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 MAJOR STRAITS, RIVERS, LAKES OF THE WORLD
Straits
Strait Joining water bodies Separates
Yamen (Asia) from Djibouti &
Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb Red Sea to Gulf of Aden
Eritrea (Africa)
Tasmania from the Australian
Bass strait Pacific Ocean
Mainland
Bering Sea (Pacific Ocean) to
Bering Strait Russia from Alaska
Chukchi Sea (Arctic Ocean)
Palk Strait Bay of Bengal to Gulf of Mannar India from Sri Lanka
Atlantic Ocean to Mediterranean Spain (Europe) from Morocco
Gibraltar Strait
Sea (Africa)
The Pacific Ocean to the east
Malacca Strait with the Indian Ocean to the Malaysia and Sumatra
west
Islands of Java from Sumatra
Sunda Strait Indian Ocean to Java Sea
(Indonesia)
Island of Little Andaman from
100 Channel Bay of Bengal to Andaman Sea
Car Nicobar Island (of India)
Laccadive Islands of Kalpeni
90 Channel Indian Ocean from Suheli Par, and Maliku
Atoll
Denmark strait Atlantic Ocean Iceland from Greenland

Florida Strait Gulf of Mexico to Atlantic Ocean Florida (USA) from Cuba

Korea Strait East China Sea and Sea of Japan Japan and South Korea

Hormuz strait Gulf of Oman to Persian Gulf UAE & Oman from Iran

North Channel Irish Sea & Atlantic Ocean Ireland-England

The Baffin Bay and the Labrador Between Greenland and
Davis Strait
Sea Canada
The Caribbean Sea and North
Jamaica Channel Jamaica and Hispaniola
Atlantic
Hudson strait Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay Baffin Island from Quebec

Important Facts About Straits

● Strait that separates Asia from America-Bering strait.
 ● Strait that separates Europe from Africa- Gibraltar Strait.
● Strait that separates Australia from Tasmania-Bass Strait.
● Longest strait: Strait of Malacca which separates Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island
of Sumatra.
● Widest strait: Denmark strait which separates the Iceland from Greenland.

Lakes

Major Lakes of The World

Lake Area (Sq.Km) Location

Caspian Sea 371,000 Asia
Lake Superior 82,100 North America
Lake Victoria 68,870 Africa
Lake Huron 59,600 North America
Lake Michigan 58,000 North America
Lake Tanganyika 32,600 Africa
Lake Baikal 31,500 Russia
Great Bear Lake 31,000 Canada
Aral sea 30700 Asia
Malawi 29,500 Africa
Great Slave Lake 28568 Canada
Balkhash 18300 Kazakhstan

Deepest Lakes

Lake Name Depth (m) Location

Baikal 1620 Asia (Siberia, Russia)
Lake Tanganyika 1463 Africa
Caspian Sea 1025 Asia
Malawi or Nyasa 706 Africa
Lake Vostok 900 Antarctica
Issyk-Kul 702 Kyrgyzstan
Rivers
Major Rivers of the World

River Source Outflow Km

Tributaries of Lake
Nile Mediterranean Sea 6690
Victoria, Africa
Amazon Glacier-fed lakes, Peru Atlantic Ocean 6296
Mississippi-Missouri-
Source of Red Rock, Montana Gulf of Mexico 5970
Red Rock
Chang Jiang (Yangtze) Tibetan plateau, China China Sea 5,797
Ob Altai Mts., Russia Gulf of Ob 5567
Eastern part of Kunlan Mts.,
Huang He (Yellow) Gulf of Chihli 4667
West China
Tannu-Ola Mts., Western Tuva,
Yenisei Arctic Ocean 4506
Russia
Confluence of Paranaiba and
Parana Río de la Plata 4498
Grande rivers
Irtish Altai Mts., Russia Ob River 4,438
Confluence of Lualab and
Zaire (Congo) Atlantic Ocean 4371
Luapula rivers, Congo
Confluence of Shilk (Russia)
Heilong (Amur) and Argun (Manchuria) Tatar Strait 4352
rivers
Lena Baikal Mts., Russia Arctic Ocean 4268
Mackenzie Head of Finlay River, British Beaufort Sea (Arctic 4241
Columbia, Canada Ocean)
Niger Guinea Gulf of Guinea 4184
Mekong Tibetan highlands South China Sea 4023
Mississippi Lake Itasca, Minnesota Gulf of Mexico 3779
Confluence of Jefferson,
Missouri Gallatin, and Madison Mississippi River 3726
rivers, Montana
Volga Valdai plateau, Russia Caspian Sea 3687
Purus Peruvian Andes Amazon River 3207
Junction of Lewes and Pelly
Yukon rivers, Yukon Territory, Bering Sea 3185
Canada
Brahmaputra Himalayas Ganges River 2897
Indus Himalayas Arabian Sea 2897
Danube Black Forest, Germany Black Sea 2842
Ural Southern Ural Mts., Russia Caspian Sea 2533
Ganges Himalayas Bay of Bengal 2506
Orange Lesotho Atlantic Ocean 2092
Don Tula, Russia Sea of Azov 1968
Tigris Taurus Mts., Turkey Shatt-al-Arab 1899