Rivers and lakes of the world

1. Rivers and lakes of the world

2. Ganges (India)
• The river Ganga
originates from a
place known as
Gangotri, near
Haridwar in North
India. It passes
through Varanasi, the
holiest city for Hindus.
It ends at Kolkata,
West Bengal.

3. Hwang Ho/ Yellow River (China) • The Hwang Ho is known
as the ‘Yellow river’’in
Chinese language. It is
called so because the soil
along with which it flows
is very fertile and yellow
in colour. It is also known
‘the river of sorrow ,
because it sometimes
overflowed its banks and
damaged the crops of the
farmers. It also killed
many land animals and
destroyed many towns
and villages.

4. Nile (Egypt)
• The land to which the river Nile
belongs to is known as the gift
of the Nile because when the
Nile overflows its banks it
leaves behind a deposit of
fertile soil which is essential for
growing crops. The river Nile
acts as a medium of transport
for many boats and ships. The
Nile is the longest river of the
world. It is so long that it not
only flows through Egypt, But
four other countries
neighboring Egypt and those
are Sudan,Ethiopia,Uganda
and the Democratic Republic
of Congo.

5. Krishna River (India)
• The Krishna River is one
of the longest rivers in
central-southern India
(about 1400 km in length.
It rises at Mahabaleshvar
in Maharashtra in the
west and meets the Bay
of Bengal at
Hamasaledeevi in Andhra
Pradesh, on the East
Coast.

6. Indus (India)
• The Indus Riveris a major
river which flows through
Pakistan. Originating in the
Tibetan plateau in the vicinity
of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet
Autonomous Region, the river
runs a course through the
Ladakh district of Jammu and
Kashmir and then enters
Northern Areas (Gilgit-
Baltistan), flowing through the
North in a southerly direction
along the entire length of the
country, to merge into the
Arabian Sea near port city of
Karachi in Sindh.

7. Yamuna (India)
• The Yamunasometimes called
Jamunaor Jumna) is the largest
tributary river of the Ganges
(Ganga) in northern India.
Originating from the Yamunotri
Glacier at a height 6,387 mtrs., on
the south western slopes of
Banderpooch peaks, in the Lower
Himalayas, it travels a total length
of 1,376 kilometers (855 mi) and
has a drainage system of
366,223 km2, 40.2% of the entire
Ganga Basin, before merging with
the Ganges at Triveni Sangam,
Allahabad, the site for the Kumbha
Mela every twelve years.

8. Brahmaputra (India)
• The Brahmaputra ,[1] also
called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra,
is a trans-boundary river and
one of the major rivers of Asia.
• From its origin in southwestern
Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo
River, it flows across southern
Tibet to break through the
Himalayas in great gorges and
into Arunachal Pradesh where
it is known as Dihang.[2] It
flows southwest through the
Assam Valley as Brahmaputra
and south through Bangladesh
as the Jamuna (not to be
mistaken with Yamuna of
India).

9. Yangtze (China)
•The Yangtze River, or
Chang Jiang literally
"The Long River"),
Tibetan: 'Bri-chu, is the
6,300kilometers
(3,915mi) and flows
from its source in
Qinghai Province,
eastwards into the East
China Seaat Shanghai.
longest riverin China
and Asia, and the third-
longestin the world.

10. Zambezi (Zambia)
• The Zambezi is the
fourth-longest river in
Africa, and the largest
flowing into the Indian
Ocean from Africa.
The area of it’s basin
is 1,390,000 square
kms (540,000 sq mi),
slightly less than half
that of the Nile.

11. Colorado River (America+Mexico)
• The Colorado River is
a river in the
Southwestern United
States and
northwestern Mexico,
approximately 2,330
km (1,450 mi) long,
draining a part of the
arid regions on the
western slope of the
Rocky Mountains.

12. Amazon (Brazil+Ecuador+Bolivia)
•The Amazon Riverof
South Americais the
largest riverin the world
with a total river flow
greater than the next ten
largest rivers combined.
The Amazon, which has
the largest drainage basin
in the world, accounts for
approximately one-fifth of
the world's total river flow.

13. Crocodile River (West) (South
Africa) •Crocodile River (West),
has its source in the
Witwatersrand mountain
range, and runs through
the northern suburbs of
Johannesburg. There are
two large dams in this
river, namely
Hartbeespoort Damand .
It runs through Gauteng,
North West and into
Limpopo, before joining
the . Its tributaries include
, Hennops River, Jukskei
River, and .

