This Is The World’s Smallest Lake
Not everything has to be massive to receive recognition
Located under an outcropping of grey stone Benxi Lake sits in its place as tourists wander idly by. It is not large. In fact, it is the world’s smallest lake. At first glance it looks like a spring fed hole that one can see all over the Southeastern United States. But this is an official lake and it was confirmed to be the smallest lake by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Benxi Lake is named for the city that it is located in, Benxi, Liaoning, China. The area is popular among Chinese tourists for its abundance of natural sites, hiking trails, caves, rivers, lakes and mountains.
The lake measures just 15 meters square which makes it roughly the size of a standard American bedroom.
The water is crystal clear and is filtered through the nearby cave systems before settling on the surface. The temperatures are cool and refreshing. A tourist site has been set up around the lake declaring that this is indeed the world’s smallest freshwater body of water and entices people passing by to come and see the lake for themselves.
For comparison, the world’s largest lake is the Caspian Sea which is 143,244 mi². That is square miles, not square meters.
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