Crater Lake, OREGON, national park, their site says that crater lake is
indeed very deep: the seventh-deepest lake, at 1,932 ft. deep. However, the
elevation of the park is 6,500 ft, so the bottom of the lake is easily above
sea level. It was created as a volcano imploded, pretty unusual conditions,
I would think. The lake looks very cool (literally and figuratively).
From
http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/lakes/page2.htm
I learned:
- The deepest lake in Canada is Great Slave Lake, with a depth of 614 m.
Not quite as deep as crater lake (unless my rough conversion estimate is
wrong).
- There exist lakes which drain in two directions, such as Lake Wollaston,
Saskatchewan.
From
http://www.northwestwater.co.uk/stat1f.htm
I learned that The World's deepest lake is Lake Baykai (baikal)? in Central
Siberia, which is 1,940 m at its deepest point. Wow.
That's it for now. Gotta get dinner.
Lisa
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisa Dusseault (Exchange)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 3:53 PM
> To: Lisa Dusseault (Exchange); 'ejw@ics.uci.edu'; Joe Barrera;
> 'FoRK@xent.ics.uci.edu'
> Cc: 'COOOLREY@aol.com'
> Subject: RE: Salton Sea
>
> Damn. I was about to start giving references and hit ctrl-enter on this
> unfamiliar laptop keyboard here.
>
> http://kids.state.mt.us/
>
> This site has cool facts about Montana. Some of the best books/information
> in the world are for kids.
>
> Lisa
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lisa Dusseault (Exchange)
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 3:42 PM
> > To: 'ejw@ics.uci.edu'; Joe Barrera; FoRK@xent.ics.uci.edu
> > Cc: COOOLREY@aol.com
> > Subject: RE: Salton Sea
> >
> > Oddly enough, this relates to a conversation I had on geography last
> night
> > on a boat on Lake Washington. I was talking to somebody who had trouble
> > believing me when I said that Lake Washington drained, out its south
> end,
> > into the Pacific. He thought in general that many lakes did not drain
> > into rivers, and instead evaporated or drained underground.
> >
> > Having scrutinized many many maps (I love maps) in my life, it seems to
> me
> > that the vast majority of lakes do drain into rivers. How true is that?
> >
> > As far as I knew last night, the Dead Sea was the only lake which does
> not
> > drain: it maintains its level because evaporation is matched by entering
> > water quantities. So does Salton Sea also evaporate? Are there any
> > others?
> >
> > Also, are there many other lakes which are below sea level at their
> > surface or at their deepest points?
> >
> > Another argument was over crater lake in Montana. My friend thought
> that
> > crater lake, montana, was so deep that its bottom must be below sea
> level.
> > That is difficult for me to believe because, although I do not know
> > Montana's average altitude offhand, it must be fairly high. The lowest
> > point, on the MT-ID state line, is 1,820 ft, which I know from
> >
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Whitehead [SMTP:ejw@ics.uci.edu]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 1998 9:22 AM
> > To: Joe Barrera; FoRK@xent.ics.uci.edu
> > Cc: COOOLREY@aol.com
> > Subject: RE: Salton Sea
> >
> >
> >
> > "There is no legal limit to the number of tilapia that can be taken;
> > after a
> > day at the park fishers generally leave with at least 100 tilapia in
> > the 1-
> > to 3-pound range."
> >
> > ..And for boating
> >
> > "The lake is known as the fastest in the nation because its salt
> > content
> > (slightly greater than the Pacific Ocean) causes vessels to be more
> > buoyant.
> > And at 228 feet below sea level, its high atmospheric density
> > (because of
> > the low elevation) causes engines to perform much more powerfully
> > than on
> > other lakes."
> >
> > - Jim
> >