Sure. Either by exaggerating the actual depth or, when you can't get away with this because the numbers are established and known, by "forgetting" facts that most people will not miss.
:-) DagT > Fra: Dan Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I think that all over the world, figure like this get exaggerated by > folks promoting the local wonders. > > Jostein wrote: > > >I think it must be down to incomplete research. > >The largest lake in Norway, Mjøsa, would come in 9th on that list > >with it's 430 meters. There are at least 10 lakes in Norway deeper > >than that. Also, there are some lakes in central Europe that should > >be on the list I think, like lake Geneva and some of the North > >Italian lakes. > > > >Also, IIRC, the figure on lake Nyasa, or Lake Malawi as it's official > >name is now, is about 200m too high. OTOH, there's at least one other > >volcanic lake in the Congo basin that should be on the list. It's > >name escapes me, but FYI I'm thinking of a lake that caused havoc a > >decade ago when it burped a huge cloud of carbon dioxide that drifted > >down a valley and killed several thousand people. > > > >Oh, well. Time to put the Limnologist in me back to sleep. > > > > > >
