Monday 17 April 2017

Longest fresh water lake in the world is?

Longest fresh water lake in the world is?

for hindi gk

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Quest.gkgyanHindi

Options

1) Lake Chilika

2) Lake Vihar

3) Lake Tanganyika

4) none of the Above

Answer

Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. 

It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, in both cases, after only Lake Baikal in Siberia

 it is also the world's longest freshwater lake and the body of water with one of the highest concentrations of heavy water. 

The lake is divided among four countries  Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia, with Tanzania (46%) and DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake. 

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