List of lakes by depth - Reservoir

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This article lists the world's deepest lakes.

Lakes ranked by maximum depth

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.

Continent color key
Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Oceania	South America	Antarctica

	Name	Country	Region	Depth		Depth²/area
	Name	Country	Region	(meters)	(feet)	Depth²/area
1.	Baikal[1]	Russia	Southern Siberia	1,642	5,387	9.22×10^⁻⁶
2.	Tanganyika	Tanzania Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi Zambia	Great African Lakes	1,470	4,823	8.1×10^⁻⁶
3.	(Caspian Sea[2])	Iran Russia Turkmenistan Kazakhstan Azerbaijan		1,025	3,363	1.68×10^⁻⁶
4.	Vostok[3]	Antarctica	Eastern part	~1000	~3300	8.94×10^⁻⁶
5.	Viedma[4]	Argentina	Santa Cruz (Argentina)	900	3,000	N/D
6.	O'Higgins-San Martín[5]	Chile Argentina	Aysén (Chile), Santa Cruz (Argentina)	836	2,742	2.63×10^⁻⁵
7.	Malawi	Mozambique Malawi Tanzania	Great African Lakes	706	2,316	4.1×10^⁻⁶
8.	Issyk Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Eastern part	668	2,192	8.46×10^⁻⁶
9.	Great Slave	Canada	Northwest Territories	614	2,015	3.72×10^⁻⁶
10.	Crater[6]	United States	Oregon	594	1,949	8.16×10^⁻⁵
11.	Matano	Indonesia	South Sulawesi	590	1,936	4.61×10^⁻⁵
12.	General Carrera-Buenos Aires[7]	Chile Argentina	Patagonia	586	1,923	1.36×10^⁻⁵
13.	Hornindalsvatnet	Norway	Vestland	514	1,686	7.2×10^⁻⁵
14.	Quesnel	Canada	British Columbia	511	1,677	3.13×10^⁻⁵
15.	Toba	Indonesia	Sumatra	505	1,657	1.5×10^⁻⁵
15.	Sarez	Tajikistan	Eastern part	505	1,657	5.66×10^⁻⁵
17.	Tahoe	United States	California, Nevada	501	1,645	2.26×10^⁻⁵
18.	Argentino	Argentina	Santa Cruz (Argentina)	500	1,640	1.33×10^⁻⁵
19.	Salvatnet	Norway	Trøndelag	482	1,581	6.93×10^⁻⁵
20.	Kivu	Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda	Great African Lakes	480	1,575	9.24×10^⁻⁶
21.	Grand Lake[8]	Canada	Newfoundland	475	1,558	N/D
22.	Nahuel Huapi	Argentina	Rio Negro (Argentina)	464	1,523	2.02×10^⁻⁵
23.	Hauroko	New Zealand	Southland (South Island)	462	1,516	5.82×10^⁻⁵
24.	Cochrane / Pueyrredón[7]	Chile Argentina	Aysén (Chile) Santa Cruz (Argentina)	460	1,509	2.55×10^⁻⁵
24.	Seton	Canada	British Columbia	460	1,509	N/D
24.	Lake Tinn	Norway	Vestfold and Telemark	460	1,509	6.41×10^⁻⁵
27.	Adams	Canada	British Columbia	457	1,499	3.9×10^⁻⁵
28.	Chelan	United States	Washington (state)	453	1,486	3.9×10^⁻⁵
28.	Mjøsa	Norway	Innlandet and Viken	453	1,486	2.33×10^⁻⁵
30.	Van[9]	Turkey	Eastern part	451	1,480	7.36×10^⁻⁶
31.	Poso	Indonesia	Sulawesi	450	1,476	2.5×10^⁻⁵
32.	Fagnano	Argentina Chile	Tierra del Fuego	449	1,473	1.77×10^⁻⁵
33.	Great Bear	Canada	Northwest Territories	446	1,463	2.53×10^⁻⁶
34.	Manapouri	New Zealand	Southland (South Island)	444	1,457	3.73×10^⁻⁵
35.	Como	Italy	Lombardy	425	1,394	3.52×10^⁻⁵
35.	Te Anau	New Zealand	Southland (South Island)	425	1,394	2.29×10^⁻⁵
37.	Tazawa	Japan	Akita Prefecture (Honshu)	423	1,387	8.31×10^⁻⁵
38.	Khantayskoye	Russia	Krasnoyarsk	420	1,378	N/D
38.	Wakatipu	New Zealand	South Island	420	1,378	2.47×10^⁻⁵
40.	Superior	Canada United States	Ontario, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin	406	1,332	1.42×10^⁻⁶

Lakes ranked by mean depth

Mean depth can be a more useful indicator than maximum depth for many ecological purposes. Unfortunately, accurate mean depth figures are only available for well-studied lakes, as they must be calculated by dividing the lake's volume by its surface area.[10] A reliable volume figure requires a bathymetric survey.[10] Therefore, mean depth figures are not available for many deep lakes in remote locations.[10] The average lake on Earth has the mean depth 2.85 meters (9.35 feet)[10]

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).

