The Deepest Lakes in the World

Lake Baikal Russia 1,642 m is the deepest. Lake Tanganyika 1,470 m second. Crater Lake USA 594 m.

Lake Matano Indonesia 590 m. Lake Malawi 706 m. Great Slave Lake Canada 614 m.

Issyk-Kul Kyrgyzstan 668 m. Most deep lakes are rift valley or volcanic in origin. Baikal and Tanganyika are ancient rift lakes millions of years old. Crater Lake formed when Mount Mazama collapsed 7,700 years ago..