Maximum Depth and Average Depth of Lakes
- 1 June 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 16 (6) , 923-927
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f59-065
Abstract
By considering data of maximum depth and average depth for 107 lakes, it is suggested that an 'elliptic sinusoid' closely approximates the average shape of lake beds. The elliptic sinusoid is defined as a geometric body whose base is an ellipse such that planes perpendicular to the base ellipse passing through the centre of the latter intersect the surface of the body along troughs of sine curves. The results are capable of practical application.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: