The largest freshwater lake in the world
The largest lake in the world is the Caspian Sea, but it is a saltwater lake, not suitable for irrigation and drinking, so relatively speaking, freshwater lakes have greater utilization value, then the world Which is the bigger freshwater lake?
When it comes to the largest freshwater lakes in the world, we all think of Lake Baikal, but in terms of area, Lake Baikal can only be ranked in the world Sixth, the larger freshwater lake is actually Lake Superior.
Lake Baikal, located in Siberia, Russia, was originally the North Sea of China (different historical periods have different names). Its area is not very large, about 31,500 square kilometers, but it is a graben lake with an average depth of 730 cubic meters and the deepest depth of 1,637 meters. It is the deepest lake in the world, so its water storage capacity is very large, reaching 23.76 trillion cubic meters, accounting for all the land area in the world.