alabasterwilliams t1_iu5a376 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:27 PM

Reply to comment by Quorro in Unusual 120-Year-Old Whaleback Shipwreck Discovered in Lake Superior by ArtOak

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 on October 28, 2022 at 8:22 PM

Baikal holds something like a quarter of the world's freshwater, just crazy.

StenchVaughn t1_iu5exsu wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Yeah, so is looking out into the Great Lakes

alabasterwilliams t1_iu5f688 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:01 PM

I meant looking out at Lake Superior, I get to stare at it every day :)

AdmiralVernon t1_iu5h790 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM

Baikal is just super duper deep

ObiFloppin t1_iu60v59 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:29 PM

That's super duper scary

t4thfavor t1_iu72sxc wrote on October 29, 2022 at 1:23 AM

I believe Superior is 1300+ feet at it's deepest.

thosedamnmouses t1_iu7mpdx wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:23 AM

I think its the 4th by volume? And not largest by surface area. Caspian Sea is a lake.

alabasterwilliams t1_iu9uqv4 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 6:04 PM

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.