the sustaining of a note, chord, or rest for a duration longer than the indicated time value, with the length of the extension at the performer's discretion. 2. a symbol placed over a note, chord, or rest indicating a fermata. Origin of fermata. Latin.
The Largest Lakes in the World. The Deepest Lakes and Largest Lakes by Surface Area and Largest by Volume. Lake Baikal, at the start of the Angara River, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, 1980s. Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in Asia and the deepest lake in the world. Getty Images.
The volume of the Earth's oceans is approximately 1.3 Ã 10 9 km 3. The largest of the oceans is the Pacific Ocean followed by Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Ocean.