O'Higgins / San Martín Lake

O'Higgins / San Martín Lake. The lake is known as O'Higgins in Chile and San Martín in Argentina are located around the coordinates 48 ° 72 50 main · 36'W / 48.833 ° S 72.6 ° W / -48.833; -72.6 in Patagonia, between the Aysen Region and the Province of Santa Cruz. It has a surface area of ​​1058 km ², elevation 250 meters above sea level, and a long coastline of 525 km. Seen from above, the lake consists of a series of finger-shaped valley floods, which 554 km ² in Chile and 459 km ² in Argentina, although sources differ on the appropriate division, may reflect the variability of water levels.

Is the deepest lake in America with a maximum depth of 836 meters near the O'Higgins Glacier and the characteristic blue color of milk on the lake is derived from rocks that are suspended in water. O'Higgins Glacier flows eastward toward the lake, as well as glacier Chico. The most common tourist route to visit this lake is that of El Chalten in Argentina and Villa O'Higgins in Chile, including the ferry through the Chilean side of the lake.

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Lake Malawi

Lake Malawi is the African Great Lakes, and lakes south of the Great Rift Valley system in East Africa. This lake, the third largest in Africa and the eighth largest lake in the world, situated between Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. This is the second deepest lake in Africa, despite the quiet north coast gave no indication of depth. Tropical waters is a great lake reported habitats of fish species more than any other collection of fresh water on Earth, including more than 1000 species of cichlids.

Lake Malawi officially declared as a reserve by the Government of Mozambique on June 10, 2011 in an effort to protect one of the largest freshwater lake and bio-diverse in the world. Lake Malawi or Lake Nyaza has a depth of 706 meters with a total lake surface area of about 29,600 square kilometers. Lake Malawi or Nyaza alone was estimated to be at least around 40,000 years.

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Issyk Kul

Issyk Kul is a lake in the mountains of Tian Shan endorheic, northeast of Kirgizia. Length 182 km, width up to 60 km, and the extent of 6332 km ². And this lake is the world's second largest lake located in the mountains after Lake Titicaca. Located at an altitude of 1607 meters (5272 feet), with a depth of 668 meters (2192 ft). The water is somewhat salty lake in the winter and keep it free from ice. About 118 rivers and streams flow into this lake, the largest and Tyup Djyrgalan. The lake where the water is sourced from the many springs is currently recorded has no outlet, but some hydrologists hypothesize that the underground water of this lake to the River terfiltrasi Chu.

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