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The lake is 28 kilometers long and 12 wide, [1] with a surface area of 329 square kilometers. [2] It has a maximum depth of 266 meters and is at an elevation of 1,558 meters. [ 2 ] As such, it is the deepest of Ethiopia's Rift Valley lakes .
Therefore, mean depth figures are not available for many deep lakes in remote locations. [9] The average lake on Earth has the mean depth 41.8 meters (137.14 feet) [9] The Caspian Sea ranks much further down the list on mean depth, as it has a large continental shelf (significantly larger than the oceanic basin that contains its greatest depths).
Besides the two lakes, the primary attraction of this national park is a number of hot springs on the northeast corner of Lake Abijatta, and large numbers of flamingoes on the lake. [2] Care must be exercised in driving vehicles out to the edge of this lake, as the thin crust of dried mud on the surface can give way without warning.
Lake Chala, also known as Lake Challa, is a crater lake [4] that straddles the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The lake formed approximately 250,000 years ago. [ 5 ] The lake is east of Mount Kilimanjaro , 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Taveta, Kenya , and 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Rombo District .
Lake Tanganyika (32,900 square kilometres (12,700 sq mi), elevation 773 metres (2,536 ft)) is the largest and deepest of the Rift Valley lakes (more than 1,400 metres (4,600 ft)), and is the second deepest fresh water lake on the planet (after Lake Baikal). [1]
As for its depth, Lake Huron is 750 feet deep — say, about 750 Subway sandwiches below sea level. It holds 850 cubic miles of water. Lake Huron is the fifth-largest freshwater lake in the world.
A salt lake, also known as a saline lake or brine lake, is an inland body of water situated in an arid or semiarid region, with no outlet to the sea, containing a high concentration of dissolved neutral salts (principally sodium chloride). Examples include the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the Dead Sea in southwestern Asia. [36] [52]
Alaska has about 3,197 officially named natural lakes, [1] more than 409,000 natural lakes at least one hectare or bigger, [2] approximately 67 named artificial reservoirs, [3] and 167 named dams.