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.
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Cryptodepression
//ˌkɹɪptəʊdɪˈpɹɛʃən//
Synonyms for "cryptodepression"
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Translations
16 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- криптодепресията noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 潛窪地 /潜洼地 noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Czech
1 entries- kryptodeprese noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Estonian
1 entries- krüptodepressioon noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Finnish
1 entries- kryptodepressio noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
French
1 entries- cryptodépression noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Italian
1 entries- criptodepressione noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Latvian
1 entries- kriptodepresija noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Polish
1 entries- kryptodepresja noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kriptodèprēsija noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
- криптодѐпре̄сија noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Slovak
1 entries- kryptodepresia noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Slovene
1 entries- kriptodepresija noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Spanish
1 entries- criptodepresión noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Ukrainian
1 entries- криптодепре́сія noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
Zazaki
1 entries- pındam noun (portion of a lake which lies below sea level)
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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).
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The greater volume of the lake [Lake Susupe] occupies a cryptodepression (that portion which lies below sea level). Based upon a surface elevation of +2.5 ft determined on 20 December 1978 by Juan C. Tenorio and Associates' surveyors, the depth of the cryptodepression is -1.4m (4.7 ft) below sea level.
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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.
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