This list contains all lakes whose mean depth is reliably known to exceed 100 metres (328 ft).

Continent colour key
Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Oceania	South America	Antarctica

	Name	Country	Region	Depth
	Name	Country	Region	(meters)	(feet)
1.	Baikal[1]	Russia	Southern Siberia	744.4	2,442
2.	Tanganyika	Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Zambia	Great African Lakes	570	1,870
3.	Vostok[3][11]	Antarctica	Eastern part	430	1,411
4.	General Carrera-Buenos Aires[7]	Chile, Argentina	Patagonia	400	1,312
5.	Crater[6]	United States	Oregon	350	1,148
6.	Tahoe	United States	California, Nevada	301	989
7.	Adams	Canada	British Columbia	299	981
8.	Malawi	Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi	Great African Lakes	292	958
9.	Tazawa	Japan	Honshu	280	919
10.	Issyk Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Eastern part	278.4	913
11.	Shikotsu	Japan	Hokkaido	265.4	871
12.	Crveno[8]	Croatia	Southeastern part	245	804
13.	Kivu	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda	Great African Lakes	240	787
13.	Matano[8]	Indonesia	Sulawesi	240	787
15.	Hornindalsvatnet[8]	Norway	Vestland	237	778
16.	Toba[8]	Indonesia	Sumatra	216	707
17.	Tianchi	China, North Korea	Manchuria	213	699
18.	Karakul	Tajikistan	Northeastern part	210	689
19.	Sarez	Tajikistan	Eastern part	202	662
20.	Harrison	Canada	British Columbia	194.8	639
21.	Lake Tinn[8]	Norway	Vestfold and Telemark	190	623
22.	Llanquihue	Chile	Central parts	184.1	604
23.	(Caspian Sea[2])	Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan		184	604
24.	Maggiore	Italy, Switzerland	Lombardy, Piemonte, Ticino	177.4	582
25.	Teletskoye	Russia	Altai Mountains	174	571
25.	Ranau	Indonesia	Sumatra	174	571
27.	Brienz	Switzerland	Northern Alps	173	568
28.	Lundevatnet[8]	Norway	Agder and Rogaland	172	564
29.	Slocan	Canada	British Columbia	171	561
29.	Van	Turkey	Eastern part	171	561
31.	Te Anau	New Zealand	South Island	168.8	554
32.	Lácar	Argentina	North Patagonia	167	548
33.	Azure	Canada	British Columbia	157.2	516
34.	Nahuel Huapi	Argentina	Patagonia	157	515
34.	Quesnel	Canada	British Columbia	157	515
36.	Suldalsvatnet[8]	Norway	Rogaland	156	512
37.	Ohrid	North Macedonia and Albania	Balkan Peninsula	155	508
38.	Atitlán[8]	Guatemala	Southwestern part	154	505
38.	Como[12]	Italy	Lombardy	154	505
38.	Salvatnet[8]	Norway	Trøndelag	154	505
41.	Geneva[8]	Switzerland, France	Western Alps	153	502
41.	Jökulsárlón[8]	Iceland	Southeastern part	153	502
43.	Argentino	Argentina	Patagonia	150	492
43.	Mjøsa	Norway	Innlandet and Viken	150	492
45.	Menéndez	Argentina	North Patagonia	149.9	492
46.	Manapouri	New Zealand	South Island	149	489
46.	Singkarak	Indonesia	West Sumatra	149	489
48.	Lake Superior	United States, Canada	Ontario, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin	147	483
49.	Chelan	United States	Washington	144	472
50.	Todos los Santos	Chile	Southern part	143.6	471
51.	Huechulafquen	Argentina	North Patagonia	142	466
51.	Pend Oreille	United States	Idaho	142	466
53.	Storsjøen[8]	Norway	Innlandet	139	456
54.	Khövsgöl	Mongolia	Northern part	138	453
55.	Mashū	Japan	Hokkaido	137.5	451
56.	Garda	Italy	Lombardy	136	446
56.	Thun	Switzerland	Northern Alps	136	446
58.	Ikeda	Japan	Kyushu	135	443
59.	Lugano	Italy, Switzerland	Southern Alps	134	440
60.	Loch Ness[8]	United Kingdom	Scotland, Caledonia	133	436
61.	Oppstrynsvatn[8]	Norway	Vestland	130.9	429
62.	Wakatipu	New Zealand	South Island	130	427
63.	Breimsvatn[8]	Norway	Vestland	129	423
64.	Mainit	Philippines	Mindanao	128	420
65.	Yelcho	Chile	Southern part	127.6	419
66.	Great Central	Canada	British Columbia	124	407
66.	Iseo	Italy	Northern part	124	407
68.	Greve	Chile	Southern part	123.3	405
69.	Anderson	Canada	British Columbia	121.7	399
70.	Kanas	China	Western part	120	394
70.	Towuti	Indonesia	South Sulawesi	120	394
72.	Garibaldi	Canada	British Columbia	119	390
73.	Bandak[8]	Norway	Vestfold and Telemark	118.4	388
74.	Dead Sea	Jordan, Palestine, Israel	Middle East	118	387
75.	Toya[8]	Japan	Hokkaido	117	384
76.	Hauroko	New Zealand	South Island	116.7	383
77.	Mabel	Canada	British Columbia	114	374
78.	Poteriteri	New Zealand	South Island	113.1	371
79.	Mascardi	Argentina	North Patagonia	111	364
79.	Puelo	Argentina	North Patagonia	111	364
81.	Taupo[8]	New Zealand	North Island	110	360
82.	Öskjuvatn[8]	Iceland	Eastern part	109	358
83.	Chilko	Canada	British Columbia	108	354
84.	Titicaca	Peru, Bolivia	Andes Highlands	107	351
85.	Tatlayoko	Canada	British Columbia	106.4	349
86.	Seton	Canada	British Columbia	106.2	348
87.	Gander	Canada	Newfoundland	105.4	346
88.	Kauhakō Crater[13][14]	United States	Hawaii	105	344
88.	Maninjau	Indonesia	Central Sumatra	105	344
88.	Walen	Switzerland	Eastern part	105	344
91.	Lucerne	Switzerland	Central parts	104	341
92.	Rivadavia	Argentina	Patagonia	103.7	340
93.	Takla	Canada	British Columbia	103.1	338
94.	Cochrane / Pueyrredón[7]	Chile, Argentina	Patagonia	101.8	334
95.	Clearwater[8]	Canada	British Columbia	101.6	333
96.	Futalaufquen	Argentina	Patagonia	101	331
97.	Hawea[8]	New Zealand	South Island	100.5	330
98.	Nueltin[8]	Canada	Nunavut and Manitoba	100	328
98.	Taal	Philippines	South Luzon	100	328
98.	Viedma	Argentina	Patagonia	100	328

