The deepest lake

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From the Salish Indian word for "deep notch", Lake Chelan is the third deepest lake in the United States with a maximum depth of almost 1500 feet. Lake Chelan is long and narrow, stretching more than 50 miles in length with an average width of one mile. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and one of the deepest in the world. Imagine stacking the Eiffel Tower, Washington Monument, and Statue of Liberty on top of each other, then lowering them into Crater Lake at its deepest point. There would still be : 100 : feet (30 : meters) of water covering Lady Liberty's torch!

5. Lake Wakatipu - 380 m. The fifth deepest lake in New Zealand, Lake Wakatipu has a maximum depth of 1,250 ft or 380 m. The lake is located in South Island’s Otago Region. It is a finger lake with an area of 291 square km. It is the country’s longest lake and extends for 80 km in length. The Dart River feeds the lake at its northern end.

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13/6/2019 · Lake Baikal, Russia. The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal in Russia. At 5,387 feet (1,642 meters) the Baikal holds over 22% of the planet's liquid freshwater - more than all the Great Lakes of North America combined. The total volume of water in the lake is approximately 5,660 cubic miles (23,615 cubic kilometers).