Showing posts with label lake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lake. Show all posts

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal (Siberia)
Lake Baikal is also known as 'blue eye of Siberia', is located in southern Siberia near the Russian-Mongolian border. Renowned as the world's deepest lake with a maximum depth of 1642 meters (5369 ft). Lake Baikal large lake with a large eco-systems in which more than 1,700 species of flora and fauna that live; two-thirds of them will only be found here. Completely surrounded by steep mountains and dense forest, this lake has an estimated age of 25-30 million years, making it one of the most ancient lakes in geological history

Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika (Congo)
Lake Tanganyika is the second largest freshwater lake and second deepest after Lake Baikal in Siberia; also the longest lake in the world. The lake is located between four countries - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania and Zambia, the DRC (45%) and Tanzania (41%).
Lake Tanganyika is the deepest freshwater lake in Africa and the second in the world with a maximum depth of 1470 meters (4823 ft).

Lake Vostok

Lake Vostok (Antarctica)
Of the 140 sub-glacial lakes on earth, Vostok is the largest and deepest, with a maximum depth of 1000 meters (2950 ft). Under Russia's Vostok Station, 13,000 feet below the surface of the central Antarctic ice sheet, the lake is perhaps the purest lakes on Earth.
Average temperature of -3 ° C water and the reason why the lake is still liquid below freezing is the influence of high pressure from the weight of ice on it.
The scientists also discovered that the ice core may be 420,000 years old, which means that the lake is covered for more than 500,000.

Lake O'Higgins

Lake O'Higgins / San Martín (Argentina)
The lake is known as O'Higgins in Chile and San Martín in Argentina, located in Patagonia, Aysen Region and the Province of Santa Cruz.
Its surface area is 1058 km ² at 250 meters above sea level, and has a long coastline of 525 km. 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 at this lake came from rocks that are suspended in water. O'Higgins Glacier flows eastward toward the lake, as well as glacier Chico.

Lake Malawi

Lake Malawi (Africa)
Lake Malawi is also known as Lake Nyasa in most countries, or Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa, or Lago Niassa in Mozambique. The lake is situated between Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania and known as the lake has more fish habitat from a variety of tropical waters than any other lake on Earth.
Lake Malawi or Lake Nyaza has a depth of 706 meters with a total lake surface area of approximately 29,600 square kilometers. This lake has a coastline of western Mozambique, eastern Malawi, and Tanzania south. It has a freshwater lake flows into the Shire River, a tributary that flows into the Zambezi River is very large.
Lake Malawi or Nyaza alone is estimated at least around 40,000 years old

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Lake Issyk Kul

Lake Issyk Kul (Kyrgyzstan)
Lake Issyk Kul has an area of 6236 square kilometers. Located at an altitude of 1607 meters (5272 feet), with a depth of 668 meters (2192 ft).
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 are currently listed do not have outlets, but some hydrologists hypothesize that the underground water of this lake to the River terfiltrasi Chu.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Great Slave Lake

Great Slave Lake (Canada)
Great Slave Lake (French: Grand lac des Esclaves) is the second largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada. North America's deepest lake with a depth of 614 m (2014 ft) has an area of 27,200 km2. Cities around the lake include: Yellowknife, Fort Providence, Hay River and Fort Resolution.

Lake Matano

Lake Matano (Sulawesi Selatan - Indonesia)
 
Matano Lake is a lake in South Sulawesi, precisely located at the south end of town Sorowako the island of Sulawesi, East Luwu. This lake has a depth as far as 600 meters (1969 feet), 382 meters above the surface of which laut.Danau Matano not constitute the establishment of several tributaries, but are formed from thousands of springs that will never experience drought and the water was very clear.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

lake Hamilton and Lake Cave Lechuguilla

lake Hamilton
Underground lake was used as a natural swimming pool adjoining in Austin, Texas named Hamilton.

Lake Cave Lechuguilla
Lechuguilla Cave in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico is the fifth longest cave found reply. Length of 193 km and a depth of 489 m, the deepest in the United States.

Cheddar Gorge Lake

Cheddar Gorge Lake
Cheddar Gorge, River adjoining underground in one of the biggest gap in Britain named Cheddar Gorge. There in a cave named Cheddar jg yg dmn oldest human skull was found here in the UK year 1903 was estimated to be 9000 years.

