List of lakes by depth

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This page lists the world's deepest lakes.

Contents

Currently, this list contains all lakes whose maximum depth is reliably known to exceed 400m.

Continent colour key
Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America Antarctica
Name Country Region Depth
        meters feet
1. Baikal[1] Russia Siberia 1,637 5,369
2. Tanganyika Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Zambia Africa 1,470 4,823
3. Caspian Sea[2] Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan 1,025 3,363
4. Lake Vostok Antarctica >900 >2,950
5. O'Higgins-San Martín Chile, Argentina Aysén (Chile), Santa Cruz (Argentina) 836 2,742
6. Nyasa (aka Malawi) Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi 706 2,316
7. Issyk Kul Kyrgyzstan 668 2,192
8. Great Slave Canada Northwest Territories 614 2,015
9. Crater[3] United States Oregon 594 1,949
10. Matano Indonesia Sulawesi 590 1,936
11. Buenos Aires/General Carrera Chile, Argentina 586 1,923
12. Hornindalsvatnet Norway Sogn og Fjordane 514 1,686
13. Quesnel Canada British Columbia 506 1,660
14= Toba Indonesia Sumatra 505 1,657
14= Sarez Tajikistan 505 1,657
16. Tahoe United States California, Nevada 501 1,644
17. Argentino Argentina Santa Cruz (Patagonia) 500 1,640
18. Chelan United States Washington (state) 489 1,419
19. Kivu Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda 480 1,575
20. Quesnel Canada British Columbia 475 1,558
21. Mjøsa Norway Hedmark, Oppland and Akershus counties 468 1,535
22. Salsvatn Norway Nord-Trøndelag county 464 1,523
23. Hauroko New Zealand Southland (South Island) 462 1,516
24. Tinnsjå Norway Telemark county 460 1,509
25. Adams Canada British Columbia 457 1,499
26. Van[4] Turkey 451 1,480
27. Poso Indonesia Sulawesi 450 1,476
28. Fagnano Argentina, Chile Tierra del Fuego 449 1,473
29. Great Bear Canada 446 1,463
30. Manapouri New Zealand South Island 444 1,457
31. Nahuel Huapi Argentina 438 1,437
32. Te Anau New Zealand 425 1,390
33. Wakatipu New Zealand South Island 420 1,378
34. Como Italy 410 1,300
35. Superior Canada, United States 406 1,333

Mean depth can be a more useful indicator than maximum depth for many ecological purposes. Unfortunately, accurate mean depth figures are only available for well-studied lakes, as they must be calculated by dividing the lake's volume by its surface area. A reliable volume figure requires a bathymetric survey. Therefore, mean depth figures are not available for many deep lakes in remote locations.

Continent colour key
Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America Antarctica
Name Country Region Depth
        meters feet
1. Baikal Russia Siberia 758 2,487
2. Tanganyika Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Zambia Africa 570
3. Crater United States Oregon 350 1,148
4. Lake Vostok Antarctica 344
5. Tahoe United States California, Nevada 305
6. Nyasa (aka Malawi) Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi 292
7. Issyk Kul Kyrgyzstan 270
8. Caspian Sea Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan 184

Note: Lake depths may vary depending on the sources.

  1. ^ Lake Baikal is also the largest freshwater lake by volume.
  2. ^ The salty Caspian Sea is considered a lake because it is land-locked.
  3. ^ Crater Lake in Oregon has a maximum depth of 594m, based on its USGS benchmark surface elevation of 1883m. The US National Park Service publishes different values (1881m for surface elevation, and 592m for the maximum depth), but it's preferable to use the values determined by the USGS, the technical basis of which is documented by Bacon, et al. (2002) Morphology, volcanism, and mass wasting in Crater Lake, Oregon. GSA Bulletin 114:675-692.
  4. ^ Degens, E.T.; Wong, H.K. & Kempe, S. et al. (June 1984), "A geological study of Lake Van, eastern Turkey", International Journal of Earth Sciences (Springer) 73 (2): 701-734, DOI:10.1007/BF01824978, <http://www.springerlink.com/content/x5285613642v3665/>
  5. ^ Lake Vostok in Antarctica is a subglacial lake with a depth ranging from 400 to more than 900 meters.

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