Cryptodepression
Sign in to saveupright=1.4|thumb|Prealpine lakes in Northern Italy by elevation (surface and deepest point elevation). [[Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano, Lake Como and Lake Garda are cryptodepressions.]] thumb|upright=1.5|Cross section (geology)|Cross-section diagram of the Italian lakes cryptodepressions A cryptodepression is a depression in the Earth's surface that is below mean sea level, and which is filled by a lake.
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upright=1.4|thumb|Prealpine lakes in Northern Italy by elevation (surface and deepest point elevation). [[Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano, Lake Como and Lake Garda are cryptodepressions.]] thumb|upright=1.5|Cross section (geology)|Cross-section diagram of the Italian lakes cryptodepressions A cryptodepression is a depression in the Earth's surface that is below mean sea level, and which is filled by a lake.
== Etymology == The term is derived from the Ancient Greek word 'hidden' and depression.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cryptodepression” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.