Greatest maximum depth by continent

Africa — 1: Tanganyika, 2: Malawi, 3: Kivu
Antarctica — 1: Radok Lake (surface lake); Vostok (subglacial lake)[3]
Asia — 1: Baikal, (2: Caspian Sea), 3: Issyk Kul, (3: Matano)
Europe — 1: Hornindalsvatnet, 2: Salvatnet, 3: Lake Tinn
North America — 1: Great Slave Lake, 2: Crater, 3: Quesnel
- Central America — 1: Atitlán, 2: Chicabal
Oceania — 1: Hauroko, 2: Manapouri, 3: Te Anau
- Australia — 1: St Clair
South America — 1: O'Higgins/San Martín, 2: General Carrera-Buenos Aires, 3: Argentino

Greatest mean depth by continent

Africa — 1: Tanganyika, 2: Malawi, 3: Kivu
Antarctica — 1: Vostok[3]
Asia — 1: Baikal, 2: Tazawa, 3: Issyk-Kul
Europe — 1: Crveno, 2: Hornindalsvatnet, 3: Lake Tinn
North America — 1: Crater, 2: Tahoe, 3: Adams
Oceania — 1: Lake Te Anau, 2: Manapouri, 3: Wakatipu
South America —

1: General Carrera-Buenos Aires, 2: Llanquihue, 3: Lácar

Notes

Note: Lake depths often vary depending on sources. The depths used here are the most reliable figures available in recent sources. See the articles on individual lakes for more details and data sources.

Lake Baikal is also the largest freshwater lake by volume.
The Caspian Sea is generally regarded by geographers, biologists and limnologists as a huge inland salt lake. However, the Caspian's large size means that for some purposes it is better modeled as a sea. Geologically, the Caspian, Black, and Mediterranean seas are small oceans, remnants of the ancient Tethys. Politically, the distinction between a sea and a lake may affect how the Caspian is treated by international law.
Lake Vostok in Antarctica is a subglacial lake with a depth ranging from 400 to more than 900 meters.
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Sources

Worldlakes.org, Deepest lakes

External links

Environmentalgraffiti.com - 10 deepest lakes with pictures

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[de] Liste der tiefsten Seen

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- [en] List of lakes by depth

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