Quorro t1_iu588bg wrote
Reply to comment by FrankGrimesApartment in Unusual 120-Year-Old Whaleback Shipwreck Discovered in Lake Superior by ArtOak
Largest lake in the world by volume! It can hold the water of every other great lake combined.
alabasterwilliams t1_iu5a376 wrote
Well, no. Close though!
It’s the largest by surface area. Third largest by volume.
Lake Baikal in Russia holds more water than the Great Lakes, I believe.
It’s like looking out over the ocean.
wooltab t1_iu5zt7n wrote
Baikal holds something like a quarter of the world's freshwater, just crazy.
StenchVaughn t1_iu5exsu wrote
Yeah, so is looking out into the Great Lakes
alabasterwilliams t1_iu5f688 wrote
I meant looking out at Lake Superior, I get to stare at it every day :)
AdmiralVernon t1_iu5h790 wrote
Baikal is just super duper deep
ObiFloppin t1_iu60v59 wrote
That's super duper scary
t4thfavor t1_iu72sxc wrote
I believe Superior is 1300+ feet at it's deepest.
thosedamnmouses t1_iu7mpdx wrote
I think its the 4th by volume? And not largest by surface area. Caspian Sea is a lake.
alabasterwilliams t1_iu9uqv4 wrote
When I checked yesterday, it said 3rd largest freshwater lake by volume, first by surface area. The Caspian sea is technically a lake, but it isn’t freshwater.
truemcgoo t1_iu5aaj3 wrote
It’s third largest by volume and largest by surface area…I grew up a stones throw from Lake Superior literally had to learn this in elementary school, not trying to be a dick just immediately popped in my head. Lake Superior is a beast, I’ve done all sorts of stupid things in and around that lake, it’s come close to killing me twice, probably my favorite place in the world.
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