Lake Luray Caverns and Lake Cave Mellisani

Lake Luray Caverns
Underground river is located in Luray Caverns reply, Virginia. Its water reflection effect on langit2 cave similar to the reflection of gold.


Lake Cave Mellisani
Underground Lake Cave Mellisani supernal, Kefalonia, found that integumentary cave ruins destroyed by the earthquake of 1953.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Banff Lake Cave

Underground lake is supernal Banff, Canada. It takes how long tuh Menuhin made mini waterfall lake volume, a creation of nature is very appealing.

Lakes in Amazing Caves

Yucatan lake
Macan Che underground lake located in the Yucatan peninsula are believed to be a gift from the god of the Maya in Mexico and is known as a forbidden lake.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

lakes in the world

-Caspian Sea 
 
Location: Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran
Area (km ²): 394,299
Length (miles): 1199
Maximum depth (m): 946
Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia, Azerbaijan, Iran (province of Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan), Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, and Europe (Russia), Dagestan, Kalmykia and the Astrakhan Oblast. He is the largest inland body of water, with a surface area of 371,000 km ², and therefore has the characteristics possessed by the sea and lakes. He is often ranked as the world's largest lake, though it does not contain fresh water but salt water. 

-Superior 
 
Location: United States, Canada
Area (km ²): 82,414
Length (km): 616
Maximum depth (m): 406
Lake Superior is the largest North American Great Lakes that restrict Ontario in Canada, and Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan in the United States. He is the largest freshwater lake in the world in surface area.

- Victoria 
 
Location: Tanzania, Uganda
Area (km ²): 69,485
Length (km): 322
Maximum depth (m): 82
Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe) is the largest lake in Africa, the world's largest tropical lake, and the second largest freshwater lake in surface area of the world after Lake Superior. The lake is located in a plateau in the western Great Rift Valley of Africa and regulated by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.

lakes in the world


- Huron 
 
Location: United States, Canada
Area (km ²): 59,596
Length (km): 397
Maximum depth (m): 229
Salsh Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes United. Is that all three of the estuary. Such as Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior, the lake is also shared between the United States and Canada 

-.Michigan 
 
Location: United States
Area (km ²): 58,016
Length (km): 517
Maximum depth (m): 281
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes in North America that restrict U.S. states: Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Chicago is the largest city on Lake Michigan.

-Hindrance 
 
Location: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Area (km ²): 59,596
Length (km): 397
Maximum depth (m): 229
The lake is located in Central Asia are in northern Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the south.

lakes in the world

- Tanganyika 
 
Location: Tanzania, Republic of Congo
Area (km ²): 32,893
Length (km): 676
Maximum depth (m): 1435

This lake is the largest and deepest canyon lake in deepest Africa or number two in the world and save the largest freshwater reserves in the Western Rift in the Great Rift Valley and is in the area of four countries, namely Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia,

- Baikal 
 
Location: Russia
Area (km ²): 31,500
Length (km): 636
Maximum depth (m): 1741

Lake Baikal or also known as Blue Eye of Siberia and the Holy Sea is the deepest and oldest lake in the world and the most (in content) bargaining water on Earth. This lake contains more than 20% of the world's freshwater and more than 90% of freshwater Russia. 

-. Great Bear 
 
Location: Canada
Area (km ²): 31,080
Length (km): 373
Maximum depth (m): 82 

- Nyasa 
 
Location: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania
Area (km ²): 30,044
Length (km): 579
Maximum depth (m): 706.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Ijen Crater

Ijen Crater, East Java 
Crater Ijen volcano is one tourist attraction in Indonesia. Ijen Crater is a famous tourist attraction, which has been recognized by domestic and foreign tourists because of its natural beauty and charming. 
 

