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The lake is deepest in the area between these island chains, measured by Howard Stansbury in 1850 at about 35 feet ( 10. 7 meters ) deep, and an average depth of 13 feet ( four meters ).
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It is a simple task to haul a boat fifty or one hundred miles to a lake or reservoir on the new, light, strong, easy-to-operate trailers which are built to accommodate almost any kind of small boat and retail from $100 to $2,000.
Pleasure boating is just scooting into its best months in California as crisp breezes bring out craft of every size on every kind of water -- ocean, lake and reservoir.
Newest small-boat playground is the Salton Sea, a once-dry desert sinkhole which is now a salty lake 42 miles long and 235 feet below sea level.
Where a lake has formed within the basin, the water body is usually saline as a result of the internal drainage — the water has no outlet to the sea.
Turkey's largest lake, Lake Van, is situated in the mountains at an elevation of.
Lake Sevan, across at its widest point and long, is by far the largest lake.
Engineers estimated that once the project is finished, the tunnel will allow 500 million cubic meters of water to be drawn from the lake annually, while maintaining a constant water level.
landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains ; Sevana Lich ( Lake Sevan ) is the largest lake in this mountain range
On flowing out of the lake it passes through Thun, and then flows through the city of Bern, passing beneath eighteen bridges and around the steeply-flanked peninsula on which the Old City is located.
Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.
* Champ is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain, a natural freshwater lake in North America, partially situated across the U. S .- Canada border in the Canadian province of Quebec and partially situated across the Vermont-New York border.
To the north of the city is a large artificial lake, called Anasagar with a marble structure known as Baradari.
By the lake is the Daulat Bāgh, a garden laid out by Emperor Jahāngīr.
Lake Foy Sagar is situated in the outskirts of the city, it is a picturesque artificial lake that was created as a famine relief project in 1892.
However, the extent to which acid rain contributes directly or indirectly via runoff from the catchment to lake and river acidity ( i. e., depending on characteristics of the surrounding watershed ) is variable.
When this hydrological link is not present, the Black Sea is a lake, operating independent of the global ocean system.
Lake Tanganyika is used for transport, with the major port on the lake being Bujumbura.
However, she is unable to harm Beowulf through his armour and drags him to the bottom of the lake.
The path continues to ascend, and the side of the ravine, on which it runs, becomes steeper, until a cave is reached above which the mountain now rises almost perpendicularly ; while on the right, it strikes in a rapid descent down to where, in St Benedict's day, below, lay the blue waters of the lake.
Stolpe found very large amounts of amber on the island, which is unusual since amber is not normally found in lake Mälaren.
lake and deepest
The Dead Sea is deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world.
The deepest lake has a depth of only ; the depth of the average lake is.
The lake is 100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide, and 505 metres ( 1, 666 ft ) at its deepest point.
The-15 m altitude usually attributed to Lake Eyre refers to the deepest parts of the lake floor, in Belt Bay and the Madigan Gulf.
Geographical features include Great Bear Lake, the largest lake entirely within Canada, and Great Slave Lake, the deepest body of water in Canada at, as well as the Mackenzie River and the canyons of the Nahanni National Park Reserve, a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The largest and most prominent of Russia's bodies of fresh water is Lake Baikal, the world's deepest, purest, oldest and most capacious fresh water lake.
Seneca Lake is the largest of the glacial Finger Lakes of the U. S. state of New York, and the deepest lake entirely within the state.
To the north and west are the Great Lakes of respectively Lake Victoria ( Africa's largest lake ) and Lake Tanganyika ( the continent's deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish ) – and to the southwest lies Lake Nyasa.
This lake is estimated to be the second deepest lake in the world after Lake Baikal in Siberia.
* 1. 637 km — deepest dive of Lake Baikal in Russia, the world's largest fresh water lake.
Highlights here include Eiben Forest near Dermbach, the fairytale sandstone cave at Walldorf, the deepest lake in Germany formed by land subsidence, which is near Bernshausen, and the " Krayenburg ", the ruins of a castle ( dating back to the year 786 ), restaurant and a tower with a wide outlook into the Werra valley near Tiefenort.
Lake Baikal (;,, Baygal nuur, meaning " nature lake ";, meaning " rich lake ") is the world's oldest lake, at 25 million years ( possibly older ), and deepest, averaging.
As a result of the ice carving, Sognefjorden is the world's second deepest fjord and Hornindalsvatnet is the deepest lake in Europe.
It is the second deepest lake in Africa, although its placid northern shore gives no hint of its depth.
Its two main lakes are Lac du Bourget ( the largest and deepest lake entirely in France ) and Lac d ' Aiguebelette, one of the least polluted in France due to a 1976 law forbidding any use of motorboats on the lake.
On the basis of maximum depth, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States, the second deepest in North America, after Great Slave Lake in Canada, and the ninth deepest lake in the world ( Lake Baikal is the deepest ).
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Naturally, a park site with scenic views, a good lake, trees, and sand dunes, will attract more people than a nearby area with only trees and dunes.
At its peak in the 16th through the 18th centuries, the Ottoman Empire had wrested control of the entire Black Sea area, which was for the time an " Ottoman lake ", on which Russian warships were prohibited.
Because of a wine glut ( wine lake ) in the generic production, the price squeeze induced by an increasingly strong international competition, and vine pull schemes, the number of growers has recently dropped from 14, 000 and the area under vine has also decreased significantly.
The annual flooding, combined with poor drainage immediately around the lake, transforms the surrounding area into marshlands unusable for agricultural purposes during the dry season.
" " When the area behind the dam fills, it will be a lake.
The lowest points are along the lake shore at, while the highest point, at, is a landfill located in the Hegewisch community area on the city's far south side.
Initial extrapolations placed Cooper's landing area on the southernmost outreach of Mount St. Helens, a few miles southeast of Ariel, Washington, near Lake Merwin, an artificial lake formed by a dam on the Lewis River.
Fish species in abundance in the area include lake whitefish, sturgeon, salmon, perch, and walleye.
The largest is Lake Saimaa, which, with a surface area of more than, is the fifth largest lake in Europe.
The part of the lake that is attached to Geneva has an area of and is sometimes referred to as Petit lac ( small lake ).
Gusana is the name of an artificial lake and of the surrounding area, in the territory of Gavoi, Sardinia, Italy.
Trou Caïman is a saltwater lake with a total area of 16. 2 km².
It is Central Europe's largest freshwater lake and an important recreation area.
Lake Balaton is Central Europe's largest lake and a prosperous tourist spot and recreation area.
As well as re-creating the look of the castle it was hoped that a new mere would be part of the ongoing flood alleviation plan for the area and that the lake could be used for boating and other waterside recreations.
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye opened the area west of lake Superior and in 1738 reached the Mandan villages on the upper Missouri in North Dakota.
Lake Erie (; ) is the fourth largest lake ( by surface area ) of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally.
This ancient drainage system was destroyed by the first major glacier in the area, while at the same time deepening and enlarging the lowland allowing water to settle and form a lake.
Stonehooking was the practice of raking flat fragments of Dundas shale from the shallow lake floor of the area for use in construction, particularly in the growing city of Toronto.
It has a surface area of, making it the largest lake entirely within one country by surface area ( Lake Baikal, in Russia, is larger by water volume ), and the fifth largest lake in the world.
It is the largest lake in Europe, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world.
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