in Palau