ASIA IMPORTANT LAKES

NAME	INFORMATION
Lake Baikal	Located in the southern part of eastern Siberia and to the west of Yablonovy Range in Russian. Source of the Lena River It is the deepest continental body of water on Earth having a maximum depth of 1, 620 m.
Lake Balkash	Located in kazakhastan. North of the Lake is Karaganda coal basin.
Aral Sea.	Located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Two principal Asian rivers, the am Darya and Syr  Darya flow through semi arid depression into the sea.
Lake van golu	The largest lake of turkey. One of the saltiest lake in the world.
Lake tournool	The northernmost extent of East African Rift Valley. Located in the Anatolia Peninsula of Turkey.
Lake Asad	Located in Syria.
Dead Sea	It is an ample of rift valley lake which lies along the west Bank of Jordan. One of the deepest points of Asia is the world’s lowest lake. The Jordan river flows into the dad Sea. Which ahs no outlet, and evaporation balances the inflow.
Sea of Gallilee	Lava flow blocked the Jordan Valley and formed an elongated lake in Israel. The lava – blocked lake is linked to the Dead Sea through the Jordan River.
Lake tonle Sap	Located in the central lowland of Cambodia.
Lake toba	Situated in Sumatra (Indonesia). An example of cratr of caldera lake.
Lop Nor	Salt lake in China, site of numerous nuclear testing. Tarim river drains into the lake.
Caspian Sea	The largest lake in the world which is five times largest than the lake superior. It separates Europe from Asia.