deep lake
Fathomless water body
A deep lake is a lake with significant depth, typically measured from surface to bottom.
The term has no fixed threshold—what counts as deep depends on context.
Ecologically, deep lakes stratify into distinct temperature layers and support different organisms than shallow lakes.
Lake Baikal is the world's deepest lake.
- waterClear essential liquid
- cold waterFigurative enthusiasm killer
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- coldLow temperature state
- darkAbsence of light
blue · bottom · fathom · crater · plunge · take the plunge · still · still waters · murky · swim · dive · scuba diving · fish · trout · glacial · mountain · crystal · crystal clear
depth
deep lakepuddle
Shallow collected rainwater
wading pool · tidal flat · marsh · wetland · flooded field
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