14. Mississippi River (America)
•The Mississippi Riveris
the largest river system in
the United Statesand the
largest of North America.
About 2,320miles
(3,730km) long, the river
originates at Lake Itasca,
Minnesotaand flows
slowly southwards in
sweeping meanders,
terminating 95 river miles
below New Orleans,
Louisianawhere it begins
to flow to the Gulf of
Mexico.

15. Buffalo River (South Africa)
• The Buffalo Riveror
Cwenqgcweis situated in the
city of East London on the East
Coast of South Africa. It is to
the west of the Nahoon River.
It is the only navigable river in
South Africa. The town of East
London was thus established
around it.
• The Buffalo River has its
source in the seeps and
sponges of the Amatola
Mountains at an altitude of
1200 m.

16. Great Fish River (South Africa)
•The Great Fish Riveris
a river running
644kilometres (400mi)
through the South African
province of the Eastern
Cape, it originates east of
Graaff-Reinetand runs
through Cradock, just
south of this the Tarka
Riverjoins it.

17. Limpopo River
(SA+Botswana+Zimbabwe+Mozam
-bique)
•The Limpopo Riverrises
in central southern Africa,
and flows generally
eastwards to the Indian
Ocean. It is around
1,750kilometres
(1,087mi) long, with a
drainage basin
415,000square
kilometres
(160,200sqmi) in size.

18. Crater Lake (America)
• Crater Lake is a
caldera lake located
in the south-central
region of the U.S.
state of Oregon. It is
the main feature of
Crater Lake National
Park and famous for
it’s deep blue color
and water clarity.

19. Lake Manyara (Tanzania)
• Lake Manyara is a
shallow freshwater
lake in Tanzania. Said
by Ernest Hemingway
to be the ‘’loveliest
[lake] …in Africa ,’’it
is also the home of a
diverse set of
landscapes and
wildlife.

20. Caspian Sea (Russia)
• The Caspian Sea is the
largest enclosed body of
water on Earth by area,
variously classed as the
world’s largest lake or a
full-fledged sea. The sea
has a surface area of
371,000 square kms (
143,244 sq mi) and a
volume of 78,200 cubic
kms (18,761 cu mi).

21. Aral Sea (Afghanistan+Uzbekistan) •The Aral Seais a saline
endorheic basinin
Central Asia; it lies
between Kazakhstan
(
Aktobe
and
Kyzylorda
provinces) in the north
and
Karakalpakstan
, an
autonomous region of
Uzbekistan, in the south.
The name roughly
translates as "Sea of
Islands", referring to more
than 1,500 islands that
once dotted its waters.

22. Lake Superior (America)
• Lake Superior is the
largest of the five great
lakes of North America. It
is bounded to the north
by the Canadian province
of Ontario and the U.S
state of Minnesota, and to
the south by the U.S.
states of Wisconsin and
Michigan.

23. Lake Victoria
(Tanzania+Kenya+Uganda)
• Lake Victoria or Victoria
Nyanza (also known as
Ukerewe, Nalubaale,
Sango or Lolwe) is one of
the African Great Lakes.
The lake was named after
the United Kingdom’s
Queen Victoria, by John
Hanning Speke, the first
European to see the lake.

24. Lake Huron (America+Canada)
• Lake Huron is also one of
the five Great Lakes of
North America. It is
bounded on the east by
Ontario, Canada and on
the west by Michigan,
USA. The name of the
lake is derived from early
French explorers who
named it based on the
Huron people inhabiting
the region.

25. Lake Michigan (America)
• Lake Michigan is also one of
the five Great Lakes of North
America, and the only one
located entirely within the
United States. The second
largest of the great lakes by
volume and the third largest of
the Great Lakes by surface
area (behind Lake Superior
and Lake Huron), it is
bounded, from west to east, by
the U.S states of Wisconsin,
Illionis, Indiana, and Michigan.

26. Lake Malawi
(Malawi+Mozambique+Tanzania)
• Lake Malawi is an African
Great Lake and the
southmost lake in the
Great Rift Valley system
of Africa. This lake, the
third largest in Africa and
the eighth largest lake in
the world, is located
between Malawi,
Mozambique and
Tanzania.

27. Lake Baikal (Russia+Mongolia)
• Lake Baikal is the world’s
second most voluminous
lake, after the Caspian
Sea. It is the most
voluminous freshwater
lake in the world with an
average depth of 744.4 m
(2,442 ft) and contains a
total of roughly 20% of
the world’s surface
freshwater.

28. Great Bear Lake (Canada)
•Great Bear Lake is the
largest lakeentirely
within Canada(Lake
Superiorand Lake
Huronstraddling the
Canada-US borderare
larger), the third largest
in North America, and
the seventh largestin
the world.

29. Lake Tanganyika
(Burundi+DRC+Tanzania+Zambia)
•Lake Tanganyikais an
African Great Lake(3°20'
to 8°48' South and from
29°5' to 31°15' East). It
is estimated to be the
second or third largest
freshwater lakein the
world by volume, and the
second deepest, after
Lake Baikalin Siberia.

30. Great Slave Lake (Canada)
•Great Slave Lakeis
the second-largest
lakein the Northwest
Territoriesof Canada
(behind Great Bear
Lake), the deepest
lake in North America
at 614m (2,014ft),[1]
and the ninth-largest
lake in the world.

31. Great Salt Lake (America)
•Great Salt Lake,
located in the
northern part of the
U.S. stateof Utah, is
the largest salt lakein
the western
hemisphere,[1]the
fourth-largest terminal
lakein the world,[2]
and the 37th-largest
lakeon Earth.

32. Lake Erie (America+Canada)
•Lake Erieis the fourth
largest lake(by surface
area) of the five Great
Lakesin North America,
and the thirteenth largest
globally. It is the
southernmost,
shallowest, and smallest
by volumeof the Great
Lakes[4][5]and therefore
also has the shortest
average water residence
time.

33. Lake Ontario (Canada+America)
•Lake Ontariois also one
of the five Great Lakesof
North America. The lake
is bounded on the north
by the Canadian province
of Ontarioand on the
south by Ontario's
Niagara Peninsulaand by
the U.S. state of New
York.

34. Chilika Lake (India)
•Chilka Lake is a
brackish waterlagoon,
spread over the Purisa
brackish waterlagoon,
spread over the Purisa
brackish waterlagoon,
spread over the
Puri
,
Khurda
and
Ganjam
districts of Orissastate on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the DayaRiver, flowing
into the Bay of Bengal.

35. Lake Volta (Ghana)
•Lake Voltais the largest
reservoirby surface area
in the world, and the
fourth largest one by
water volume. It is
located completely within
the country of Ghana,
and it has a surface area
of about 8,502Lake Volta
lies along the Greenwich
Meridian, and just six
degrees of latitude north
of the Equator. m²(3,275
square miles).

36. Lake Biwa (Japan)
•Lake Biwaformerly
known as Ōmi(淡
海?)Lake , is the
largest freshwater
lake in Japan, located
in Shiga Prefecture
(west-central
Honsh ū
),
northeast of the
former capital city of
Kyoto.

37. Lake Balaton (Hungary)
•Lake Balaton, in the
Transdanubian
region
of Hungary, is the
largest lakein Central
Europe[1], and one of
its foremost tourist
destinations. As
Hungary is
landlocked, it is often
affectionately called
the "Hungarian Sea".

38. Lake Titicaca (Bolivia+Peru)
•Lake Titicacais a lake
located on the border of
Peruand Bolivia. It sits
3,812 m (12,500 ft) above
sea level, making it one
of the highest
commercially navigable
lakes in the world.[2]By
volume of water, it is also
the largest lake in South
America.

39. Lake Turkana (Ethiopia+Kenya)
•Lake Turkana formerly
known as Lake Rudolf, is a
lake in the Great Rift Valley
in Kenya, with its far
northern end crossing into
Ethiopia. It is the world's
largest permanent desert
lake and the world's largest
alkaline lake. By volume it is
the world's fourth largest
salt lake after the Caspian
Sea, Lake Issyk-Kul and the
(shrinking) Aral Sea, and
among all lakes it ranks
twentieth.

40. Bolmen (Sweden)
•Bolmenis a lake in Småland,
Sweden. Covering 184 km²,
and with a maximum depth of
37 m, it supplies a
considerable part of Skåne
with fresh water by means of
an 82-km long tunnel, the
Bolmen Water Tunnel, built
during the 1970s and 80s.
Bolmen is situated at the heart
of Finnveden, one of the small
landsof today's Småland. It is
the tenth largest lake in
Sweden.

41. Brown Lake (Australia)
•Brown Lakeis a lake on North
Stradbroke Island, in
Queensland, Australia. Known
as a like other lakes on the
sandy islands in the region of
South-East Queensland it
retains its water due to a layer
of leaves lining the lake floor.
This is particularly apparent in
the Brown Lake as tannin is
exuded from the leaves,
dropped from surrounding
Paperbark Melaleuca and Ti-
trees Leptospermum, stains
the water to a rich brown
colour not dissimilar to that of
tea.

