Question

Which of the following is the oldest and deepest lake of the world ?
1. Lake Baikal
2. Lake Huron
3. Victoria Lake
4. Lake Winnipeg

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Lake Baikal

The correct answer is Lake Baikal.

• Lake Baikal is the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world.
• Lake Baikal is the 7th largest lake in the world by surface area.
• It is a rift lake in southern Siberia, Russia.
• Lake Baikal is between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast.
• Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world.
• It is containing 22 to 23 percent of the world's fresh surface water.

• Lake Huron is one of the 5 Great Lakes of North America. 
• Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes and in the reports of the explorer John Hanning Speke, the lake was renamed after Queen Victoria.
• Lake Winnipeg is Canada's 6th largest freshwater lake.
• Wular Lake is known as Baikal of India.