_:g53b60a401a507094f01cnode5948221fdedd841bd29c4521dada7138 . _:g53b60a401a507094f01cnode5948221fdedd841bd29c4521dada7138 _:g53b60a401a507094f01cnode61bd5f383c8b09cb3f9d5341e31ef . _:g53b60a401a507094f01cnode5948221fdedd841bd29c4521dada7138 . _:g53b60a401a507094f01cnode5948221fdedd841bd29c4521dada7138 "Bodensee" . _:g53b60a401a507094f01cnode5948221fdedd841bd29c4521dada7138 "Der Bodensee in der Region Vorarlberg, Allg?u/?sterreich, Deutschland, Schweiz ist ein See. Paddelbar von J\u00E4nner bis Dezember auf 10 Abschnitt/en." . _:g53b60a401a507094f01cnode61bd5f383c8b09cb3f9d5341e31ef . _:g53b60a401a507094f01cnode61bd5f383c8b09cb3f9d5341e31ef "9.462661743164062" . _:g53b60a401a507094f01cnode61bd5f383c8b09cb3f9d5341e31ef "47.576526641845700" . _:g947df4a9f9faaed6ea0fnode57173cb8d24e099afbd954adfeca496 . _:g947df4a9f9faaed6ea0fnode57173cb8d24e099afbd954adfeca496 _:g947df4a9f9faaed6ea0fnode99366d453261f93070e4a5b3a12a47d . _:g947df4a9f9faaed6ea0fnode57173cb8d24e099afbd954adfeca496 "Inn" . _:g947df4a9f9faaed6ea0fnode57173cb8d24e099afbd954adfeca496 . _:g947df4a9f9faaed6ea0fnode57173cb8d24e099afbd954adfeca496 "Der Inn in der Region Tiroler Oberland (Landeck, ?tztal, Pitztal), Engadin/?sterreich, Deutschland, Schweiz ist ein Wildwasser, Wanderflu\u00DF, Stausee, Gebirgsbach zwischen Wildwasser 1 und 5. Paddelbar von J\u00E4nner bis Dezember auf 14 Abschnitt/en." . _:g947df4a9f9faaed6ea0fnode99366d453261f93070e4a5b3a12a47d . _:g947df4a9f9faaed6ea0fnode99366d453261f93070e4a5b3a12a47d "46.433657123019000" . _:g947df4a9f9faaed6ea0fnode99366d453261f93070e4a5b3a12a47d "9.752426147460900" . _:g09f6a1527faddb90a72bnode2e8330764cd7ffee463e72fbcbfd59 . _:g09f6a1527faddb90a72bnode2e8330764cd7ffee463e72fbcbfd59 "53.442264556884770" . _:g09f6a1527faddb90a72bnode2e8330764cd7ffee463e72fbcbfd59 "12.793579101562500" . _:g09f6a1527faddb90a72bnodea3fec5b2b8717b8869f91f653cdba9 . _:g09f6a1527faddb90a72bnodea3fec5b2b8717b8869f91f653cdba9 _:g09f6a1527faddb90a72bnode2e8330764cd7ffee463e72fbcbfd59 . _:g09f6a1527faddb90a72bnodea3fec5b2b8717b8869f91f653cdba9 . _:g09f6a1527faddb90a72bnodea3fec5b2b8717b8869f91f653cdba9 "Mecklenburgische Seenplatte" . _:g09f6a1527faddb90a72bnodea3fec5b2b8717b8869f91f653cdba9 "Die Mecklenburgische Seenplatte in der Region /Deutschland ist ein See. Paddelbar von M\u00E4rz bis Oktober auf 16 Abschnitt/en." . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node13cffd614db5943a8f24b504d619e6c . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node13cffd614db5943a8f24b504d619e6c "44.543873"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node13cffd614db5943a8f24b504d619e6c "26.479584"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node21f1b31261c32c146951f8496a6cd7bb . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node21f1b31261c32c146951f8496a6cd7bb "44.543873"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node21f1b31261c32c146951f8496a6cd7bb "26.479584"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node2dddc486dbc2eae7fa1b95688b6a384 . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node2dddc486dbc2eae7fa1b95688b6a384 _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node21f1b31261c32c146951f8496a6cd7bb . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node2dddc486dbc2eae7fa1b95688b6a384 "Mariuta 3"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node2dddc486dbc2eae7fa1b95688b6a384 "Mariuta, jude?ul C?l?ra?i"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node2dddc486dbc2eae7fa1b95688b6a384 "Pescuit la Mariuta 3 (Mariuta) ?n jude?ul C?l?ra?i, localitatea Mariuta"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node2dddc486dbc2eae7fa1b95688b6a384 "http://povestipescaresti.ro/loc-de-pescuit/calarasi/mariuta-3/"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node409ba7c38276279d6ce7dd30549535b . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node409ba7c38276279d6ce7dd30549535b _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node13cffd614db5943a8f24b504d619e6c . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node409ba7c38276279d6ce7dd30549535b "Mariuta 3"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node409ba7c38276279d6ce7dd30549535b "Mariuta, jude?ul C?l?ra?i"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node409ba7c38276279d6ce7dd30549535b "Pescuit la Mariuta 3 (Mariuta) ?n jude?ul C?l?ra?i, localitatea Mariuta"@ro . _:g2cf51bc60b69e4f3a0e8node409ba7c38276279d6ce7dd30549535b "http://povestipescaresti.ro/loc-de-pescuit/calarasi/mariuta-3/"@ro . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node19752a72758a0ddb3d179d284f93fbf . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node19752a72758a0ddb3d179d284f93fbf . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node19752a72758a0ddb3d179d284f93fbf "05931 - 882523" . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node19752a72758a0ddb3d179d284f93fbf "Im Dschungel-Spieleland scheint f?r Kinder immer die Sonne: Spiel- und Kletterger?ste, Kartbahn, H?pfh?gel, Airhockey, Rutsche, Rodelbahn, Minigolf." . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node19752a72758a0ddb3d179d284f93fbf . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node19752a72758a0ddb3d179d284f93fbf "Baumschulenweg 149716 Meppen" . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node2345723c6a89631c2c5f17e396a2d . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node2345723c6a89631c2c5f17e396a2d . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node2345723c6a89631c2c5f17e396a2d "05932 - 72230" . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node2345723c6a89631c2c5f17e396a2d "Ge?ffnet von 10:00 bis 20:00 Uhr" . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node4965685647548c1d63f7b6f7246da14 . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node4965685647548c1d63f7b6f7246da14 "Dankern See" . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node4965685647548c1d63f7b6f7246da14 _:g9be938cce98e924f2664nodecfcd208495d565ef66e7dff9f98764da . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node4965685647548c1d63f7b6f7246da14 "F?r Kinder ist der 700m entfernte Badesee (40 ha) einfach ein Paradies. Das bedeutet ?ber 3 km Sandstrand, klares Grundwasser bei einer Tiefe von ca. 2 m." . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node59f955a570fa84569bed24fa831551c . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node59f955a570fa84569bed24fa831551c "+31 591 - 85 08 52" . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node59f955a570fa84569bed24fa831551c . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node59f955a570fa84569bed24fa831551c "Der Zoo Emmen ist thematisch nach den 5 Kontinenten eingeteilt. Die Tiere leben in m?glichst nat?rlicher Umgebung in weitl?ufigen Arealen - ohne Gitter und Z?une. Ganzj?hrige geheiztes Schmetterlings-Haus und das tropische AmeriCasa machen den Zoo auch in Herbst und Wintermonate ein lohnendes Ausflugsziel." . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node59f955a570fa84569bed24fa831551c "Hoofdstraat 18Postbus 10107801 BA Emmen (NL)" . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node945ad852a3fcebbb165c5ef23d253091 . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node945ad852a3fcebbb165c5ef23d253091 . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node945ad852a3fcebbb165c5ef23d253091 "05936 - 922925" . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node945ad852a3fcebbb165c5ef23d253091 "B?llebecken, H?pfkissen, Tunnel und Irrg?rten - f?r Kinder bis 12 Jahre." . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664node945ad852a3fcebbb165c5ef23d253091 "Neuringe 1949767 Twist" . _:g9be938cce98e924f2664nodecfcd208495d565ef66e7dff9f98764da . _:gd254bbbf5268475a7410nodebc1fbb93cb5323fa28eff61e4882772 . _:gd254bbbf5268475a7410nodebc1fbb93cb5323fa28eff61e4882772 "Lake Pleasant Arizona"@en-gb . _:gd254bbbf5268475a7410nodebc1fbb93cb5323fa28eff61e4882772 "Lake Pleasant is a man-made reservoir Northwest of Phoenix, popular for fishing and water sports. Lake Pleasant was formed by the creation of the Waddle Dam in 1927 and filled from the Agua Fria River. The dam was rebuilt in 1994 and water from the CAP canal filled the lake to three times it's size."@en-gb . _:g486d22917fc2cab2a7a3node832f461ee74198c5699568c58fd089 . _:g486d22917fc2cab2a7a3node832f461ee74198c5699568c58fd089 "Lake Todos los Santos"@en . _:g486d22917fc2cab2a7a3node832f461ee74198c5699568c58fd089 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1006362/Lake-Todos-los-Santos"@en . _:g486d22917fc2cab2a7a3node832f461ee74198c5699568c58fd089 "\n Lake Todos los Santos,\u00A0Lake, south-central Chile. It is located north of Puerto Montt. With neighbouring Lake Llanquihue, it is the best-known of Chilean lakes and is in a popular resort area."@en . _:g486d22917fc2cab2a7a3node98218b4c3a184ad2094616c2c822256 . _:g486d22917fc2cab2a7a3node98218b4c3a184ad2094616c2c822256 "Lake Todos los Santos"@en . _:g486d22917fc2cab2a7a3node98218b4c3a184ad2094616c2c822256 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1006362/Lake-Todos-los-Santos"@en . _:g486d22917fc2cab2a7a3node98218b4c3a184ad2094616c2c822256 "\n Lake Todos los Santos,\u00A0Lake, south-central Chile. It is located north of Puerto Montt. With neighbouring Lake Llanquihue, it is the best-known of Chilean lakes and is in a popular resort area."@en . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodee550755ebe5f718d6b061f34c5f6bd . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodee550755ebe5f718d6b061f34c5f6bd "Lake Chad"@en . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodee550755ebe5f718d6b061f34c5f6bd . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodee550755ebe5f718d6b061f34c5f6bd "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/104179/Lake-Chad"@en . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodee550755ebe5f718d6b061f34c5f6bd "\n Lake Chad,\u00A0French Lac Tchad ,\u00A0 freshwater lake located in the Sahelian zone of west-central Africa at the conjunction of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. It is situated in an interior basin formerly occupied by a much larger ancient sea that is sometimes called Mega-Chad. Historically, Lake Chad has ranked among the largest lakes in Africa, though its surface area varies greatly by season, as well as from year to year. When the surface of the lake is approximately 920 feet (280 metres) above sea level, the area is about 6,875 square miles (17,800 square km); in the early 21st century, however, the area was typically about 580 square miles (1,500 square km). The hydrologic contributions and biological diversity of Lake Chad are important regional assets. The region is noteworthy for important archaeological discoveries, its role in trans-Saharan trade, and its association with historic African kingdoms."@en . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodeec31d475f6a736cb798d94d1f031735 . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodeec31d475f6a736cb798d94d1f031735 "Lake Chad"@en . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodeec31d475f6a736cb798d94d1f031735 . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodeec31d475f6a736cb798d94d1f031735 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/104179/Lake-Chad"@en . _:g03757dd7ca340e432435nodeec31d475f6a736cb798d94d1f031735 "\n Lake Chad,\u00A0French Lac Tchad ,\u00A0 freshwater lake located in the Sahelian zone of west-central Africa at the conjunction of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. It is situated in an interior basin formerly occupied by a much larger ancient sea that is sometimes called Mega-Chad. Historically, Lake Chad has ranked among the largest lakes in Africa, though its surface area varies greatly by season, as well as from year to year. When the surface of the lake is approximately 920 feet (280 metres) above sea level, the area is about 6,875 square miles (17,800 square km); in the early 21st century, however, the area was typically about 580 square miles (1,500 square km). The hydrologic contributions and biological diversity of Lake Chad are important regional assets. The region is noteworthy for important archaeological discoveries, its role in trans-Saharan trade, and its association with historic African kingdoms."@en . _:g0b9184ffbb6bb838ea50nodee2e18f7290207d3bb7958789a3ec25 . _:g0b9184ffbb6bb838ea50nodee2e18f7290207d3bb7958789a3ec25 "Lake Chad"@en . _:g0b9184ffbb6bb838ea50nodee2e18f7290207d3bb7958789a3ec25 . _:g0b9184ffbb6bb838ea50nodee2e18f7290207d3bb7958789a3ec25 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/104179/Lake-Chad/39289/Hydrology"@en . _:gc600c376ed725fcdbaebnode937f9ba4de3a24f0bf4634f6ed727b4e . _:gc600c376ed725fcdbaebnode937f9ba4de3a24f0bf4634f6ed727b4e "Lake Chad"@en . _:gc600c376ed725fcdbaebnode937f9ba4de3a24f0bf4634f6ed727b4e . _:gc600c376ed725fcdbaebnode937f9ba4de3a24f0bf4634f6ed727b4e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/104179/Lake-Chad/39294/Agriculture-and-forestry"@en . _:gddb7330c3bcebe8e70d2node5e87797158c6d4e19c22dd203dc113a . _:gddb7330c3bcebe8e70d2node5e87797158c6d4e19c22dd203dc113a . _:gddb7330c3bcebe8e70d2node5e87797158c6d4e19c22dd203dc113a "Lake Chad"@en . _:gddb7330c3bcebe8e70d2node5e87797158c6d4e19c22dd203dc113a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/104179/Lake-Chad/39299/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodee6de1fd9e23e88d4d582b153f33f8ee . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodee6de1fd9e23e88d4d582b153f33f8ee . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodee6de1fd9e23e88d4d582b153f33f8ee "Lake Champlain"@en . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodee6de1fd9e23e88d4d582b153f33f8ee "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/105180/Lake-Champlain"@en . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodee6de1fd9e23e88d4d582b153f33f8ee "\n Lake Champlain,\u00A0lake extending 107 miles (172 km) southward from Missisquoi Bay and the Richelieu River in Quebec province, Can., where it empties into the St. Lawrence River, to South Bay, near Whitehall, N.Y., U.S. It forms the boundary between Vermont and New York for most of its length and lies in a broad valley between the Adirondack and Green mountains. The lake has a maximum width of 14 miles (23 km) and a total area of 435 square miles (1,127 square km) of water surface and 55 square miles (142 square km) of islands (including Grand Isle and Isle La Motte, Vermont, and Valcour Island, New York). Lake George partly parallels Champlain along its narrow southwestern shore and drains into it near Ticonderoga, N.Y., via a short channel. On both sides of the lake are several terraced upland features formed by the higher lake levels that occurred during deglaciation."@en . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodef39ff9fa1526901e9dd54b15c6e17a53 . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodef39ff9fa1526901e9dd54b15c6e17a53 . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodef39ff9fa1526901e9dd54b15c6e17a53 "Lake Champlain"@en . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodef39ff9fa1526901e9dd54b15c6e17a53 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/105180/Lake-Champlain"@en . _:g6a7eec2e9df14b0d6fc1nodef39ff9fa1526901e9dd54b15c6e17a53 "\n Lake Champlain,\u00A0lake extending 107 miles (172 km) southward from Missisquoi Bay and the Richelieu River in Quebec province, Can., where it empties into the St. Lawrence River, to South Bay, near Whitehall, N.Y., U.S. It forms the boundary between Vermont and New York for most of its length and lies in a broad valley between the Adirondack and Green mountains. The lake has a maximum width of 14 miles (23 km) and a total area of 435 square miles (1,127 square km) of water surface and 55 square miles (142 square km) of islands (including Grand Isle and Isle La Motte, Vermont, and Valcour Island, New York). Lake George partly parallels Champlain along its narrow southwestern shore and drains into it near Ticonderoga, N.Y., via a short channel. On both sides of the lake are several terraced upland features formed by the higher lake levels that occurred during deglaciation."@en . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enode4ff66d2a5229ab1a5cbd93292671d13 . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enode4ff66d2a5229ab1a5cbd93292671d13 "Lake Chapala"@en . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enode4ff66d2a5229ab1a5cbd93292671d13 . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enode4ff66d2a5229ab1a5cbd93292671d13 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/106050/Lake-Chapala"@en . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enode4ff66d2a5229ab1a5cbd93292671d13 "\n Lake Chapala,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Chapala,\u00A0 lake, west-central Mexico. It lies on the Mexican Plateau at 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) above sea level in the states of Jalisco and Michoac\u00E1n. Chapala is Mexico?s largest lake, measuring approximately 48 miles (77 km) east-west by 10 miles (16 km) north-south and covering an area of 417 square miles (1,080 square km). Despite its size, the lake is very shallow and is susceptible to infestations of water hyacinth. It is fed principally by the Lerma River from the east and is drained by the R\u00EDo Grande de Santiago, which flows out of its northeastern side. The scenic setting, pleasant climate, picturesque villages dotting the shores, and good fishing make the lake a popular resort and, increasingly by the late 20th century, a retirement centre for U.S. citizens. Lying 30 miles (48 km) south-southeast of Guadalajara, it is easily accessible by highway, railroad, or air."@en . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enodea89a1dd09bcf863b8fbbdb3097abcab8 . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enodea89a1dd09bcf863b8fbbdb3097abcab8 . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enodea89a1dd09bcf863b8fbbdb3097abcab8 "Lake Chapala"@en . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enodea89a1dd09bcf863b8fbbdb3097abcab8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/106050/Lake-Chapala"@en . _:g3e53732e17889814d77enodea89a1dd09bcf863b8fbbdb3097abcab8 "\n Lake Chapala,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Chapala,\u00A0 lake, west-central Mexico. It lies on the Mexican Plateau at 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) above sea level in the states of Jalisco and Michoac\u00E1n. Chapala is Mexico?s largest lake, measuring approximately 48 miles (77 km) east-west by 10 miles (16 km) north-south and covering an area of 417 square miles (1,080 square km). Despite its size, the lake is very shallow and is susceptible to infestations of water hyacinth. It is fed principally by the Lerma River from the east and is drained by the R\u00EDo Grande de Santiago, which flows out of its northeastern side. The scenic setting, pleasant climate, picturesque villages dotting the shores, and good fishing make the lake a popular resort and, increasingly by the late 20th century, a retirement centre for U.S. citizens. Lying 30 miles (48 km) south-southeast of Guadalajara, it is easily accessible by highway, railroad, or air."@en . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnode4026784cab18d5a766a6f14b4d27422 . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnode4026784cab18d5a766a6f14b4d27422 . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnode4026784cab18d5a766a6f14b4d27422 "Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg"@en . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnode4026784cab18d5a766a6f14b4d27422 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/106454/Lake-Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg"@en . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnode4026784cab18d5a766a6f14b4d27422 "\n Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg,\u00A0also called Lake Chaubunagungamaug or Webster Lake,\u00A0 lake, central Massachusetts, U.S. It is located in southern Worcester county near the town of Webster. The lake?s name is reportedly Nipmuc (Algonquian) for what popular culture has held to mean ?You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle,? although there is evidence that this interpretation was fabricated by a local news correspondent in the early 20th century. ?Fishing place at the boundaries, neutral meeting grounds? has been put forth as a more likely translation. Not surprisingly, the lake is commonly called Webster Lake. It is the second largest natural body of water in Massachusetts."@en . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodeb2a0eb25ff78adc7b7d375e125ee0a3 . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodeb2a0eb25ff78adc7b7d375e125ee0a3 . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodeb2a0eb25ff78adc7b7d375e125ee0a3 "Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg"@en . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodeb2a0eb25ff78adc7b7d375e125ee0a3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/106454/Lake-Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg"@en . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodeb2a0eb25ff78adc7b7d375e125ee0a3 "\n Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg,\u00A0also called Lake Chaubunagungamaug or Webster Lake,\u00A0 lake, central Massachusetts, U.S. It is located in southern Worcester county near the town of Webster. The lake?s name is reportedly Nipmuc (Algonquian) for what popular culture has held to mean ?You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle,? although there is evidence that this interpretation was fabricated by a local news correspondent in the early 20th century. ?Fishing place at the boundaries, neutral meeting grounds? has been put forth as a more likely translation. Not surprisingly, the lake is commonly called Webster Lake. It is the second largest natural body of water in Massachusetts."@en . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodee020b1512fc1c1473c8109c36bb547 . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodee020b1512fc1c1473c8109c36bb547 . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodee020b1512fc1c1473c8109c36bb547 "Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg"@en . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodee020b1512fc1c1473c8109c36bb547 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/106454/Lake-Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg"@en . _:g9ee6d2fa8e26f019694cnodee020b1512fc1c1473c8109c36bb547 "\n Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg,\u00A0also called Lake Chaubunagungamaug or Webster Lake,\u00A0 lake, central Massachusetts, U.S. It is located in southern Worcester county near the town of Webster. The lake?s name is reportedly Nipmuc (Algonquian) for what popular culture has held to mean ?You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle,? although there is evidence that this interpretation was fabricated by a local news correspondent in the early 20th century. ?Fishing place at the boundaries, neutral meeting grounds? has been put forth as a more likely translation. Not surprisingly, the lake is commonly called Webster Lake. It is the second largest natural body of water in Massachusetts."@en . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodec9bb39d34ad99a73b4839789af846599 . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodec9bb39d34ad99a73b4839789af846599 "Chiemsee"@en . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodec9bb39d34ad99a73b4839789af846599 . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodec9bb39d34ad99a73b4839789af846599 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/110808/Chiemsee"@en . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodec9bb39d34ad99a73b4839789af846599 "\n Chiemsee,\u00A0also called Bayrisches Meer,\u00A0 lake, Bavaria Land (state), southeastern Germany. It lies 1,699 feet (518 m) above sea level, between the Inn (to which it drains through the Alz) and Salzach rivers. The largest lake in Bavaria, it is 9 miles (15 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, has an area of 32 square miles (82 square km), and contains three islands, Herreninsel, Fraueninsel, and Krautinsel. The lake?s shores are flat on the north and south and flanked by undulating hills to the east and west. The waters are clear and well stocked with trout and carp, but fishing is strictly regulated. The Herreninsel, the seat of a bishopric from 1215 to 1805, has a Benedictine monastery (founded 764, dissolved 1803) and is the site of a Bavarian royal castle modeled on the palace at Versailles. A former Benedictine convent (766?1803) is on the Fraueninsel. The lake has a steamer service."@en . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodedd49193d43ae6fb3243c253fbf522a62 . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodedd49193d43ae6fb3243c253fbf522a62 . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodedd49193d43ae6fb3243c253fbf522a62 "Chiemsee"@en . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodedd49193d43ae6fb3243c253fbf522a62 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/110808/Chiemsee"@en . _:gaa08ee9b8faf51fc3bcbnodedd49193d43ae6fb3243c253fbf522a62 "\n Chiemsee,\u00A0also called Bayrisches Meer,\u00A0 lake, Bavaria Land (state), southeastern Germany. It lies 1,699 feet (518 m) above sea level, between the Inn (to which it drains through the Alz) and Salzach rivers. The largest lake in Bavaria, it is 9 miles (15 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, has an area of 32 square miles (82 square km), and contains three islands, Herreninsel, Fraueninsel, and Krautinsel. The lake?s shores are flat on the north and south and flanked by undulating hills to the east and west. The waters are clear and well stocked with trout and carp, but fishing is strictly regulated. The Herreninsel, the seat of a bishopric from 1215 to 1805, has a Benedictine monastery (founded 764, dissolved 1803) and is the site of a Bavarian royal castle modeled on the palace at Versailles. A former Benedictine convent (766?1803) is on the Fraueninsel. The lake has a steamer service."@en . _:ga7df5eb5e310ce725d8fnode5897cc8ed9c867d3f6a429262ea1a4f6 . _:ga7df5eb5e310ce725d8fnode5897cc8ed9c867d3f6a429262ea1a4f6 "Chilka Lake"@en . _:ga7df5eb5e310ce725d8fnode5897cc8ed9c867d3f6a429262ea1a4f6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111477/Chilka-Lake"@en . _:ga7df5eb5e310ce725d8fnode5897cc8ed9c867d3f6a429262ea1a4f6 "\n Chilka Lake,\u00A0lake and lagoon in eastern Orissa state, eastern India, separated from the Bay of Bengal by a narrow spit. One of India?s largest saltwater lakes, it is 40 miles (65 km) long, 5 to 13 miles (8 to 20 km) wide, and about 6 feet (2 metres) deep. The Daya and Bhargavi rivers feed the lake except during the dry months from December to June, when saline ocean water enters through a small passage. Chilka was once a bay of the ocean until silted up by strong monsoon tides. Dotted with islands, it offers good hunting, boating, and fishing (crabs, mackerel, and prawns). The lake is known as a sanctuary and winter stopover for migratory birds. There are fisheries and salt pans around its shores."@en . _:g232898545e59a8c98709nodee94ad929d7ba2a6ca2c2ac85d284c . _:g232898545e59a8c98709nodee94ad929d7ba2a6ca2c2ac85d284c "Lake Chilwa"@en . _:g232898545e59a8c98709nodee94ad929d7ba2a6ca2c2ac85d284c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111543/Lake-Chilwa"@en . _:g232898545e59a8c98709nodee94ad929d7ba2a6ca2c2ac85d284c "\n Lake Chilwa,\u00A0also called Lake Shirwa, Portuguese Chirua,\u00A0 lake in southeastern Malawi. It lies in a depression between the Shire Highlands (west) and the Mozambique border (east) that extends north-northeast from the foot of the Mulanje Mountains through Lake Chiuta to the Lugenda valley in Mozambique. The Chilwa basin-plain is broken by a few hill formations (including Chisi Island and Mpyupyu Hill) and exhibits five terrace levels formed by shrinkage of the lake."@en . _:g11832e5a0b0cee95a77bnode2f2a7920d6a450b24491506dbc4c1dac . _:g11832e5a0b0cee95a77bnode2f2a7920d6a450b24491506dbc4c1dac "Lake Chrissie"@en . _:g11832e5a0b0cee95a77bnode2f2a7920d6a450b24491506dbc4c1dac "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/114833/Lake-Chrissie"@en . _:g11832e5a0b0cee95a77bnode2f2a7920d6a450b24491506dbc4c1dac "\n Lake Chrissie,\u00A0Afrikaans Chrissiesmeer,\u00A0 shallow freshwater lake, Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The largest natural body of freshwater in the country, it measures about 6 miles (9 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide and has a circumference of 14 miles (25 km). Its surface area and depth (maximum 20 feet [6 m]) vary seasonally."@en . _:g11832e5a0b0cee95a77bnodeaed15b7d9856f052fbfdd27251524651 . _:g11832e5a0b0cee95a77bnodeaed15b7d9856f052fbfdd27251524651 "Lake Chrissie"@en . _:g11832e5a0b0cee95a77bnodeaed15b7d9856f052fbfdd27251524651 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/114833/Lake-Chrissie"@en . _:g11832e5a0b0cee95a77bnodeaed15b7d9856f052fbfdd27251524651 "\n Lake Chrissie,\u00A0Afrikaans Chrissiesmeer,\u00A0 shallow freshwater lake, Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The largest natural body of freshwater in the country, it measures about 6 miles (9 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide and has a circumference of 14 miles (25 km). Its surface area and depth (maximum 20 feet [6 m]) vary seasonally."@en . _:g7370ff3597b1e0c9661bnode291cd4c7eb3e96bec1c572a66099a . _:g7370ff3597b1e0c9661bnode291cd4c7eb3e96bec1c572a66099a . _:g7370ff3597b1e0c9661bnode291cd4c7eb3e96bec1c572a66099a "Lake Ch?zenji"@en . _:g7370ff3597b1e0c9661bnode291cd4c7eb3e96bec1c572a66099a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/117454/Lake-Chuzenji"@en . _:g7370ff3597b1e0c9661bnode291cd4c7eb3e96bec1c572a66099a "\n Lake Ch?zenji,\u00A0also called Sea Of Happiness, Japanese Ch?zenji-ko, or Satsu-no-umi,\u00A0 lake, lying within Nikk? National Park, Tochigi ken (prefecture), north-central Honshu, Japan. Situated at an elevation of 4,060 feet (1,237 m), it is a resort site noted for its shrines, yachting, trout fishing, and skiing. Volcanic Mount Nantai towers to 8,169 feet (2,490 m) above the lake?s northern shore; lower mountains surround most of the irregular 14-mile (23-kilometre) shoreline. Fed by small rivers in the west and northwest, the lake occupies a structural depression that has been deepened to 558 feet (170 m) by a lava obstruction at its eastern end. The Daiya River, its sole outlet, emerges from the lake in the east and drops 325 feet (99 m) over Kegon Falls. The falls have been a frequent location for suicide among Japanese youths."@en . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3node59332997eddcef2f161b174d43dbe6f . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3node59332997eddcef2f161b174d43dbe6f "Lake Alakol"@en . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3node59332997eddcef2f161b174d43dbe6f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12090/Lake-Alakol"@en . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3node59332997eddcef2f161b174d43dbe6f "\n Lake Alakol,\u00A0Kazak Alak\u00F6l, Russian Ozero Alakol, also called Ozero Ala-Kul,\u00A0 salt lake in Kazakhstan, 110 miles (180 km) east of Lake Balqash, near the border with the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China. Lake Alakol has a drainage basin of about 26,500 square miles (68,700 square km), an area of 1,025 square miles, reaches a depth of about 148 feet (45 m), and receives the Urdzhar River (north)."@en . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3nodeb3f250ae8ab39b66980aebc6dae3bfe . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3nodeb3f250ae8ab39b66980aebc6dae3bfe "Lake Alakol"@en . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3nodeb3f250ae8ab39b66980aebc6dae3bfe "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12090/Lake-Alakol"@en . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3nodeb3f250ae8ab39b66980aebc6dae3bfe "\n Lake Alakol,\u00A0Kazak Alak\u00F6l, Russian Ozero Alakol, also called Ozero Ala-Kul,\u00A0 salt lake in Kazakhstan, 110 miles (180 km) east of Lake Balqash, near the border with the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China. Lake Alakol has a drainage basin of about 26,500 square miles (68,700 square km), an area of 1,025 square miles, reaches a depth of about 148 feet (45 m), and receives the Urdzhar River (north)."@en . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3nodef4c14d7913efa8bc2ff6c40ec2ef88 . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3nodef4c14d7913efa8bc2ff6c40ec2ef88 "Lake Alakol"@en . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3nodef4c14d7913efa8bc2ff6c40ec2ef88 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12090/Lake-Alakol"@en . _:gf59081c1a3a993da8bc3nodef4c14d7913efa8bc2ff6c40ec2ef88 "\n Lake Alakol,\u00A0Kazak Alak\u00F6l, Russian Ozero Alakol, also called Ozero Ala-Kul,\u00A0 salt lake in Kazakhstan, 110 miles (180 km) east of Lake Balqash, near the border with the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China. Lake Alakol has a drainage basin of about 26,500 square miles (68,700 square km), an area of 1,025 square miles, reaches a depth of about 148 feet (45 m), and receives the Urdzhar River (north)."@en . _:gdd8e161237d7374a0645node44284439cd8e6ab35afeca88e9469217 . _:gdd8e161237d7374a0645node44284439cd8e6ab35afeca88e9469217 . _:gdd8e161237d7374a0645node44284439cd8e6ab35afeca88e9469217 "Coeur d?Alene Lake"@en . _:gdd8e161237d7374a0645node44284439cd8e6ab35afeca88e9469217 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/124288/Coeur-dAlene-Lake"@en . _:gdd8e161237d7374a0645node44284439cd8e6ab35afeca88e9469217 "\n Coeur d?Alene Lake,\u00A0lake in Kootenai county, northwestern Idaho, U.S. It lies 25 miles (40 km) east of Spokane, Washington. Impounded by Coeur d?Alene Lake Dam on the Spokane River, it is fed by the Coeur d?Alene and St. Joe rivers. The lake is 30 miles (48 km) long and 1?3 miles (1.6?4.8 km) wide, with a 109-mile (175-km) shoreline. It is noted for its scenic mountainous beauty and is the centre of a resort area. Recreational facilities are widely available, and an amusement park is located nearby. The Kootenai County Fair is an annual event. Coeur d?Alene Indian Reservation borders the southern half of the lake. Coeur d?Alene city lies at the northern end of the lake and marks the western end of an area important for its forests and mineral deposits. The origin of the name, given by the French to Indians of the area, is uncertain."@en . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node45ceb0e3beab248ad3f1ddeabdf2bdcd . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node45ceb0e3beab248ad3f1ddeabdf2bdcd . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node45ceb0e3beab248ad3f1ddeabdf2bdcd "Lake Albano"@en . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node45ceb0e3beab248ad3f1ddeabdf2bdcd "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12563/Lake-Albano"@en . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node45ceb0e3beab248ad3f1ddeabdf2bdcd "\n Lake Albano,\u00A0Italian Lago Albano,\u00A0 crater lake in the Alban Hills (Colli Albani), southeast of Rome. Elliptical in shape, formed by the fusion of two ancient volcanic craters, it lies 961 feet (293 m) above sea level and has an area of 2 square miles (5 square km) and a maximum depth of 558 feet (170 m). It is fed by underground sources and drained by an artificial outlet, reputedly built in 398?397 bc because the oracle at Delphi said that the Etruscan stronghold of Veii could be taken only when the waters of the lake reached the sea. Among the lakeside towns, the best known are the resorts of Albano Laziale and Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence."@en . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node4da5bd9958b3e9eda16217052c6630 . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node4da5bd9958b3e9eda16217052c6630 "Lake Albano"@en . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node4da5bd9958b3e9eda16217052c6630 . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node4da5bd9958b3e9eda16217052c6630 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12563/Lake-Albano"@en . _:g41a79c322aaa37661398node4da5bd9958b3e9eda16217052c6630 "\n Lake Albano,\u00A0Italian Lago Albano,\u00A0 crater lake in the Alban Hills (Colli Albani), southeast of Rome. Elliptical in shape, formed by the fusion of two ancient volcanic craters, it lies 961 feet (293 m) above sea level and has an area of 2 square miles (5 square km) and a maximum depth of 558 feet (170 m). It is fed by underground sources and drained by an artificial outlet, reputedly built in 398?397 bc because the oracle at Delphi said that the Etruscan stronghold of Veii could be taken only when the waters of the lake reached the sea. Among the lakeside towns, the best known are the resorts of Albano Laziale and Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence."@en . _:g864d1b21697507ecde79node3bc54dec855141551796d95ee9229b69 . _:g864d1b21697507ecde79node3bc54dec855141551796d95ee9229b69 "Lake Albert"@en . _:g864d1b21697507ecde79node3bc54dec855141551796d95ee9229b69 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12690/Lake-Albert"@en . _:g864d1b21697507ecde79node3bc54dec855141551796d95ee9229b69 "Lake Albert,\u00A0also called Albert Nyanza and Lake Mobutu Sese Seko,\u00A0\n northernmost of the lakes in the Western Rift Valley, in east-central Africa, on the border between Congo (Kinshasa) and Uganda. In 1864 the lake was first visited by a European, Samuel Baker, who was seeking the sources of the Nile; he named it after Queen Victoria?s consort and published his experiences in The Albert N?yanza (1866). Romolo Gessi, an Italian soldier and explorer, circumnavigated it in 1876. Both Henry (later Sir Henry) Morton Stanley and Mehmed Emin Pa?a (Eduard Schnitzer) established forts on its shores."@en . _:g864d1b21697507ecde79node80955036807b95963bf7d81685bf24c7 . _:g864d1b21697507ecde79node80955036807b95963bf7d81685bf24c7 "Lake Albert"@en . _:g864d1b21697507ecde79node80955036807b95963bf7d81685bf24c7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/12690/Lake-Albert"@en . _:g864d1b21697507ecde79node80955036807b95963bf7d81685bf24c7 "Lake Albert,\u00A0also called Albert Nyanza and Lake Mobutu Sese Seko,\u00A0\n northernmost of the lakes in the Western Rift Valley, in east-central Africa, on the border between Congo (Kinshasa) and Uganda. In 1864 the lake was first visited by a European, Samuel Baker, who was seeking the sources of the Nile; he named it after Queen Victoria?s consort and published his experiences in The Albert N?yanza (1866). Romolo Gessi, an Italian soldier and explorer, circumnavigated it in 1876. Both Henry (later Sir Henry) Morton Stanley and Mehmed Emin Pa?a (Eduard Schnitzer) established forts on its shores."@en . _:g35a9a59cad0a74119798nodef877632267ca36869eb3bb262f8e99 . _:g35a9a59cad0a74119798nodef877632267ca36869eb3bb262f8e99 "Lake Vostok"@en . _:g35a9a59cad0a74119798nodef877632267ca36869eb3bb262f8e99 . _:g35a9a59cad0a74119798nodef877632267ca36869eb3bb262f8e99 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1273820/Lake-Vostok"@en . _:g35a9a59cad0a74119798nodef877632267ca36869eb3bb262f8e99 "Lake Vostok,\u00A0also called Subglacial Lake Vostok or Lake East,\u00A0\n largest lake in Antarctica. Located approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) beneath Russia?s Vostok Station on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), the water body is also the largest subglacial lake known. Running more than 150 miles (about 240 km) long and 31 miles (50 km) wide, the lake is roughly elliptical in shape. Its surface area is nearly 6,100 square miles (about 15,690 square km), and it holds nearly 1,300 cubic miles (5,400 cubic km) of water. After decades of speculation and data gathering, the existence of the lake was confirmed in the mid-1990s by a combination of seismic and ice-penetrating radar surveys."@en . _:ge31a62b5be8ed6a83a59node383bbdb94c4ab3d91e98ecc43604ae3 . _:ge31a62b5be8ed6a83a59node383bbdb94c4ab3d91e98ecc43604ae3 . _:ge31a62b5be8ed6a83a59node383bbdb94c4ab3d91e98ecc43604ae3 "Lake Como"@en . _:ge31a62b5be8ed6a83a59node383bbdb94c4ab3d91e98ecc43604ae3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/129453/Lake-Como"@en . _:ge31a62b5be8ed6a83a59node383bbdb94c4ab3d91e98ecc43604ae3 "\n Lake Como,\u00A0Italian Lago di Como, also called Lario, Latin Lacus Larius,\u00A0 lake in Lombardy, northern Italy, 25 miles (40 km) north of Milan; it lies at an elevation of 653 feet (199 m) in a depression surrounded by limestone and granite mountains that reach an elevation of about 2,000 feet (600 m) in the south and more than 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in the northeast. Lake Como has three branches of approximately equal length (about 16 miles [26 km]). One stretches northward past Colico; of the other two, one stretches southwestward to the city of Como, the other southeastward beyond Lecco (this branch also known as Lecco Lake), with Bellagio Promontory marking the bifurcation."@en . _:g54476dd7d31ff87e50c5nodeb82e69dd4305c5f56af89f647fc772 . _:g54476dd7d31ff87e50c5nodeb82e69dd4305c5f56af89f647fc772 "Lake Constance"@en . _:g54476dd7d31ff87e50c5nodeb82e69dd4305c5f56af89f647fc772 . _:g54476dd7d31ff87e50c5nodeb82e69dd4305c5f56af89f647fc772 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/133720/Lake-Constance"@en . _:g54476dd7d31ff87e50c5nodeb82e69dd4305c5f56af89f647fc772 "\n Lake Constance,\u00A0also called Lake of Constance, Constance also spelled Konstanz, German Bodensee, Latin Lacus Brigantinus,\u00A0 lake bordering Switzerland, Germany, and Austria and occupying an old glacier basin at an elevation of 1,299 feet (396 m). It has an area of 209 square miles (541 square km) and is about 40 miles (65 km) long and up to 8 miles (13 km) wide, with an average depth of 295 feet (90 m) and a maximum depth of 827 feet (252 m). It has about 125 miles (200 km) of shoreline. In the west, near Konstanz (Constance), it is divided by the Bodan mountain ridge into two parts: the Unter Lake (south) and the \u00DCberlinger Lake (north). The lake?s main body southeast of Konstanz is called the Ober Lake. The lake forms part of the course of the Rhine River, which enters it in the southeast near Bregenz and leaves it at the west via the Unter Lake. The island of Mainau is north of Konstanz in the \u00DCberlinger Lake, and the island of Reichenau is west of the city in the Unter Lake. Konstanz itself is a ?political island,? for it is the only part of Germany on the lake?s southwestern shore; it is entirely surrounded by Swiss territory, except on the northeast where it fronts on the lake."@en . _:gaa6d56e8bbc6a3a236aanode8febe12d2bc94f56d96e90d7bb4e6f4f . _:gaa6d56e8bbc6a3a236aanode8febe12d2bc94f56d96e90d7bb4e6f4f "Saranac Lakes"@en . _:gaa6d56e8bbc6a3a236aanode8febe12d2bc94f56d96e90d7bb4e6f4f . _:gaa6d56e8bbc6a3a236aanode8febe12d2bc94f56d96e90d7bb4e6f4f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1385193/Saranac-Lakes"@en . _:gaa6d56e8bbc6a3a236aanode8febe12d2bc94f56d96e90d7bb4e6f4f "Saranac Lakes,\u00A0three lakes, northeastern New York, U.S. Located in the Adirondack Mountains region, they are Upper, Middle, and Lower Saranac Lakes. Their elevation is 1,540 feet (469 metres) above sea level. The village of Saranac Lake is a summer and winter sports resort. Tourism and wood-based industries are the chief sources of income."@en . _:g8d65e144961c4c68be23node772eb262fd5b98eec1b39bc08bfc6e3 . _:g8d65e144961c4c68be23node772eb262fd5b98eec1b39bc08bfc6e3 . _:g8d65e144961c4c68be23node772eb262fd5b98eec1b39bc08bfc6e3 "Crater Lake"@en . _:g8d65e144961c4c68be23node772eb262fd5b98eec1b39bc08bfc6e3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/141932/Crater-Lake"@en . _:g8d65e144961c4c68be23node772eb262fd5b98eec1b39bc08bfc6e3 "\n Crater Lake,\u00A0deep, clear, intensely blue lake located within a huge volcanic caldera in the Cascade Range, southwestern Oregon, U.S., about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Medford. The lake and its surrounding region became Crater Lake National Park in 1902, with an area of 286 square miles (741 square km). By the early 21st century the park had more than 90 miles (145 km) of hiking trails."@en . _:g9c81cbb341ed974bfaf3node52303d2af3d621eb89266da038d2e7eb . _:g9c81cbb341ed974bfaf3node52303d2af3d621eb89266da038d2e7eb "Lake Alexandrina"@en . _:g9c81cbb341ed974bfaf3node52303d2af3d621eb89266da038d2e7eb "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/14477/Lake-Alexandrina"@en . _:g9c81cbb341ed974bfaf3node52303d2af3d621eb89266da038d2e7eb "\n Lake Alexandrina,\u00A0estuarine lagoon, southeastern South Australia, 45 miles (70 km) southeast of Adelaide. Together with contiguous Lake Albert and the long, narrow lagoon called The Coorong, it forms the mouth of the Murray River. About 23 miles (37 km) long and 13 miles (21 km) wide, the lake has a total surface area of 220 square miles (570 square km). The lake was visited by sealers in 1828 and crossed in 1830 by the explorer Charles Sturt, who named it after Princess Alexandrina (later Queen Victoria). Lake Alexandrina evoked early interest as a possible maritime outlet for the Murray River, but shallow depths (5 to 15 feet [1.5 to 4.5 metres]) and a treacherous sandbar and islands at its seaward approach have precluded such development. Milang, a vegetable and dairy centre on the lake?s western shore, did thrive as a river port until the completion of the railroad in 1884. Five barrages built across the lake?s exits in 1940 prevent the intrusion of seawater upstream; and, as freshness increases, irrigated agriculture is developing along the lake?s shores. The Murray-Darling river system has a low discharge rate (a fraction of the rate of the Nile River), and its exit to the sea is increasingly uncertain. Part of the estuarine district was declared a Wetland of International Importance in 1985 under the Ramsar Convention."@en . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298node47444ba0319a12d6f82b74c412e5b94 . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298node47444ba0319a12d6f82b74c412e5b94 "Lake Chiuta"@en . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298node47444ba0319a12d6f82b74c412e5b94 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1504282/Lake-Chiuta"@en . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298node47444ba0319a12d6f82b74c412e5b94 "Lake Chiuta,\u00A0lake on the border between Mozambique and Malawi in southeastern Africa, drained northward by the Lugenda River. It is narrow (2?8 miles [3?13 km] wide) and about 40 miles (64 km) long; its southern shore is marshy and indefinite."@en . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298node67301e3847f0ed21efc42c7ec1b784df . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298node67301e3847f0ed21efc42c7ec1b784df "Lake Chiuta"@en . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298node67301e3847f0ed21efc42c7ec1b784df "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1504282/Lake-Chiuta"@en . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298node67301e3847f0ed21efc42c7ec1b784df "Lake Chiuta,\u00A0lake on the border between Mozambique and Malawi in southeastern Africa, drained northward by the Lugenda River. It is narrow (2?8 miles [3?13 km] wide) and about 40 miles (64 km) long; its southern shore is marshy and indefinite."@en . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298nodeb2541cc673c6ef0cdd8913ec04d1350 . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298nodeb2541cc673c6ef0cdd8913ec04d1350 "Lake Chiuta"@en . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298nodeb2541cc673c6ef0cdd8913ec04d1350 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1504282/Lake-Chiuta"@en . _:g65b97bdf64d96ac31298nodeb2541cc673c6ef0cdd8913ec04d1350 "Lake Chiuta,\u00A0lake on the border between Mozambique and Malawi in southeastern Africa, drained northward by the Lugenda River. It is narrow (2?8 miles [3?13 km] wide) and about 40 miles (64 km) long; its southern shore is marshy and indefinite."@en . _:g3beaff535fdbbe29f4f8node97d81ef1a4d513929bc6ec18c5fb5a0 . _:g3beaff535fdbbe29f4f8node97d81ef1a4d513929bc6ec18c5fb5a0 "Lake Algonquin"@en . _:g3beaff535fdbbe29f4f8node97d81ef1a4d513929bc6ec18c5fb5a0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/15161/Lake-Algonquin"@en . _:g3beaff535fdbbe29f4f8node97d81ef1a4d513929bc6ec18c5fb5a0 "\n Lake Algonquin,\u00A0large glacial lake that once existed in North America and covered most of the area now occupied by three Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, and Huron). Lake Algonquin was present in the Pleistocene Epoch (approximately 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago), a geologic glacial period when the Laurentide Ice Sheet was retreating northward from the Great Lakes region. The body of water, perhaps 250,000 square km (100,000 square miles) in area and with depths of up to 460 metres (1,500 feet), at various stages drained through channels that included the Trent River valley and the Mattawa, Ottawa, St. Clair, and Mississippi rivers. Remnants of the lake include Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Nipigon, Simcoe, and Nipissing."@en . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnode80397bf1c721723e9d26762da716aff . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnode80397bf1c721723e9d26762da716aff . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnode80397bf1c721723e9d26762da716aff "Dead Sea"@en . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnode80397bf1c721723e9d26762da716aff "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/154254/Dead-Sea"@en . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnode80397bf1c721723e9d26762da716aff "\n Dead Sea,\u00A0Arabic Al-Ba?r al-Mayyit, Hebrew Yam HaMela?, also known as Salt Sea,\u00A0 landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan, which lies some 1,300 feet (400 metres) below sea level?the lowest elevation and the lowest body of water on the surface of the Earth. Its eastern shore belongs to Jordan, and the southern half of its western shore belongs to Israel. The northern half of the western shore lies within the Palestinian West Bank and has been under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war."@en . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodebbd8bc792fb472573e6c8af98f5e7b6 . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodebbd8bc792fb472573e6c8af98f5e7b6 "Dead Sea"@en . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodebbd8bc792fb472573e6c8af98f5e7b6 . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodebbd8bc792fb472573e6c8af98f5e7b6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/154254/Dead-Sea"@en . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodebbd8bc792fb472573e6c8af98f5e7b6 "\n Dead Sea,\u00A0Arabic Al-Ba?r al-Mayyit, Hebrew Yam HaMela?, also known as Salt Sea,\u00A0 landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan, which lies some 1,300 feet (400 metres) below sea level?the lowest elevation and the lowest body of water on the surface of the Earth. Its eastern shore belongs to Jordan, and the southern half of its western shore belongs to Israel. The northern half of the western shore lies within the Palestinian West Bank and has been under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war."@en . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodecc8df367b10e38a5d9cb714a6c4c7 . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodecc8df367b10e38a5d9cb714a6c4c7 "Dead Sea"@en . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodecc8df367b10e38a5d9cb714a6c4c7 . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodecc8df367b10e38a5d9cb714a6c4c7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/154254/Dead-Sea"@en . _:gf11ad3bb4ede4b9e3efbnodecc8df367b10e38a5d9cb714a6c4c7 "\n Dead Sea,\u00A0Arabic Al-Ba?r al-Mayyit, Hebrew Yam HaMela?, also known as Salt Sea,\u00A0 landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan, which lies some 1,300 feet (400 metres) below sea level?the lowest elevation and the lowest body of water on the surface of the Earth. Its eastern shore belongs to Jordan, and the southern half of its western shore belongs to Israel. The northern half of the western shore lies within the Palestinian West Bank and has been under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war."@en . _:gd78a0ade720e2d6fc5eenoded86dfce8467cf85a5852d2d27cd3a . _:gd78a0ade720e2d6fc5eenoded86dfce8467cf85a5852d2d27cd3a . _:gd78a0ade720e2d6fc5eenoded86dfce8467cf85a5852d2d27cd3a "Dead Sea"@en . _:gd78a0ade720e2d6fc5eenoded86dfce8467cf85a5852d2d27cd3a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/154254/Dead-Sea/1758/Additional-Reading"@en . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anode422a36c47b64873f3e5b586462ab3f67 . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anode422a36c47b64873f3e5b586462ab3f67 "Lac D?bo"@en . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anode422a36c47b64873f3e5b586462ab3f67 . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anode422a36c47b64873f3e5b586462ab3f67 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/154733/Lac-Debo"@en . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anode422a36c47b64873f3e5b586462ab3f67 "\n Lac D\u00E9bo,\u00A0English Lake Debo,\u00A0 situated in central Mali on a section of the Niger River between Mopti, located 50 mi (80 km) to the south, and Timbuktu, 150 mi to the northeast. In this region the Niger is joined by many lakes, creeks, and backwaters; at high water, Lac D\u00E9bo becomes part of a general inundation."@en . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anodea1d383122edea1b6c68ea5b7dc8f98f . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anodea1d383122edea1b6c68ea5b7dc8f98f . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anodea1d383122edea1b6c68ea5b7dc8f98f "Lac D?bo"@en . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anodea1d383122edea1b6c68ea5b7dc8f98f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/154733/Lac-Debo"@en . _:gf03fef96c3528639af5anodea1d383122edea1b6c68ea5b7dc8f98f "\n Lac D\u00E9bo,\u00A0English Lake Debo,\u00A0 situated in central Mali on a section of the Niger River between Mopti, located 50 mi (80 km) to the south, and Timbuktu, 150 mi to the northeast. In this region the Niger is joined by many lakes, creeks, and backwaters; at high water, Lac D\u00E9bo becomes part of a general inundation."@en . _:g848d6acd6e88b91b0a6dnodeea23a4a88a1db1cc15f70f0938db78c . _:g848d6acd6e88b91b0a6dnodeea23a4a88a1db1cc15f70f0938db78c . _:g848d6acd6e88b91b0a6dnodeea23a4a88a1db1cc15f70f0938db78c "Soap Lake"@en . _:g848d6acd6e88b91b0a6dnodeea23a4a88a1db1cc15f70f0938db78c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1559745/Soap-Lake"@en . _:g848d6acd6e88b91b0a6dnodeea23a4a88a1db1cc15f70f0938db78c "Soap Lake,\u00A0southernmost in a string of lakes in the Grand Coulee valley, central Washington state, U.S. Volcanic in origin, its water is rich in minerals and salts and is regarded as having medicinal properties. The lake derives its name from the frothy white suds that appear along its shores, created by the action of the wind on the water?s high concentrations of carbonates. The city of Soap Lake, on its shores, was popular as a health resort in the early and mid-20th century."@en . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enode1092394ef78c8ca9e7033d0828361d1 . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enode1092394ef78c8ca9e7033d0828361d1 . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enode1092394ef78c8ca9e7033d0828361d1 "Loch Katrine"@en . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enode1092394ef78c8ca9e7033d0828361d1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1564300/Loch-Katrine"@en . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enode1092394ef78c8ca9e7033d0828361d1 "Loch Katrine,\u00A0lake, Central region, Scotland, located in the tourist district known as The Trossachs. It is about 8 miles (13 km) long and up to 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. Its surface is 378 feet (115 metres) above sea level, but it occupies a rock basin gouged out by a glacier, so its floor, 495 feet (150 metres) deep, is below sea level. Since 1859 it has been the main source of water supply for Glasgow."@en . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enodebf9dde3d4380c923b6d1d3e3a15a8ce . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enodebf9dde3d4380c923b6d1d3e3a15a8ce . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enodebf9dde3d4380c923b6d1d3e3a15a8ce "Loch Katrine"@en . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enodebf9dde3d4380c923b6d1d3e3a15a8ce "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1564300/Loch-Katrine"@en . _:ga8a18552dba63bcac06enodebf9dde3d4380c923b6d1d3e3a15a8ce "Loch Katrine,\u00A0lake, Central region, Scotland, located in the tourist district known as The Trossachs. It is about 8 miles (13 km) long and up to 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. Its surface is 378 feet (115 metres) above sea level, but it occupies a rock basin gouged out by a glacier, so its floor, 495 feet (150 metres) deep, is below sea level. Since 1859 it has been the main source of water supply for Glasgow."@en . _:g086033287087381020d0node75818c3247afb9f9aef72c7ad368348 . _:g086033287087381020d0node75818c3247afb9f9aef72c7ad368348 "Chott El-Chergui"@en . _:g086033287087381020d0node75818c3247afb9f9aef72c7ad368348 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1564620/Chott-El-Chergui"@en . _:g086033287087381020d0node75818c3247afb9f9aef72c7ad368348 "\n Chott El-Chergui,\u00A0also spelled Chott Ech-Chergui,\u00A0 shallow saline lake or salt flat in the High Plateaus (Hauts Plateaux) of the Atlas Mountains in northwestern Algeria. It is about 100 miles (160 km) long and has no outlet; its area varies depending upon precipitation."@en . _:g7b5d0901a6841eb1529dnode4d6f9f5126c770eb9c3286ddb9de739e . _:g7b5d0901a6841eb1529dnode4d6f9f5126c770eb9c3286ddb9de739e "Lake Melville"@en . _:g7b5d0901a6841eb1529dnode4d6f9f5126c770eb9c3286ddb9de739e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1569839/Lake-Melville"@en . _:g7b5d0901a6841eb1529dnode4d6f9f5126c770eb9c3286ddb9de739e "\n Lake Melville,\u00A0tidal extension of Hamilton Inlet (from which it is separated by the Narrows), on the Labrador coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Averaging 12 miles (19 km) in width and with depths of nearly 400 feet (120 metres), it extends southwestward for 66 miles from the Backway (east of the Narrows), its outlet to the Atlantic Ocean prior to the Ice Age; its total length, including Grand Lake and Hamilton Inlet, exceeds 150 miles. The Naskaupi and Churchill rivers flow into Melville?s western extensions, Grand Lake and Goose Bay, respectively. Lakeside settlements include Goose Bay, an air base and emergency refueling station, North West River, and several small trapping and lumbering villages."@en . _:gf74a972a3707f27f0f4fnodea9692f59a6bdb75dd9f178e60df1a . _:gf74a972a3707f27f0f4fnodea9692f59a6bdb75dd9f178e60df1a "Lake Kisale"@en . _:gf74a972a3707f27f0f4fnodea9692f59a6bdb75dd9f178e60df1a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1572513/Lake-Kisale"@en . _:gf74a972a3707f27f0f4fnodea9692f59a6bdb75dd9f178e60df1a "\n Lake Kisale,\u00A0expansion of the Lualaba River on the Katanga (Shaba) plateau of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lake Kisale, situated north of Lake Upemba, is 10 miles (16 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide and is swampy and overgrown with papyrus. The southern and southeastern shores are part of Upemba National Park."@en . _:gdd9280d5f5a2945d5d93nodee6e5c3d7b2d22f174b7dc4962b495d55 . _:gdd9280d5f5a2945d5d93nodee6e5c3d7b2d22f174b7dc4962b495d55 "Lake Shala"@en . _:gdd9280d5f5a2945d5d93nodee6e5c3d7b2d22f174b7dc4962b495d55 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1572544/Lake-Shala"@en . _:gdd9280d5f5a2945d5d93nodee6e5c3d7b2d22f174b7dc4962b495d55 "\n Lake Shala,\u00A0Shala also spelled Shalla,\u00A0 lake in south-central Ethiopia, lying in the Great Rift Valley. It is some 16 miles (26 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, and in parts it exceeds a depth of 850 feet (260 metres). The lake has no outlet and its water is saline. A hot spring situated in the lake?s northeastern corner is a popular attraction. Hornbills, starlings, sparrow-weavers, and other bird species thrive in the woodlands nearby. Lake Shala, along with neighbouring Lake Abiyata, is part of Lake Abiyata?Shala National Park, where more than 300 species of bird have been recorded."@en . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode4ad6d6b274ab684199575a39c194771a . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode4ad6d6b274ab684199575a39c194771a . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode4ad6d6b274ab684199575a39c194771a "Lough Allen"@en . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode4ad6d6b274ab684199575a39c194771a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1574322/Lough-Allen"@en . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode4ad6d6b274ab684199575a39c194771a "Lough Allen,\u00A0lake on the River Shannon in the counties of Leitrim and Roscommon, Ireland. The lake, some 8 miles (12.8 km) long and 3 miles (4.8 km) broad at its widest (north) end, is surrounded by mountains, with the Iron Mountains on the eastern shore rising to 1,927 feet (587 metres) and the hills to the west to over 1,400 feet (427 metres). There are several small islands in the lough, and on Inishmagrath, near the northern end, stand the ruins of an early Christian church. At Tarmon are the ruins of St. Patrick?s Church. To the west, in the Arigna ... (100 of 132 words)"@en . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode6d2f91ceada9b47f454558087ffe6c1 . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode6d2f91ceada9b47f454558087ffe6c1 . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode6d2f91ceada9b47f454558087ffe6c1 "Lough Allen"@en . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode6d2f91ceada9b47f454558087ffe6c1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1574322/Lough-Allen"@en . _:ge75bd59a314ac2f7ceffnode6d2f91ceada9b47f454558087ffe6c1 "Lough Allen,\u00A0lake on the River Shannon in the counties of Leitrim and Roscommon, Ireland. The lake, some 8 miles (12.8 km) long and 3 miles (4.8 km) broad at its widest (north) end, is surrounded by mountains, with the Iron Mountains on the eastern shore rising to 1,927 feet (587 metres) and the hills to the west to over 1,400 feet (427 metres). There are several small islands in the lough, and on Inishmagrath, near the northern end, stand the ruins of an early Christian church. At Tarmon are the ruins of St. Patrick?s Church. To the west, in the Arigna ... (100 of 132 words)"@en . _:g380373a25a1dbd4bfc32nodeb3102bbccd13bdf4c2aa53721f05063 . _:g380373a25a1dbd4bfc32nodeb3102bbccd13bdf4c2aa53721f05063 . _:g380373a25a1dbd4bfc32nodeb3102bbccd13bdf4c2aa53721f05063 "Lake Biel"@en . _:g380373a25a1dbd4bfc32nodeb3102bbccd13bdf4c2aa53721f05063 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1574325/Lake-Biel"@en . _:g380373a25a1dbd4bfc32nodeb3102bbccd13bdf4c2aa53721f05063 "Lake Biel,\u00A0German Bielersee, French Lac de Bienne,\u00A0\n lake in western Switzerland that lies at the foot of the Jura Mountains at an elevation of 1,407 feet (429 metres) and borders the cantons of Bern and Neuch?tel. It is 9.5 miles (15 km) long and 2.5 miles wide with a maximum depth of 246 feet (75 metres) and has an area of 15 square miles (39 square km). Within the lake is the ?le Saint-Pierre, which contains many traces of prehistoric lake dwellings. Its waters receive the Suze and Thi?le rivers, and the Aare River flows into it through ... (100 of 136 words)"@en . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodeb2967d1bc2ab498e036416add28375e . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodeb2967d1bc2ab498e036416add28375e "Lough Mask"@en . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodeb2967d1bc2ab498e036416add28375e . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodeb2967d1bc2ab498e036416add28375e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1574454/Lough-Mask"@en . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodeb2967d1bc2ab498e036416add28375e "\n Lough Mask,\u00A0lake, in Counties Mayo and Galway, Ireland. It covers an area of 32 sq miles (83 sq km) and is connected with Lough Corrib by an underground river. Lough Mask is noted for its brown trout. The island of Inishmaan in Lough Mask contains the remains of a Celtic church of St. Cormac, built in the 6th century and enlarged in the 12th century."@en . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodee3b8fc834149c91b559a28dba22572 . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodee3b8fc834149c91b559a28dba22572 "Lough Mask"@en . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodee3b8fc834149c91b559a28dba22572 . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodee3b8fc834149c91b559a28dba22572 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1574454/Lough-Mask"@en . _:g783cda6d1c89fcb66cf2nodee3b8fc834149c91b559a28dba22572 "\n Lough Mask,\u00A0lake, in Counties Mayo and Galway, Ireland. It covers an area of 32 sq miles (83 sq km) and is connected with Lough Corrib by an underground river. Lough Mask is noted for its brown trout. The island of Inishmaan in Lough Mask contains the remains of a Celtic church of St. Cormac, built in the 6th century and enlarged in the 12th century."@en . _:g8afa8a5e6899a39a9478nodea69b9564c0263b519d37a61cc805cb3 . _:g8afa8a5e6899a39a9478nodea69b9564c0263b519d37a61cc805cb3 "Lough Ree"@en . _:g8afa8a5e6899a39a9478nodea69b9564c0263b519d37a61cc805cb3 . _:g8afa8a5e6899a39a9478nodea69b9564c0263b519d37a61cc805cb3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1574464/Lough-Ree"@en . _:g8afa8a5e6899a39a9478nodea69b9564c0263b519d37a61cc805cb3 "\n Lough Ree,\u00A0lake on the River Shannon, Ireland, separating Counties Longford and Westmeath (east) from County Roscommon (west). The irregular shoreline is varied and includes both deep bays and shallow inlets. There are numerous islands, accessible by boat from Athlone. On several of the larger islands are remains of ancient churches. The lake is noted for its fishing."@en . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node29a91d77427847a769af4b3437938 . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node29a91d77427847a769af4b3437938 "Lough Derg"@en . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node29a91d77427847a769af4b3437938 . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node29a91d77427847a769af4b3437938 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158498/Lough-Derg"@en . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node29a91d77427847a769af4b3437938 "\n Lough Derg,\u00A0Irish Loch Dearg, or Deirgeirt,\u00A0 lake on the River Shannon, situated at the boundary of Counties Tipperary, Galway, and Clare, in Ireland. Lough Derg is 24 miles (39 km) long and 0.5 to 8 miles (1 to 13 km) wide. It is 37 square miles (96 square km) in area, with a maximum depth of 119 feet (36 m). The lake has many islands, and a gorge at its southern end was used for the first modern hydropower system in Ireland. The town of Portumna is located at the lake?s northern end, and Killaloe and Ballina are at the southern. The lake is not to be confused with another lake of the same name on the River Derg in County Donegal."@en . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node65242478bd701a786985d43c473152ae . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node65242478bd701a786985d43c473152ae "Lough Derg"@en . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node65242478bd701a786985d43c473152ae . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node65242478bd701a786985d43c473152ae "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158498/Lough-Derg"@en . _:gdb68f081f10c042e2e13node65242478bd701a786985d43c473152ae "\n Lough Derg,\u00A0Irish Loch Dearg, or Deirgeirt,\u00A0 lake on the River Shannon, situated at the boundary of Counties Tipperary, Galway, and Clare, in Ireland. Lough Derg is 24 miles (39 km) long and 0.5 to 8 miles (1 to 13 km) wide. It is 37 square miles (96 square km) in area, with a maximum depth of 119 feet (36 m). The lake has many islands, and a gorge at its southern end was used for the first modern hydropower system in Ireland. The town of Portumna is located at the lake?s northern end, and Killaloe and Ballina are at the southern. The lake is not to be confused with another lake of the same name on the River Derg in County Donegal."@en . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865node1c91f03012acf94ecf13b4e591d97fc4 . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865node1c91f03012acf94ecf13b4e591d97fc4 "Derwent Water"@en . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865node1c91f03012acf94ecf13b4e591d97fc4 . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865node1c91f03012acf94ecf13b4e591d97fc4 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158698/Derwent-Water"@en . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865node1c91f03012acf94ecf13b4e591d97fc4 "\n Derwent Water,\u00A0lake, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Cumberland, England, in the Lake District National Park. It is about 3 miles (5 km) long and from 0.5 to 1.25 miles (0.8 to 2 km) wide, and its maximum depth is 72 feet (22 metres). The River Derwent enters its southern end from Borrowdale, its mountain-girded upper valley, and leaves the lake?s northern end near the market town of Keswick, at the foot of Skiddaw. Several sites on the well-wooded shores are the property of the National Trust and are frequented by tourists. Lords Island, one of several in the lake, was once the residence of the earls of Derwentwater."@en . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865nodedd39a51189bbfa99274ec5bc393ab73 . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865nodedd39a51189bbfa99274ec5bc393ab73 . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865nodedd39a51189bbfa99274ec5bc393ab73 "Derwent Water"@en . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865nodedd39a51189bbfa99274ec5bc393ab73 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158698/Derwent-Water"@en . _:gc095c9802ff53471b865nodedd39a51189bbfa99274ec5bc393ab73 "\n Derwent Water,\u00A0lake, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Cumberland, England, in the Lake District National Park. It is about 3 miles (5 km) long and from 0.5 to 1.25 miles (0.8 to 2 km) wide, and its maximum depth is 72 feet (22 metres). The River Derwent enters its southern end from Borrowdale, its mountain-girded upper valley, and leaves the lake?s northern end near the market town of Keswick, at the foot of Skiddaw. Several sites on the well-wooded shores are the property of the National Trust and are frequented by tourists. Lords Island, one of several in the lake, was once the residence of the earls of Derwentwater."@en . _:g47f0e397eecf7ef2df5dnodea095644b57445581aab6e99480676fe4 . _:g47f0e397eecf7ef2df5dnodea095644b57445581aab6e99480676fe4 "Dhebar Lake"@en . _:g47f0e397eecf7ef2df5dnodea095644b57445581aab6e99480676fe4 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/160776/Dhebar-Lake"@en . _:g47f0e397eecf7ef2df5dnodea095644b57445581aab6e99480676fe4 "\n Dhebar Lake,\u00A0large reservoir lake in the southeastern Aravalli Range, south-central Rajasthan state, northwestern India. The lake, about 20 square miles (50 square km) in area when full, was originally named Jai Samand and was formed by a marble dam built across the Gomati River in the late 17th century. Canals carry water from the lake to villages in the western area. Small wooded islands dot the northern end of the lake, where fishing hamlets fringe the shore. Two palaces stand on the hills to the south."@en . _:g47f0e397eecf7ef2df5dnodeb925a58bba2a79d4c2936a65e94eb . _:g47f0e397eecf7ef2df5dnodeb925a58bba2a79d4c2936a65e94eb "Dhebar Lake"@en . _:g47f0e397eecf7ef2df5dnodeb925a58bba2a79d4c2936a65e94eb "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/160776/Dhebar-Lake"@en . _:g47f0e397eecf7ef2df5dnodeb925a58bba2a79d4c2936a65e94eb "\n Dhebar Lake,\u00A0large reservoir lake in the southeastern Aravalli Range, south-central Rajasthan state, northwestern India. The lake, about 20 square miles (50 square km) in area when full, was originally named Jai Samand and was formed by a marble dam built across the Gomati River in the late 17th century. Canals carry water from the lake to villages in the western area. Small wooded islands dot the northern end of the lake, where fishing hamlets fringe the shore. Two palaces stand on the hills to the south."@en . _:g3bced1a7c7e20e9a8b57nodea5c4a03bef197b864b984a9df0e4f184 . _:g3bced1a7c7e20e9a8b57nodea5c4a03bef197b864b984a9df0e4f184 "Alpine lakes"@en . _:g3bced1a7c7e20e9a8b57nodea5c4a03bef197b864b984a9df0e4f184 . _:g3bced1a7c7e20e9a8b57nodea5c4a03bef197b864b984a9df0e4f184 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/17303/Alpine-lakes"@en . _:g3bced1a7c7e20e9a8b57nodea5c4a03bef197b864b984a9df0e4f184 "\n Alpine lakes,\u00A0the 11 significant European lakes fringing the great mountainous mass of the Alps. Set in magnificent scenery, they are the focus of considerable settlement and a thriving tourist traffic, as well as of great scientific interest."@en . _:g1de4859a3e1a7450cfe7node3fe6125daf7c7e4abd67418e6cff4c . _:g1de4859a3e1a7450cfe7node3fe6125daf7c7e4abd67418e6cff4c "Earn"@en . _:g1de4859a3e1a7450cfe7node3fe6125daf7c7e4abd67418e6cff4c . _:g1de4859a3e1a7450cfe7node3fe6125daf7c7e4abd67418e6cff4c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/175939/Earn"@en . _:g1de4859a3e1a7450cfe7node3fe6125daf7c7e4abd67418e6cff4c "\n Earn,\u00A0loch (lake) and river, central Scotland. Loch Earn lies on the boundary between the council area of Stirling and the council area of Perth and Kinross, and the River Earn flows through Perth and Kinross. Loch Earn is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) from east to west with a maximum width of 0.5 mile (0.8 km). Lochearnhead is situated at the western end of the loch and St. Fillan?s village at the eastern extremity, where the river flows out of the loch. The River Earn is a notable fishing stream. It enters the River Tay at Ferryfield of Carpow, 46 miles (74 km) downstream. Strathearn, the picturesque valley of the river, is an attractive and fertile region that includes the health resorts of Crieff and Bridge of Earn and many historic ruins."@en . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node31d30a9b2efc0b2649fc145e969f81 . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node31d30a9b2efc0b2649fc145e969f81 "East African lakes"@en . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node31d30a9b2efc0b2649fc145e969f81 . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node31d30a9b2efc0b2649fc145e969f81 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176447/East-African-lakes"@en . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node31d30a9b2efc0b2649fc145e969f81 "\n East African lakes,\u00A0group of lakes located in East Africa. The majority of the East African lakes lie within the East African Rift System, which forms a part of a series of massive fissures in the Earth?s crust extending northward from the Zambezi River valley through eastern and northeastern Africa and the Red Sea to the Jordan River valley in southwestern Asia. In East Africa itself the southern, eastern, and western branches of the system can be discerned."@en . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node7a3ca04eb25bd099e1bafc3932cd93a1 . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node7a3ca04eb25bd099e1bafc3932cd93a1 . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node7a3ca04eb25bd099e1bafc3932cd93a1 "East African lakes"@en . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node7a3ca04eb25bd099e1bafc3932cd93a1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176447/East-African-lakes"@en . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3node7a3ca04eb25bd099e1bafc3932cd93a1 "\n East African lakes,\u00A0group of lakes located in East Africa. The majority of the East African lakes lie within the East African Rift System, which forms a part of a series of massive fissures in the Earth?s crust extending northward from the Zambezi River valley through eastern and northeastern Africa and the Red Sea to the Jordan River valley in southwestern Asia. In East Africa itself the southern, eastern, and western branches of the system can be discerned."@en . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3nodee2e3b6c7792f1e46bbcebe344314d16 . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3nodee2e3b6c7792f1e46bbcebe344314d16 "East African lakes"@en . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3nodee2e3b6c7792f1e46bbcebe344314d16 . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3nodee2e3b6c7792f1e46bbcebe344314d16 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176447/East-African-lakes"@en . _:ga510b1d334bea07652f3nodee2e3b6c7792f1e46bbcebe344314d16 "\n East African lakes,\u00A0group of lakes located in East Africa. The majority of the East African lakes lie within the East African Rift System, which forms a part of a series of massive fissures in the Earth?s crust extending northward from the Zambezi River valley through eastern and northeastern Africa and the Red Sea to the Jordan River valley in southwestern Asia. In East Africa itself the southern, eastern, and western branches of the system can be discerned."@en . _:gc6dde9acee2032c378ecnode7180b1ebc7c63e807050e12f4b8a4df . _:gc6dde9acee2032c378ecnode7180b1ebc7c63e807050e12f4b8a4df . _:gc6dde9acee2032c378ecnode7180b1ebc7c63e807050e12f4b8a4df "East African lakes"@en . _:gc6dde9acee2032c378ecnode7180b1ebc7c63e807050e12f4b8a4df "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176447/East-African-lakes/37056/Physiography"@en . _:g4d02e7567637d99ab089node7de7d030ef919fd637d5a1a681c1d8c . _:g4d02e7567637d99ab089node7de7d030ef919fd637d5a1a681c1d8c . _:g4d02e7567637d99ab089node7de7d030ef919fd637d5a1a681c1d8c "East African lakes"@en . _:g4d02e7567637d99ab089node7de7d030ef919fd637d5a1a681c1d8c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176447/East-African-lakes/37058/Plant-and-animal-life"@en . _:g35fc30e2b1a00fdea161node9bae64e9aedc86b431281a830338489 . _:g35fc30e2b1a00fdea161node9bae64e9aedc86b431281a830338489 "East African lakes"@en . _:g35fc30e2b1a00fdea161node9bae64e9aedc86b431281a830338489 . _:g35fc30e2b1a00fdea161node9bae64e9aedc86b431281a830338489 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176447/East-African-lakes/37060/Resource-exploitation"@en . _:gff64c59b9f612942d77dnode148b7bbb8a5481d8cdb3be9bc9beaee . _:gff64c59b9f612942d77dnode148b7bbb8a5481d8cdb3be9bc9beaee "East African lakes"@en . _:gff64c59b9f612942d77dnode148b7bbb8a5481d8cdb3be9bc9beaee . _:gff64c59b9f612942d77dnode148b7bbb8a5481d8cdb3be9bc9beaee "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176447/East-African-lakes/37061/Transportation"@en . _:gbe5ae77cb92496d94574node85537ada20d731f98a3d1b4f9cfaa2 . _:gbe5ae77cb92496d94574node85537ada20d731f98a3d1b4f9cfaa2 . _:gbe5ae77cb92496d94574node85537ada20d731f98a3d1b4f9cfaa2 "East African lakes"@en . _:gbe5ae77cb92496d94574node85537ada20d731f98a3d1b4f9cfaa2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176447/East-African-lakes/37063/Additional-Reading"@en . _:gbe5ae77cb92496d94574nodec58a9dae8e45dc3fabc9f86d3b67842e . _:gbe5ae77cb92496d94574nodec58a9dae8e45dc3fabc9f86d3b67842e "East African lakes"@en . _:gbe5ae77cb92496d94574nodec58a9dae8e45dc3fabc9f86d3b67842e . _:gbe5ae77cb92496d94574nodec58a9dae8e45dc3fabc9f86d3b67842e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176447/East-African-lakes/37063/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7node6abaca2980112f2578c9f53b787ad7da . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7node6abaca2980112f2578c9f53b787ad7da "Lake Edward"@en . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7node6abaca2980112f2578c9f53b787ad7da "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/179615/Lake-Edward"@en . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7node6abaca2980112f2578c9f53b787ad7da "\n Lake Edward,\u00A0French Lac \u00C9douard,\u00A0 one of the great lakes of the Western Rift Valley in eastern Africa. It lies astride the border of Congo (Kinshasa) and Uganda at an elevation of 2,992 feet (912 m) and is 48 miles (77 km) long and 26 miles (42 km) wide. On the northeast it is connected to the smaller Lake George. The two lakes have a combined surface area of 970 square miles (2,500 square km). From Lake George, which receives the Ruwenzori River, water flows through the 20-mile- (32-kilometre-) long Kazinga Channel to Lake Edward, also fed by the Rutshuru River (crossing a wide plain in the south). Lake Edward empties northward through the Semliki River to Lake Albert (after 1973, also called Lake Mobutu Sese Seko), the waters of which empty as the Albert Nile. Lake Edward?s northern and southern shores are low plains, but most of its east and west banks are steep trough walls. To the north, the Ruwenzori Range rises to 16,795 feet (5,119 m) at Margherita Peak. The lake abounds in fish; wildlife about its shores is protected within Congo?s Virunga National Park and Uganda?s Queen Elizabeth (Ruwenzori) National Park."@en . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7nodeb3d319a2f78a6c6cde10f7415f295c2 . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7nodeb3d319a2f78a6c6cde10f7415f295c2 "Lake Edward"@en . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7nodeb3d319a2f78a6c6cde10f7415f295c2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/179615/Lake-Edward"@en . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7nodeb3d319a2f78a6c6cde10f7415f295c2 "\n Lake Edward,\u00A0French Lac \u00C9douard,\u00A0 one of the great lakes of the Western Rift Valley in eastern Africa. It lies astride the border of Congo (Kinshasa) and Uganda at an elevation of 2,992 feet (912 m) and is 48 miles (77 km) long and 26 miles (42 km) wide. On the northeast it is connected to the smaller Lake George. The two lakes have a combined surface area of 970 square miles (2,500 square km). From Lake George, which receives the Ruwenzori River, water flows through the 20-mile- (32-kilometre-) long Kazinga Channel to Lake Edward, also fed by the Rutshuru River (crossing a wide plain in the south). Lake Edward empties northward through the Semliki River to Lake Albert (after 1973, also called Lake Mobutu Sese Seko), the waters of which empty as the Albert Nile. Lake Edward?s northern and southern shores are low plains, but most of its east and west banks are steep trough walls. To the north, the Ruwenzori Range rises to 16,795 feet (5,119 m) at Margherita Peak. The lake abounds in fish; wildlife about its shores is protected within Congo?s Virunga National Park and Uganda?s Queen Elizabeth (Ruwenzori) National Park."@en . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7nodec85095949bd1acf5be915825f9514f3 . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7nodec85095949bd1acf5be915825f9514f3 "Lake Edward"@en . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7nodec85095949bd1acf5be915825f9514f3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/179615/Lake-Edward"@en . _:g672fa909ed1235280cd7nodec85095949bd1acf5be915825f9514f3 "\n Lake Edward,\u00A0French Lac \u00C9douard,\u00A0 one of the great lakes of the Western Rift Valley in eastern Africa. It lies astride the border of Congo (Kinshasa) and Uganda at an elevation of 2,992 feet (912 m) and is 48 miles (77 km) long and 26 miles (42 km) wide. On the northeast it is connected to the smaller Lake George. The two lakes have a combined surface area of 970 square miles (2,500 square km). From Lake George, which receives the Ruwenzori River, water flows through the 20-mile- (32-kilometre-) long Kazinga Channel to Lake Edward, also fed by the Rutshuru River (crossing a wide plain in the south). Lake Edward empties northward through the Semliki River to Lake Albert (after 1973, also called Lake Mobutu Sese Seko), the waters of which empty as the Albert Nile. Lake Edward?s northern and southern shores are low plains, but most of its east and west banks are steep trough walls. To the north, the Ruwenzori Range rises to 16,795 feet (5,119 m) at Margherita Peak. The lake abounds in fish; wildlife about its shores is protected within Congo?s Virunga National Park and Uganda?s Queen Elizabeth (Ruwenzori) National Park."@en . _:ge96d333558e973a9dd80node5b39c8d317c1134ad6cf1d61bf235f3 . _:ge96d333558e973a9dd80node5b39c8d317c1134ad6cf1d61bf235f3 "Areas and Volumes of the Great Lakes"@en . _:ge96d333558e973a9dd80node5b39c8d317c1134ad6cf1d61bf235f3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1800353/Areas-and-Volumes-of-the-Great-Lakes"@en . _:ge96d333558e973a9dd80node5b39c8d317c1134ad6cf1d61bf235f3 "The combined area of the Great Lakes (some 94,250 square miles [244,106 square km]) represents the largest surface of fresh water in the world. The lakes?Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario?are located in east-central North America and provide a natural border between Canada and the United States."@en . _:g6fbf0bb93975b420d636nodeba52d53f834a92a7a39845f427f876 . _:g6fbf0bb93975b420d636nodeba52d53f834a92a7a39845f427f876 "Lake Amadeus"@en . _:g6fbf0bb93975b420d636nodeba52d53f834a92a7a39845f427f876 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/18277/Lake-Amadeus"@en . _:g6fbf0bb93975b420d636nodeba52d53f834a92a7a39845f427f876 "\n Lake Amadeus,\u00A0salty mud basin in southwestern Northern Territory, Australia. The lake occupies a shallow trough filled with sediments washed from the MacDonnell (north) and Musgrave (south) ranges. It intermittently contains a few inches of water and at such times may measure as much as 90 miles (145 km) long and 12 miles (20 km) wide, covering some 340 square miles (880 square km). When dry, it is a playa, or salt flat. The explorer Ernest Giles visited the lake in 1872 and named it for Amadeus, then king of Spain. Some cattle, sustained by underground water, are raised in the vicinity, and natural gas is exploited north of the lake. Lake Neale is a similar feature to the northwest."@en . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode4f7d2e771032976bcc932e4377a3dd7 . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode4f7d2e771032976bcc932e4377a3dd7 "Lake Elton"@en . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode4f7d2e771032976bcc932e4377a3dd7 . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode4f7d2e771032976bcc932e4377a3dd7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/185328/Lake-Elton"@en . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode4f7d2e771032976bcc932e4377a3dd7 "\n Lake Elton,\u00A0highly saline lake, Volgograd oblast (province), Russia, near the Russian border with Kazakhstan. The lake occupies an area of 59 square miles (152 square km) and is only 1?2 feet (0.3?0.6 m) deep. It is 60 feet (18 m) below ocean level. Salt, extracted from the lake since the early 18th century, is used for the production of magnesium chloride. Other minerals are located nearby."@en . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode7f2190a0bd2a5188cf41a1dc97c114b9 . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode7f2190a0bd2a5188cf41a1dc97c114b9 "Lake Elton"@en . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode7f2190a0bd2a5188cf41a1dc97c114b9 . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode7f2190a0bd2a5188cf41a1dc97c114b9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/185328/Lake-Elton"@en . _:gc8c01f32d7c612b642cdnode7f2190a0bd2a5188cf41a1dc97c114b9 "\n Lake Elton,\u00A0highly saline lake, Volgograd oblast (province), Russia, near the Russian border with Kazakhstan. The lake occupies an area of 59 square miles (152 square km) and is only 1?2 feet (0.3?0.6 m) deep. It is 60 feet (18 m) below ocean level. Salt, extracted from the lake since the early 18th century, is used for the production of magnesium chloride. Other minerals are located nearby."@en . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515node597eb093b37414439ffb3e5771a5db9 . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515node597eb093b37414439ffb3e5771a5db9 "Lake Amatitl?n"@en . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515node597eb093b37414439ffb3e5771a5db9 . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515node597eb093b37414439ffb3e5771a5db9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/18643/Lake-Amatitlan"@en . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515node597eb093b37414439ffb3e5771a5db9 "\n Lake Amatitl\u00E1n,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Amatitl\u00E1n,\u00A0 lake, south-central Guatemala, in the central highlands at 4,085 feet (1,248 metres) above sea level. The volcanic lake, 130 feet (40 metres) deep, is 7 miles (11 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide and has an area of about 6 square miles (15 square km). It is fed by the Villalobos River and drained by the Michatoya River. A popular tourist area, the lake and the town of Amatitl\u00E1n, at the head of the Michatoya, lie just 16 miles (25 km) south-southwest of Guatemala City. Pacaya Volcano, which has been erupting continuously since 1965, is situated south of the lake."@en . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515nodee3de5d11af29b4f832aae86e62647c44 . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515nodee3de5d11af29b4f832aae86e62647c44 "Lake Amatitl?n"@en . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515nodee3de5d11af29b4f832aae86e62647c44 . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515nodee3de5d11af29b4f832aae86e62647c44 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/18643/Lake-Amatitlan"@en . _:g7595cde6b1c4dbfb9515nodee3de5d11af29b4f832aae86e62647c44 "\n Lake Amatitl\u00E1n,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Amatitl\u00E1n,\u00A0 lake, south-central Guatemala, in the central highlands at 4,085 feet (1,248 metres) above sea level. The volcanic lake, 130 feet (40 metres) deep, is 7 miles (11 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide and has an area of about 6 square miles (15 square km). It is fed by the Villalobos River and drained by the Michatoya River. A popular tourist area, the lake and the town of Amatitl\u00E1n, at the head of the Michatoya, lie just 16 miles (25 km) south-southwest of Guatemala City. Pacaya Volcano, which has been erupting continuously since 1965, is situated south of the lake."@en . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530node55ff5d9c6c7e5da08082d487bd5a4791 . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530node55ff5d9c6c7e5da08082d487bd5a4791 "Lake Er"@en . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530node55ff5d9c6c7e5da08082d487bd5a4791 . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530node55ff5d9c6c7e5da08082d487bd5a4791 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191349/Lake-Er"@en . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530node55ff5d9c6c7e5da08082d487bd5a4791 "\n Lake Er,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Er Hai, or (Wade-Giles romanization) Erh Hai,\u00A0 lake in western Yunnan province, China. It lies in a deep basin at the eastern foot of the snow-covered Diancang range (also called Cang Shan) between the upper waters of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), there called the Jinsha River, and the Mekong River. Lake Er is the last remnant of a larger lake, which formed the extensive alluvial plain surrounding it, particularly on the west side. It is drained from the southern end by the Yangbi River, which flows into the Mekong. The lake is about 30 miles (50 km) long from north to south but only 6 to 10 miles (10 to 16 km) wide from east to west. The surface of the lake is about 6,365 feet (1,940 metres) above sea level."@en . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530nodec979ba2f7c9236874482be8b4e88e546 . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530nodec979ba2f7c9236874482be8b4e88e546 "Lake Er"@en . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530nodec979ba2f7c9236874482be8b4e88e546 . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530nodec979ba2f7c9236874482be8b4e88e546 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191349/Lake-Er"@en . _:g0d1b749a01e5c7e56530nodec979ba2f7c9236874482be8b4e88e546 "\n Lake Er,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Er Hai, or (Wade-Giles romanization) Erh Hai,\u00A0 lake in western Yunnan province, China. It lies in a deep basin at the eastern foot of the snow-covered Diancang range (also called Cang Shan) between the upper waters of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), there called the Jinsha River, and the Mekong River. Lake Er is the last remnant of a larger lake, which formed the extensive alluvial plain surrounding it, particularly on the west side. It is drained from the southern end by the Yangbi River, which flows into the Mekong. The lake is about 30 miles (50 km) long from north to south but only 6 to 10 miles (10 to 16 km) wide from east to west. The surface of the lake is about 6,365 feet (1,940 metres) above sea level."