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Dieng

    
Dieng, Place of the Gods reside
Dieng Plateau is located 30 km from the town of Wonosobo, precisely in the border district of Wonosobo regency and Banjarnegara. Dieng plateau has many small temples lay in the beautiful ancient volcanic plateau region. In this place you can see the Hindu-style temple with a beautiful and unique architecture. In addition it also has a tourist area Dieng Plateau Theater, which provides information on the surrounding natural keajadian Dieng. Cinema is able to accommodate 100 seats, has a beautiful garden and very comfortable to relax while you are pampered with a beautiful panorama of the surrounding mountain range.The name "Dieng" comes from Sanskrit language which is "On" meaning high place and "Hyang" which means place of the gods goddesses. Interpreted later as the residence of the gods and goddesses. There is also the mean of the Java language that is "adi" means beautiful, combined with the word "Aeng" which means strange. Locals sometimes interpret it as a beautiful place full of spiritual atmosphere. Dieng plateau above the land like a cloud. Lay at an altitude of 2,000 m above sea level making it was cool and refreshing as well as a thick fog covered. Because of this stunning beauty is believed that the Dieng was chosen as a sacred place and a place bersemayamnya deities.
You will see boiling mud that emit bubbles, brightly colored sulfur lakes, and dense fog that blanketed the Dieng plateau. See, feel, and imagine this place will directly make you understand why the Java community as a place that considers Dieng has supernatural powers. When enchanted by the natural beauty of Dieng well then you feel the mysterious vibrations in this place.Dieng area has many small temples are named after characters like the Milky epic Mahabharata, Gatot glass, Arjuna and Heroine. Believed that these temples was used as the residence of the priests who spread the teachings of the natural scenery Hindu.Keindahan Dieng area has many fascinating tourist who comes and gives the impression of depth in private. Starting from the lakes of green and yellow, crystal clear water can be a mirror, the natural beauty of the area is truly extraordinary. Mirror lake is the beauty of Dieng plateau phenomenon is really amazing. If you climb up the Dieng plateau so as to be in the top of the world. You will get an amazing experience while viewing the lake scenery of colorful and thick fog in sekelilingnya.Bila that was not enough and you want to experience a more spectacular then came to the Dieng Plateau to see the sun at sunrise and sunset with a golden color and silvery incredible. Beautiful sunrise is a natural phenomenon that is unique and amazing especially when you see it from above candi.Saat way to the mainland Dieng you will pass through tobacco plantations and beautiful mountain scenery.Investigating the phenomenon of child dreadlocks or locals call "snot boy" who lived in the Dieng Plateau is a unique experience. According to local belief, dreadlocks child is a gift from the gods so that the phenomenon is worth disukuri. Usually if the child's hair cut dreadlocks enforced, then the child will tend to be sickly, and oddly dreads dreadlocks children do not naturally grow when they are born, but grow when they hit the age of 1-2 years. (okezone.com)
   

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Beautiful Lake in Jiuzhaigou National Park

Taman Nasional Jiuzhaigo (foto:




-Sichuan Jiuzhaigou National Park in the province of Sichuan. in park,our eyes will be very spoiled with superb views of the beautiful amazing. in area of 280 square miles of valley terraces there are the steps to the emission of green-golden yellow color on the crystal clear water refresh the eyes.Gurgling sound of water falling from one valley to another valley, ascenic waterfall framing mini wide with leaves surrounding the grove around it, will make you feel fortunate to be where it.by travelers to legend the Tibetan people, the valley of terraces, steps and separate-separation is a reflection of a mirror that shattered into 114pieces. The mirror is presented by the mountain god who falls in love by a goddess. But the god's appearance surprised the devil, and hedropped the mirror and shattered into 114 pieces. But instead of beingbad luck, the pieces were turned into 114 shimmering lake to be a fairyland on earth, such as reported Dailymail on Monday (6/20/2011).In 1992, Jiuzhaigou National Park was formally used as a WorldHeritage site by natural UNESCO.Keindahan Jiuzhaigo National Park, it has a background in the film Crouching Tiger. In English literature,Jiuzhaigou Valley of Nine Villages have the meaning (Nine VillageValley). oke zone

Taman Nasional Jiuzhaigo (foto:


Friday, June 24, 2011

Lake Poso

Danau Poso
 
Lake Poso is located in the town of Tentena in a strategic positionbetween the path of travel the Trans Sulawesi Toraja, Poso, Gorontaloand Manado make Danao Poso always stop off tourists. Lake Poso isthe third largest in Indonesia. Stretching from north to south along the32 km and 16 km wide, with depths up to 510 Meters, and situated at an altitude of 657 meters above sea level. Poso diDanau water is very clear with white sand, especially in October to April. Cuisine cookinglarge eels and carp fish often become menu offerings in restaurantsaround the lake.
Lake Poso is the belle of the tourism attractions of Central Sulawesi to the enactment of a tourist destination (DTW) to -22 has the naturalbeauty of Lake Poso case of white sand, blue water lakes, and thescenery around the lake is beautiful to be enjoyed by tourists
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