Lakes, Seas and Straits

What this quiz asks

• Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area?
• Which sea separates the island of Great Britain from the island of Ireland?
• Lake Natron, whose red, salty waters are the main breeding ground of East Africa's lesser flamingos, is in which country?
• Which strait separates mainland Australia from Tasmania?
• The Caspian Sea is saltier than the open ocean.
• Select ALL of these countries that have a coastline on the Black Sea.
• Which canal cuts across northern Germany to link the North Sea with the Baltic Sea?
• The Strait of Hormuz links the Persian Gulf with which body of water?
• Which strait separates the island of Sicily from mainland Italy?
• Does the Panama Canal use locks to lift ships up and over the isthmus?
• Which gulf separates the Baja California peninsula from mainland Mexico?
• The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from which Indonesian island?
• Lake Titicaca, on the border of Peru and Bolivia, lies at roughly what altitude above sea level, in metres?
• Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake in the world.
• Select ALL of these that are actually lakes, even though their names call them seas.
• Which gulf of the Baltic Sea lies between Sweden and Finland?
• Order these lakes by surface area, largest first.
• Which Ethiopian lake is the source of the Blue Nile?
• Which strait at the southern end of the Red Sea has a name meaning 'Gate of Grief'?
• The Corinth Canal, opened in 1893, links the Gulf of Corinth with which other gulf?