@en . _:g59018be4fa0bd8a52f7cnodec05e984f969ecb8a57fcf451f238975 . _:g59018be4fa0bd8a52f7cnodec05e984f969ecb8a57fcf451f238975 . _:g59018be4fa0bd8a52f7cnodec05e984f969ecb8a57fcf451f238975 "Lake Erie"@en . _:g59018be4fa0bd8a52f7cnodec05e984f969ecb8a57fcf451f238975 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191415/Lake-Erie"@en . _:g59018be4fa0bd8a52f7cnodec05e984f969ecb8a57fcf451f238975 "\n Lake Erie,\u00A0fourth largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. It forms the boundary between Canada (Ontario) to the north and the United States (Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York) to the west, south, and east. The major axis of the lake extends from west-southwest to east-northeast for 241 mi (388 km), and the lake has a maximum width of 57 mi. The total area of the lake?s drainage basin is 30,140 sq mi (78,062 sq km), exclusive of surface area, which is 9,910 sq mi. The lake?s principal tributary rivers are the Detroit (carrying the discharge of Lake Huron), Huron, and Raisin rivers of Michigan; the Maumee, Portage, Sandusky, Cuyahoga, and Grand rivers of Ohio; the Cattaraugus Creek of New York; and the Grand River of Ontario. The lake discharges at its eastern end through the Niagara River, and its western end contains all of the islands, the largest being Pelee Island, Ont. With a mean surface height of 570 ft (170 m) above sea level, Erie has the smallest mean depth (62 ft) of the Great Lakes, and its deepest point is 210 ft. Because of its small size and shallow character, the lake has a comparatively short water-retention time of 2.6 years. Storms frequently cause short-period fluctuations in lake level that can amount to several feet at the ends of the lake. It is an important link in the St. Lawrence Seaway. The New York State Barge Canal has an outlet at Tonawanda, N.Y., on the Niagara River, and one of its branches enters Lake Erie at Buffalo."@en . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node47a975985f70381aa331aaf04931d1bc . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node47a975985f70381aa331aaf04931d1bc "Lough Erne"@en . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node47a975985f70381aa331aaf04931d1bc . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node47a975985f70381aa331aaf04931d1bc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191717/Lough-Erne"@en . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node47a975985f70381aa331aaf04931d1bc "Lough Erne,\u00A0Irish Loch ?irne,\u00A0\n lake in Fermanagh district (established 1973), formerly County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is 40 miles (64 km) long and has an average width of 5 miles (8 km) and a maximum depth of 200 feet (60 m). The lake consists of the shallow Upper Lough Erne, 12 miles (19 km) long, and Lower Lough Erne, 18 miles (29 km) long, linked by a 10-mile (16-kilometre) strait that is part of the River Erne. The lakes lie in an almost level carboniferous limestone plateau. Although formed by the solution of limestone, their basins are blanketed with heavy ... (100 of 195 words)"@en . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node62a450b34cd9bac97db5a83d931a64c . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node62a450b34cd9bac97db5a83d931a64c "Lough Erne"@en . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node62a450b34cd9bac97db5a83d931a64c . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node62a450b34cd9bac97db5a83d931a64c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191717/Lough-Erne"@en . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node62a450b34cd9bac97db5a83d931a64c "Lough Erne,\u00A0Irish Loch ?irne,\u00A0\n lake in Fermanagh district (established 1973), formerly County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is 40 miles (64 km) long and has an average width of 5 miles (8 km) and a maximum depth of 200 feet (60 m). The lake consists of the shallow Upper Lough Erne, 12 miles (19 km) long, and Lower Lough Erne, 18 miles (29 km) long, linked by a 10-mile (16-kilometre) strait that is part of the River Erne. The lakes lie in an almost level carboniferous limestone plateau. Although formed by the solution of limestone, their basins are blanketed with heavy ... (100 of 195 words)"@en . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node6f29593a63dda96eb1e7a916ba69140 . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node6f29593a63dda96eb1e7a916ba69140 "Lough Erne"@en . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node6f29593a63dda96eb1e7a916ba69140 . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node6f29593a63dda96eb1e7a916ba69140 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/191717/Lough-Erne"@en . _:g948cbd8d7818b6e234d5node6f29593a63dda96eb1e7a916ba69140 "Lough Erne,\u00A0Irish Loch ?irne,\u00A0\n lake in Fermanagh district (established 1973), formerly County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is 40 miles (64 km) long and has an average width of 5 miles (8 km) and a maximum depth of 200 feet (60 m). The lake consists of the shallow Upper Lough Erne, 12 miles (19 km) long, and Lower Lough Erne, 18 miles (29 km) long, linked by a 10-mile (16-kilometre) strait that is part of the River Erne. The lakes lie in an almost level carboniferous limestone plateau. Although formed by the solution of limestone, their basins are blanketed with heavy ... (100 of 195 words)"@en . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836node15aacb18d35c33edaac56a8daae2339 . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836node15aacb18d35c33edaac56a8daae2339 . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836node15aacb18d35c33edaac56a8daae2339 "Lake Eucumbene"@en . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836node15aacb18d35c33edaac56a8daae2339 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/194957/Lake-Eucumbene"@en . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836node15aacb18d35c33edaac56a8daae2339 "\n Lake Eucumbene,\u00A0one of Australia?s largest reservoirs (capacity 3,890,000 acre-feet [4,798,000,000 cubic m], surface area 56 square miles [145 square km]), the major storage facility of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, in the Eastern Highlands, New South Wales, 55 miles (88 km) southwest of Canberra. Its dam (completed 1958), fed by the Eucumbene (see photograph), Upper Murrumbidgee, and Snowy rivers, is 381 feet (116 m) high. The river waters are conveyed to and from the lake by means of pressure tunnels and are regulated to serve the Tumut and Murray electric power stations. The lake has also been developed as a tourist and fishing centre."@en . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836nodeb4949e64779155a03d7470e16e5089b1 . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836nodeb4949e64779155a03d7470e16e5089b1 . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836nodeb4949e64779155a03d7470e16e5089b1 "Lake Eucumbene"@en . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836nodeb4949e64779155a03d7470e16e5089b1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/194957/Lake-Eucumbene"@en . _:gcf9d794cc2bf6ab06836nodeb4949e64779155a03d7470e16e5089b1 "\n Lake Eucumbene,\u00A0one of Australia?s largest reservoirs (capacity 3,890,000 acre-feet [4,798,000,000 cubic m], surface area 56 square miles [145 square km]), the major storage facility of the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, in the Eastern Highlands, New South Wales, 55 miles (88 km) southwest of Canberra. Its dam (completed 1958), fed by the Eucumbene (see photograph), Upper Murrumbidgee, and Snowy rivers, is 381 feet (116 m) high. The river waters are conveyed to and from the lake by means of pressure tunnels and are regulated to serve the Tumut and Murray electric power stations. The lake has also been developed as a tourist and fishing centre."@en . _:g18deebaf63409cf30aa8node11419f2a1313ab73aef74cd0e34d33 . _:g18deebaf63409cf30aa8node11419f2a1313ab73aef74cd0e34d33 "Lake Eyasi"@en . _:g18deebaf63409cf30aa8node11419f2a1313ab73aef74cd0e34d33 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/199247/Lake-Eyasi"@en . _:g18deebaf63409cf30aa8node11419f2a1313ab73aef74cd0e34d33 "\n Lake Eyasi,\u00A0lake, northern Tanzania. It lies west of Lake Manyara and approximately 95 miles (155 km) southwest of Arusha. At an elevation of about 3,400 feet (1,040 m), the lake covers an area of about 400 square miles (1,050 square km) and occupies the bottom of a bowllike depression in a region of volcanic activity. The walls of the lake are purple lava enclosing a broad expanse of white alkaline shallows with some fresh water at depths below 33 feet (10 m). The lake has no outlet; its main inlet is the Sibiti River on the southwest. The lake drains an area of about 25,300 square miles (65,500 square km). Greater and lesser flamingos inhabit the lake shore in vast flocks."@en . _:g18deebaf63409cf30aa8node75395848b158682ffae79f7720b9c0 . _:g18deebaf63409cf30aa8node75395848b158682ffae79f7720b9c0 "Lake Eyasi"@en . _:g18deebaf63409cf30aa8node75395848b158682ffae79f7720b9c0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/199247/Lake-Eyasi"@en . _:g18deebaf63409cf30aa8node75395848b158682ffae79f7720b9c0 "\n Lake Eyasi,\u00A0lake, northern Tanzania. It lies west of Lake Manyara and approximately 95 miles (155 km) southwest of Arusha. At an elevation of about 3,400 feet (1,040 m), the lake covers an area of about 400 square miles (1,050 square km) and occupies the bottom of a bowllike depression in a region of volcanic activity. The walls of the lake are purple lava enclosing a broad expanse of white alkaline shallows with some fresh water at depths below 33 feet (10 m). The lake has no outlet; its main inlet is the Sibiti River on the southwest. The lake drains an area of about 25,300 square miles (65,500 square km). Greater and lesser flamingos inhabit the lake shore in vast flocks."@en . _:g442aba67665d5ad72898node98601baa04cab40197c8f05b1a6de9 . _:g442aba67665d5ad72898node98601baa04cab40197c8f05b1a6de9 . _:g442aba67665d5ad72898node98601baa04cab40197c8f05b1a6de9 "Finger Lakes"@en . _:g442aba67665d5ad72898node98601baa04cab40197c8f05b1a6de9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/207304/Finger-Lakes"@en . _:g442aba67665d5ad72898node98601baa04cab40197c8f05b1a6de9 "\n Finger Lakes,\u00A0group of narrow, glacial lakes in west-central New York state, U.S. They lie in north-south valleys between the vicinity of Syracuse (east) and Geneseo (west). The region, which embraces more than a dozen state parks, is noted for its scenery, many resorts, fruits (especially grapes), and vegetables. It comprises part of the Oswego River watershed of the Lake Ontario drainage system. The primary lakes from west to east are Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco, Skaneateles, and Otisco; four others to the west (Conesus, Hemlock, Canadice, and Honeoye) also are sometimes included as part of the Finger Lakes. The main lakes vary in length from 6 miles (10 km) to 40 miles (64 km) and are up to 3.5 miles (5.6 km) wide. Seneca Lake is the largest (67 square miles [174 square km]) and deepest."@en . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenode23b5167c2524a267a4263347dbad34fb . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenode23b5167c2524a267a4263347dbad34fb . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenode23b5167c2524a267a4263347dbad34fb "Flathead Lake"@en . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenode23b5167c2524a267a4263347dbad34fb "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/209708/Flathead-Lake"@en . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenode23b5167c2524a267a4263347dbad34fb "Flathead Lake,\u00A0lake in the Flathead National Forest of northwestern Montana, U.S. Flathead Lake marks the southern limit of the Rocky Mountain Trench, a structural depression extending northward to the Liard Plain of British Columbia, Canada. Bordered on the eastern shore by the Mission Range and on the west by the forested foothills of the Salish Mountains, it is 30 miles (48 km) long, 15 miles (24 km) wide, and 220 feet (67 metres) deep. It has an area that ranges from about 197 square miles (510 square km) to about 188 square miles (487 square km), making it the largest U.S. ... (100 of 192 words)"@en . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenodeca3765f72c8e902c81b98ce74dde08f . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenodeca3765f72c8e902c81b98ce74dde08f "Flathead Lake"@en . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenodeca3765f72c8e902c81b98ce74dde08f . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenodeca3765f72c8e902c81b98ce74dde08f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/209708/Flathead-Lake"@en . _:g4405d85a836df2a7d2eenodeca3765f72c8e902c81b98ce74dde08f "Flathead Lake,\u00A0lake in the Flathead National Forest of northwestern Montana, U.S. Flathead Lake marks the southern limit of the Rocky Mountain Trench, a structural depression extending northward to the Liard Plain of British Columbia, Canada. Bordered on the eastern shore by the Mission Range and on the west by the forested foothills of the Salish Mountains, it is 30 miles (48 km) long, 15 miles (24 km) wide, and 220 feet (67 metres) deep. It has an area that ranges from about 197 square miles (510 square km) to about 188 square miles (487 square km), making it the largest U.S. ... (100 of 192 words)"@en . _:gf83be3499cb76b7c4569node80ba66474acce6f7467a2e806a107928 . _:gf83be3499cb76b7c4569node80ba66474acce6f7467a2e806a107928 . _:gf83be3499cb76b7c4569node80ba66474acce6f7467a2e806a107928 "Lake Frome"@en . _:gf83be3499cb76b7c4569node80ba66474acce6f7467a2e806a107928 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/220728/Lake-Frome"@en . _:gf83be3499cb76b7c4569node80ba66474acce6f7467a2e806a107928 "\n Lake Frome,\u00A0in northeastern South Australia, a large shallow depression, 60 miles (100 km) long by 30 miles wide, intermittently filled with water, 280 miles northeast of Adelaide. It is the southernmost of an arc of such salt lakes northeast of the Flinders Range, including Lakes Gregory, Blanche, and Callabonna, all sharing a common origin in a larger ancestral Lake Eyre (to the northwest). Unless it receives water from fluctuating heavy rains in the northern Flinders or an overflow from Lake Callabonna, Frome is a dry salt pan (playa). Sighted in 1840 by Edward J. Eyre, who was seeking new grazing lands, it was considered an extension of Lake Torrens (80 miles west) until 1858. It is named after E.C. Frome, surveyor general of South Australia in the 1840s."@en . _:g72efd159e353053820eanode81e8d6451c9ac19cf445034b294ee19 . _:g72efd159e353053820eanode81e8d6451c9ac19cf445034b294ee19 . _:g72efd159e353053820eanode81e8d6451c9ac19cf445034b294ee19 "Lake Gairdner"@en . _:g72efd159e353053820eanode81e8d6451c9ac19cf445034b294ee19 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/223559/Lake-Gairdner"@en . _:g72efd159e353053820eanode81e8d6451c9ac19cf445034b294ee19 "\n Lake Gairdner,\u00A0largest of a group of shallow depressions west of Lake Torrens in central South Australia, 240 miles (386 km) northwest of Adelaide. It measures 100 miles (160 km) long by 30 miles (48 km) wide. Lying at the base of the Eyre Peninsula, the lake is a dry salt pan (playa) intermittently filled with water. Visited in 1857 almost simultaneously by Stephen Hack and Peter E. Warburton, it is named after Gordon Gairdner, former chief clerk in the Australian Department of the Colonial Office. Lake Gairdner was described by Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, governor of South Australia, in October 1857:"@en . _:g39601f2e9a6febcfe632node90f85ca21cdca6c76d5fb666847752eb . _:g39601f2e9a6febcfe632node90f85ca21cdca6c76d5fb666847752eb . _:g39601f2e9a6febcfe632node90f85ca21cdca6c76d5fb666847752eb "Sea of Galilee"@en . _:g39601f2e9a6febcfe632node90f85ca21cdca6c76d5fb666847752eb "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/224050/Sea-of-Galilee"@en . _:g39601f2e9a6febcfe632node90f85ca21cdca6c76d5fb666847752eb "\n Sea of Galilee,\u00A0also called Lake Tiberias, Arabic Bu?ayrat ?abar?y?, Hebrew Yam Kinneret,\u00A0 lake in Israel through which the Jordan River flows. From 1948 to 1967 it was bordered immediately to the northeast by the cease-fire line with Syria. It is famous for its biblical associations. Located 686 feet (209 m) below sea level, it has a surface area of 64 square miles (166 square km). The sea?s maximum depth, which occurs in the northeast, is 157 feet (48 m). Measuring 13 miles (21 km) from north to south and 7 miles (11 km) from east to west, it is pear-shaped. Its Old Testament name was Sea of Kinneret (Kinerot), but, after the exile of the Jews to Babylon in the 6th century bce, it was called the Lake of Gennesaret."@en . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canode36c72783a98d4b552b3c94b06bdd9edc . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canode36c72783a98d4b552b3c94b06bdd9edc "Lake Garda"@en . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canode36c72783a98d4b552b3c94b06bdd9edc . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canode36c72783a98d4b552b3c94b06bdd9edc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/225712/Lake-Garda"@en . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canode36c72783a98d4b552b3c94b06bdd9edc "\n Lake Garda,\u00A0Italian Lago Di Garda, also called Benaco,\u00A0 the largest (area 143 square miles [370 square km]) of the Italian lakes, bordering Lombardy (southwest and west), Veneto (east and southeast), and Trentino-Alto Adige (north). It is surpassed in area in the Alpine region only by Lakes Geneva and Constance. Lying at an elevation of 213 feet (65 m), the lake is 34 miles (54 km) long and 2?11 miles (3?18 km) wide, with a shoreline of 77.5 miles (125 km) and a maximum depth of 1,135 feet (346 m). Separated from the Adige River valley by the narrow ridge of Mount Baldo, the lake is fed by the Sarca River at its northern end, while the Mincio flows out toward the Po River at the southern end. Narrow at the northern end, between towering cliffs, the lake widens gradually southward into a nearly circular basin, with rich vegetation on the southern and western shores. The predominant winds (which may swell into violent storms) are the sover from the north in the morning and the ora from the south in the afternoon."@en . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canodecbe4dbbf79c0bb6414af1f34d3519e49 . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canodecbe4dbbf79c0bb6414af1f34d3519e49 "Lake Garda"@en . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canodecbe4dbbf79c0bb6414af1f34d3519e49 . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canodecbe4dbbf79c0bb6414af1f34d3519e49 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/225712/Lake-Garda"@en . _:gb2c1970b413f3183d4canodecbe4dbbf79c0bb6414af1f34d3519e49 "\n Lake Garda,\u00A0Italian Lago Di Garda, also called Benaco,\u00A0 the largest (area 143 square miles [370 square km]) of the Italian lakes, bordering Lombardy (southwest and west), Veneto (east and southeast), and Trentino-Alto Adige (north). It is surpassed in area in the Alpine region only by Lakes Geneva and Constance. Lying at an elevation of 213 feet (65 m), the lake is 34 miles (54 km) long and 2?11 miles (3?18 km) wide, with a shoreline of 77.5 miles (125 km) and a maximum depth of 1,135 feet (346 m). Separated from the Adige River valley by the narrow ridge of Mount Baldo, the lake is fed by the Sarca River at its northern end, while the Mincio flows out toward the Po River at the southern end. Narrow at the northern end, between towering cliffs, the lake widens gradually southward into a nearly circular basin, with rich vegetation on the southern and western shores. The predominant winds (which may swell into violent storms) are the sover from the north in the morning and the ora from the south in the afternoon."@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node22d7d732aecb9aa19771dd6d6627f888 . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node22d7d732aecb9aa19771dd6d6627f888 . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node22d7d732aecb9aa19771dd6d6627f888 "Gatun Lake"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node22d7d732aecb9aa19771dd6d6627f888 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/226942/Gatun-Lake"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node22d7d732aecb9aa19771dd6d6627f888 "Gatun Lake,\u00A0Spanish Lago Gat?n,\u00A0\n long artificial lake in Panama, constituting part of the Panama Canal system; its area is 166 square miles (430 square km). It was formed by damming the Chagres River and its smaller affluents at Gatun at the north end of the lake. Its dam (completed 1912) and spillway, a key structure of the Panama Canal, operate at a range of 5 feet (1.5 m) between water levels of 87 and 82 feet (26.5 and 25 m) above sea level. The lake?s main function is to hold sufficient water in the Gaillard Cut to the south, a ... (100 of 140 words)"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node618b9b5f18731873274e9e1c5751ff6 . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node618b9b5f18731873274e9e1c5751ff6 "Gatun Lake"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node618b9b5f18731873274e9e1c5751ff6 . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node618b9b5f18731873274e9e1c5751ff6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/226942/Gatun-Lake"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node618b9b5f18731873274e9e1c5751ff6 "Gatun Lake,\u00A0Spanish Lago Gat?n,\u00A0\n long artificial lake in Panama, constituting part of the Panama Canal system; its area is 166 square miles (430 square km). It was formed by damming the Chagres River and its smaller affluents at Gatun at the north end of the lake. Its dam (completed 1912) and spillway, a key structure of the Panama Canal, operate at a range of 5 feet (1.5 m) between water levels of 87 and 82 feet (26.5 and 25 m) above sea level. The lake?s main function is to hold sufficient water in the Gaillard Cut to the south, a ... (100 of 140 words)"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node7fbfeebdebb09c53b78429e199b578b . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node7fbfeebdebb09c53b78429e199b578b "Gatun Lake"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node7fbfeebdebb09c53b78429e199b578b . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node7fbfeebdebb09c53b78429e199b578b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/226942/Gatun-Lake"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1node7fbfeebdebb09c53b78429e199b578b "Gatun Lake,\u00A0Spanish Lago Gat?n,\u00A0\n long artificial lake in Panama, constituting part of the Panama Canal system; its area is 166 square miles (430 square km). It was formed by damming the Chagres River and its smaller affluents at Gatun at the north end of the lake. Its dam (completed 1912) and spillway, a key structure of the Panama Canal, operate at a range of 5 feet (1.5 m) between water levels of 87 and 82 feet (26.5 and 25 m) above sea level. The lake?s main function is to hold sufficient water in the Gaillard Cut to the south, a ... (100 of 140 words)"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1nodee54659a4c94583f5fa5095d1a5c3ea43 . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1nodee54659a4c94583f5fa5095d1a5c3ea43 "Gatun Lake"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1nodee54659a4c94583f5fa5095d1a5c3ea43 . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1nodee54659a4c94583f5fa5095d1a5c3ea43 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/226942/Gatun-Lake"@en . _:g80da6d2478c8926f96b1nodee54659a4c94583f5fa5095d1a5c3ea43 "Gatun Lake,\u00A0Spanish Lago Gat?n,\u00A0\n long artificial lake in Panama, constituting part of the Panama Canal system; its area is 166 square miles (430 square km). It was formed by damming the Chagres River and its smaller affluents at Gatun at the north end of the lake. Its dam (completed 1912) and spillway, a key structure of the Panama Canal, operate at a range of 5 feet (1.5 m) between water levels of 87 and 82 feet (26.5 and 25 m) above sea level. The lake?s main function is to hold sufficient water in the Gaillard Cut to the south, a ... (100 of 140 words)"@en . _:gf10882fbd15da85bc71anodec9e49ee3e13d81cde8524120903df1 . _:gf10882fbd15da85bc71anodec9e49ee3e13d81cde8524120903df1 "Lake Geneva"@en . _:gf10882fbd15da85bc71anodec9e49ee3e13d81cde8524120903df1 . _:gf10882fbd15da85bc71anodec9e49ee3e13d81cde8524120903df1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/229023/Lake-Geneva"@en . _:gf10882fbd15da85bc71anodec9e49ee3e13d81cde8524120903df1 "\n Lake Geneva,\u00A0French Lac L\u00E9man or Lac de Gen\u00E8ve, German Genfersee,\u00A0 largest Alpine lake in Europe (area 224 square miles [581 square km]), lying between southwestern Switzerland and Haute-Savoie d\u00E9partement, southeastern France. About 134 square miles (347 square km) of the lake?s area are Swiss, and 90 square miles (234 square km) are French. Crescent in shape, the lake is formed by the Rh\u00F4ne River, which enters it at the east end between Villeneuve, Switzerland, and Saint-Gingolph, France, and leaves it at the west end through the city of Geneva. The only important tributaries are the Dranse (south) and the Venoge (north). Lying at an elevation of 1,220 feet (372 metres), the lake is 45 miles (72 km) long, with a maximum width of 8.5 miles (13.5 km) and an average width of 5 miles (8 km). The maximum depth is 1,017 feet (310 metres), the mean depth 262 feet (80 metres)."@en . _:gca00c21027c14471ed92node3a8a238f41f12850b78516721e336250 . _:gca00c21027c14471ed92node3a8a238f41f12850b78516721e336250 "Lake George"@en . _:gca00c21027c14471ed92node3a8a238f41f12850b78516721e336250 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/229963/Lake-George"@en . _:gca00c21027c14471ed92node3a8a238f41f12850b78516721e336250 "Lake George,\u00A0freshwater lake in southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Canberra, just east of the Lake George Range, a low ridge in the Great Dividing Range. Occupying a structural trough formed by faulting during the Miocene Epoch (i.e., about 23 to 5.3 million years ago) or a little earlier, the lake drains a 380-square-mile (984-square-km) basin between the headstreams of the Yass and Shoalhaven rivers, although it has no external drainage itself. The lake, substantially larger about 10,000 years ago, maintains a particularly delicate balance among rainfall, evaporation, and streamflow, displaying wide ... (100 of 199 words)"@en . _:gca00c21027c14471ed92nodeb86b59b2216799a2223403ade4f6940 . _:gca00c21027c14471ed92nodeb86b59b2216799a2223403ade4f6940 "Lake George"@en . _:gca00c21027c14471ed92nodeb86b59b2216799a2223403ade4f6940 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/229963/Lake-George"@en . _:gca00c21027c14471ed92nodeb86b59b2216799a2223403ade4f6940 "Lake George,\u00A0freshwater lake in southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Canberra, just east of the Lake George Range, a low ridge in the Great Dividing Range. Occupying a structural trough formed by faulting during the Miocene Epoch (i.e., about 23 to 5.3 million years ago) or a little earlier, the lake drains a 380-square-mile (984-square-km) basin between the headstreams of the Yass and Shoalhaven rivers, although it has no external drainage itself. The lake, substantially larger about 10,000 years ago, maintains a particularly delicate balance among rainfall, evaporation, and streamflow, displaying wide ... (100 of 199 words)"@en . _:g229e824c9ead1afb335anodedf40f1af4cab83d7c319b2560abbf98 . _:g229e824c9ead1afb335anodedf40f1af4cab83d7c319b2560abbf98 . _:g229e824c9ead1afb335anodedf40f1af4cab83d7c319b2560abbf98 "Lake George"@en . _:g229e824c9ead1afb335anodedf40f1af4cab83d7c319b2560abbf98 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/229967/Lake-George"@en . _:g229e824c9ead1afb335anodedf40f1af4cab83d7c319b2560abbf98 "\n Lake George,\u00A0lake, northeastern New York state, U.S. It is 32 miles (51 km) long, 1?3 miles (1.6?5 km) wide, and extends northward from Lake George village to Ticonderoga, where it is connected to Lake Champlain through a narrow channel that descends 220 feet (67 metres) in a series of cataracts and waterfalls. Located in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains at an elevation of 320 feet (98 metres) above sea level and surrounded by low mountains?including Mounts Fivemile, at 2,258 feet (688 metres), and Black, at 2,665 feet (812 metres)?the lake is of glacial origin, has a maximum depth of about 200 feet (60 metres), and is fed by mountain streams and submerged springs. Dotted with islands, it is a popular resort area noted for its scenic beauty."@en . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnode53c2d2c4893b6435ccb44f66cfb4a46d . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnode53c2d2c4893b6435ccb44f66cfb4a46d . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnode53c2d2c4893b6435ccb44f66cfb4a46d "Great Bear Lake"@en . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnode53c2d2c4893b6435ccb44f66cfb4a46d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/242949/Great-Bear-Lake"@en . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnode53c2d2c4893b6435ccb44f66cfb4a46d "\n Great Bear Lake,\u00A0lake, in northern Fort Smith region and southeastern Inuvik region, Northwest Territories, Canada, lying astride the Arctic Circle. It was discovered before 1800 by North West Company traders and later named for the bears that inhabited its shores. Irregular in shape and containing many small islands, Great Bear Lake is roughly 200 miles (320 km) long and 25?110 miles (40?175 km) wide and has a maximum depth of 1,356 feet (413 m). Its area of 12,096 square miles (31,328 square km) makes it the largest lake entirely within Canada and the fourth largest in North America. The lake?s cold, clear waters abound with fish, notably the speckled trout. The localities of Echo and Sawmill bays on the eastern shore and the trading post of Fort Franklin on the west are the lake?s main settlements. The 70-mile- (113-kilometre-) long Great Bear River, which drains the lake westward through marshes into the Mackenzie River, forms an important transportation link during its four ice-free months."@en . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnodee246b17b693d365d6d98c466828f1 . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnodee246b17b693d365d6d98c466828f1 "Great Bear Lake"@en . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnodee246b17b693d365d6d98c466828f1 . