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Not all "great" lakes are salt water. In fact, the Great Lakes on eastern North America and the separate Great Lakes of East Africa are freshwater. The Great Lakes of North America are Lake Superior (the world's largest lake), Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and Lake Huron. The Great Lakes of Africa include Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika.
In Asia, the Aral Sea (actually a large lake), as well as the Caspian Sea (another lake, containing the most water of any lake on Earth), are both salty. There is also another lake, Lake Balkhash, which is fresh in the western half and salty in the eastern half (this is made possible because it is long and narrow). Lake Baikal, also in Asia, is freshwater, and the second largest lake on Earth. It contains 20% of the world's freshwater (most is in glaciers and icecaps).
I may have missed a couple of "great" lakes.
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What types of water are lakes?
Any kind from fresh to Salt. The Caspian Sea is the larget Lake in the world...it is Salt water...Great Salt Lake another example. Lakes are not defined by salinity!
Why does the Great Salt Lake have salt when none of the other lakes do?
The Great Salt Lake, unlike other lakes, has no outlet. Any water flowing into the lake only leaves by evaporation. Over time, the minute traces of salt in the incoming water get concentrated. The Dead Sea is another example of this.
Are there any US salt water lakes?
In Salt Lake City, Utah I would suppose
Fresh water is any water not found in a ocean or?
Well fresh water is any type of water that does not contain salt. It's true you can't find fresh water in the ocean, but you can find it undergorund and in lakes, rivers, and streams. There are some lakes that do contain salt such as the Salt Lake in Utah.
What does fresh water mean?
Fresh water is water that does not contain any salt content. Oceans and some lakes contain salt. Fresh water sources include most creeks, streams, lakes, and rivers.
Is the Great Salt Lake the only salty lake?
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is not one of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes are located in the northeast of the United States on the border with Canada (in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York) and are freshwater lakes.
Why isn't all water salty?
Water in most of the world's oceans contain salt. Lakes, ponds and rivers that are created and sustained through rainfall and underground water sources are generally free of salt. When salt water evaporates (turns from a liquid to a gas), the gas escapes into the air but the salt stays in the surrounding water (e.g. the ocean). The gas that evaporated into the air eventually falls as rain (without any salt) into rivers, ponds and lakes.
Does a bass live in the ocean?
A Bass lives in any freshwater area (such as streams, lakes, rivers, etc.) It is not a salt-water fish
When have bull sharks attacked in Lake Michigan?
NONE, there have been no sharks in any of the great lakes. That's because there has to be a river attached to an ocean, and there are no salt water rivers attached to the great lakes. But Bull sharks have been known to go into fresh water to have their babies so watch out if you are in the Mississippi River because they have been found there, and they are the MOST dangerouse shark in the world!
Does West Virgina border any of the lakes?
If you mean the Great Lakes, then no.
Do tides occur in lakes?
Most lakes are too small for the effect to be great or, if any at all. Tides are not always caused by the gravitational pull pf the moon and have no effect on small bodies of water, such as lakes. Even the Great Lakes tides are less than 5 centimeters in height
Does the Gulf of California connect to one of the great lakes by water?
No. The Gulf of California is thousands of miles away from the Great Lakes across mountains and the the continental divide. It would be impossible for any water connection, natural or man-made, to connect the two.
