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Abashiri Lake

Location – Japan (Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan) – 43°58′N 144°10′E Size – Surface area 33 km2, Catchment area 1,380 km2, Shore length 44 km Depth – Average 7.2 m, Maximum 16.1 m, Surface Elevation 0.4 m Course – Water exits the lake through the Abashiri River and flows 7 kilometres to the Sea of Okhotsk. Inlets are from the AbashiriContinue reading “Abashiri Lake”

Abakan River

Location – Egypt (8 kilometres north of Giza) Coordinates – 514 km Discoverer – up to 200 meters depth Course – It is formed by the confluence of the rivers Bolshoy Abakan and Maly Abakan. It rises in the western Sayan Mountains and flows northeast through the Minusinsk Depression to the Yenisey. It is about 514Continue reading “Abakan River”

Aare River

Location – Switzerland Length – 292 km Depth – up to 200 meters depth Course – The Aare is the longest wholly Swiss river. It originates from the Oberaar glacier in the eastern Bernese Alps, flows through lakes Brienz and Thun, passes by the federal capital of Bern, is channeled into Lake Biel, follows theContinue reading “Aare River”