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnodee246b17b693d365d6d98c466828f1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/242949/Great-Bear-Lake"@en . _:gdc06039c046681e7a0dfnodee246b17b693d365d6d98c466828f1 "\n Great Bear Lake,\u00A0lake, in northern Fort Smith region and southeastern Inuvik region, Northwest Territories, Canada, lying astride the Arctic Circle. It was discovered before 1800 by North West Company traders and later named for the bears that inhabited its shores. Irregular in shape and containing many small islands, Great Bear Lake is roughly 200 miles (320 km) long and 25?110 miles (40?175 km) wide and has a maximum depth of 1,356 feet (413 m). Its area of 12,096 square miles (31,328 square km) makes it the largest lake entirely within Canada and the fourth largest in North America. The lake?s cold, clear waters abound with fish, notably the speckled trout. The localities of Echo and Sawmill bays on the eastern shore and the trading post of Fort Franklin on the west are the lake?s main settlements. The 70-mile- (113-kilometre-) long Great Bear River, which drains the lake westward through marshes into the Mackenzie River, forms an important transportation link during its four ice-free months."@en . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode2ee3c5d125259de06c92d53242c6e76 . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode2ee3c5d125259de06c92d53242c6e76 . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode2ee3c5d125259de06c92d53242c6e76 "Great Lake"@en . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode2ee3c5d125259de06c92d53242c6e76 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243395/Great-Lake"@en . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode2ee3c5d125259de06c92d53242c6e76 "\n Great Lake,\u00A0largest natural freshwater lake in Australia, lying on Tasmania?s Central Plateau at an elevation of 3,398 feet (1,036 m). It has an area of 61 square miles (158 square km), measures 14 miles (22 km) by 7 miles (11 km), and fills a shallow depression averaging 40 feet (12 m) in depth. The lake?s original catchment basin of 150 square miles (390 square km) has been expanded to 400 square miles (1,040 square km) by the building of several dams, including the Miena on the Shannon River at its southern outlet. The Great Lake is one of several storage reservoirs in Tasmania harnessed for hydroelectric development. In addition, it provides summer pasture, excellent trout fishing, and other activities for tourists who come from Hobart via the Lake Highway. The lake is within the Central Plateau Conservation Area, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness UNESCO World Heritage site (designated 1982)."@en . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode759fab74f6cfeabc8dbca67fc18fc1 . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode759fab74f6cfeabc8dbca67fc18fc1 "Great Lake"@en . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode759fab74f6cfeabc8dbca67fc18fc1 . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode759fab74f6cfeabc8dbca67fc18fc1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243395/Great-Lake"@en . _:gfb9ff53e1ca44693439fnode759fab74f6cfeabc8dbca67fc18fc1 "\n Great Lake,\u00A0largest natural freshwater lake in Australia, lying on Tasmania?s Central Plateau at an elevation of 3,398 feet (1,036 m). It has an area of 61 square miles (158 square km), measures 14 miles (22 km) by 7 miles (11 km), and fills a shallow depression averaging 40 feet (12 m) in depth. The lake?s original catchment basin of 150 square miles (390 square km) has been expanded to 400 square miles (1,040 square km) by the building of several dams, including the Miena on the Shannon River at its southern outlet. The Great Lake is one of several storage reservoirs in Tasmania harnessed for hydroelectric development. In addition, it provides summer pasture, excellent trout fishing, and other activities for tourists who come from Hobart via the Lake Highway. The lake is within the Central Plateau Conservation Area, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness UNESCO World Heritage site (designated 1982)."@en . _:g01ff70d227c241bf2ee8nodeb3e0168a67c5b9114d217137326a06f . _:g01ff70d227c241bf2ee8nodeb3e0168a67c5b9114d217137326a06f . _:g01ff70d227c241bf2ee8nodeb3e0168a67c5b9114d217137326a06f "Great Lakes"@en . _:g01ff70d227c241bf2ee8nodeb3e0168a67c5b9114d217137326a06f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes"@en . _:g01ff70d227c241bf2ee8nodeb3e0168a67c5b9114d217137326a06f "Great Lakes,\u00A0chain of deep freshwater lakes in east-central North America comprising Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. They are one of the great natural features of the continent and of the Earth. Although Lake Baikal in Russia has a larger volume of water, the combined area of the Great Lakes?some 94,250 square miles (244,106 square kilometres)?represents the largest surface of fresh water in the world, covering an area exceeding that of the United Kingdom. Their drainage basin of about 295,710 square miles (which includes the areas of the lakes themselves and their connecting waterways) extends approximately 690 miles from north to south and about 860 miles from Lake Superior in the west to Lake Ontario in the east. Except for Lake Michigan, the lakes provide a natural border between Canada and the United States, a frontier that was stabilized by a boundary-waters treaty of 1909. It is a source of pride for both countries that there are no fortifications or warships along the boundary."@en . _:g4013b7dd5005e03a2cc0nodea9ecd8ee8b3dda86e148bd4899ca7572 . _:g4013b7dd5005e03a2cc0nodea9ecd8ee8b3dda86e148bd4899ca7572 "Great Lakes"@en . _:g4013b7dd5005e03a2cc0nodea9ecd8ee8b3dda86e148bd4899ca7572 . _:g4013b7dd5005e03a2cc0nodea9ecd8ee8b3dda86e148bd4899ca7572 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39972/Physical-features"@en . _:g814723360fb47f31c48cnode631c73fc44e2c2a72d34e75a5933af0 . _:g814723360fb47f31c48cnode631c73fc44e2c2a72d34e75a5933af0 "Great Lakes"@en . _:g814723360fb47f31c48cnode631c73fc44e2c2a72d34e75a5933af0 . _:g814723360fb47f31c48cnode631c73fc44e2c2a72d34e75a5933af0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39974/Physiography"@en . _:g814723360fb47f31c48cnodec4c02ba44e2ef6f315ac7c4c633d5935 . _:g814723360fb47f31c48cnodec4c02ba44e2ef6f315ac7c4c633d5935 . _:g814723360fb47f31c48cnodec4c02ba44e2ef6f315ac7c4c633d5935 "Great Lakes"@en . _:g814723360fb47f31c48cnodec4c02ba44e2ef6f315ac7c4c633d5935 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39974/Physiography"@en . _:g85f04ba96c1ec33d6da6node2a28cb535787e2fe6a0c0c5296b803f . _:g85f04ba96c1ec33d6da6node2a28cb535787e2fe6a0c0c5296b803f "Great Lakes"@en . _:g85f04ba96c1ec33d6da6node2a28cb535787e2fe6a0c0c5296b803f . _:g85f04ba96c1ec33d6da6node2a28cb535787e2fe6a0c0c5296b803f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39975/Hydrology-and-climate"@en . _:g3a932a363679f001a7d9node55821dec2ee8e3791fb064e09c5cd65d . _:g3a932a363679f001a7d9node55821dec2ee8e3791fb064e09c5cd65d "Great Lakes"@en . _:g3a932a363679f001a7d9node55821dec2ee8e3791fb064e09c5cd65d . _:g3a932a363679f001a7d9node55821dec2ee8e3791fb064e09c5cd65d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39976/Plant-and-animal-life"@en . _:g7c353715c83dc2549186node6dd38a451e5c4d2fbff78da5c4e984 . _:g7c353715c83dc2549186node6dd38a451e5c4d2fbff78da5c4e984 . _:g7c353715c83dc2549186node6dd38a451e5c4d2fbff78da5c4e984 "Great Lakes"@en . _:g7c353715c83dc2549186node6dd38a451e5c4d2fbff78da5c4e984 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39978/Resources"@en . _:g7c353715c83dc2549186nodea629f2c5214bbdfd23b6e54c12649064 . _:g7c353715c83dc2549186nodea629f2c5214bbdfd23b6e54c12649064 "Great Lakes"@en . _:g7c353715c83dc2549186nodea629f2c5214bbdfd23b6e54c12649064 . _:g7c353715c83dc2549186nodea629f2c5214bbdfd23b6e54c12649064 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39978/Resources"@en . _:g51ceff23ab11835a98f6noded34c6bd2efeadb8d8db17f3b9d49483c . _:g51ceff23ab11835a98f6noded34c6bd2efeadb8d8db17f3b9d49483c . _:g51ceff23ab11835a98f6noded34c6bd2efeadb8d8db17f3b9d49483c "Great Lakes"@en . _:g51ceff23ab11835a98f6noded34c6bd2efeadb8d8db17f3b9d49483c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39979/Industry-and-transportation"@en . _:gf2f8271aa64775a8856bnodedce31472984fa6256caa22b96d9194c . _:gf2f8271aa64775a8856bnodedce31472984fa6256caa22b96d9194c . _:gf2f8271aa64775a8856bnodedce31472984fa6256caa22b96d9194c "Great Lakes"@en . _:gf2f8271aa64775a8856bnodedce31472984fa6256caa22b96d9194c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39980/Fishing-and-recreation"@en . _:gf2f8271aa64775a8856bnodef3a13a5d89cd6ef1373cab76fd4e786 . _:gf2f8271aa64775a8856bnodef3a13a5d89cd6ef1373cab76fd4e786 . _:gf2f8271aa64775a8856bnodef3a13a5d89cd6ef1373cab76fd4e786 "Great Lakes"@en . _:gf2f8271aa64775a8856bnodef3a13a5d89cd6ef1373cab76fd4e786 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39980/Fishing-and-recreation"@en . _:gac3fb815b327b0db7dd4nodec97441ee9eed6b03cb4dbaf5c24decb . _:gac3fb815b327b0db7dd4nodec97441ee9eed6b03cb4dbaf5c24decb . _:gac3fb815b327b0db7dd4nodec97441ee9eed6b03cb4dbaf5c24decb "Great Lakes"@en . _:gac3fb815b327b0db7dd4nodec97441ee9eed6b03cb4dbaf5c24decb "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243396/Great-Lakes/39981/Human-impact-on-the-lakes"@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode2028dbf79b145fb63c8a1be753263e . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode2028dbf79b145fb63c8a1be753263e . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode2028dbf79b145fb63c8a1be753263e "Great Salt Lake"@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode2028dbf79b145fb63c8a1be753263e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243671/Great-Salt-Lake"@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode2028dbf79b145fb63c8a1be753263e "\n Great Salt Lake,\u00A0lake in northern Utah, U.S., the largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most saline inland bodies of water in the world. The lake is fed by the Bear, Weber, and Jordan rivers and has no outlet. The lake has fluctuated greatly in size, depending on the rates of evaporation and the flow of the rivers that feed it. Its surface area has varied from about 2,400 square miles (6,200 square km) at its highest levels in 1873 and the mid-1980s to about 950 square miles (2,460 square km) at its lowest level in 1963. At high level the lake?s surface is 4,212 feet (1,284 metres) above sea level, and at low level it is 4,191 feet (1,277 metres). At times of median water level, the lake is generally less than 15 feet (4.5 metres) deep, with a maximum depth of 35 feet (11 metres)."@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode59ddf355aa6f32904a1d1c8192622cd . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode59ddf355aa6f32904a1d1c8192622cd . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode59ddf355aa6f32904a1d1c8192622cd "Great Salt Lake"@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode59ddf355aa6f32904a1d1c8192622cd "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243671/Great-Salt-Lake"@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnode59ddf355aa6f32904a1d1c8192622cd "\n Great Salt Lake,\u00A0lake in northern Utah, U.S., the largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most saline inland bodies of water in the world. The lake is fed by the Bear, Weber, and Jordan rivers and has no outlet. The lake has fluctuated greatly in size, depending on the rates of evaporation and the flow of the rivers that feed it. Its surface area has varied from about 2,400 square miles (6,200 square km) at its highest levels in 1873 and the mid-1980s to about 950 square miles (2,460 square km) at its lowest level in 1963. At high level the lake?s surface is 4,212 feet (1,284 metres) above sea level, and at low level it is 4,191 feet (1,277 metres). At times of median water level, the lake is generally less than 15 feet (4.5 metres) deep, with a maximum depth of 35 feet (11 metres)."@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeac9f2c5d48c2d63f85f94cfb11aca . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeac9f2c5d48c2d63f85f94cfb11aca . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeac9f2c5d48c2d63f85f94cfb11aca "Great Salt Lake"@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeac9f2c5d48c2d63f85f94cfb11aca "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243671/Great-Salt-Lake"@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeac9f2c5d48c2d63f85f94cfb11aca "\n Great Salt Lake,\u00A0lake in northern Utah, U.S., the largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most saline inland bodies of water in the world. The lake is fed by the Bear, Weber, and Jordan rivers and has no outlet. The lake has fluctuated greatly in size, depending on the rates of evaporation and the flow of the rivers that feed it. Its surface area has varied from about 2,400 square miles (6,200 square km) at its highest levels in 1873 and the mid-1980s to about 950 square miles (2,460 square km) at its lowest level in 1963. At high level the lake?s surface is 4,212 feet (1,284 metres) above sea level, and at low level it is 4,191 feet (1,277 metres). At times of median water level, the lake is generally less than 15 feet (4.5 metres) deep, with a maximum depth of 35 feet (11 metres)."@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeb544b9ea975a4d5b26d5ce1b45b1a28e . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeb544b9ea975a4d5b26d5ce1b45b1a28e "Great Salt Lake"@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeb544b9ea975a4d5b26d5ce1b45b1a28e . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeb544b9ea975a4d5b26d5ce1b45b1a28e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243671/Great-Salt-Lake"@en . _:g9bb3ff7f96413dc8ea5bnodeb544b9ea975a4d5b26d5ce1b45b1a28e "\n Great Salt Lake,\u00A0lake in northern Utah, U.S., the largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most saline inland bodies of water in the world. The lake is fed by the Bear, Weber, and Jordan rivers and has no outlet. The lake has fluctuated greatly in size, depending on the rates of evaporation and the flow of the rivers that feed it. Its surface area has varied from about 2,400 square miles (6,200 square km) at its highest levels in 1873 and the mid-1980s to about 950 square miles (2,460 square km) at its lowest level in 1963. At high level the lake?s surface is 4,212 feet (1,284 metres) above sea level, and at low level it is 4,191 feet (1,277 metres). At times of median water level, the lake is generally less than 15 feet (4.5 metres) deep, with a maximum depth of 35 feet (11 metres)."@en . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115node5bdd5e65b87cc102664e5b77fa01a . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115node5bdd5e65b87cc102664e5b77fa01a "Great Slave Lake"@en . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115node5bdd5e65b87cc102664e5b77fa01a . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115node5bdd5e65b87cc102664e5b77fa01a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243729/Great-Slave-Lake"@en . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115node5bdd5e65b87cc102664e5b77fa01a "\n Great Slave Lake,\u00A0lake, in southern Northwest Territories, Canada, near the Alberta border. It was named for the Slave Indians and has an area of 11,030 square miles (28,568 square km), which makes it the fifth largest lake in North America. It is some 300 miles (500 km) long and 30 to 140 miles (50 to 225 km) wide, has a shoreline indented by large bays, often with rocky slopes, and contains many islands. Its waters are extremely clear and deep, with a maximum depth of more than 2,000 feet (600 metres). The lake is fed by several rivers, of which the Slave River from the south is the most important, and is drained to the west by the Mackenzie River, which eventually empties into the Arctic Ocean."@en . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115nodeb3122b9d84ae9f1f4857b2b88c9d78f . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115nodeb3122b9d84ae9f1f4857b2b88c9d78f "Great Slave Lake"@en . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115nodeb3122b9d84ae9f1f4857b2b88c9d78f . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115nodeb3122b9d84ae9f1f4857b2b88c9d78f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243729/Great-Slave-Lake"@en . _:g43e592269e72d31a0115nodeb3122b9d84ae9f1f4857b2b88c9d78f "\n Great Slave Lake,\u00A0lake, in southern Northwest Territories, Canada, near the Alberta border. It was named for the Slave Indians and has an area of 11,030 square miles (28,568 square km), which makes it the fifth largest lake in North America. It is some 300 miles (500 km) long and 30 to 140 miles (50 to 225 km) wide, has a shoreline indented by large bays, often with rocky slopes, and contains many islands. Its waters are extremely clear and deep, with a maximum depth of more than 2,000 feet (600 metres). The lake is fed by several rivers, of which the Slave River from the south is the most important, and is drained to the west by the Mackenzie River, which eventually empties into the Arctic Ocean."@en . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode3fd3f7c398d46cb2e85399de9fceac . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode3fd3f7c398d46cb2e85399de9fceac . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode3fd3f7c398d46cb2e85399de9fceac "Grevelingen Lake"@en . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode3fd3f7c398d46cb2e85399de9fceac "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/245887/Grevelingen-Lake"@en . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode3fd3f7c398d46cb2e85399de9fceac "\n Grevelingen Lake,\u00A0Dutch Grevelingenmeer,\u00A0 nontidal saltwater lake, southwestern Netherlands, located between the joined islands of Schouwen and Duiveland to the south and Goeree and Overflakkee to the north. As part of the Delta Project for land reclamation and tidal flood protection, this former (14 miles [22 km ] tidal estuary of the Maas and Rhine rivers became a lake after the completion of the Brouwersdam (in 1972) at the North Sea on the west and the Grevelingendam (in 1965) at the Krammer Strait on the east."@en . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode909b5368337274a5590b0e15e6c1e2 . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode909b5368337274a5590b0e15e6c1e2 "Grevelingen Lake"@en . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode909b5368337274a5590b0e15e6c1e2 . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode909b5368337274a5590b0e15e6c1e2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/245887/Grevelingen-Lake"@en . _:g6fb260643294cfeb11benode909b5368337274a5590b0e15e6c1e2 "\n Grevelingen Lake,\u00A0Dutch Grevelingenmeer,\u00A0 nontidal saltwater lake, southwestern Netherlands, located between the joined islands of Schouwen and Duiveland to the south and Goeree and Overflakkee to the north. As part of the Delta Project for land reclamation and tidal flood protection, this former (14 miles [22 km ] tidal estuary of the Maas and Rhine rivers became a lake after the completion of the Brouwersdam (in 1972) at the North Sea on the west and the Grevelingendam (in 1965) at the Krammer Strait on the east."@en . _:gb5b5e727dc3e77830bd8node57bbdf47f1ce4c874b665a422752c60 . _:gb5b5e727dc3e77830bd8node57bbdf47f1ce4c874b665a422752c60 "Lake Guier"@en . _:gb5b5e727dc3e77830bd8node57bbdf47f1ce4c874b665a422752c60 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/248598/Lake-Guier"@en . _:gb5b5e727dc3e77830bd8node57bbdf47f1ce4c874b665a422752c60 "\n Lake Guier,\u00A0French Lac de Guier ,\u00A0 lake, northwestern Senegal. It is situated 40 miles (64 km) east of the city of Saint-Louis. Lake Guier is fed by the Bounoum (Ferlo) tributary from the south and empties into the S\u00E9n\u00E9gal River to the north. Its water is fresh, and a dam, built in 1916, prevents salt from entering the lake from the Taou\u00E9 River and the S\u00E9n\u00E9gal River delta. There are, nevertheless, salt licks used by the pastoral population of the vicinity. Since 1931, Lake Guier?s water has been used for irrigation; however, the waters have receded in recent years."@en . _:gb5b5e727dc3e77830bd8node5eb8937deedd164db54e71f5a46b8 . _:gb5b5e727dc3e77830bd8node5eb8937deedd164db54e71f5a46b8 "Lake Guier"@en . _:gb5b5e727dc3e77830bd8node5eb8937deedd164db54e71f5a46b8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/248598/Lake-Guier"@en . _:gb5b5e727dc3e77830bd8node5eb8937deedd164db54e71f5a46b8 "\n Lake Guier,\u00A0French Lac de Guier ,\u00A0 lake, northwestern Senegal. It is situated 40 miles (64 km) east of the city of Saint-Louis. Lake Guier is fed by the Bounoum (Ferlo) tributary from the south and empties into the S\u00E9n\u00E9gal River to the north. Its water is fresh, and a dam, built in 1916, prevents salt from entering the lake from the Taou\u00E9 River and the S\u00E9n\u00E9gal River delta. There are, nevertheless, salt licks used by the pastoral population of the vicinity. Since 1931, Lake Guier?s water has been used for irrigation; however, the waters have receded in recent years."@en . _:g642e11696912937ed6aanode90e09fcc6be3f6e4c047eee15ce76ca . _:g642e11696912937ed6aanode90e09fcc6be3f6e4c047eee15ce76ca "Hawr Al-?abb?niyyah"@en . _:g642e11696912937ed6aanode90e09fcc6be3f6e4c047eee15ce76ca "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/250740/Hawr-Al-Habbaniyyah"@en . _:g642e11696912937ed6aanode90e09fcc6be3f6e4c047eee15ce76ca "\n Hawr Al-?abb?niyyah,\u00A0English Lake Habbaniyyah,\u00A0 lake in Al-Anb?r mu??fa?ah (governorate), western Iraq. It is a shallow body of slightly saline water, 54 sq mi (140 sq km) in area, separated from the Euphrates River to the north by the Asibi and Zaban ridges. The lake has been used since antiquity for storing floodwater from the Euphrates; it now provides water for irrigation as well. A barrage at Al-Ram?d?, at the lake?s northwestern tip, diverts Euphrates water into it, and other channels carry water to a second storage basin, the Ab? Dibs depression. During the long period of British military presence in Iraq, there was an important Royal Air Force base just north of the lake."@en . _:g642e11696912937ed6aanodedc6ce3c1526092734a3c87dc878a36 . _:g642e11696912937ed6aanodedc6ce3c1526092734a3c87dc878a36 "Hawr Al-?abb?niyyah"@en . _:g642e11696912937ed6aanodedc6ce3c1526092734a3c87dc878a36 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/250740/Hawr-Al-Habbaniyyah"@en . _:g642e11696912937ed6aanodedc6ce3c1526092734a3c87dc878a36 "\n Hawr Al-?abb?niyyah,\u00A0English Lake Habbaniyyah,\u00A0 lake in Al-Anb?r mu??fa?ah (governorate), western Iraq. It is a shallow body of slightly saline water, 54 sq mi (140 sq km) in area, separated from the Euphrates River to the north by the Asibi and Zaban ridges. The lake has been used since antiquity for storing floodwater from the Euphrates; it now provides water for irrigation as well. A barrage at Al-Ram?d?, at the lake?s northwestern tip, diverts Euphrates water into it, and other channels carry water to a second storage basin, the Ab? Dibs depression. During the long period of British military presence in Iraq, there was an important Royal Air Force base just north of the lake."@en . _:g5383c8dc179a89381023node39f93fdf2def6a572854689c7d70d632 . _:g5383c8dc179a89381023node39f93fdf2def6a572854689c7d70d632 "Lake ?amm?r"@en . _:g5383c8dc179a89381023node39f93fdf2def6a572854689c7d70d632 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/253581/Lake-Hammar"@en . _:g5383c8dc179a89381023node39f93fdf2def6a572854689c7d70d632 "\n Lake ?amm?r,\u00A0Arabic Hawr Al-?amm?r,\u00A0 large swampy lake in southeastern Iraq, south of the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Fed by distributaries of the Euphrates, the lake (70 miles [110 km] long; 750 square miles [1,950 square km] in area) drains via a short channel into the Sha?? al-?Arab near Basra. It was once only a reed-filled marshland but was later utilized as a natural irrigation reservoir for the fertile soils of the delta region, where dates, rice, and cotton were grown. The lake and surrounding marshlands are the traditional home of the Ma?dan, a tribe of seminomadic marsh dwellers who are sometimes referred to as Marsh Arabs. Their distinctive culture is based on the herding of water buffalo, the hunting of wildfowl and pigs from reed canoes, and the building of elaborate houses of woven reeds (Arabic: mudh?f). The structures have Gothic-appearing arches made of bundles of reeds fastened together at the top; the walls are woven in intricate patterns of reeds. A 4th-millennium-bce plaque from the Sumerian city of Uruk on the western edge of the marshes depicts such a structure, showing the longevity of the style."@en . _:g5383c8dc179a89381023node4d641340fc72dab031bbf5d2d6a486c8 . _:g5383c8dc179a89381023node4d641340fc72dab031bbf5d2d6a486c8 "Lake ?amm?r"@en . _:g5383c8dc179a89381023node4d641340fc72dab031bbf5d2d6a486c8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/253581/Lake-Hammar"@en . _:g5383c8dc179a89381023node4d641340fc72dab031bbf5d2d6a486c8 "\n Lake ?amm?r,\u00A0Arabic Hawr Al-?amm?r,\u00A0 large swampy lake in southeastern Iraq, south of the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Fed by distributaries of the Euphrates, the lake (70 miles [110 km] long; 750 square miles [1,950 square km] in area) drains via a short channel into the Sha?? al-?Arab near Basra. It was once only a reed-filled marshland but was later utilized as a natural irrigation reservoir for the fertile soils of the delta region, where dates, rice, and cotton were grown. The lake and surrounding marshlands are the traditional home of the Ma?dan, a tribe of seminomadic marsh dwellers who are sometimes referred to as Marsh Arabs. Their distinctive culture is based on the herding of water buffalo, the hunting of wildfowl and pigs from reed canoes, and the building of elaborate houses of woven reeds (Arabic: mudh?f). The structures have Gothic-appearing arches made of bundles of reeds fastened together at the top; the walls are woven in intricate patterns of reeds. A 4th-millennium-bce plaque from the Sumerian city of Uruk on the western edge of the marshes depicts such a structure, showing the longevity of the style."@en . _:g0c06f3e9400f3a9dcddcnode41febcd79359bd65ddbd9d4c9f72995 . _:g0c06f3e9400f3a9dcddcnode41febcd79359bd65ddbd9d4c9f72995 . _:g0c06f3e9400f3a9dcddcnode41febcd79359bd65ddbd9d4c9f72995 "Hawea Lake"@en . _:g0c06f3e9400f3a9dcddcnode41febcd79359bd65ddbd9d4c9f72995 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/257444/Hawea-Lake"@en . _:g0c06f3e9400f3a9dcddcnode41febcd79359bd65ddbd9d4c9f72995 "Hawea Lake,\u00A0 lake in west-central South Island, New Zealand. The lake lies at the heart of a resort area 182 miles (293 km) northwest of Dunedin by road. It occupies 54 square miles (141 square km) of a valley dammed by a terminal moraine (glacial debris). The lake, 1,142 feet (348 m) above sea level, is 19 miles (31 km) long, 5 miles (8 km) wide, and 1,286 feet (392 m) deep. It drains an area of 536 square miles (1,388 square km). Its main affluent, the Hunter River, flows into the lake from east of the Southern Alps. The lake ... (100 of 160 words)"@en . _:gf33e464890c0917d2c11node758e0bc299b82226d8aff25231657ae . _:gf33e464890c0917d2c11node758e0bc299b82226d8aff25231657ae "Chott el-Hodna"@en . _:gf33e464890c0917d2c11node758e0bc299b82226d8aff25231657ae "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/268629/Chott-el-Hodna"@en . _:gf33e464890c0917d2c11node758e0bc299b82226d8aff25231657ae "\n Chott el-Hodna,\u00A0shallow saline lake in north-central Algeria. It is separated from the Tell Atlas to the north by the Hodna Mountains. The lake occupies the bottom of an arid depression (elevation of 1,280 feet [390 m]) in the Hodna Plain and serves as an interior drainage basin. Owing to the extreme rate of evaporation, Chott el-Hodna is of varying size (about 50 miles [80 km] long and 10 miles [16 km] wide) and is often dry. The Hodna depression forms a break in the Saharan Atlas, dividing the Ouled Na\u00EFl Mountains (southwest) from the Aur\u00E8s Massif (east)."@en . _:g9798ed6aff5d0d1ac01fnodee5d0225ae136dfd9bef8533ae95ea234 . _:g9798ed6aff5d0d1ac01fnodee5d0225ae136dfd9bef8533ae95ea234 . _:g9798ed6aff5d0d1ac01fnodee5d0225ae136dfd9bef8533ae95ea234 "H?vsg?l Lake"@en . _:g9798ed6aff5d0d1ac01fnodee5d0225ae136dfd9bef8533ae95ea234 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/273367/Hovsgol-Lake"@en . _:g9798ed6aff5d0d1ac01fnodee5d0225ae136dfd9bef8533ae95ea234 "\n H\u00F6vsg\u00F6l Lake,\u00A0H\u00F6vsg\u00F6l also spelled Ch\u00F6vsg\u00F6l, Mongolian H\u00F6vsg\u00F6l Nuur, or Ch\u00F6vsg\u00F6l Nuur, also called H\u00FCbs\u00FCg\u00FCl Dalay, Khubsugul Dalai, or Ozero Kosogol,\u00A0 lake in northern Mongolia. With an area of 1,012 square miles (2,620 square km), it is Mongolia?s largest freshwater lake, with depths exceeding 800 feet (244 m). It lies near the Russian border at an elevation of 5,397 feet (1,645 m), at the southern foot of the east Sayan Range. The lake is drained southward by the Egiyn River, which feeds the Selenge River in the Lake Baikal drainage basin. South of the lake lies the H\u00F6vsg\u00F6l Mountain Range."@en . _:g02f95417c506d2144617nodeb1dda70571975cabd8c6f517c653064 . _:g02f95417c506d2144617nodeb1dda70571975cabd8c6f517c653064 "Lake Hulun"@en . _:g02f95417c506d2144617nodeb1dda70571975cabd8c6f517c653064 . _:g02f95417c506d2144617nodeb1dda70571975cabd8c6f517c653064 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/274117/Lake-Hulun"@en . _:g02f95417c506d2144617nodeb1dda70571975cabd8c6f517c653064 "\n Lake Hulun,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Hulun Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Hu-lun Hu, Mongolian Hulun Nuur, also called Chalai Nor or Dalai Nor,\u00A0 large lake in the Hulun Buir Plain, northern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern China. The lake is fed by two rivers that rise in Mongolia: the Kerulen (Kelulun), which flows from the west, and the Orxon (Orshun), which flows from the south."@en . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode39fea09a8212484da24ded91fb9a3c . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode39fea09a8212484da24ded91fb9a3c . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode39fea09a8212484da24ded91fb9a3c "Hume Reservoir"@en . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode39fea09a8212484da24ded91fb9a3c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/276190/Hume-Reservoir"@en . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode39fea09a8212484da24ded91fb9a3c "\n Hume Reservoir,\u00A0 reservoir in Australia, on the Victoria?New South Wales border, at the confluence of the Mitta-Mitta and Murray rivers, 10 mi (16 km) above Albury. Completed in 1934 and named for the Australian bushman and explorer Hamilton Hume, it was enlarged in 1961 to a capacity of 2,500,000 ac-ft (3,100,000,000 cu m); this necessitated the moving of the township of Tallangatta. The reservoir is part of the Murray River Scheme, which provides both states with water for domestic uses and for livestock, irrigation, and hydroelectric power."@en . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode949368455f4079414c6a3e83a1785bd7 . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode949368455f4079414c6a3e83a1785bd7 . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode949368455f4079414c6a3e83a1785bd7 "Hume Reservoir"@en . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode949368455f4079414c6a3e83a1785bd7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/276190/Hume-Reservoir"@en . _:g5adfd5794929d99a8caanode949368455f4079414c6a3e83a1785bd7 "\n Hume Reservoir,\u00A0 reservoir in Australia, on the Victoria?New South Wales border, at the confluence of the Mitta-Mitta and Murray rivers, 10 mi (16 km) above Albury. Completed in 1934 and named for the Australian bushman and explorer Hamilton Hume, it was enlarged in 1961 to a capacity of 2,500,000 ac-ft (3,100,000,000 cu m); this necessitated the moving of the township of Tallangatta. The reservoir is part of the Murray River Scheme, which provides both states with water for domestic uses and for livestock, irrigation, and hydroelectric power."@en . _:g6caf9b7dc0c88b6a125dnodeb5485c8c654846ec3fbc4070ec72c8 . _:g6caf9b7dc0c88b6a125dnodeb5485c8c654846ec3fbc4070ec72c8 "Hongze Lake"@en . _:g6caf9b7dc0c88b6a125dnodeb5485c8c654846ec3fbc4070ec72c8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/276609/Hongze-Lake"@en . _:g6caf9b7dc0c88b6a125dnodeb5485c8c654846ec3fbc4070ec72c8 "\n Hongze Lake,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Hongze Hu, or (Wade-Giles romanization) Hung-tse Hu ,\u00A0 large lake in the Huai River valley, on the border between Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, eastern China. It was given the name Hongze Lake by the emperor Yangdi (reigned ad 604?617/618) of the Sui dynasty (581?618). In Tang and early Song times (from the 7th to the 10th century) it was smaller than its present surface area of 757 square miles (1,960 square km), probably less than a third of its present size. It was also separated from the main course of the Huai River, which flowed to the south and southeast of the lake. The Huai was shallow and difficult to navigate; and in the 11th century, under the Song dynasty (960?1279), various canals were constructed to make use of the lake as a part of the canal system between Kaifeng (in Henan province) and Chuzhou (modern Huai?an; in Jiangsu province), joining the lake to the Huai. When, in 1194, the Huang He (Yellow River) changed its course to the south to join the Huai at modern Qingjiang (in Jiangsu), it usurped the lower course of the Huai, which no longer had a direct outlet to the sea. The waters of the Huai discharged into Hongze Lake, which then grew to its present size, inundating a vast area of fertile irrigated land. The surplus waters of the lake flowed southeast, via the Gaobao and Baoying lakes and the channel of the Grand Canal to the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), east of Yangzhou (in Jiangsu). The lake is shallow, and, in the course of centuries, its bottom silted up. By the 19th century, flooding in the area was frequent and severe. In the 1930s a new channel was dug from the eastern shore of the lake directly to the sea. This canal was restored and improved in 1951?52 under the name of the Subei Canal, and, together with the comprehensive water conservancy project for the Huai River valley, it has reduced flooding. The lake surface is only some 50 feet (15 metres) above sea level, however, and drainage remains a problem. Most of the lake is too shallow for any but small boats."@en . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15node3a6283c69fee231d36bf9f280145082 . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15node3a6283c69fee231d36bf9f280145082 . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15node3a6283c69fee231d36bf9f280145082 "Lake Huron"@en . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15node3a6283c69fee231d36bf9f280145082 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/277306/Lake-Huron"@en . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15node3a6283c69fee231d36bf9f280145082 "\n Lake Huron,\u00A0second largest of the Great Lakes of North America, bounded on the west by Michigan (U.S.) and on the north and east by Ontario (Can.). The lake is 206 mi (331 km) long from northwest to southeast, and its maximum width is 183 mi. The total area of its drainage basin is 51,700 sq mi (133,900 sq km), exclusive of the lake surface area, which is 23,000 sq mi. Inflow into the lake is received from Lake Superior (via the St. Marys River), from Lake Michigan (via the Straits of Mackinac), and from numerous streams draining the adjacent lands. The lake discharges at its southern end into Lake Erie (via the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, and the Detroit River). With a mean surface height of 577 ft (176 m) above sea level, the lake reaches a maximum depth of 750 ft. Many islands lie in the northeastern part of the lake, notably Manitoulin Island and many others in Georgian Bay and the North Channel. Scenic Mackinac Island and several others are located near the Straits of Mackinac in the northwest part of the lake, and Saginaw Bay indents the Michigan coast."@en . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15nodeed969c83d0237aa5fc3458b456eb90a5 . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15nodeed969c83d0237aa5fc3458b456eb90a5 "Lake Huron"@en . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15nodeed969c83d0237aa5fc3458b456eb90a5 . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15nodeed969c83d0237aa5fc3458b456eb90a5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/277306/Lake-Huron"@en . _:g8c90bc7f10202daefe15nodeed969c83d0237aa5fc3458b456eb90a5 "\n Lake Huron,\u00A0second largest of the Great Lakes of North America, bounded on the west by Michigan (U.S.) and on the north and east by Ontario (Can.). The lake is 206 mi (331 km) long from northwest to southeast, and its maximum width is 183 mi. The total area of its drainage basin is 51,700 sq mi (133,900 sq km), exclusive of the lake surface area, which is 23,000 sq mi. Inflow into the lake is received from Lake Superior (via the St. Marys River), from Lake Michigan (via the Straits of Mackinac), and from numerous streams draining the adjacent lands. The lake discharges at its southern end into Lake Erie (via the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, and the Detroit River). With a mean surface height of 577 ft (176 m) above sea level, the lake reaches a maximum depth of 750 ft. Many islands lie in the northeastern part of the lake, notably Manitoulin Island and many others in Georgian Bay and the North Channel. Scenic Mackinac Island and several others are located near the Straits of Mackinac in the northwest part of the lake, and Saginaw Bay indents the Michigan coast."@en . _:gf14da984b5c12fc42e76nodeee3c7cdba18c3f215667d311a8c7f1d9 . _:gf14da984b5c12fc42e76nodeee3c7cdba18c3f215667d311a8c7f1d9 . _:gf14da984b5c12fc42e76nodeee3c7cdba18c3f215667d311a8c7f1d9 "IJsselmeer"@en . _:gf14da984b5c12fc42e76nodeee3c7cdba18c3f215667d311a8c7f1d9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/282539/IJsselmeer"@en . _:gf14da984b5c12fc42e76nodeee3c7cdba18c3f215667d311a8c7f1d9 "\n IJsselmeer,\u00A0shallow freshwater lake, northern and central Netherlands. It was formed from the southern part of the former Zuiderzee by the building of a dam (Afsluitdijk; completed 1932) separating the IJsselmeer from both the Waddenzee (the northern part of the former Zuiderzee) and the North Sea."@en . _:ga2ac9776d834fa3599d1nodea7a6536251374bcf37a6c724613fe354 . _:ga2ac9776d834fa3599d1nodea7a6536251374bcf37a6c724613fe354 "Iliamna Lake"@en . _:ga2ac9776d834fa3599d1nodea7a6536251374bcf37a6c724613fe354 . _:ga2ac9776d834fa3599d1nodea7a6536251374bcf37a6c724613fe354 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/282826/Iliamna-Lake"@en . _:ga2ac9776d834fa3599d1nodea7a6536251374bcf37a6c724613fe354 "\n Iliamna Lake,\u00A0inland body of water, southwestern Alaska, U.S. It lies west of Cook Inlet (Gulf of Alaska), near Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (north) and Katmai National Park and Preserve (south). Named by Tanaina Indians, the lake was said to be inhabited by a mythical giant blackfish that would bite holes in canoes. The second largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States (after Lake Michigan), it is 80 miles (130 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide and covers an area of 1,150 square miles (3,000 square km). It drains southwest through the Kvichak River into Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea. The lake has several islands, including Porcupine, Flat, Triangle, and Seal islands, and it is noted for its game fish, especially rainbow trout. The active Iliamna Volcano (10,016 feet [3,053 metres]) lies northeast of the lake at the head of Tuxedni Glacier. The shores of the lake are dotted with small communities, inhabited predominantly by Alaskan natives; tourism is economically important for the town of Iliamna, on the lake?s north side."@en . _:g84226461c8dbf9caf75bnode4d8e7b298f29328ff7db7ee51afbd432 . _:g84226461c8dbf9caf75bnode4d8e7b298f29328ff7db7ee51afbd432 . _:g84226461c8dbf9caf75bnode4d8e7b298f29328ff7db7ee51afbd432 "Lake Ilmen"@en . _:g84226461c8dbf9caf75bnode4d8e7b298f29328ff7db7ee51afbd432 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/283147/Lake-Ilmen"@en . _:g84226461c8dbf9caf75bnode4d8e7b298f29328ff7db7ee51afbd432 "\n Lake Ilmen,\u00A0lake in Novgorod oblast (province), northwestern Russia. Lake Ilmen occupies the centre of the Ilmen Plain, an undulating glacial lowland much of which is drained by rivers flowing into the lake; the lake in turn provides the headwaters of the Volkhov River. The lake occupies a shallow basin almost filled by riverine deposits, and its area varies vastly according to river flow?between 283 and 807 square miles (733 and 2,090 square km). The lake is navigable in summer months and has an average depth of 33 feet (10 m). Among the nearly 50 rivers that flow into Lake Ilmen, the largest are the Msta, Pola, Lovat, Psizha, and Shelon. The Volkhov flows out of the lake."@en . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node36fb0d4b46a9c84ee2b25cc6d2938ea . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node36fb0d4b46a9c84ee2b25cc6d2938ea "Lake Ilopango"@en . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node36fb0d4b46a9c84ee2b25cc6d2938ea . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node36fb0d4b46a9c84ee2b25cc6d2938ea "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/283182/Lake-Ilopango"@en . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node36fb0d4b46a9c84ee2b25cc6d2938ea "\n Lake Ilopango,\u00A0Spanish Lago De Ilopango,\u00A0 lake, south central El Salvador, on the borders of San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatl\u00E1n departments. Occupying the crater of an extinct volcano, at an altitude of 1,450 ft (442 m), it has an area of 40 sq mi (100 sq km). In 1880 the water level rose, a natural channel (R\u00EDo Jiboa) was formed on the eastern side, and the resultant drainage left a volcanic island in the centre of the lake. The island, known as Ilopango Volcano, is 150 ft high and 500 ft across. In 1928 the water again rose, destroying houses along the shoreline. The lake has since become a popular tourist resort, with activity centred on the towns of Asino and Ilopango on the western shore."@en . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node5ab29b33ce99ca29284b357660d09185 . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node5ab29b33ce99ca29284b357660d09185 "Lake Ilopango"@en . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node5ab29b33ce99ca29284b357660d09185 . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node5ab29b33ce99ca29284b357660d09185 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/283182/Lake-Ilopango"@en . _:gfa54ff5bef69f3fd5bb7node5ab29b33ce99ca29284b357660d09185 "\n Lake Ilopango,\u00A0Spanish Lago De Ilopango,\u00A0 lake, south central El Salvador, on the borders of San Salvador, La Paz, and Cuscatl\u00E1n departments. Occupying the crater of an extinct volcano, at an altitude of 1,450 ft (442 m), it has an area of 40 sq mi (100 sq km). In 1880 the water level rose, a natural channel (R\u00EDo Jiboa) was formed on the eastern side, and the resultant drainage left a volcanic island in the centre of the lake. The island, known as Ilopango Volcano, is 150 ft high and 500 ft across. In 1928 the water again rose, destroying houses along the shoreline. The lake has since become a popular tourist resort, with activity centred on the towns of Asino and Ilopango on the western shore."@en . _:gc04023c5af073b8a479anodee6741b313c58876910da86501c2f1830 . _:gc04023c5af073b8a479anodee6741b313c58876910da86501c2f1830 "Lake Inari"@en . _:gc04023c5af073b8a479anodee6741b313c58876910da86501c2f1830 . _:gc04023c5af073b8a479anodee6741b313c58876910da86501c2f1830 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/284490/Lake-Inari"@en . _:gc04023c5af073b8a479anodee6741b313c58876910da86501c2f1830 "\n Lake Inari,\u00A0largest lake in northern Finland, lying near the Russian border. At an elevation of 389 ft (119 m), it is approximately 50 mi (80 km) long and 25 mi (40 km) wide at its farthest points, has an area of 425 sq mi (1,102 sq km), and is about 200 ft (61 m) deep. The lake is fed by the Ivalo River from the southwest and drained by the Paats River on the east to the Arctic Ocean. The town of Inari, a Sami trading centre, is on the southwestern shore. The lake?s excellent fishing and boating attract many tourists."@en . _:g61d34e1f8527c98e4fe9nodeb06d40816146be65dff90eba927d69 . _:g61d34e1f8527c98e4fe9nodeb06d40816146be65dff90eba927d69 "Lake Apan?s"@en . _:g61d34e1f8527c98e4fe9nodeb06d40816146be65dff90eba927d69 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/29310/Lake-Apanas"@en . _:g61d34e1f8527c98e4fe9nodeb06d40816146be65dff90eba927d69 "\n Lake Apan\u00E1s,\u00A0Spanish Lago De Apan\u00E1s,\u00A0 reservoir in northern Nicaragua. Formed by damming the Tuma River just north of Jinotega city, Lake Apan\u00E1s has an area of 20 square miles (51 square km). It supplies the Asturias hydroelectric station, the largest in the country and the focus of a power grid serving much of the more densely settled Pacific zone of Nicaragua."@en . _:g61d34e1f8527c98e4fe9nodef0e3f023a0594e95a5626f7c9a94995 . _:g61d34e1f8527c98e4fe9nodef0e3f023a0594e95a5626f7c9a94995 "Lake Apan?s"@en . _:g61d34e1f8527c98e4fe9nodef0e3f023a0594e95a5626f7c9a94995 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/29310/Lake-Apanas"@en . _:g61d34e1f8527c98e4fe9nodef0e3f023a0594e95a5626f7c9a94995 "\n Lake Apan\u00E1s,\u00A0Spanish Lago De Apan\u00E1s,\u00A0 reservoir in northern Nicaragua. Formed by damming the Tuma River just north of Jinotega city, Lake Apan\u00E1s has an area of 20 square miles (51 square km). It supplies the Asturias hydroelectric station, the largest in the country and the focus of a power grid serving much of the more densely settled Pacific zone of Nicaragua."@en . _:gfefbd1cd734375272f85nodefd8c3a20c37f7e7edbf6dec261843bcc . _:gfefbd1cd734375272f85nodefd8c3a20c37f7e7edbf6dec261843bcc "Iowa Great Lakes"@en . _:gfefbd1cd734375272f85nodefd8c3a20c37f7e7edbf6dec261843bcc . _:gfefbd1cd734375272f85nodefd8c3a20c37f7e7edbf6dec261843bcc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/293194/Iowa-Great-Lakes"@en . _:gfefbd1cd734375272f85nodefd8c3a20c37f7e7edbf6dec261843bcc "\n Iowa Great Lakes,\u00A0popular resort area in Dickinson county, northwestern Iowa, U.S., just south of the Minnesota border. Included are Spirit (or Big Spirit), West Okoboji, East Okoboji, and Silver lakes, all of which are of glacial origin. Spirit Lake, the largest?4 miles (6 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide?lies just north of the town of Spirit Lake, which is the chief community of the region. West Okoboji Lake is noted for the crystalline clarity of its waters."@en . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node2353f2eca411288f56f645661aa52f54 . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node2353f2eca411288f56f645661aa52f54 "Lake Iseo"@en . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node2353f2eca411288f56f645661aa52f54 . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node2353f2eca411288f56f645661aa52f54 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/295257/Lake-Iseo"@en . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node2353f2eca411288f56f645661aa52f54 "\n Lake Iseo,\u00A0Italian Lago D?iseo, Latin Lacus Sebinus,\u00A0 lake in Lombardia (Lombardy) region, northern Italy, between Bergamo and Brescia provinces, at the southern foot of the Alps at an altitude of 610 feet (186 m). The lake is 15.5 miles (25 km) long with a maximum width of 3 miles (5 km), a maximum depth of 820 feet (250 m), and a surface area of 24 square miles (62 square km). It is fed by the Oglio River, a tributary of the Po River, which enters the northern end near Lovere from the deep, wide Val (valley) Camonica and leaves the southern end at Sarnico. Monte Isola, in the centre of the lake, is Italy?s largest lacustrine island (area 5 square miles [13 square km]); it rises to 1,965 feet (599 m) and is crowned by a chapel. The islet of San Paolo, south of Monte Isola, is occupied by the buildings of a small disused Franciscan convent, and that of Loreto, north, has a ruined chapel containing frescoes."@en . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node4d701974c3cff9971c461f1f3adddb3d . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node4d701974c3cff9971c461f1f3adddb3d . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node4d701974c3cff9971c461f1f3adddb3d "Lake Iseo"@en . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node4d701974c3cff9971c461f1f3adddb3d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/295257/Lake-Iseo"@en . _:gad80b17bd93e62c4a106node4d701974c3cff9971c461f1f3adddb3d "\n Lake Iseo,\u00A0Italian Lago D?iseo, Latin Lacus Sebinus,\u00A0 lake in Lombardia (Lombardy) region, northern Italy, between Bergamo and Brescia provinces, at the southern foot of the Alps at an altitude of 610 feet (186 m). The lake is 15.5 miles (25 km) long with a maximum width of 3 miles (5 km), a maximum depth of 820 feet (250 m), and a surface area of 24 square miles (62 square km). It is fed by the Oglio River, a tributary of the Po River, which enters the northern end near Lovere from the deep, wide Val (valley) Camonica and leaves the southern end at Sarnico. Monte Isola, in the centre of the lake, is Italy?s largest lacustrine island (area 5 square miles [13 square km]); it rises to 1,965 feet (599 m) and is crowned by a chapel. The islet of San Paolo, south of Monte Isola, is occupied by the buildings of a small disused Franciscan convent, and that of Loreto, north, has a ruined chapel containing frescoes."@en . _:g478cce922ce594fe9e09nodee8e99b792792be25ed22a0b53e9aaae . _:g478cce922ce594fe9e09nodee8e99b792792be25ed22a0b53e9aaae "Island Lake"@en . _:g478cce922ce594fe9e09nodee8e99b792792be25ed22a0b53e9aaae "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/295991/Island-Lake"@en . _:g478cce922ce594fe9e09nodee8e99b792792be25ed22a0b53e9aaae "\n Island Lake,\u00A0lake in east-central Manitoba, Canada, near the Ontario border. A post of the Hudson?s Bay Company was established on the lake in 1824, and gold was found in the area in the 1920s. The lake, which is part of the Hudson Bay drainage system, is fed by several rivers and drains northward into Goose Lake via the Island Lake River. It is 55 miles (88 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide and has an area of 472 square miles (1,222 square km). The shoreline is deeply indented by bays, and the lake is dotted by many islands, among the largest of which are Jubilee, Confederation, and Loon Foot. The settlement of Island Lake is on the northern shore."@en . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node64ab29ca5dc08c1058a376fd2bb72bc0 . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node64ab29ca5dc08c1058a376fd2bb72bc0 "Lake Itasca"@en . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node64ab29ca5dc08c1058a376fd2bb72bc0 . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node64ab29ca5dc08c1058a376fd2bb72bc0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/297905/Lake-Itasca"@en . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node64ab29ca5dc08c1058a376fd2bb72bc0 "\n Lake Itasca,\u00A0lake regarded as the main source of the Mississippi River, in Clearwater county, northwestern Minnesota, U.S. The lake, of glacial origin, covers an area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 square km) and has a maximum depth of 40 feet (12 metres). From the lake?s surface, which is 1,475 feet (450 metres) above sea level, the Mississippi flows southward 2,350 miles (3,780 km) to the Gulf of Mexico."@en . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node91e221fecfe98603225358698f88a6 . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node91e221fecfe98603225358698f88a6 "Lake Itasca"@en . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node91e221fecfe98603225358698f88a6 . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node91e221fecfe98603225358698f88a6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/297905/Lake-Itasca"@en . _:g875825f25133249a9c58node91e221fecfe98603225358698f88a6 "\n Lake Itasca,\u00A0lake regarded as the main source of the Mississippi River, in Clearwater county, northwestern Minnesota, U.S. The lake, of glacial origin, covers an area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 square km) and has a maximum depth of 40 feet (12 metres). From the lake?s surface, which is 1,475 feet (450 metres) above sea level, the Mississippi flows southward 2,350 miles (3,780 km) to the Gulf of Mexico."@en . _:g3be9a30b1985305bff24nodecdfe1c3778506ebb6d4f8bf51425a8c9 . _:g3be9a30b1985305bff24nodecdfe1c3778506ebb6d4f8bf51425a8c9 . _:g3be9a30b1985305bff24nodecdfe1c3778506ebb6d4f8bf51425a8c9 "Lake Izabal"@en . _:g3be9a30b1985305bff24nodecdfe1c3778506ebb6d4f8bf51425a8c9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/298439/Lake-Izabal"@en . _:g3be9a30b1985305bff24nodecdfe1c3778506ebb6d4f8bf51425a8c9 "\n Lake Izabal,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Izabal,\u00A0 lake in northeastern Guatemala. The country?s largest lake, Izabal occupies part of the lowlands between the Santa Cruz Mountains to the northwest and the Minas and San Isidro mountains to the southwest and southeast. It is fed by the Polochic River and is drained by the Dulce River into Amatique Bay, which is part of the Caribbean Sea. Lying only 26 feet (8 metres) above sea level, Lake Izabal is approximately 30 miles (48 km) long by 15 miles (24 km) wide, with a maximum depth of 59 feet (18 metres); its area is 228 square miles (590 square km)."@en . _:gc15918533720279b61a2nodecf1035d8b9bb121aeb421a22ea59e72 . _:gc15918533720279b61a2nodecf1035d8b9bb121aeb421a22ea59e72 "Chott El-Jarid"@en . _:gc15918533720279b61a2nodecf1035d8b9bb121aeb421a22ea59e72 . _:gc15918533720279b61a2nodecf1035d8b9bb121aeb421a22ea59e72 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/301412/Chott-El-Jarid"@en . _:gc15918533720279b61a2nodecf1035d8b9bb121aeb421a22ea59e72 "\n Chott El-Jarid,\u00A0also spelled Sha?? Al-Jar?d,\u00A0 large saline lake in southwestern Tunisia, occupying a salt-flat basin of about 1,900 square miles (4,900 square km). The lake is covered with water only in the lowest areas, except after periods of heavy rains. Together with Chott El-Fedjaj (Sha?? Al-Fij?j) and Chott Al-Rharsa (Sha?? Al-Gharsah) in Tunisia and Chotts Melrhir and Merouane in Algeria, the lake forms a depression that was formerly an arm of the sea and that extends nearly 250 miles (400 km) westward from the Gulf of Gabes. This depression?s floor reaches 52 feet (16 metres) and 69 feet (21 metres) below sea level in Jarid and Rharsa lakes, respectively. The extensive salt flats of Chott El-Jarid have been an important source of phosphates since the discovery of the mineral there in 1949. The flats are now crossed by a roadway that has become a route for tourists visiting the desert oases and hinterland towns. Tozeur (Tawzar) and Nefta (Naf?ah), the main oases towns on the lake?s periphery, are noted for their date palm production."@en . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2node1210a4cc65f66d16bb392f8383f7616 . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2node1210a4cc65f66d16bb392f8383f7616 "Kainji Lake"@en . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2node1210a4cc65f66d16bb392f8383f7616 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/309799/Kainji-Lake"@en . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2node1210a4cc65f66d16bb392f8383f7616 "\n Kainji Lake,\u00A0 reservoir on the Niger River, on the border between Niger and Kebbi states, in western Nigeria. It was created in 1968 by the construction of the Kainji Dam and covers an area of 500 square miles (1,300 square km); it is used extensively for fishing and irrigation. The lake completely submerged Foge Island in the Niger River, the town of Bussa, and other riverine settlements; part of the old town of Yelwa (the seat of Yauri emirate) was also permanently flooded. About 50,000 people?mostly Reshe (Gungunci, Gungawa), Busa (Busawa, Bussangi), Kamberi, Nupe, Lopawa, and Laro?were displaced. Most of these remain near the lake in the government?s ?Resettlement Villages,? which include the town of New Bussa (22 miles south of the old Bussa), completed in 1966."@en . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2node9de8b92f0662ea8fc5d53ebc28b889 . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2node9de8b92f0662ea8fc5d53ebc28b889 "Kainji Lake"@en . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2node9de8b92f0662ea8fc5d53ebc28b889 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/309799/Kainji-Lake"@en . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2node9de8b92f0662ea8fc5d53ebc28b889 "\n Kainji Lake,\u00A0 reservoir on the Niger River, on the border between Niger and Kebbi states, in western Nigeria. It was created in 1968 by the construction of the Kainji Dam and covers an area of 500 square miles (1,300 square km); it is used extensively for fishing and irrigation. The lake completely submerged Foge Island in the Niger River, the town of Bussa, and other riverine settlements; part of the old town of Yelwa (the seat of Yauri emirate) was also permanently flooded. About 50,000 people?mostly Reshe (Gungunci, Gungawa), Busa (Busawa, Bussangi), Kamberi, Nupe, Lopawa, and Laro?were displaced. Most of these remain near the lake in the government?s ?Resettlement Villages,? which include the town of New Bussa (22 miles south of the old Bussa), completed in 1966."@en . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2nodedd5a1a4a70961c456484155a8675f5d6 . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2nodedd5a1a4a70961c456484155a8675f5d6 "Kainji Lake"@en . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2nodedd5a1a4a70961c456484155a8675f5d6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/309799/Kainji-Lake"@en . _:g828516a5496cb12c3df2nodedd5a1a4a70961c456484155a8675f5d6 "\n Kainji Lake,\u00A0 reservoir on the Niger River, on the border between Niger and Kebbi states, in western Nigeria. It was created in 1968 by the construction of the Kainji Dam and covers an area of 500 square miles (1,300 square km); it is used extensively for fishing and irrigation. The lake completely submerged Foge Island in the Niger River, the town of Bussa, and other riverine settlements; part of the old town of Yelwa (the seat of Yauri emirate) was also permanently flooded. About 50,000 people?mostly Reshe (Gungunci, Gungawa), Busa (Busawa, Bussangi), Kamberi, Nupe, Lopawa, and Laro?were displaced. Most of these remain near the lake in the government?s ?Resettlement Villages,? which include the town of New Bussa (22 miles south of the old Bussa), completed in 1966."@en . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6node2cc54d1537f7de46dbded64e703367c . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6node2cc54d1537f7de46dbded64e703367c "Lake Kariba"@en . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6node2cc54d1537f7de46dbded64e703367c . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6node2cc54d1537f7de46dbded64e703367c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/312299/Lake-Kariba"@en . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6node2cc54d1537f7de46dbded64e703367c "\n Lake Kariba,\u00A0lake in central Africa, between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It was formed by damming the Zambezi River in the Kariba Gorge, where the river narrows between hills of hard rock 250 miles (400 km) below Victoria Falls. After 1960 the hydroelectric facilities of the Kariba Dam served the towns of Zambia, the Harare (formerly Salisbury) and Bulawayo areas, and the southern part of Zimbabwe. The lake, covering about 2,000 square miles (5,200 square km), extends upstream 175 miles (280 km) to Devil?s Gorge and has a maximum width of 30 miles (48 km), with a deeply indented shore and many islands. Its depth is irregular (295 feet [90 m] near the dam), and its full capacity is 146,415,000 acre-feet (180,600,000,000 cubic m). The overall project included four harbour sites, the resettlement of river dwellers, the rescue of game, and the introduction of Tilapia fish to the waters to give a 15,000-ton yield annually."@en . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6nodebd65993b3f7b772b7ee216d837ac89 . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6nodebd65993b3f7b772b7ee216d837ac89 . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6nodebd65993b3f7b772b7ee216d837ac89 "Lake Kariba"@en . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6nodebd65993b3f7b772b7ee216d837ac89 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/312299/Lake-Kariba"@en . _:ga956a5fbf99a480141d6nodebd65993b3f7b772b7ee216d837ac89 "\n Lake Kariba,\u00A0lake in central Africa, between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It was formed by damming the Zambezi River in the Kariba Gorge, where the river narrows between hills of hard rock 250 miles (400 km) below Victoria Falls. After 1960 the hydroelectric facilities of the Kariba Dam served the towns of Zambia, the Harare (formerly Salisbury) and Bulawayo areas, and the southern part of Zimbabwe. The lake, covering about 2,000 square miles (5,200 square km), extends upstream 175 miles (280 km) to Devil?s Gorge and has a maximum width of 30 miles (48 km), with a deeply indented shore and many islands. Its depth is irregular (295 feet [90 m] near the dam), and its full capacity is 146,415,000 acre-feet (180,600,000,000 cubic m). The overall project included four harbour sites, the resettlement of river dwellers, the rescue of game, and the introduction of Tilapia fish to the waters to give a 15,000-ton yield annually."@en . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodeb09e78e551f23bd339d980b03577f2b . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodeb09e78e551f23bd339d980b03577f2b "Kawartha Lakes"@en . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodeb09e78e551f23bd339d980b03577f2b . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodeb09e78e551f23bd339d980b03577f2b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/313627/Kawartha-Lakes"@en . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodeb09e78e551f23bd339d980b03577f2b "\n Kawartha Lakes,\u00A0 chain of 14 lakes in southeastern Ontario, Canada. They stretch across Peterborough and Victoria counties, just north and west of Peterborough and 30?70 miles (50?115 km) northeast of Toronto. Ranging in size from 2 to 18 square miles (5 to 47 square km), the lakes form a major link in the Trent Canal, a waterway connecting Georgian Bay in Lake Huron with Lake Ontario. The lakes are Scugog, Sturgeon, Cameron, Balsam, Pigeon, Bald, Sandy, Buckhorn, Chemong, Deer, Lovesick, Stony, Clear, and Katchewanooka. Once the centre of a lumbering region, the lakes now constitute a popular summer-resort region noted for canoeing, boating, and fishing. Kawartha is a Huron Indian word meaning ?bright waters and happy lands.?"@en . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodef337b5adc6fa4cbc2b8767832c984ca . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodef337b5adc6fa4cbc2b8767832c984ca . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodef337b5adc6fa4cbc2b8767832c984ca "Kawartha Lakes"@en . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodef337b5adc6fa4cbc2b8767832c984ca "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/313627/Kawartha-Lakes"@en . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodef337b5adc6fa4cbc2b8767832c984ca "\n Kawartha Lakes,\u00A0 chain of 14 lakes in southeastern Ontario, Canada. They stretch across Peterborough and Victoria counties, just north and west of Peterborough and 30?70 miles (50?115 km) northeast of Toronto. Ranging in size from 2 to 18 square miles (5 to 47 square km), the lakes form a major link in the Trent Canal, a waterway connecting Georgian Bay in Lake Huron with Lake Ontario. The lakes are Scugog, Sturgeon, Cameron, Balsam, Pigeon, Bald, Sandy, Buckhorn, Chemong, Deer, Lovesick, Stony, Clear, and Katchewanooka. Once the centre of a lumbering region, the lakes now constitute a popular summer-resort region noted for canoeing, boating, and fishing. Kawartha is a Huron Indian word meaning ?bright waters and happy lands.?"@en . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodefd62b2229bfdbdb93b3ab5521436ee1 . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodefd62b2229bfdbdb93b3ab5521436ee1 "Kawartha Lakes"@en . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodefd62b2229bfdbdb93b3ab5521436ee1 . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodefd62b2229bfdbdb93b3ab5521436ee1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/313627/Kawartha-Lakes"@en . _:g044d99fb42005c05cfadnodefd62b2229bfdbdb93b3ab5521436ee1 "\n Kawartha Lakes,\u00A0 chain of 14 lakes in southeastern Ontario, Canada. They stretch across Peterborough and Victoria counties, just north and west of Peterborough and 30?70 miles (50?115 km) northeast of Toronto. Ranging in size from 2 to 18 square miles (5 to 47 square km), the lakes form a major link in the Trent Canal, a waterway connecting Georgian Bay in Lake Huron with Lake Ontario. The lakes are Scugog, Sturgeon, Cameron, Balsam, Pigeon, Bald, Sandy, Buckhorn, Chemong, Deer, Lovesick, Stony, Clear, and Katchewanooka. Once the centre of a lumbering region, the lakes now constitute a popular summer-resort region noted for canoeing, boating, and fishing. Kawartha is a Huron Indian word meaning ?bright waters and happy lands.?"@en . _:g5f7d77b58e345f2d29fdnodea410542acca6ab468ae2b56fdc11de . _:g5f7d77b58e345f2d29fdnodea410542acca6ab468ae2b56fdc11de "Kentucky Lake"@en . _:g5f7d77b58e345f2d29fdnodea410542acca6ab468ae2b56fdc11de "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/315065/Kentucky-Lake"@en . _:g5f7d77b58e345f2d29fdnodea410542acca6ab468ae2b56fdc11de "\n Kentucky Lake,\u00A0one of the largest man-made lakes in the eastern United States, situated in Marshall, Calloway, Livingston, Lyon, and Trigg counties, southwestern Kentucky, U.S.; its southern extremity overlaps into Tennessee. The lake is 184 miles (296 km) long and has more than 2,300 miles (3,700 km) of shoreline; its average area is about 260 square miles (673 square km). It was created in 1944 when the Kentucky Dam impounded the Tennessee River. The dam, which is 206 feet (63 metres) high and 8,422 feet (2,567 metres) long, is the largest in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system. Located near Gilbertsville and 22 miles (35 km) upstream from Paducah, it regulates the flow from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River for navigation, hydropower, and flood control. Some 2,000 loaded barges per month pass through the lock at the eastern end of the dam. Major recreation spots are Kenlake State Park on the lake?s west shore and Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park near the dam at the lake?s northern end. There are facilities for boating, and the lake is stocked with bass, catfish, bluegill, and crappie."@en . _:g5f7d77b58e345f2d29fdnodefae87c7fb195645020c0637597e77d71 . _:g5f7d77b58e345f2d29fdnodefae87c7fb195645020c0637597e77d71 "Kentucky Lake"@en . _:g5f7d77b58e345f2d29fdnodefae87c7fb195645020c0637597e77d71 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/315065/Kentucky-Lake"@en . _:g5f7d77b58e345f2d29fdnodefae87c7fb195645020c0637597e77d71 "\n Kentucky Lake,\u00A0one of the largest man-made lakes in the eastern United States, situated in Marshall, Calloway, Livingston, Lyon, and Trigg counties, southwestern Kentucky, U.S.; its southern extremity overlaps into Tennessee. The lake is 184 miles (296 km) long and has more than 2,300 miles (3,700 km) of shoreline; its average area is about 260 square miles (673 square km). It was created in 1944 when the Kentucky Dam impounded the Tennessee River. The dam, which is 206 feet (63 metres) high and 8,422 feet (2,567 metres) long, is the largest in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system. Located near Gilbertsville and 22 miles (35 km) upstream from Paducah, it regulates the flow from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River for navigation, hydropower, and flood control. Some 2,000 loaded barges per month pass through the lock at the eastern end of the dam. Major recreation spots are Kenlake State Park on the lake?s west shore and Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park near the dam at the lake?s northern end. There are facilities for boating, and the lake is stocked with bass, catfish, bluegill, and crappie."@en . _:gdfdbbf85246f2479df49node55f2e4b24366ce6ed8b842b64cfda01d . _:gdfdbbf85246f2479df49node55f2e4b24366ce6ed8b842b64cfda01d "Lake Khanka"@en . _:gdfdbbf85246f2479df49node55f2e4b24366ce6ed8b842b64cfda01d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/316303/Lake-Khanka"@en . _:gdfdbbf85246f2479df49node55f2e4b24366ce6ed8b842b64cfda01d "\n Lake Khanka,\u00A0Russian Ozero Khanka, Chinese (Pinyin) Xingkai Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Hsing-k?ai Hu,\u00A0 shallow lake on the boundary between Siberia (Russia) and China. Most of the lakeshore is in the Primorsky territory of the Russian Far East; the northern shore is in Heilongjiang province of northeastern China. Much of the lake is surrounded by swampland. The lake varies in area from about 1,500 to 1,700 square miles (4,000 to 4,400 square km). Around the southern end is the Khanka Lowland, a rich black-earth area with some of the best soils in eastern Siberia. Lake Khanka?s outlet is the Sungacha (Song?acha) River, a tributary of the Ussuri (Wusuli) River."@en . _:gdfdbbf85246f2479df49node60377614dcbd415b96b0e861511c2b7 . _:gdfdbbf85246f2479df49node60377614dcbd415b96b0e861511c2b7 "Lake Khanka"@en . _:gdfdbbf85246f2479df49node60377614dcbd415b96b0e861511c2b7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/316303/Lake-Khanka"@en . _:gdfdbbf85246f2479df49node60377614dcbd415b96b0e861511c2b7 "\n Lake Khanka,\u00A0Russian Ozero Khanka, Chinese (Pinyin) Xingkai Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Hsing-k?ai Hu,\u00A0 shallow lake on the boundary between Siberia (Russia) and China. Most of the lakeshore is in the Primorsky territory of the Russian Far East; the northern shore is in Heilongjiang province of northeastern China. Much of the lake is surrounded by swampland. The lake varies in area from about 1,500 to 1,700 square miles (4,000 to 4,400 square km). Around the southern end is the Khanka Lowland, a rich black-earth area with some of the best soils in eastern Siberia. Lake Khanka?s outlet is the Sungacha (Song?acha) River, a tributary of the Ussuri (Wusuli) River."@en . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9node403740239251d023b5f0816b636d08b . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9node403740239251d023b5f0816b636d08b . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9node403740239251d023b5f0816b636d08b "Lake Kivu"@en . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9node403740239251d023b5f0816b636d08b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/319745/Lake-Kivu"@en . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9node403740239251d023b5f0816b636d08b "\n Lake Kivu,\u00A0French Lac Kivu,\u00A0 one of the great lakes of East Africa, situated between Congo (Kinshasa) to the west and Rwanda to the east. Lying at 4,790 feet (1,460 m) above sea level, it occupies 1,040 square miles (2,700 square km) and is 55 miles (90 km) long (north-south) and 30 miles wide (east-west). From an average depth of 722 feet (220 m), it plunges to a maximum of 1,558 feet (475 m). Lake Kivu has a rough, jagged coast and contains numerous islands, the largest of which is Idjwi. It was at one time part of a larger body of water that filled a structural trough in the Earth. Volcanic outpourings along its northern shore created a dam that separated Kivu from Lake Edward (Lake Idi Amin Dada), barred Kivu?s northern outflow, and reversed its drainage to the south through the Ruzizi (Rusizi) River into Lake Tanganyika."@en . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9nodeb57f5f1e5e5f1ffa4d1929f640a0f5 . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9nodeb57f5f1e5e5f1ffa4d1929f640a0f5 . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9nodeb57f5f1e5e5f1ffa4d1929f640a0f5 "Lake Kivu"@en . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9nodeb57f5f1e5e5f1ffa4d1929f640a0f5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/319745/Lake-Kivu"@en . _:gddae22689423d23a42b9nodeb57f5f1e5e5f1ffa4d1929f640a0f5 "\n Lake Kivu,\u00A0French Lac Kivu,\u00A0 one of the great lakes of East Africa, situated between Congo (Kinshasa) to the west and Rwanda to the east. Lying at 4,790 feet (1,460 m) above sea level, it occupies 1,040 square miles (2,700 square km) and is 55 miles (90 km) long (north-south) and 30 miles wide (east-west). From an average depth of 722 feet (220 m), it plunges to a maximum of 1,558 feet (475 m). Lake Kivu has a rough, jagged coast and contains numerous islands, the largest of which is Idjwi. It was at one time part of a larger body of water that filled a structural trough in the Earth. Volcanic outpourings along its northern shore created a dam that separated Kivu from Lake Edward (Lake Idi Amin Dada), barred Kivu?s northern outflow, and reversed its drainage to the south through the Ruzizi (Rusizi) River into Lake Tanganyika."@en . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7node6fac3ec246f1b4a82da560b9bb6ee59d . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7node6fac3ec246f1b4a82da560b9bb6ee59d "Aral Sea"@en . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7node6fac3ec246f1b4a82da560b9bb6ee59d . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7node6fac3ec246f1b4a82da560b9bb6ee59d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31983/Aral-Sea"@en . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7node6fac3ec246f1b4a82da560b9bb6ee59d "\n Aral Sea,\u00A0Uzbek Orol,\u00A0 a once-large saltwater lake straddling the boundary between Kazakhstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the south. The shallow Aral Sea was formerly the world?s fourth largest body of inland water. It nestles in the climatically inhospitable heart of Central Asia, to the east of the Caspian Sea. The Aral Sea is of great interest and increasing concern to scientists because of the remarkable shrinkage of its area and volume that began in the second half of the 20th century. This change is primarily due to the diversion (for purposes of irrigation) of the riverine waters of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya, which discharge into the Aral Sea and are its main sources of inflowing water."@en . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7nodede4c94f25d96df5ab41c0802b7d4612 . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7nodede4c94f25d96df5ab41c0802b7d4612 . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7nodede4c94f25d96df5ab41c0802b7d4612 "Aral Sea"@en . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7nodede4c94f25d96df5ab41c0802b7d4612 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31983/Aral-Sea"@en . _:g6d2600d9cf24b6593ce7nodede4c94f25d96df5ab41c0802b7d4612 "\n Aral Sea,\u00A0Uzbek Orol,\u00A0 a once-large saltwater lake straddling the boundary between Kazakhstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the south. The shallow Aral Sea was formerly the world?s fourth largest body of inland water. It nestles in the climatically inhospitable heart of Central Asia, to the east of the Caspian Sea. The Aral Sea is of great interest and increasing concern to scientists because of the remarkable shrinkage of its area and volume that began in the second half of the 20th century. This change is primarily due to the diversion (for purposes of irrigation) of the riverine waters of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya, which discharge into the Aral Sea and are its main sources of inflowing water."@en . _:g4311e82b994aae5bfea1node33523084472857a364bc99f320afbfe9 . _:g4311e82b994aae5bfea1node33523084472857a364bc99f320afbfe9 "Aral Sea"@en . _:g4311e82b994aae5bfea1node33523084472857a364bc99f320afbfe9 . _:g4311e82b994aae5bfea1node33523084472857a364bc99f320afbfe9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31983/Aral-Sea/284486/Environmental-consequences"@en . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenode987c42173b6595d159d85944b2be383c . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenode987c42173b6595d159d85944b2be383c . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenode987c42173b6595d159d85944b2be383c "Koko Nor"@en . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenode987c42173b6595d159d85944b2be383c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321249/Koko-Nor"@en . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenode987c42173b6595d159d85944b2be383c "\n Koko Nor,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Qinghai Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Ch?ing-hai Hu, Tibetan Tso Ng\u00F6mpo, English Blue Lake,\u00A0 lake, Qinghai province, west-central China. The largest mountain lake without a river outlet in Central Asia, it is located in a depression of the Qilian Mountains, its surface at an elevation of about 10,500 feet (3,200 metres) above sea level."@en . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenodee954e75acee43ffa6faa832471ada8 . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenodee954e75acee43ffa6faa832471ada8 "Koko Nor"@en . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenodee954e75acee43ffa6faa832471ada8 . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenodee954e75acee43ffa6faa832471ada8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321249/Koko-Nor"@en . _:g02e545c91532bf5357eenodee954e75acee43ffa6faa832471ada8 "\n Koko Nor,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Qinghai Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Ch?ing-hai Hu, Tibetan Tso Ng\u00F6mpo, English Blue Lake,\u00A0 lake, Qinghai province, west-central China. The largest mountain lake without a river outlet in Central Asia, it is located in a depression of the Qilian Mountains, its surface at an elevation of about 10,500 feet (3,200 metres) above sea level."@en . _:g07cc6a1611bde00a9f91nodeae87d4cb9c1396bf285d36d0ade3c0ae . _:g07cc6a1611bde00a9f91nodeae87d4cb9c1396bf285d36d0ade3c0ae "Kolleru Lake"@en . _:g07cc6a1611bde00a9f91nodeae87d4cb9c1396bf285d36d0ade3c0ae . _:g07cc6a1611bde00a9f91nodeae87d4cb9c1396bf285d36d0ade3c0ae "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321428/Kolleru-Lake"@en . _:g07cc6a1611bde00a9f91nodeae87d4cb9c1396bf285d36d0ade3c0ae "\n Kolleru Lake,\u00A0also called Colair Lake,\u00A0 lake in northeastern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It lies between the Godavari and Krishna river deltas near the city of Eluru. During the height of the summer monsoon rainy season, the lake may expand to 100 square miles (260 square km). Carp and prawns are fished commercially in the lake, and prawns are processed at the village of Akid."@en . _:g5aeb0550359938fa87e8node0c3477f1a7216db27114d1fb1be1da . _:g5aeb0550359938fa87e8node0c3477f1a7216db27114d1fb1be1da "K?nigssee"@en . _:g5aeb0550359938fa87e8node0c3477f1a7216db27114d1fb1be1da . _:g5aeb0550359938fa87e8node0c3477f1a7216db27114d1fb1be1da "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/321810/Konigssee"@en . _:g5aeb0550359938fa87e8node0c3477f1a7216db27114d1fb1be1da "\n K\u00F6nigssee,\u00A0also called Bartholom\u00E4ussee, English St. Bartholomew?s Lake,\u00A0 lake, in Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany. It lies just south of the town of Berchtesgaden, in a deep cut that is surrounded by sheer limestone mountains, within the Berchtesgaden National Park. K\u00F6nigssee is one of the most picturesque lakes in the Berchtesgadener Alps. It is 5 miles (8 km) long and from 1,500 feet (457 m) to more than 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, and its greatest depth is 617 feet (188 m). The St. Bartholomew pilgrimage church and hunting lodge, on its west shore, formerly belonged to the prince-bishops of Salzburg and later to the kings of Bavaria. The lake is stocked with Alpine trout (saibling, or arctic char)."@en . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnode9762a52dda352cdcc93b3c3ecde669e . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnode9762a52dda352cdcc93b3c3ecde669e "Kyoga Lake"@en . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnode9762a52dda352cdcc93b3c3ecde669e . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnode9762a52dda352cdcc93b3c3ecde669e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/325970/Kyoga-Lake"@en . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnode9762a52dda352cdcc93b3c3ecde669e "\n Kyoga Lake,\u00A0Kyoga also spelled Kioga,\u00A0 lake located north of Lake Victoria in central Uganda, formed by the Victoria Nile in its middle course. The many-armed lake is shallow, with swampy, papyrus-reeded shores; masses of papyrus are broken loose by strong winds and at times have completely blocked the river. Navigation for shallow-draft vessels is possible between Namasagali and Masindi Port. The lake is about 80 miles (129 km) long and is 3,390 feet (1,033 metres) above sea level."@en . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnodead4952af68dc489f95f3b94442769ec2 . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnodead4952af68dc489f95f3b94442769ec2 "Kyoga Lake"@en . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnodead4952af68dc489f95f3b94442769ec2 . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnodead4952af68dc489f95f3b94442769ec2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/325970/Kyoga-Lake"@en . _:ge1a11b947ad19f43137dnodead4952af68dc489f95f3b94442769ec2 "\n Kyoga Lake,\u00A0Kyoga also spelled Kioga,\u00A0 lake located north of Lake Victoria in central Uganda, formed by the Victoria Nile in its middle course. The many-armed lake is shallow, with swampy, papyrus-reeded shores; masses of papyrus are broken loose by strong winds and at times have completely blocked the river. Navigation for shallow-draft vessels is possible between Namasagali and Masindi Port. The lake is about 80 miles (129 km) long and is 3,390 feet (1,033 metres) above sea level."@en . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0nodea8513ed7a06fa5bc6184cb2d055d884 . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0nodea8513ed7a06fa5bc6184cb2d055d884 "Lake Ladoga"@en . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0nodea8513ed7a06fa5bc6184cb2d055d884 . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0nodea8513ed7a06fa5bc6184cb2d055d884 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/327552/Lake-Ladoga"@en . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0nodea8513ed7a06fa5bc6184cb2d055d884 "\n Lake Ladoga,\u00A0Russian Ladozhskoye Ozero, or Ladozhskoe Ozero,\u00A0 largest lake in Europe, located in northwestern Russia about 25 miles (40 km) east of St. Petersburg. It is 6,700 square miles (17,600 square km) in area?exclusive of islands?and 136 miles (219 km) long, with an average width of 51 miles (82 km) and an average depth of 167 feet (51 m). Its greatest depth, at a point west of Valaam Island, is 754 feet (230 m)."@en . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0noded751665258133a4e71ef557f2cded36 . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0noded751665258133a4e71ef557f2cded36 . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0noded751665258133a4e71ef557f2cded36 "Lake Ladoga"@en . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0noded751665258133a4e71ef557f2cded36 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/327552/Lake-Ladoga"@en . _:ge404226571c1f8bc40b0noded751665258133a4e71ef557f2cded36 "\n Lake Ladoga,\u00A0Russian Ladozhskoye Ozero, or Ladozhskoe Ozero,\u00A0 largest lake in Europe, located in northwestern Russia about 25 miles (40 km) east of St. Petersburg. It is 6,700 square miles (17,600 square km) in area?exclusive of islands?and 136 miles (219 km) long, with an average width of 51 miles (82 km) and an average depth of 167 feet (51 m). Its greatest depth, at a point west of Valaam Island, is 754 feet (230 m)."@en . _:g220f11e9aa5c1d5c5781nodecec2648262b6b8ef357caafbe10783f . _:g220f11e9aa5c1d5c5781nodecec2648262b6b8ef357caafbe10783f "Lake Lanao"@en . _:g220f11e9aa5c1d5c5781nodecec2648262b6b8ef357caafbe10783f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/328957/Lake-Lanao"@en . _:g220f11e9aa5c1d5c5781nodecec2648262b6b8ef357caafbe10783f "\n Lake Lanao,\u00A0lake, west-central Mindanao, Philippines. It is situated just south of Marawi, northwest of the Butig Mountains. Lake Lanao is the second largest lake in the Philippines and has an area of 131 square miles (340 square km). Its outlet is the Agus River, which flows north, over Maria Cristina Falls, where there is a hydroelectric power plant, to Iligan Bay. There are numerous Muslim villages around the lake."@en . _:g97daf58528551151c639node4a5c3d543cc85baafdfc18a8afef32a9 . _:g97daf58528551151c639node4a5c3d543cc85baafdfc18a8afef32a9 "Lake Lauricocha"@en . _:g97daf58528551151c639node4a5c3d543cc85baafdfc18a8afef32a9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/332465/Lake-Lauricocha"@en . _:g97daf58528551151c639node4a5c3d543cc85baafdfc18a8afef32a9 "\n Lake Lauricocha,\u00A0Spanish Lago Lauricocha,\u00A0 northernmost of a chain of glacier-fed lakes in the Andes Mountains, central Peru, about 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Lima. It lies at an elevation of 12,615 feet (3,845 m). The Mara\u00F1\u00F3n River, the main stream of the Amazon River, issues from the lake; hence, it was once regarded as the source of the Amazon. The lake lies in one of Peru?s most sparsely populated areas."@en . _:g97daf58528551151c639node99c37de6172564602f629c3ca41b10 . _:g97daf58528551151c639node99c37de6172564602f629c3ca41b10 "Lake Lauricocha"@en . _:g97daf58528551151c639node99c37de6172564602f629c3ca41b10 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/332465/Lake-Lauricocha"@en . _:g97daf58528551151c639node99c37de6172564602f629c3ca41b10 "\n Lake Lauricocha,\u00A0Spanish Lago Lauricocha,\u00A0 northernmost of a chain of glacier-fed lakes in the Andes Mountains, central Peru, about 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Lima. It lies at an elevation of 12,615 feet (3,845 m). The Mara\u00F1\u00F3n River, the main stream of the Amazon River, issues from the lake; hence, it was once regarded as the source of the Amazon. The lake lies in one of Peru?s most sparsely populated areas."@en . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode1b71c63ef9be878eed20fb5d9d9bfbf . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode1b71c63ef9be878eed20fb5d9d9bfbf . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode1b71c63ef9be878eed20fb5d9d9bfbf "Lesser Slave Lake"@en . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode1b71c63ef9be878eed20fb5d9d9bfbf "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/337280/Lesser-Slave-Lake"@en . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode1b71c63ef9be878eed20fb5d9d9bfbf "\n Lesser Slave Lake,\u00A0lake in central Alberta, Canada, 130 miles (209 km) northwest of Edmonton and 400 miles (640 km) south of Great Slave Lake (in the Northwest Territories). It is 60 miles (97 km) long by 12 miles (19 km) wide and has an area of 451 square miles (1,168 square km). Fed by many small streams, it drains eastward into the Athabasca River via the Lesser Slave River. The name, first used by the Cree Indians, refers to the Slave (Dogrib) Indians, who once inhabited its shores. The lake was an important transportation link to the Peace River district from 1910 until 1916, when its significance declined with the building of the Northern Alberta Railway along the southern shore. Today it supports commercial and recreational fishing, while the surrounding area is important for agriculture and forestry, for oil and natural gas production, and for the manufacture of pulp and lumber products. The Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park (28 square miles [73 square km]) adjoins its northeastern shore, 4 miles (6 km) north of the town of Slave Lake."@en . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode303fa53ff8ae6a41fb2fb436c708229 . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode303fa53ff8ae6a41fb2fb436c708229 . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode303fa53ff8ae6a41fb2fb436c708229 "Lesser Slave Lake"@en . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode303fa53ff8ae6a41fb2fb436c708229 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/337280/Lesser-Slave-Lake"@en . _:g4a0a3c479f0ccb98606fnode303fa53ff8ae6a41fb2fb436c708229 "\n Lesser Slave Lake,\u00A0lake in central Alberta, Canada, 130 miles (209 km) northwest of Edmonton and 400 miles (640 km) south of Great Slave Lake (in the Northwest Territories). It is 60 miles (97 km) long by 12 miles (19 km) wide and has an area of 451 square miles (1,168 square km). Fed by many small streams, it drains eastward into the Athabasca River via the Lesser Slave River. The name, first used by the Cree Indians, refers to the Slave (Dogrib) Indians, who once inhabited its shores. The lake was an important transportation link to the Peace River district from 1910 until 1916, when its significance declined with the building of the Northern Alberta Railway along the southern shore. Today it supports commercial and recreational fishing, while the surrounding area is important for agriculture and forestry, for oil and natural gas production, and for the manufacture of pulp and lumber products. The Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park (28 square miles [73 square km]) adjoins its northeastern shore, 4 miles (6 km) north of the town of Slave Lake."@en . _:gaddf3a9d641b4f877e82node6a6998e0e1344432518d7eab85a3683 . _:gaddf3a9d641b4f877e82node6a6998e0e1344432518d7eab85a3683 "Lake Llanquihue"@en . _:gaddf3a9d641b4f877e82node6a6998e0e1344432518d7eab85a3683 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/345125/Lake-Llanquihue"@en . _:gaddf3a9d641b4f877e82node6a6998e0e1344432518d7eab85a3683 "\n Lake Llanquihue,\u00A0Spanish Lago Llanquihue ,\u00A0 lake in southern Chile. The largest and, with neighbouring Todos los Santos, the best known of Chilean lakes, Llanquihue has an area of about 330 square miles (860 square km) and is 22 miles (35 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide with depths of 5,000 feet (1,500 m). Its western shores are bordered by farmlands; to the east rise forested Andean foothills. In the distance rise the snowcapped volcanoes Osorno and Calbuco, and beyond them on the Argentine border towers the great, glaciated Mount Tronador (11,660 feet [3,554 m]). The setting of the lake and good fishing have made the lakeside towns, especially Puerto Varas, Llanquihue, and Puerto Octay, popular resorts. Sawmills and a beet-sugar factory are also on its shores. Its outlet is the Maull\u00EDn River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean."@en . _:g24e9be1330f55efbcd02node4ed77cc0a8121e44b2a8c38168262c1 . _:g24e9be1330f55efbcd02node4ed77cc0a8121e44b2a8c38168262c1 . _:g24e9be1330f55efbcd02node4ed77cc0a8121e44b2a8c38168262c1 "Lake Lucerne"@en . _:g24e9be1330f55efbcd02node4ed77cc0a8121e44b2a8c38168262c1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/350557/Lake-Lucerne"@en . _:g24e9be1330f55efbcd02node4ed77cc0a8121e44b2a8c38168262c1 "\n Lake Lucerne,\u00A0also called Lake of Lucerne, or Lake of the Four Cantons, German Vierwaldst\u00E4tter See, French Lac Lucerne, or Lac des Quatre Cantons,\u00A0 principal lake of central Switzerland, surrounded by the cantons of Lucerne, Nidwalden, Uri, and Schwyz. The lake is named after the city of Lucerne, which lies at its western end. The lake is most beautifully situated between steep limestone mountains, the best-known being the Rigi (north) and Pilatus (west), at an elevation of 1,424 feet (434 m). The lake?s area is 44 square miles (114 square km); it is about 24 miles (39 km) long, with a maximum width of 2 miles (3 km) and a maximum depth of 702 feet (214 m). Great promontories such as Horw (west), B\u00FCrgenstock (south), Meggenhorn (north), and Seelisberg (south) project into its waters, giving it an irregular shape. The Reuss River enters the lake near Fl\u00FCelen (southeast) and leaves it at Lucerne, and the lake receives the rivers Muota (northeast) and the Engelberger Aa and the Sarner Aa (south)."