42. Lake Taupo (New Zealand)
•Lake Taupois a lake
situated in the North
Islandof New Zealand.
With a surface area of
616square kilometres
(238sqmi), it is the
largest lake by surface
areain New Zealand, and
the largest freshwater
lake by surface area in
Oceania.

43. Dian Lake (China)
•Dian Lakeis a large
inter-land lakelocated on
the Yunnan-Guizhou
Plateauclose to
Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Its nickname is "Sparkling
Pearl Embedded in a
Highland," and it was the
model for the Kunming
Lakein the Summer
Palacein Beijing.

44. Lake Manasarovar (India+China)
•Lake Manasarovaris a
fresh-water lake in Tibet
Autonomous Regionof
China 2,000kilometres
(1,200mi) from Lhasa. To
the west of Lake Manasa
Sarovar is Lake
Rakshastaland towards
the north is Kangrinboqê
Peak. It is the highest
body of freshwater in the
world.

45. Lake Balkhash
(Kazakhstan+China)
•Lake Balkhashis a lake
in southeastern
Kazakhstan, presently the
largest in Central Asia
(after the drying of most
of the Aral Sea). It is a
closed basinthat is part
of the endorheic basin
that includes the Caspian
and Aral seas.

46. Lake Nisramont (Belgium)
•Lake Nisramontis
located in east of Belgium
on the river Ourthenot far
from the municipality of
La Roche-en-Ardenne.
The damhas a length of
116 m and is 16 m high.
The volume of water is
3,000,000 m³and the
area of the lakeis 0.47
km². The dam has Fish
laddersand a hydro-
electric power station.

47. Lake Tana (Ethiopia)
•Lake Tana,"Lake Tana," an
older variant is Tsana,
sometimes called "Dembiya"
after the region to the north of
the lake) is the source of the
Blue Nile and is the largest
lake in Ethiopia. Located in the
north-western Ethiopian
highlands, according to the
Statistical Abstract of Ethiopia
for 1967/68, the lake is
approximately 84 kilometers
long and 66 kilometers wide,
with a maximum depth of 15
meters, and an elevation of
1,840 meters.

48. Lake Brienz (Switzerland)
•Lake Brienzis a lakejust
north of the Alps, in the
Canton of Bernein
Switzerland. The lake
took its name from the
village Brienzon its
northern shore. Interlaken
and the villages Matten
and Unterseenlie to the
south west of the lake.
The shores are steep,
and there is almost no
shallow water in the
entire lake.

49. Lake Singkarak (Indonesia)
•Lake Singkarakis a
lakein West Sumatra,
Indonesia. It is
located between the
cities of Padang
Panjangand Solok. It
has an area of 107.8
km², being
approximately 21km
long and 7km wide.

50. Sterkfontein (South Africa)
•Sterkfonteinis a set of
limestonecavesof
special interest to paleis
a set of limestonecaves
of special interest to
paleo-anthropologists
located in Gauteng
province, Northwest of
Johannesburg, South
Africanear the town of
Krugersdorp.

51. Chini Lake (Malaysia)
•Tasik Chiniis a lake
near the Pahang Riverin
central Pahang, Malaysia.
The lakeshores are
inhabited by the Jakun
branch of the Orang Asli.
The 12,565 acres (5,026
hectares) Tasik Chini is
the second largest fresh
water lake in Malaysia
and is made up of a
series of 12 lakes.

52. Lake Maracaibo
(Columbia+Venezuala)
•Lake Maracaibois a
large brackishlakein
Venezuelaat 10°39′N
71°36′W10.65°N 71.6°W.
It is connected to the Gulf
of Venezuelaby Tablazo
Strait (55km) at the
northern end, and fed by
numerous rivers, the
largest being the
Catatumbo.

53. Lake Magadi (Kenya)
•Lake Magadiis the
southernmost lake in the
KenyaRift Valley, lying in
a catchment of faulted
volcanic rocks, north east
of Lake Eyasi. During the
dry season, it is 80%
covered by sodaand is
well known for its wading
birds, including flamingos.

54. Powai Lake (India)
•Powai Lakeis an
artificial lake, situated
in the northern suburb
of Mumbai, in the
Powaivalley, where a
Powai village with
cluster of huts
existed. The city
suburb called Powai,
shares its name with
the lake.

55. Lake Mweru (Zambia+DRC)
•Lake Mweruis a
freshwaterlakeon the
longest arm of Africa's
second-longest river, the
Congo. Located on the
border between Zambia
and Democratic Republic
of the Congo, it makes up
110 km of the total length
of the Congo, lying
between its Luapula River
(upstream) and Luvua
River(downstream)
segments.

56. •THANX • Thanx for the presentation. River is still
flowing.