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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).
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. [2] [3] [4] An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau.
depth Volume Notes 1: Caspian Sea Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Russia Iran: Saline 1.2% 389,000 km 2 150,000 sq mi 1,199 km 745 mi 1,025 m 3,363 ft 78,200 km 3 18,800 cu mi Geologically a small ocean rather than a lake.
In 1960, the Aral Sea was the world's twelfth-largest known lake by volume, at 1,100 km 3 (260 cu mi). However, by 2007 it had shrunk to 10% of its original volume and was divided into three lakes, none of which are large enough to appear on this list.
As of September 2009, 164.2 million tonnes of oil and 37 billion cubic meters of associated gas have been produced and 80.3 million cubic meters of water and 13 billion cubic meters of gas have been injected into layers since the beginning of production in ACG fields in 1997.
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Monday discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin his concern over what he said was the "catastrophic" shrinking of the Caspian Sea, and said that the two had ...
Depth meters feet 1. Asian lake: country Asia: meters feet 2. African lake: country Africa: meters feet 3. Antarctic lake: Antarctica: meters feet 4. South American lake: country South America: meters feet 5. North American lake: country North America: meters feet 6. European lake: country Europe: meters feet 7. Oceanian lake: country Oceania ...
On average, the ice reaches a thickness of 0.5 to 1.4 m (1.6–4.6 ft), [31] but in some places with hummocks, it can be more than 2 m (6.6 ft). [30] During this period, the temperature slowly increases with depth in the lake, being coldest near the ice-covered surface at around freezing, and reaching about 3.5–3.8 °C (38.3–38.8 °F) at a ...