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SCIENCE / GEOGRAPHY
List: Top Ten Deepest Lakes in the World
Date: 2008
Source: Environmental Graffiti.
Base: All lakes in the world
Notes: The EG site (linked above) provides a thorough photo essay on these lakes with some impressive images and other interesting information about each lake.
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Lake
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Location
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Depth
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Baikal (Ozero Baykal)
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Russia
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5,369 feet
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Tanganyika Lake
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Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia
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4,823 feet
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Caspian Sea
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Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan
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3,363 feet
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Lake Vostok
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Russia
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2,950 feet
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O'Higgins Lake / San Martín Lake
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Chile and Argentina
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2,742 feet
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Lake Malawi (Nyasa)
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Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania
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2,316 feet
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Issyk Kul Lake
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Kyrgyzstan
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2,192 feet
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Great Slave Lake
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Canada
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2,015 feet
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Crater Lake
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USA
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1,949 feet
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Lake Matano
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Indonesia
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1,936 feet
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