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The 9 deepest lakes in the world (msn.com)
The 9 deepest lakes in the world
What are the nine deepest lakes in the world? A lake is a large mass mostly of freshwater collected in the earth's cavities: large lakes are sometimes called inland seas. The lakes reach their water balance through the supply by rivers (called tributaries)
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1. Lake Crater, United States, depth 594 meters
Lake Crater is a volcanic lake located in south-centralOregon in the northwestern United States. In addition to being the main attraction of the homonymous national park, it is famous for its intense blue color and for the clarity of its waters.
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2. Great Slave Lake, Canada, depth 614 meters
Great Slave Lake is a lake basin in northwestern Canada, located in the Northwest Territories. The surface of the lake remains at least partially frozen for about eight months of the year. During the winter the thickness of the ice is sufficient to allow the passage of articulated vehicles of considerable capacity.
3. Lake Issyk-Kul, Kirghizistan, depth 668 meters
TheYsyk-Köl or Issyk-Kul is a salt lake located in Kyrgyzstan, which forms a huge body of water between the Küngey Alatau mountains to the north and the Terskey Alatau to the south, part of the Tian Shanmountain range. The name, translated, means "hot lake".
4. Lake Malawi, Malawi - Mozambique - Tanzania, depth 700 meters
Lake Malawi or Lake Niassa is the third largest lake in Africa and the ninth largest in the world. It is the southernmost of the lakes of the Great Rift Valley. 560 km long and with a maximum width of 75 km it constitutes a large part of the border between Malawi and Mozambique, and partly touches Tanzania.
5. Lake O'Higgins, San Martín, Argentina - Cila, depth 836 meters
Lake O'Higgins/San Martín is located in Patagonia and is divided between Argentina and Chile. The lake is known by the names of two historical figures: in Argentina it bears the name of " San MartínLake" in honor of José de San Martín, while in Chile it is called "Lake O'Higgins" in honor of Bernardo O'Higgins.
6. Lake Vostok, East Antarctica, depth about 900~1000 meters
Lake Vostok is located deep in the glacial area near the Russian base Vostok, East Antarctica, and is a freshwater lake: the largest of more than 70 subglacial lakes that lie beneath the Antarctic ice sheet.
7. Caspian Sea, border between Europe and Asia, depth 1025 meters
The Caspio Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth and although similar in vastness and salinity to an inland sea it is, in purely geographical terms, a saltwater lake. During Aktau's Caspian Summit 2018, a peculiar maritime recognition defined the Caspian Sea as neither sea nor lake.
8. Lake Tanganyika, depth 1470 meters
Lake Tanganica is one of the great lakes of East Africa. It is located on the border between Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Zambia. It is the second largest lake in depth and volume after Lake Baikal.
9. Lake Baikal, Russia, depth 1637 meters
Lake Bajkal is a lake in southern Siberia that is part of the list of the Seven Wonders of Russia, and was placed under UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. It is estimated to contain about 20% of the planet's freshwater reserves (excluding glaciers and ice caps).
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