Largest Lakes
Raging Rivers
Extreme Waters
Spectacular Species
100
Located in North America, this is the worlds largest freshwater lake
What is Lake Superior (82,100 km2)
100
This is the largest river in the world by drainage area
What is the Amazon (6.1 million km2)
100
With a vertical drop of 979 m, these are the world's tallest water falls
What is Angel Falls (Venezuela)
100
This large lake in Russia is home to over 200 species of freshwater sponges
What is Lake Baikal
200
Located between Europe and Asia, this is the largest inland water body in the world
What is the Caspian Sea (374,000 km2)
200
With headwaters in Central Africa, this river has the 2nd highest discharge in the world and the largest in Africa
What is the Congo River
200
Located under 4,000 feet of ice, this lake has been environmentally isolated for over 15 million years
What is Lake Vostok
200
Located in East Africa, this lake has the greatest number of fish species of any lake in the world.
What is Lake Malawi
300
Located in Siberia, this is the deepest lake in the world
What is Lake Baikal (1,741 m)
300
This is the widest river in the world
What is the Amazon River (40 km wide during the wet season)
300
At 34% salt, this is the second saltiest water body on the planet and the lowest elevation in the world.
What is the Dead Sea (1,385 m below sea level)
300
The functionally extinct Chinese River Dolphin was native to this river
What is the Yangtze River
400
This state has the greatest number of lakes and greatest surface area of water in the United States
What is Alaska (over 3 million lakes)
400
The Yarlung Tsangpo is the highest elevation river in the world, located in this plateau region of Asia.
What is Tibet
400
Located in central South America with an area over 150,000 km2, this is the largest wetland complex in the world
What is the Pantanal
400
This lake harbors approximately 250 species of cichlid fish
What is Lake Tanganyika
500
Though only 10% of its former size today, this water body used to be the third largest lake by surface area in the world
What is the Aral Sea
500
Located in Asia, delivering 1550 metric tons of sediment/km2/yr, this river has the highest sediment yield in the world
What is the Ganges
500
Located on the border of Bolivia and Peru, this is the world's highest elevation, navigable lake
What is Lake Titicaca (3,811 m elevation)
500
River during the dry season and flows OUT of the Mekong during the wet season. It has been designated a UNESCO biosphere.
What is Cambodia
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