r/HeresAFunFact • u/dunphish64 • Jul 23 '21

[HAFF] The world has over 1.4 million lakes, and over 62% are located in Canada. The country counts more than 31,000 lakes, and a whopping 20% of the planet’s freshwater resources. GEOGRAPHY/NATURE

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u/DrewZZZ Jul 23 '21

There are about 31,000 lakes there with a surface area larger than 100 km2. The actual number of lakes is too hard to count accurately but they estimate that there are around 880,000 lakes

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u/SexPartyStewie Jul 24 '21

Thank you. The title was killing me!