Also within the caldera are three small lakes and additional smaller water bodies, which together form a semicircle around the northern, eastern and southern flanks of the central cone. One of the lakes is north of the scoria cone, the second southeast and south and the third southwest. These lakes cover a total surface of and the largest lake has a surface area of with a depth of , while the deepest of these waterbodies reaches depths of . The water surface reaches elevation above sea level, although seasonal variations sometimes cause the lakebodies to dry up. These lakes, some of which have red colours, give Waw an Namus a multicoloured appearance.