Cryptodepression
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌkɹɪptəʊdɪˈpɹɛʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cryptodepression is a noun meaning (geography, limnology) The portion of a lake which lies below sea level.
Meaning
(geography, limnology) The portion of a lake which lies below sea level.
Example Sentences
The lake's elevation above sea level is 74.01 meters (242.8 feet) which makes its depth of cryptodepression to be 170 meters (558 feet).
When the bottom of the lake lies below mean sea level, it is said to occupy a cryptodepression, the depth of which is the depth below sea level of the deepest point of the basin.
At present there are three major closed systems (Awash R. – Afar drainage, northern rift lakes, southern rift lakes), numerous crater lakes with seepage-in and -out, and two cryptodepressions with marine inputs.
The maximum depth of some lakes is below current sea level. Such lakes are called cryptodepressions. Well-known cases of tectonic lakes include Lake Baikal and the Caspian Sea. Some glacial lakes in Norway, Scotland and England are also cryptodepressions.
Word Forms
- cryptodepressions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lagune, limnophilia, ground, bottom, shoreland, shallow.
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