What makes a lake Alpine?

These are bodies of water located at altitudes of 10,000 feet or more above sea level—and many require traveling to the world's most remote destinations like the Himalayas and the Andes Mountains to see them.



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Fine particles of pulverized rock absorb and scatter sunlight in ways that can give water a striking blue-green color.

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At 1,943 feet (592 meters), Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and one of the deepest in the world. The depths were first explored thoroughly in 1886 by a party from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Blue Lake, New Zealand Blue Lake has underwater visibility up to 70 to 80 meters or 230 to 260 feet down, which is insane! Apart from being the world's clearest lake, it's also the clearest body of natural freshwater. The water in Blue Lake is comparable to distilled water based on laboratory measurements.

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Lakes are classified based on productivity, or how much photosynthesis is occurring in the water.
  • Oligotrophic lakes have low levels of productivity, these are often clearer water.
  • Mesotrophic lakes have a middle level of productivity. ...
  • Eutrophic lakes are high in productivity, so high they can be green in color.


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Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United. States and the tenth deepest in the world, with a. maximum depth measured at 1,645 ft (501 m), average. depth of 1,000 ft (305 m).

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Yellowstone Lake is one of the great alpine lakes of the United States and the largest freshwater lake, about 7,100 in North America.

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Alaska is home to more than 3 million lakes, covering over 5 percent of the state's total land area.

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An alpine lake is a high-altitude lake in a mountainous area, usually near or above the tree line, with extended periods of ice cover.

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