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This list contains all lakes whose maximum depth is reliably known to exceed 400 metres (1,300 ft) Geologically, the Caspian Sea, like the Black and Mediterranean seas, is a remnant of the ancient Tethys Ocean. The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust. However, it is generally regarded by geographers as a large endorheic salt ...
Lake Como (Italian: Lago di Como [ˈlaːɡo di ˈkɔːmo], locally [a]), also known as Lario, [b] is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 square kilometres (56 sq mi), making it the third-largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore .
Lake Region Area Elevation Maximum depth Lake Garda (Lago di Garda) Lombardy, Trentino/South Tyrol, Veneto: 370 km 2 (140 sq mi) 65 m (213 ft) 346 m (1,135 ft) Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore) Lombardy, Piedmont, Ticino (Switzerland) 210 km 2 (81 sq mi) 194 m (636 ft) 372 m (1,220 ft) Lake Como (Lago di Como) Lombardy: 146 km 2 (56 sq mi)
The group is composed of (from west to east): Lake Orta, Lake Maggiore, Lake Varese, Lake Lugano, Lake Como, Lake Iseo, Lake Idro and Lake Garda. [3] The three largest are all well over 100 km 2; they are: Lake Garda (largest in Italy), Lake Maggiore (largest in southern Switzerland) and Lake Como (deepest in Italy).
Other well known of these subalpine lakes are Lake Maggiore (212.5 km 2 or 82 sq mi), whose most northerly section is part of Switzerland, Como (which holds the record of depth in the Italian Republic, which amounts to 410 m or 1,350 ft) [27] (146 km 2 or 56 sq mi), Orta, Lugano, Iseo, Idro. These lakes occupy wide valleys carved by ancient ...
The immaculate estate, which sits on world-famous Lake Como, has welcomed legendary names like Bette Davis and Clark Gable. Alfred Hitchock was also a fan of the hotel and visited many times ...
Deepest lake in the world and largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. [19] 8: Great Bear Lake Canada: Fresh 31,153 km 2 12,028 sq mi 373 km 232 mi 446 m 1,463 ft 2,234 km 3 536 cu mi Largest lake entirely within Canada, [20] and the largest lake partially within the Arctic Circle 9: Malawi Malawi Mozambique Tanzania: Fresh 29,600 km 2
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