World Lakes Puzzle is a small knowledge-level game designed to test your ability to place the planet's vast bodies of water on the world map. This fun geography exercise is perfect for studying the names, sizes, and locations of the 22 largest lakes on Earth. It's an excellent free educational tool for online lessons, interactive science classes, and exciting homework assignments. Can you beat the clock in this "Minute to win it" challenge?
Every puzzle piece represents one of the 22 largest world freshwater or endorheic lakes. They are generated at the top of the screen. Drag and drop the lakes onto their correct locations on the world map at the bottom of the screen. Note that the smaller the number on the puzzle piece, the larger the actual lake is by surface area!
Knowledge Achievements:
Memorise the locations of at least 10 major lakes to earn +1 Knowledge Level on Planeta 42.
Difficulty: Medium.
This geography learning game answers the following common questions:
Q: Which is the largest lake in the world?
A: By surface area, the Caspian Sea is the largest, though it is often considered an inland sea. Among freshwater lakes, Lake Superior (part of the Great Lakes) is the largest. By volume and depth, Lake Baikal is the undisputed champion.
Q: Which are the 10 largest lakes?
A: The top 10 featured in this game include The Great Lakes system, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Baikal, Great Bear Lake, Lake Malawi, Great Slave Lake, Lake Winnipeg, Lake Ladoga, and Lake Balkhash.
Q: What is the location of Lake Onega?
A: Lake Onega is located in the north-western part of European Russia, making it the second-largest lake in Europe after its near neighbour, Lake Ladoga.
A lake is an area filled with water, localised in a basin, surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain it. The game includes lakes with a surface area of more than approximately 2000 square kilometres. Here are the top 10:
Includes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
The largest lake in Africa.
Longest freshwater lake in the world.
Deepest lake in the world.
Largest lake entirely within Canada.
Also known as Lake Nyasa.
Deepest lake in North America.
A very large, shallow lake in Canada.
Largest lake in Europe.
A massive lake in Central Asia.
...And the remaining top 22:
11. Lake Bangweulu, 12. Lake Vostok (Largest subglacial lake in Antarctica), 13. Lake Onega, 14. Lake Titicaca (Largest lake in South America), 15. Lake Nicaragua, 16. Lake Athabasca, 17. Lake Taymyr, 18. Lake Turkana (endorheic), 19. Reindeer Lake, 20. Lake Issyk-Kul (endorheic), 21. Lake Urmia (endorheic), and 22. Lake Vänern (Largest lake in the European Union).
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