Shipping Canals in the World

v    Beloye-More

®   Location: Baltic Sea

®   Length: 227 Kilometers

 

v    Gotta

®   Location: Sweden

®   Length: 185 Kilometers

 

v    Suez

®   Location: Egypt

®   Length: 160 Kilometers

 

v    Volga-Moscow

®   Location: Russia

®   Length: 129 Kilometers

 

v    Kiel

®   Location: Germany

®   Length: 98 Kilometers

 

v    Volga-Don

®   Location: Russia

®   Length: 97 Kilometers

 

v    Elbe-Trave

®   Location: Germany

®   Length: 66 Kilometers

 

v    Panama

®   Location: Central America

®   Length: 58 Kilometers

 

v    Manchester

®   Location: England

®   Length: 57 Kilometers

 

v    Welland

®   Location: Canada

®   Length: 44 Kilometers

 

Tropical Deserts in the World

Any extra dry area of land with meager vegetation is called desert. Desserts are found throughout the world but Africa and Australia are famous for large deserts. The world’s largest desert is the Sahara, which located in northern Africa. Following are some famous deserts of the world.

v    Sahara

®   Location: North Africa

®   Area: 8,400,000 Square Kilometers

 

v    Australian Desert

®   Location: Australia

®   Area: 1,550,000 Square Kilometers

 

v    Arabian

®   Location: Syria and Saudi Arabia

®   Area: 1,300,000 Square Kilometers

 

v    Gobi

®   Location: Central Asia

®   Area: 1,040,000 Square Kilometers

 

v    Kalahari

®   Location: South Africa

®   Area: 900,000 Square Kilometers

 

v    Rub’al Khali

®   Location: Saudi Arabia

®   Area: 647,000 Square Kilometers

 

v    Turkmenistan

®   Location: Central Asia

®   Area: 450,000 Square Kilometers

 

v    Taklimakan

®   Location: China (PMS 2006)

®   Area: 340,000 Square Kilometers

 

v    Thar

®   Location: Pakistan and India

®   Area: 260,000 Square Kilometers

 

v    Nubian Desert

®   Location: North Africa (Egypt)

®   Area: 259,000 Square Kilometers

 

 

Lakes of The World

A lake is an area filled with slowly moving or standing water, confine in a basin, surrounded by land, apart from any channel that feeds or drains it. Lakes are not part of the ocean. List and brief details of famous lakes are given below.

v    Caspian Sea

®   Location: Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia

®   Area: 394,299 Square Kilometers

®   Length: 1,199 Kilometers

®   Water Taste: Salt

 

v    Superior Lake

®   Location: USA-Canada

®   Area: 82,414 Square Kilometers

®   Length: 616 Kilometers

®   Water Taste: Fresh

 

v    Victoria Lake

®   Location: Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya

®   Area: 69,485 Square Kilometers

®   Length: 322 Kilometer

®   Water Taste: Fresh

 

v    Aral Sea

®   Location: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

®   Area: 66,457 Square Kilometers

®   Length: 428 Kilometers

®   Water Taste: Salt

 

v    Huron

®   Location: USA-Canada

®   Area: 59,596 Square Kilometers

®   Length: 397 Kilometer

®   Water Taste: Fresh

 

v    Tanganyika

®   Location: Tanzania-Zaire (Congo)

®   Area: 32,893 Square Kilometers

®   Length: 676 Kilometers

®   Water Taste: Fresh

 

v    Baikal

®   Location: Russia

®   Area: 32,500 Square Kilometers

®   Length: 636 Kilometers

®   Water Taste: Fresh

 

v    Great Bear

®   Location: Canada

®   Area: 31,080 Square Kilometers

®   Length: 373 Kilometers

®   Water Taste: Fresh