What is the largest freshwater system in the world?

The Great Lakes — Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario — and their connecting channels form the largest fresh surface water system on earth.



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Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake in the world, after Lake Superior in North America. It is located in East Africa and shares its shores between three countries: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

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Top 10 Countries Without Clean Water
  1. Ethiopia. Almost 60 percent of the population in Ethiopia lacks basic access to drinking water. ...
  2. Papua New Guinea. ...
  3. The Republic of Chad. ...
  4. Uganda. ...
  5. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...
  6. Mozambique. ...
  7. United Republic of Tanzania. ...
  8. Somalia.


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According to the water usage statistics by Our World in Data, China is the biggest consumer of water for domestic purposes like cleaning, cooking, drinking, and washing and uses over 70 billion m3 annually.

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Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve.

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