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World's deepest lakes by maximum depth.
The List
| Continent colour key
|
| Africa
|
Asia
|
Europe
|
North America
|
Oceania
|
South America
|
|
|
|
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
|
1,435
|
4,708
|
| 3.
|
Caspian Sea[2]
|
Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan
|
|
1,025
|
3,363
|
| 4.
|
Nyasa (aka Malawi)
|
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi
|
|
706
|
2,316
|
| 5.
|
Issyk Kul
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
|
668
|
2,192
|
| 6.
|
Great Slave
|
Canada
|
Northwest Territories
|
614
|
2,015
|
| 7.
|
Crater
|
United States
|
Oregon
|
592
|
1,943
|
| 8.
|
Matano
|
Indonesia
|
Sulawesi
|
590
|
1,936
|
| 9.
|
Hornindalsvatnet
|
Norway
|
Sogn og Fjordane
|
514
|
1,686
|
| 10.
|
Toba
|
Indonesia
|
Sumatra
|
505
|
1,657
|
| 10.
|
Sarez
|
Tajikistan
|
|
505
|
1,657
|
| 12.
|
Tahoe
|
United States
|
California, Nevada
|
501
|
1,644
|
| 13.
|
Argentino
|
Argentina
|
Santa Cruz (Patagonia)
|
500
|
1,640
|
| 14.
|
Chelan
|
United States
|
Washington (state)
|
489
|
1,419
|
| 15.
|
Kivu
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
|
|
480
|
1,575
|
| 16.
|
Quesnel
|
Canada
|
British Columbia
|
475
|
1,558
|
| 17.
|
Hauroko
|
New Zealand
|
Southland (South Island)
|
462
|
1,516
|
| 18.
|
Adams
|
Canada
|
British Columbia
|
457
|
1,499
|
| 19.
|
Poso
|
Indonesia
|
Sulawesi
|
450
|
1,476
|
| 20.
|
Mjøsa
|
Norway
|
|
449
|
1,473
|
By continent
Notes
Note: Lake depths may vary depending on the sources.
- ^ Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake by volume.
- ^ The salty Caspian Sea is considered a lake because it is land-locked.
- ^ Lake Vostok in Antarctica is a frozen lake with a depth ranging from 400 to 800 meters.
See also
Sources
