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cryptodepression

noun
/ˌkɹɪptəʊdɪˈpɹɛʃən/UK/ˌkɹiptoʊdəˈpɹɛʃ(ə)n/US

Etymology

From crypto- (“hidden”) + depression (“area lower in topography than its surroundings”).

  1. derived from dēpressiō
  2. derived from depression
  3. inherited from depression
  4. prefixed as cryptodepression — “crypto + depression”

Definitions

  1. The portion of a lake which lies below sea level.

    • 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.
    • 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).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cryptodepression. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA