10. Half of all the world's lakes are located in a single country. Which one?
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End of Year Geography Quiz, Question 10:
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Finland would be my guess, too, although, like DrJay, my first thoughts were Canada and Russia. I don't remember a map with a gazilliion blue specks, but I think I recall reading somewhere that Finland had more lakes than any other country.
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Originally posted by dukehjsteveWell, I got first dibs on the question, and I opted for Russia; surely it is either Russia or Canada. For better or worse I picked the former.
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages ... eld03.html
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Originally posted by mcgatoOriginally posted by MarlowIt has to be Canada, because Minnesota is Baja Canada and it is the Land of 1000 Lakes!
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) suggests to never use a comma or a point as thousands separator
Minnesota's official count of lakes more than ten acres (40,000 m²) in size is actually more than ten thousand at approximately 11,842.
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Originally posted by tandfman.....I think I recall reading somewhere that Finland had more lakes than any other country.
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Wiki is useless on this:
The number of lakes larger than three square kilometres is estimated at close to 31,191 by the Atlas of Canada. There is no official estimate of the number of smaller lakes.There are 187,888 lakes in Finland larger than 5 ares (500 square metres). Most are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs larger than 10 km².
It's possible, by the way, that I was not mistaken in my recollection of having read somewhere that Finland had more lakes than any other country. Given the uncertainty of how big a body of water must be before it's considered a lake, I can see Finland claiming that distinction by considering as lakes things that Canada might consider just a pond.
OK, while we're at it, let's add to the confusion. Here's what Wiki says about ponds and lakes:
A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake, both being examples of terrain features. Although the term pond is universally used to describe waterbodies that are smaller than lakes, an internationally recognised size cutoff has not yet been agreed, with values ranging from 2 hectares (20,000 m2) to 8 hectares (80,000 m2) used to distinguish the smaller from the larger waterbody.
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