SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Turkish Straits
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Caspian Sea
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Bosporus Straits
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Caspian Sea, Russian Kaspiyskoye More, Persian Darya-ye Khezer, world’s largest inland body of water. It lies to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the vast steppe of Central Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The landlocked Caspian Sea located in the Europe-Asian border, is the largest inland body of water in the world. The sea itself covers an area of 378, 400 km2 and contains a total volume of 78, 200 BCM of water (approximately 40% of the world’s surface water), without outlet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Caspian sea: Caspian sea is the greatest inland sea in the world with forty to 44% of total lacustrine water in the world. It covers a region of 371, 000km square and positioned between Asia and Europe. Due to tectonic uplift, it came to be landlocked about 5.5 million years ago.
Detailed explanation-4: -2. Lake Superior. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake and the second largest lake in the world by surface area.