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  The three biggest fresh water lakes in the world are Lake Baikal in Russia, the Caspian Sea in Asia, and Lake Tanganyika in Africa. Some other locations of fresh water lakes include the Great Lakes in the Midwest United States, Lake Malawi in Mozambique, Lake Vostok under sheets of ice in Antarctica, and Lake Victoria in Africa. There are millions of fresh water lakes throughout the world, varying sizes from 1 km to 3,626,000 km. The biggest North American fresh water lake is Lake Michigan-Huron, South America's biggest fresh water lake is Lake Titicaca, Africa's biggest fresh water lake is Lake Victoria, Europe's biggest fresh water lake is Lake Ladoga, Asia's biggest fresh water lake is the Caspian Sea, Oceania's biggest fresh water lake is Eyre, and Antarctica's biggest fresh water lake is Lake Vostok.

=Fresh Water Lakes Climate =  There are four seasons in lakes; summer, fall, winter, and spring. There are also three different layers of a lake, causing temperatures to vary from the top to the bottom. The three layers are littoral zone, which is the top layer, limnetic zone, which is close to the surface, but considered the middle layer, and the profundal zone, which is the bottom layer.  In the summer fresh water lakes are about 4 degrees Celsius at the bottom, and are about 22 degrees Celsius on the top. In the winter most fresh water lakes are about 4 degrees Celsius at the bottom and 0 degrees Celsius at the top, which is a layer of ice, but some do not freeze over. During the spring and fall the top and bottom layers mix because of the winds, creating an over all temperature of about 4 degrees Celsius. The average rain fall per month is about 76.2-152.4 centimeters.



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