Physiography of Lakes and Reservoirs - Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications - page 92

Properties of the 10 Largest Lakes by Depth, Area, or Volume, Globally Arranged by Maximum Depth a TABLE 6.1

Area Maximum Mean Volume Length Retention

(km 2 ) (km 3 )

Lake Continent Formation Mixis depth (m) depth (m) (km) D L (years)

Baikal Asia Tectonic Meromictic 31,500 1741 730 23,000 2200 3.4 323

Tanganyika Africa Tectonic Meromictic 34,000 1470 572 18,940 1900 3.1 5500

Caspian Asia/Europe Tectonic Meromictic 436,400 946 182 79,319 6000 2.6 Sink

Nyasa Africa Tectonic Meromictic 30,800 706 273 8,400 1500 2.7

Issyk Kul Asia Tectonic Meromictic 6,200 702 320 1,732 760 2.8 305

Great Slave North America Glacial Dimictic 30,000 614 70 2,088 2200 3.6

Crater North America Volcanic Monomictic 55 608 364 20 35 1.3 4.9

Matano Asia Tectonic 164 590 240 39 80 1.8

Toba Asia Volcanic-tectonic Monomictic 1,150 529 216 249 100

Hornindalsvatn Europe Glacial Dimictic 508 514 237 12 65 2.6

Great Bear North America Glacial Dimictic 29,500 452 81 2,381 2100 3.3 124

Superior North America Glacial Monomictic 83,300 307 145 12,000 3000 2.9 184

Michigan North America Glacial Monomictic 57,850 265 99 5,760 2210 2.6 104

Huron North America Glacial Monomictic 59,510 223 76 4,600 2700 3.1 21

Victoria Africa Tectonic Polymictic 68,800 79 40 2,700 3440 3.7 23

Aral Asia Tectonic Meromictic 62,000 68 16 970 2300 2.6 Sink

a Data are from several sources, including Herdnedorf (1990), Hutchinson (1957), Horne and Goldman (1994), and Gasith and Gafny (1990).