lake depth
How deep underwater
Lake depth is how far a lake extends from surface to bottom, typically measured at its deepest point.
Maximum depth varies enormously—from a few feet in shallow prairie lakes to over a mile in Lake Baikal.
Depth affects water temperature, oxygen levels, and what can live there: The lake depth exceeded what our equipment could measure.
- bathymetrySubaqueous topographical measurement
- pressureForce upon contact
- thermoclineRapid temperature-change layer
- bottomLowest point or underside
- drop offConvey and leave
deep water · oxygen levels · sedimentation · stratification · abyss · hidden depths · seasonal turnover · limnology · plumb line · water clarity · aquatic habitats · fishing zones · fish finder · deep · submerged · diving · crater · floor
- Water Monitoringwater clarity, water temperature, turbidity, algal blooms, surface temperature
- freshwater sciencefreshwater lakes, water chemistry, dissolved oxygen, thermocline, stratification
- lake hydrologywater level, thermocline, stratification, turnover, inflow
- lakesGreat Lakes, Superior, Erie, Michigan, Ontario
DEPTH vs. SHALLOWNESS
lake depthshallow water
Low-depth aquatic area
shallowness · shallows · water surface · lake surface · shoal