What is deepest lake in North America?

Great Slave Lake (2,015 feet [614 meters]) It is the deepest lake in North America and the second largest lake in Canada. Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, lies on the lake's northern shore.



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Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve.

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Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve.

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Top 5 Deepest Lakes in the U.S.
  • Crater Lake, Oregon (1,949 feet deep)
  • Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada (1,645 feet deep)
  • Lake Chelan, Washington (1,486 feet deep)
  • Lake Superior, Michigan/Wisconsin/Minnesota (1,332 feet deep)
  • Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho (1,158 feet deep)


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Lake Baikal, Russia It is the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake by water volume. It even has its freshwater seal species that is endemic to the area. But apart from its incredible depth, Lake Baikal is also known to have one of the clearest and cleanest waters globally.

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Lake Michigan, the third largest by surface area (22,300 square miles) and second largest by volume (1,180 cubic miles), is the only Great Lake located entirely within the United States.

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Lake Baikal is so deep because it is located in an active continental rift zone. The rift zone is widening at a rate of about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) per year. As the rift grows wider, it also grows deeper through subsidence. So, Lake Baikal could grow wider and deeper in the future.

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