European lakes quiz

David Whitley,

This geography quiz is about lakes in Europe. Which are the biggest? Which country has the most? Which feature in famous films? There are ten questions to tackle – see if you can answer all ten correctly.

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European lakes quiz

This geography quiz is about lakes in Europe. Which are the biggest? Which country has the most? Which feature in famous films? There are ten questions to tackle – see if you can answer all ten correctly.

1 / 10

The Plitvice Lakes National Park is one of the inland highlights of which European country better known for its coastline?

2 / 10

Which hugely popular Slovenian lake, just 6km in circumference, has the Assumption of Maria Church on an island in the middle?

3 / 10

Lough Neagh is the largest body of water by surface area in the UK. But in which of the four constituent countries would you find it?

4 / 10

According to the national promotion board, which European country has 187,888 lakes?

5 / 10

The largely shallow Lake Balaton, known in German as Plattensee, is a popular tourist destination with locals in which Central European country?

6 / 10

Covering 5,655 square kilometres, the largest lake in the European Union is Vanern. In which country could you sail a boat on it?

7 / 10

Split between the provinces of Brescia, Trentino and Verona, what is the name of the largest lake in Italy by surface area?

8 / 10

What is the largest lake in England’s Lake District?

9 / 10

The Salzkammergut – or Austrian Lake District – featured heavily in which hit movie musical, with a key wedding scene shot in the lakeside town of Mondsee?

10 / 10

Popular Balkan holiday destination Lake Ohrid, dotted with bars, beaches and pretty churches, is on the border of Albania and which other country?

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For more Europe geography quizzes, try the rivers of Europe trivia challenge, the European highlights quiz or the test on European countries by World Heritage sites.

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