OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32842

cryptodepression

/ˌkɹɪptəʊdɪˈpɹɛʃən/
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criptodepresión
The portion of a lake which lies below sea level.
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).
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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