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Satellite image of Lake Nasser. The lake is some 479 km (298 mi) long and 16 km (9.9 mi) across at its widest point, which is near the Tropic of Cancer. It covers a total surface area of 5,250 km 2 (2,030 sq mi) and has a storage capacity of some 132 km 3 (32 cu mi) of water. [6]
The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust. However, it is generally regarded by geographers as a large endorheic salt lake. Of these registered lakes; 10 have a deepest point above the sea level. These are: Issyk-Kul, Crater Lake, Quesnel, Sarez, Toba, Tahoe, Kivu, Nahuel Huapi, Van and Poso.
The reservoir, named Lake Nasser, is 500 km (310 mi) long [21] and 35 km (22 mi) at its widest, with a surface area of 5,250 square kilometres (2,030 sq mi). It holds 132 cubic kilometres (1.73 × 10 11 cu yd) of water.
Boundaries of the Levant Basin, or Levantine Basin (US EIA) The Leviathan gas field is quite central in the south-eastern corner, the Levantine Basin. [3] [4]To the west of the Levantine Deep Marine Basin is the Nile Delta Basin, followed by the Herodotus Basin, 130,000 km 2 (50,000 sq mi) large and up to 3,200 m (10,500 ft) deep, [5] which – at a possible age of 340 million years – is ...
1.1 Lake Nasser. 1.2 Manzala Lake. 1.3 Maryut Lake. 1.4 Lake Bardawil. ... (Contain Natron Salt) in Wadi Natron area near el-Qattara Depression in Matruh Governorate.
Lake Erie is the 11th largest lake in the world and the fourth-largest Great Lake in surface area, but the smallest by volume. ... A 1656 map called it Karegnondi. ... Lake Huron is 750 feet deep ...
Dymaxion world map with the 15 largest lakes roughly to scale. This is a pair of lists of terrestrial lakes with a surface area of more than approximately 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi), ranked by area, [1] [2] [3] excluding reservoirs and lagoons. The area of some lakes can vary considerably over time, either seasonally or from year to ...
Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes but bests its cousins in several other ways. Find out more about all the Great Lakes.