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#2 Issik Kul, Kyrgyzstan Issyk Kul is Kyrgyzstan 's largest Lake and at about 180 km long by 70 km wide and 668 meters deep at the deepest point, (the average depth is about 300 meters ), it is the world's second largest mountain lake – and the fifth deepest lake in the world. North America, Yellowstone Lake, located in Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park, is the largest lake at high elevation (ie, more than 7,000 ft.) in North America at 7,735 feet (2358 meters) above sea level. Bolivia, Lake Titicaca. At 3,810 m (12,500 ft) above sea level, it is the highest commercially navigable body of water in the world. With a surface area of 9,064 km2 (3,500 sq mi), it is larger than Puerto Rico and is South America's largest lake. Lake Titicaca is also deep, about 370 m (1,214 ft) at its deepest, but with an average depth of 215 m (705 ft); its volume of water is large enough to maintain a constant temperature of 10 °C (50 °F).
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∙ 10y agoThe largest 'alpine' lake is not Lake Tahoe. Alpine, per Wikipedia January 2014 is: "Alpine lakes are classified as lakes or reservoirs at high altitudes, usually starting around 5,000 feet (1524 metres) in elevation above sea level or above the tree line." Geologically 'Alpine' lakes are high elevation lakes in a glacially altered limestone/marble environment. Lake Tahoe has a surface area of 191 square miles per Wikipedia 1/14. But geologically, the deposits around Tahoe are volcanic and the products of erosion of volcanic/igneous deposits, not limestone/marble. Also the lake is not a product of glacial action, but instead the result of faulting: See http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ltbmu/learning/?cid=stelprdb5109570 and http://geology.Utah.gov/maps/geomap/postcards/pdf/utgeo_postcd.pdf
Even ignoring the geological elements which should entirely disqualify Tahoe from the list of 'large alpine lakes', Tahoe is not the largest alpine lake in North America, although it is marketed as such. I suspect Yellowstone Lake is a better candidate.
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∙ 12y agoLake Tahoe
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Which alpine lake is the largest in north America?
Lake Tahoe, which is in the Siera Nevada mountain range, is the largest alpine lake in North America.
What region is Lake Tahoe?
Lake Tahoe is located in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. It is the largest alpine lake in North America.
Lake Tahoe is in what region?
Lake Tahoe is located in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. It is the largest alpine lake in North America.
What is the eastern hemisphere's largest alpine lake?
Lake Sevan in Armenia
Are lake Maracaibo and lake Titicaca the largest lakes in the Americas?
No. They are the largest in South America, but the Great Lakes (Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario) in North America are larger.
What is the name of South Americas largest fresh water lake?
What is the name of south Americas largest fresh water lake im not sure what it is but that answer is WRONG!
North Americas largest fresh water lake?
The largest lake is Lake Superior. The area of the lake is 82,410 square km (31,820 square miles). The Great Salt Lake and some of The Great Lakes would have to be included in your list, as they can seen from space (eight miles high).
What is the name of the lake North of Wisconsin that is the second to largest lake is the world?
Wisconsin is bordered by Lake Superior to the north. It is the 2nd largest lake in the world.
What is the largest lake in the north island of New Zealand?
Lake Taupo in the centre of the North Island is the largest lake in New Zealand.
Where is the name of the lake due north the Wisconsin that is the second largest lake in the world?
Wisconsin is bordered by Lake Superior to the north. It is the 2nd largest lake in the world. The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world.
Lake Superior is the largest lake in where?
Lake Superior is the largest lake in North America and the largest freshwater lake in the world. (The Caspian Sea is a saltwater lake.)
What is the name of the largest freshwater lake in North America?
Lake Superior is the largest lake in North America. It is between the United States and Canada.
