The Greatest Lakes
Q. Are rivers and oceans landforms?
Examples of landforms include oceans, rivers, valleys, plateaus, mountains, plains, hills and glaciers. Landforms do not include manufactured features, such as canals, ports and harbors, nor geographic features such as deserts and forests. Landforms originate from these geological processes.
Q. What are the largest bodies of water called?
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world ocean basins. Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world’s ocean basins.
- THE WORLD’S LARGEST BODIES OF SALINE (SEA) WATER.
- Pacific Ocean – 155,556,651 sq km.
- Atlantic Ocean – 76,761,938 sq km.
- Indian Ocean – 68,555,923 sq km.
- Antarctic / Southern Ocean – 20,327,001 sq km.
- Arctic Ocean – 14,055,930 sq km.
- Hudson Bay – 4,041,400 sq km.
- South China Sea – 2,974,601 sq km.
Q. What country has the largest body of water?
| Rank | Lake Name | Countries on shoreline |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caspian Sea | Kazakhstan Russia Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Iran |
| 2 | Superior | Canada U.S. |
| 3 | Victoria | Uganda Kenya Tanzania |
| 4 | Huron | Canada U.S. |
Q. What are the 8 bodies of water?
Bodies of Water
- Oceans.
- Seas.
- Lakes.
- Rivers and Streams.
- Glaciers.
Q. What is the three sources of water?
3.1 Types of water source. In Study Session 1 you were introduced to the three main sources of water: groundwater, surface water and rainwater. In arid regions where seawater is accessible (such as in the Middle East), desalination (the removal of salts from water) is used to generate drinking water.
Q. What is the important of water sources?
Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. It is important because it is needed for life to exist. Due to the expanding human population competition for water is growing such that many of the worlds major aquifers are becoming depleted.
