![]() ![]() During this storm, about ten ships sank, and over 20 ran aground. The storm of 1913 is often remembered whenever Lake Huron is talked about. Tourists flock to see the historic downtown, the city’s marina and boardwalk, the museum and the lighthouse. It has paper mills and many businesses related to tourism. Many cities on Lake Huron, such as Port Huron, have a flourishing automotive industry. Another smaller bay called Saginaw protrudes from the lake into Michigan. Manitoulin is also the largest lake island in the world. Another striking feature of this water body is the Manitoulin island that distinguishes the North Channel and Georgian Bay from the lake’s waters. The Georgian Bay protrudes from the lake into Ontario. It lies in the states of Michigan and also Ontario. The third biggest freshwater lake on the planet, Lake Huron, covers 23,007 square miles. The lake is home to many species of fish found nowhere else, such as the cichlids and the invasive Nile perch, which has driven many local species to the verge of extinction. Image for representation purpose onlyĮxplorer John Hanning Speke named it after Queen Victoria while on an expedition. It has a 7,142 km long coastline, and the lake is divided among three African nations of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Lake Victoria lies in a depression and has an average water depth of 40 metres and a maximum depth of 80 to 84 metres. It is the second biggest freshwater body after North America’s Lake Superior. One of the Great African Lakes, Lake Victoria, has a surface area of about 59,947 square kilometres, making it the largest tropical lake in the world. Lake freighters and other ocean-going freighters transport these items across the lake. It is an essential link in the Great Lakes Waterway and provides a maritime route for shipping iron ore, grains and other mined materials. It became popular in the 19th century as a point of exporting manufactured goods. ![]() Its waters drain into Huron lake through the St Marys River, the St Lawrence river, and finally to the Atlantic Ocean. Lake Superior lies in central North America and lies on the Canada-US border. Its shoreline stretches to 2726 miles or 4387 km. It contains about 12,100 cubic kilometres of water. It spans 31,700 square miles and has an average depth is 147 m. Known as the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of surface area, Lake Superior is also the third biggest lake in terms of the volume of water it contains, which is 10% of the surface freshwater across the earth. However, this article will explore some of the world’s largest freshwater bodies. There are no freshwater seas or oceans in the world. Many international organisations are working to clean freshwater sources and prevent them from being contaminated so that the world can have access to safe drinking water. The rest is trapped in ice caps and glaciers and cannot be used.įreshwater resources like glaciers, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, groundwater and wetlands comprise less than one per cent of the world’s total surface but are home to ten per cent of animals and around 40% of the fish species.įreshwater habitats are crucial for the sustenance of life as they provide water for drinking, agriculture, generating electricity, regulating the climate etc.Įven though freshwater is quite limited and scarce, human communities have been engaged in activities that have impacted the quality of freshwater sources like streams, rivers, and certain bodies of water that have a lot of significance geographically and politically.įreshwater resources are depleting daily due to excessive development, polluted runoff, garbage, pollution from myriad sources and so on. Out of the freshwater, only 0.3% is available as liquid water. Earth has an estimated 1.386 billion km³ of water, of which 97.5% is salt water and only 2.5% is freshwater. ![]() Freshwater is a precious natural resource essential for the sustenance of humankind and animals on this planet. ![]()
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