Physiography of Lakes and Reservoirs - Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications - page 93

Selected Lakes Not Listed in Table 6.1 with Historical or Research Interest a

TABLE 6.2

Area Maximum Mean Volume Length Retention

(km 2 ) (km 3 )

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

Biwa Asia Tectonic Monomictic 618 46.2 45 28 46 2.6 5.4

Erie North America Glacial Monomictic 25,820 64 21 540 1200 2.1 3

Eyre Australia Tectonic Polymictic 0-8,583 4 2.9 23 4.9 Sink

Geneva Europe Glacial Monomictic 580 310 153 89 70

Kinneret Asia Tectonic Monomictic 1.7 43 26 4.3 2.2 1.16 7.3

Loch Ness Europe Glacial Monomictic 56.4 230 133 7.5 39 3.2 2.8

Mendota North America Glacial Dimictic 39.8 25.3 12.8 0.47 9.1 1.6 4.6

Ontario North America Glacial Monomictic 18,760 225 91 1720 1380 2.8 8

Tahoe North America Tectonic 499 501 249 124 125 1.6 700

Titicaca South America Tectonic Monomictic 7,700 280 106 820 176 3.46 1343

Vanda Antarctica Glacial Amictic 5.2 67 33.8 0.17 5.6 2.28 75

(ablation b )

Windermere Europe Glacial Monomictic 14.3 64 23 0.39 17 1.2

(both basins)

a Data are from several sources, including Herdnedorf (1990), Hutchinson (1957), Horne and Goldman (1994), and Gasith and Gafny (1990).
b Ablation is evaporation directly from the ice that covers the lake.