Question

The largest Freshwater lake is ______________.
A. Lake Superior
B. Caspian Sea
C. Lake Baikal
D Hind Sea

Answer 1

Hint: The largest freshwater lake in the world can be located in North America. The surface area of the freshwater lake is approximately equal to the size of Austria or South Carolina. The surface area is 82,103 square kilometres.

Complete answer: A body of still, unsalted water which is enclosed by the land is generally referred to as the freshwater lake. They are normally found in low lying regions and are normally fed from streams, rivers and runoff from the encompassing region. Freshwater lakes give an extraordinary habitat to microbes since they vary from other aquatic habitats, for example, moving water and oceans. This living space is home to plenty of microorganisms, for example, Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Bacteroidetes.

Now let us examine the options
Option A - Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake of the Great Lakes of North America. It has a surface area of 82,103 square kilometres. This freshwater lake is considered to be the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of area.
Option B - The Caspian Sea located between eastern Europe and central Asia, often classified as a full-fledged sea or the largest inland body of water in the world. It is not a freshwater body but rather a salty water body. It contains all lake water in the world, nearly 40 percent of it.
Option C - Lake Baikal is considered to be the deepest as well as the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of volume. It is situated in the southern Siberian in Russia and the nearest city is Irkutsk. The Angara River is the solitary outlet of the largest freshwater lake and more than 300 streams and waterways feed into Lake Baikal. The Angara River carries around 60 cubic kilometres of water every year into the Yenisei River and finally makes its way to the Arctic Ocean.
Option D - The Indian Ocean is also known as the Hindu Ocean or the Hind Sea. The Indian Ocean is surrounded by the Arabian Peninsula and Africa toward the west; Pakistan, Iran, India and Bangladesh toward the north; Australia, Indonesia’s the Sunda Islands and the Malay Peninsula toward the east and Antarctica toward the south.

Thus, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: The largest freshwater lake is shared by Ontario toward the north, Minnesota toward the west, and Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan toward the south. It is also the third-largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of volume, right after Lake Baikal of Siberia and Lake Tanganyika of East Africa.