August 12, 2009

Amazing Underground Lakes

An underground lake or a subterranean lake is a lake which is formed under the surface of the Earth's crust. Such a lake may be associated with caves, aquifers, or springs. They are typically very low in salinity.

Lake in Wookey Hole Cave, UK
Photo by: treehouse1977

Lake Cave in Augusta, USA
Photo by: Ben & Catherine

Cave lake near Margaret River, Australia
Photo by: stephenk1977

Mirror Lake, Czech Republic
Photo by: glennaa

Underground Lake, Austria
Photo by: Christopher Jowell

Lake Souterrain St-Leonard, Switzerland
Photo by: Breff

Lake in cave Sopot-Boka Kotorska, Montenegro
Photo by: snakedriver

Melisani Lake, Greece
Photo by: animadm

Lake at Aktun-Chen, Mexico
Photo by: Michael J

Lake in the Wieliczka salt mine, Poland
Photo by: TomekW


Lake In Reed Flute Cave, China
Photo by: weibinwestgate


Lake in the Luray Caverns, USA
Photo by: Sea-Turtle


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1 comments:

RossM said...

The Augusta/Margaret River underground lake is actually called "Lake Cave", not "Cave Lake"