@en . _:g442e3c4c2fafc0148dc0node6ed63eab2cd4731a37ca0e6a7c15fe . _:g442e3c4c2fafc0148dc0node6ed63eab2cd4731a37ca0e6a7c15fe . _:g442e3c4c2fafc0148dc0node6ed63eab2cd4731a37ca0e6a7c15fe "Lake Lugano"@en . _:g442e3c4c2fafc0148dc0node6ed63eab2cd4731a37ca0e6a7c15fe "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/350913/Lake-Lugano"@en . _:g442e3c4c2fafc0148dc0node6ed63eab2cd4731a37ca0e6a7c15fe "\n Lake Lugano,\u00A0Italian Lago Di Lugano, or Lago Ceresio,\u00A0 lake between Lakes Maggiore and Como with an area of 19 square miles (49 square km), of which the middle 12 square miles (31 square km) are in Ticino canton (Switzerland) and the northeastern and southwestern ends in the Lombardy regione (Italy). It lies at 889 feet (271 m) above sea level, among the outer spurs of the Alps that divide the Ticino River basin from that of the Adda, and is irregular in shape, with a western arm almost cut off from the main lake. Lake Lugano?s greatest length is about 22 miles (35 km), greatest width 2 miles (3 km), and maximum depth 945 feet (288 m). It is fed by numerous small mountain streams and is drained by the short Tresa River into Lake Maggiore. Between Melide, Switz., south of the town of Lugano, and Bissone on the eastern shore, the lake is so shallow that a great stone dam has been built across it to carry the St. Gotthard railway line and road."@en . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5node7ab940caf46e0c09671ddf4c1b5770 . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5node7ab940caf46e0c09671ddf4c1b5770 . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5node7ab940caf46e0c09671ddf4c1b5770 "Lake Magadi"@en . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5node7ab940caf46e0c09671ddf4c1b5770 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/356390/Lake-Magadi"@en . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5node7ab940caf46e0c09671ddf4c1b5770 "\n Lake Magadi,\u00A0lake, in the Great Rift Valley, southern Kenya. Lake Magadi is 20 miles (32 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide and is located about 150 miles (240 km) east of Lake Victoria. It occupies the lowest level of a vast depression, and its bed consists almost entirely of solid or semisolid soda. It was explored by Captain E.G. Smith in 1904, who found the outline irregular and traversed by great ridges. Several streams, both cold and hot, the latter heavily impregnated with soda, flow into the lake, while all about springs of soda water gush up through the caked crust, dyeing the waters a vivid pink. A railway from Mombasa leads to the lake, from which salt and gypsum are extracted."@en . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5nodedcb231d9462a21d0e0e6b3ae1cd3dce7 . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5nodedcb231d9462a21d0e0e6b3ae1cd3dce7 "Lake Magadi"@en . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5nodedcb231d9462a21d0e0e6b3ae1cd3dce7 . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5nodedcb231d9462a21d0e0e6b3ae1cd3dce7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/356390/Lake-Magadi"@en . _:ga6a6d63de4cee19e99e5nodedcb231d9462a21d0e0e6b3ae1cd3dce7 "\n Lake Magadi,\u00A0lake, in the Great Rift Valley, southern Kenya. Lake Magadi is 20 miles (32 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide and is located about 150 miles (240 km) east of Lake Victoria. It occupies the lowest level of a vast depression, and its bed consists almost entirely of solid or semisolid soda. It was explored by Captain E.G. Smith in 1904, who found the outline irregular and traversed by great ridges. Several streams, both cold and hot, the latter heavily impregnated with soda, flow into the lake, while all about springs of soda water gush up through the caked crust, dyeing the waters a vivid pink. A railway from Mombasa leads to the lake, from which salt and gypsum are extracted."@en . _:g923b8455116a30234852node10e64dbba4c7a9e13ebf776e5c0c573 . _:g923b8455116a30234852node10e64dbba4c7a9e13ebf776e5c0c573 "Lake Mai-Ndombe"@en . _:g923b8455116a30234852node10e64dbba4c7a9e13ebf776e5c0c573 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/358388/Lake-Mai-Ndombe"@en . _:g923b8455116a30234852node10e64dbba4c7a9e13ebf776e5c0c573 "\n Lake Mai-Ndombe,\u00A0formerly (until 1972) Lake Leopold Ii,\u00A0 lake in western Congo (Kinshasa), east of the Congo River and south-southeast of Lake Tumba. It covers approximately 890 square miles (2,300 square km) and is about 80 miles (130 km) long and up to 25 miles (40 km) wide. It empties south through the Fimi River into the Kasai. Shallow in depth and irregular in shape, with low, forested shores, it doubles or triples in size in rainy seasons. Inongo on the eastern shore is the main port. British-American explorer Henry (later Sir Henry) Morton Stanley was the first European to reach the lake, in 1882."@en . _:g923b8455116a30234852node8bdce91e17598c233726d0b432e631af . _:g923b8455116a30234852node8bdce91e17598c233726d0b432e631af "Lake Mai-Ndombe"@en . _:g923b8455116a30234852node8bdce91e17598c233726d0b432e631af "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/358388/Lake-Mai-Ndombe"@en . _:g923b8455116a30234852node8bdce91e17598c233726d0b432e631af "\n Lake Mai-Ndombe,\u00A0formerly (until 1972) Lake Leopold Ii,\u00A0 lake in western Congo (Kinshasa), east of the Congo River and south-southeast of Lake Tumba. It covers approximately 890 square miles (2,300 square km) and is about 80 miles (130 km) long and up to 25 miles (40 km) wide. It empties south through the Fimi River into the Kasai. Shallow in depth and irregular in shape, with low, forested shores, it doubles or triples in size in rainy seasons. Inongo on the eastern shore is the main port. British-American explorer Henry (later Sir Henry) Morton Stanley was the first European to reach the lake, in 1882."@en . _:g923b8455116a30234852node99aa7af6b95e6f875976be5a21ebba1 . _:g923b8455116a30234852node99aa7af6b95e6f875976be5a21ebba1 "Lake Mai-Ndombe"@en . _:g923b8455116a30234852node99aa7af6b95e6f875976be5a21ebba1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/358388/Lake-Mai-Ndombe"@en . _:g923b8455116a30234852node99aa7af6b95e6f875976be5a21ebba1 "\n Lake Mai-Ndombe,\u00A0formerly (until 1972) Lake Leopold Ii,\u00A0 lake in western Congo (Kinshasa), east of the Congo River and south-southeast of Lake Tumba. It covers approximately 890 square miles (2,300 square km) and is about 80 miles (130 km) long and up to 25 miles (40 km) wide. It empties south through the Fimi River into the Kasai. Shallow in depth and irregular in shape, with low, forested shores, it doubles or triples in size in rainy seasons. Inongo on the eastern shore is the main port. British-American explorer Henry (later Sir Henry) Morton Stanley was the first European to reach the lake, in 1882."@en . _:g296a682f543d85f3979enodeb1d09be6b5dc728093f28bcf31827318 . _:g296a682f543d85f3979enodeb1d09be6b5dc728093f28bcf31827318 "Lake Mainit"@en . _:g296a682f543d85f3979enodeb1d09be6b5dc728093f28bcf31827318 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/358722/Lake-Mainit"@en . _:g296a682f543d85f3979enodeb1d09be6b5dc728093f28bcf31827318 "\n Lake Mainit,\u00A0lake on the border of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Sur provinces, northeastern Mindanao, Philippines. It is the country?s fourth largest lake and has an area of 58 sq mi (150 sq km). Its outlet is the Tubay River, which flows southward before entering Butuan Bay of the Mindanao Sea. Lake Mainit is skirted on the east by the Philippine?Japan Friendship Highway, connecting Surigao and Davao. The area has secondary forests, and rice, corn (maize), and bananas are grown."@en . _:g296a682f543d85f3979enodebc3c665ace875ba18a5398c55e18b7e7 . _:g296a682f543d85f3979enodebc3c665ace875ba18a5398c55e18b7e7 "Lake Mainit"@en . _:g296a682f543d85f3979enodebc3c665ace875ba18a5398c55e18b7e7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/358722/Lake-Mainit"@en . _:g296a682f543d85f3979enodebc3c665ace875ba18a5398c55e18b7e7 "\n Lake Mainit,\u00A0lake on the border of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Sur provinces, northeastern Mindanao, Philippines. It is the country?s fourth largest lake and has an area of 58 sq mi (150 sq km). Its outlet is the Tubay River, which flows southward before entering Butuan Bay of the Mindanao Sea. Lake Mainit is skirted on the east by the Philippine?Japan Friendship Highway, connecting Surigao and Davao. The area has secondary forests, and rice, corn (maize), and bananas are grown."@en . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnode25d65fea45eab1c7a2636a472659524 . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnode25d65fea45eab1c7a2636a472659524 "Lake M?lar"@en . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnode25d65fea45eab1c7a2636a472659524 . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnode25d65fea45eab1c7a2636a472659524 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/359528/Lake-Malar"@en . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnode25d65fea45eab1c7a2636a472659524 "\n Lake M\u00E4lar,\u00A0Swedish M\u00E4laren,\u00A0 lake in eastern Sweden, located just west of Stockholm, which lies at the lake?s junction with Salt Bay, an arm of the Baltic Sea. At one time Lake M\u00E4lar was a bay of the Baltic, and seagoing vessels using it were able to sail far into the interior of Sweden. Because of movements of the Earth?s crust, however, the rock barrier at the mouth of the bay had become so shallow by about 1200 that ships had to unload near the entrance, and the bay became a lake."@en . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnodebd88e2fc5cea461d2210ccd878453b0 . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnodebd88e2fc5cea461d2210ccd878453b0 "Lake M?lar"@en . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnodebd88e2fc5cea461d2210ccd878453b0 . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnodebd88e2fc5cea461d2210ccd878453b0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/359528/Lake-Malar"@en . _:g11297221b91829ca2b1fnodebd88e2fc5cea461d2210ccd878453b0 "\n Lake M\u00E4lar,\u00A0Swedish M\u00E4laren,\u00A0 lake in eastern Sweden, located just west of Stockholm, which lies at the lake?s junction with Salt Bay, an arm of the Baltic Sea. At one time Lake M\u00E4lar was a bay of the Baltic, and seagoing vessels using it were able to sail far into the interior of Sweden. Because of movements of the Earth?s crust, however, the rock barrier at the mouth of the bay had become so shallow by about 1200 that ships had to unload near the entrance, and the bay became a lake."@en . _:g7b94d7b5a0bcf384cd81node1c4f892ba6cc5c8956c74e247ff262 . _:g7b94d7b5a0bcf384cd81node1c4f892ba6cc5c8956c74e247ff262 "Malebo Pool"@en . _:g7b94d7b5a0bcf384cd81node1c4f892ba6cc5c8956c74e247ff262 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/359978/Malebo-Pool"@en . _:g7b94d7b5a0bcf384cd81node1c4f892ba6cc5c8956c74e247ff262 "\n Malebo Pool,\u00A0 formerly Stanley Pool,\u00A0 lakelike expansion of the lower Congo River above Livingstone Falls, between the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) to the west and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) to the east. It covers an area of 174 square miles (450 square km) and is divided into deep navigable channels by Bamu Island (70 square miles [181 square km]) in its centre. Its maximum depth is 52 feet (16 m). Brazzaville and Kinshasa occupy its northwestern and southwestern shores, respectively."@en . _:g7b94d7b5a0bcf384cd81nodeb8ca9be0eae99d2ab6b87bc52179ff . _:g7b94d7b5a0bcf384cd81nodeb8ca9be0eae99d2ab6b87bc52179ff "Malebo Pool"@en . _:g7b94d7b5a0bcf384cd81nodeb8ca9be0eae99d2ab6b87bc52179ff "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/359978/Malebo-Pool"@en . _:g7b94d7b5a0bcf384cd81nodeb8ca9be0eae99d2ab6b87bc52179ff "\n Malebo Pool,\u00A0 formerly Stanley Pool,\u00A0 lakelike expansion of the lower Congo River above Livingstone Falls, between the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) to the west and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) to the east. It covers an area of 174 square miles (450 square km) and is divided into deep navigable channels by Bamu Island (70 square miles [181 square km]) in its centre. Its maximum depth is 52 feet (16 m). Brazzaville and Kinshasa occupy its northwestern and southwestern shores, respectively."@en . _:g027cb49830970576e58enode2f1ca1d11f686820b5ee36276d895a . _:g027cb49830970576e58enode2f1ca1d11f686820b5ee36276d895a "Lake Malombe"@en . _:g027cb49830970576e58enode2f1ca1d11f686820b5ee36276d895a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/360433/Lake-Malombe"@en . _:g027cb49830970576e58enode2f1ca1d11f686820b5ee36276d895a "\n Lake Malombe,\u00A0lake fed and drained by the Shire River in southern Mala?i. It lies in a broken depression running northwest from Lake Chilwa to Lake Nyasa, parallel to the Shire Rift Valley. The lake is fed by the Shire River 12 miles (19 km) below its efflux from Lake Nyasa and drains through that river?s exit from Lake Malombe?s southern shore. Malombe covers an area of 162 square miles (420 square km) and has a depth of 6?8 feet (2?2.5 m). Rice and corn (maize) are grown along the lake?s marshy shores during the dry season, and commercial fishing is economically important."@en . _:g027cb49830970576e58enode4b4a1065b582ac444f81cf2119ad1ce . _:g027cb49830970576e58enode4b4a1065b582ac444f81cf2119ad1ce "Lake Malombe"@en . _:g027cb49830970576e58enode4b4a1065b582ac444f81cf2119ad1ce "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/360433/Lake-Malombe"@en . _:g027cb49830970576e58enode4b4a1065b582ac444f81cf2119ad1ce "\n Lake Malombe,\u00A0lake fed and drained by the Shire River in southern Mala?i. It lies in a broken depression running northwest from Lake Chilwa to Lake Nyasa, parallel to the Shire Rift Valley. The lake is fed by the Shire River 12 miles (19 km) below its efflux from Lake Nyasa and drains through that river?s exit from Lake Malombe?s southern shore. Malombe covers an area of 162 square miles (420 square km) and has a depth of 6?8 feet (2?2.5 m). Rice and corn (maize) are grown along the lake?s marshy shores during the dry season, and commercial fishing is economically important."@en . _:gbb2a08321833b89baea9node702b54ccb73a1f3f22698797adee41 . _:gbb2a08321833b89baea9node702b54ccb73a1f3f22698797adee41 . _:gbb2a08321833b89baea9node702b54ccb73a1f3f22698797adee41 "Lake Managua"@en . _:gbb2a08321833b89baea9node702b54ccb73a1f3f22698797adee41 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/361252/Lake-Managua"@en . _:gbb2a08321833b89baea9node702b54ccb73a1f3f22698797adee41 "\n Lake Managua,\u00A0Spanish Lago De Managua,\u00A0 lake in western Nicaragua, in a rift valley at an elevation of 128 feet (39 m) above sea level. The lake, 65 feet (20 m) in depth, is 36 miles (58 km) from east to west and 16 miles (25 km) from north to south; its area is 400 square miles (1,035 square km). Also known by its Indian name, Xolotl\u00E1n, the lake is fed by numerous streams rising in the central highlands and the Diriamba Highlands. It is drained by the Tipitapa River, which flows into Lake Nicaragua."@en . _:g5e7a75a740bd4bb8e4a3node165d63e15094d93a336805867c85cce . _:g5e7a75a740bd4bb8e4a3node165d63e15094d93a336805867c85cce . _:g5e7a75a740bd4bb8e4a3node165d63e15094d93a336805867c85cce "Lake Manapouri"@en . _:g5e7a75a740bd4bb8e4a3node165d63e15094d93a336805867c85cce "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/361288/Lake-Manapouri"@en . _:g5e7a75a740bd4bb8e4a3node165d63e15094d93a336805867c85cce "\n Lake Manapouri,\u00A0lake, southwestern South Island, New Zealand, the deepest lake in the country. It is one of the Southern Lakes, found in the highland section of Fiordland National Park, which were formed by the glacial deepening of an existing stream valley accompanied by damming of the valley with a moraine (glacial debris). Manapouri derives its name from a Maori word meaning ?lake of the sorrowing heart,? with reference to a legend that its waters are the tears of dying sisters. It has a surface area of 55 square miles (142 square km) and a shoreline of 85 miles (137 km) extending into South, West, North, and Hope arms. From its surface, 608 feet (185 m) above sea level, the lake reaches to a depth of 1,455 feet (444 m). It drains a basin of 1,785 square miles (4,623 square km)."@en . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node3ba13476e15357e376cb7b7f81b3a89 . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node3ba13476e15357e376cb7b7f81b3a89 . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node3ba13476e15357e376cb7b7f81b3a89 "Lake Manitoba"@en . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node3ba13476e15357e376cb7b7f81b3a89 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/362382/Lake-Manitoba"@en . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node3ba13476e15357e376cb7b7f81b3a89 "\n Lake Manitoba,\u00A0narrow, irregularly shaped lake in south-central Manitoba, Canada, 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Winnipeg. Fed by many small streams and by Crane Narrows (the outlet from Lake Winnipegosis [north]), it is drained northeastward into Lake Winnipeg via Lake St. Martin and the Dauphin River. Once part of the glacial Lake Agassiz, it was discovered in 1738 by the French fur trader La V\u00E9rendrye, who named it Lac des Prairies. The name Manitoba is believed to come from the Algonquian word manito-bau or manito-wapau (?the strait of the spirit?), applied to the lake?s Narrows between Wapah (west) and Oakview (east). The lake has an area of 1,785 square miles (4,624 square km), is more than 125 miles (200 km) long, and is up to 28 miles (45 km) wide and 23 feet (7 metres) deep. It has been important for commercial fishing, though it is now fished only in the winter. Delta Marsh on its southern shores is one of the largest waterfowl staging marshes in North America."@en . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node44a0976fe8ad89b066c4fdade665cdc . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node44a0976fe8ad89b066c4fdade665cdc "Lake Manitoba"@en . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node44a0976fe8ad89b066c4fdade665cdc . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node44a0976fe8ad89b066c4fdade665cdc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/362382/Lake-Manitoba"@en . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5node44a0976fe8ad89b066c4fdade665cdc "\n Lake Manitoba,\u00A0narrow, irregularly shaped lake in south-central Manitoba, Canada, 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Winnipeg. Fed by many small streams and by Crane Narrows (the outlet from Lake Winnipegosis [north]), it is drained northeastward into Lake Winnipeg via Lake St. Martin and the Dauphin River. Once part of the glacial Lake Agassiz, it was discovered in 1738 by the French fur trader La V\u00E9rendrye, who named it Lac des Prairies. The name Manitoba is believed to come from the Algonquian word manito-bau or manito-wapau (?the strait of the spirit?), applied to the lake?s Narrows between Wapah (west) and Oakview (east). The lake has an area of 1,785 square miles (4,624 square km), is more than 125 miles (200 km) long, and is up to 28 miles (45 km) wide and 23 feet (7 metres) deep. It has been important for commercial fishing, though it is now fished only in the winter. Delta Marsh on its southern shores is one of the largest waterfowl staging marshes in North America."@en . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5nodefc5f49f5fe981ec417fc4c0a1385ede . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5nodefc5f49f5fe981ec417fc4c0a1385ede . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5nodefc5f49f5fe981ec417fc4c0a1385ede "Lake Manitoba"@en . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5nodefc5f49f5fe981ec417fc4c0a1385ede "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/362382/Lake-Manitoba"@en . _:gccd6d037e9b837096bc5nodefc5f49f5fe981ec417fc4c0a1385ede "\n Lake Manitoba,\u00A0narrow, irregularly shaped lake in south-central Manitoba, Canada, 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Winnipeg. Fed by many small streams and by Crane Narrows (the outlet from Lake Winnipegosis [north]), it is drained northeastward into Lake Winnipeg via Lake St. Martin and the Dauphin River. Once part of the glacial Lake Agassiz, it was discovered in 1738 by the French fur trader La V\u00E9rendrye, who named it Lac des Prairies. The name Manitoba is believed to come from the Algonquian word manito-bau or manito-wapau (?the strait of the spirit?), applied to the lake?s Narrows between Wapah (west) and Oakview (east). The lake has an area of 1,785 square miles (4,624 square km), is more than 125 miles (200 km) long, and is up to 28 miles (45 km) wide and 23 feet (7 metres) deep. It has been important for commercial fishing, though it is now fished only in the winter. Delta Marsh on its southern shores is one of the largest waterfowl staging marshes in North America."@en . _:gaa245afea4703986e5b4nodebe3f374fe82af2ac59cf49a74cf413fe . _:gaa245afea4703986e5b4nodebe3f374fe82af2ac59cf49a74cf413fe . _:gaa245afea4703986e5b4nodebe3f374fe82af2ac59cf49a74cf413fe "Lake Manyara"@en . _:gaa245afea4703986e5b4nodebe3f374fe82af2ac59cf49a74cf413fe "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/363314/Lake-Manyara"@en . _:gaa245afea4703986e5b4nodebe3f374fe82af2ac59cf49a74cf413fe "\n Lake Manyara,\u00A0lake in northern Tanzania, 60 miles (100 km) west-southwest of Arusha. It is 30 miles (50 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide and contains salt and rock phosphate deposits. Lake Manyara National Park, founded in 1960 and covering 124 square miles (320 square km), contains five distinct vegetation zones. Wildlife of the area includes buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard, rhinoceros, and many water birds, especially flamingos."@en . _:g16896f87587b3c6749ednode32d04af6e8ce5ade7b9e378eef21eea . _:g16896f87587b3c6749ednode32d04af6e8ce5ade7b9e378eef21eea "Lake Mapam"@en . _:g16896f87587b3c6749ednode32d04af6e8ce5ade7b9e378eef21eea . _:g16896f87587b3c6749ednode32d04af6e8ce5ade7b9e378eef21eea "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/363541/Lake-Mapam"@en . _:g16896f87587b3c6749ednode32d04af6e8ce5ade7b9e378eef21eea "\n Lake Mapam,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Mapam Yumco or Mafa Mucuo or (Wade-Giles romanization) Ma-p?ang Yung-ts?o or Ma-fa-mu-ts?o, Tibetan Tso Mapham, conventional Manasarowar,\u00A0 lake, in the western Tibet Autonomous Region of China, to the south of the Kailas Range. Lying nearly 15,000 feet (4,600 metres) above sea level, it is generally recognized as the highest body of fresh water in the world. The lake is prominent in the mythology of Hinduism, and it has traditionally been one of the most important Hindu pilgrimage centres."@en . _:g9d09f83e7217ded7f531node1536fa8369dcbb5b43f145d67163f377 . _:g9d09f83e7217ded7f531node1536fa8369dcbb5b43f145d67163f377 "Lake Mar Chiquita"@en . _:g9d09f83e7217ded7f531node1536fa8369dcbb5b43f145d67163f377 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/363698/Lake-Mar-Chiquita"@en . _:g9d09f83e7217ded7f531node1536fa8369dcbb5b43f145d67163f377 "\n Lake Mar Chiquita,\u00A0Spanish Laguna Mar Chiquita,\u00A0 saline lake at the southern edge of the Gran Chaco in northeastern C\u00F3rdoba provincia (province), north-central Argentina. It is about 45 miles (70 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide with an area of almost 775 square miles (2,000 square km). Lake Mar Chiquita is fed by the rivers Primero and Segundo (from the southwest) and Dulce (from the north) during the flood season but has no outlet to the east. Several small islands, the largest of which is El M\u00E9dano, lie in the lake. On the southern shore is the health resort of Miramar. To the north are vast expanses of saline marshes."@en . _:g9d09f83e7217ded7f531node598f29373592c85636a9ffeb2e25114b . _:g9d09f83e7217ded7f531node598f29373592c85636a9ffeb2e25114b "Lake Mar Chiquita"@en . _:g9d09f83e7217ded7f531node598f29373592c85636a9ffeb2e25114b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/363698/Lake-Mar-Chiquita"@en . _:g9d09f83e7217ded7f531node598f29373592c85636a9ffeb2e25114b "\n Lake Mar Chiquita,\u00A0Spanish Laguna Mar Chiquita,\u00A0 saline lake at the southern edge of the Gran Chaco in northeastern C\u00F3rdoba provincia (province), north-central Argentina. It is about 45 miles (70 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide with an area of almost 775 square miles (2,000 square km). Lake Mar Chiquita is fed by the rivers Primero and Segundo (from the southwest) and Dulce (from the north) during the flood season but has no outlet to the east. Several small islands, the largest of which is El M\u00E9dano, lie in the lake. On the southern shore is the health resort of Miramar. To the north are vast expanses of saline marshes."@en . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7node429859bac693d6469605845da01a . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7node429859bac693d6469605845da01a . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7node429859bac693d6469605845da01a "Lake Mead"@en . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7node429859bac693d6469605845da01a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/371440/Lake-Mead"@en . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7node429859bac693d6469605845da01a "\n Lake Mead,\u00A0reservoir of Hoover Dam, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, on the Arizona-Nevada border, 25 miles (40 km) east of Las Vegas, Nev., U.S. Formed by the damming of the Colorado River, Lake Mead extends 115 miles (185 km) upstream, is from 1 to 10 miles (1.6 to 16 km) wide, and has a capacity of 31,047,000 acre feet (38,296,200,000 cubic m) with 550 miles (885 km) of shoreline and a surface area of 229 square miles (593 square km). It was named after Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation (1924?36)."@en . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7nodeb2aed51233e2cf2816766dadd44d1be . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7nodeb2aed51233e2cf2816766dadd44d1be . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7nodeb2aed51233e2cf2816766dadd44d1be "Lake Mead"@en . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7nodeb2aed51233e2cf2816766dadd44d1be "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/371440/Lake-Mead"@en . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7nodeb2aed51233e2cf2816766dadd44d1be "\n Lake Mead,\u00A0reservoir of Hoover Dam, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, on the Arizona-Nevada border, 25 miles (40 km) east of Las Vegas, Nev., U.S. Formed by the damming of the Colorado River, Lake Mead extends 115 miles (185 km) upstream, is from 1 to 10 miles (1.6 to 16 km) wide, and has a capacity of 31,047,000 acre feet (38,296,200,000 cubic m) with 550 miles (885 km) of shoreline and a surface area of 229 square miles (593 square km). It was named after Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation (1924?36)."@en . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7noded4564ade4b3a5d19464a3ea190b78c5b . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7noded4564ade4b3a5d19464a3ea190b78c5b "Lake Mead"@en . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7noded4564ade4b3a5d19464a3ea190b78c5b . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7noded4564ade4b3a5d19464a3ea190b78c5b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/371440/Lake-Mead"@en . _:g56a9f15e5c40fb09f2e7noded4564ade4b3a5d19464a3ea190b78c5b "\n Lake Mead,\u00A0reservoir of Hoover Dam, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, on the Arizona-Nevada border, 25 miles (40 km) east of Las Vegas, Nev., U.S. Formed by the damming of the Colorado River, Lake Mead extends 115 miles (185 km) upstream, is from 1 to 10 miles (1.6 to 16 km) wide, and has a capacity of 31,047,000 acre feet (38,296,200,000 cubic m) with 550 miles (885 km) of shoreline and a surface area of 229 square miles (593 square km). It was named after Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation (1924?36)."@en . _:g03ee00000a428f51b35dnode4d678acbbf71f1ae88fc2857a91d574f . _:g03ee00000a428f51b35dnode4d678acbbf71f1ae88fc2857a91d574f "Chott Melrhir"@en . _:g03ee00000a428f51b35dnode4d678acbbf71f1ae88fc2857a91d574f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/374156/Chott-Melrhir"@en . _:g03ee00000a428f51b35dnode4d678acbbf71f1ae88fc2857a91d574f "\n Chott Melrhir,\u00A0lake in northeastern Algeria. Lying almost entirely below sea level, the Chott Melrhir is a marshy, saline lake that fluctuates in area with the seasons; usually, it is more than 80 miles (130 km) wide east?west. The Melrhir occupies the westernmost of a series of depressions extending into the Sahara from the Gulf of Gab\u00E8s, Tunisia. The lowest point in Algeria, 131 feet (40 m) below sea level, is near the lake?s centre."@en . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node365149a55a183f922c04b491a22afbd . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node365149a55a183f922c04b491a22afbd "Lake Memphremagog"@en . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node365149a55a183f922c04b491a22afbd . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node365149a55a183f922c04b491a22afbd "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/374568/Lake-Memphremagog"@en . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node365149a55a183f922c04b491a22afbd "\n Lake Memphremagog,\u00A0elongated finger lake that crosses the United States?Canadian border 5 miles (8 km) north of Newport, Vt., U.S. Extending about 27 miles (43 km) from Newport to Magog, Que., the lake forms a small part of the northern boundary of Vermont. It is only 1?2 miles (1.5?3 km) wide for most of its length but has several large embayments; these include Fitch Bay on the eastern shore and Sargents Bay on the west. Depths average 50?75 feet (15?23 m) with shallows at the southern end. A small-scale hydroelectric development has been established at the northern end of the lake where it drains by way of the Magog and St.-Fran\u00E7ois rivers into the St. Lawrence. The lake is surrounded by hills and mountains, the loftiest being Owl?s Head (3,360 feet [1,024 m]), on the western shore. The name Memphremagog comes from the Algonquian, meaning ?where there is a big expanse of water.?"@en . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node96e18dfa824194b1c914e1b787c458 . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node96e18dfa824194b1c914e1b787c458 . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node96e18dfa824194b1c914e1b787c458 "Lake Memphremagog"@en . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node96e18dfa824194b1c914e1b787c458 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/374568/Lake-Memphremagog"@en . _:g8df6659127f8dcfe7487node96e18dfa824194b1c914e1b787c458 "\n Lake Memphremagog,\u00A0elongated finger lake that crosses the United States?Canadian border 5 miles (8 km) north of Newport, Vt., U.S. Extending about 27 miles (43 km) from Newport to Magog, Que., the lake forms a small part of the northern boundary of Vermont. It is only 1?2 miles (1.5?3 km) wide for most of its length but has several large embayments; these include Fitch Bay on the eastern shore and Sargents Bay on the west. Depths average 50?75 feet (15?23 m) with shallows at the southern end. A small-scale hydroelectric development has been established at the northern end of the lake where it drains by way of the Magog and St.-Fran\u00E7ois rivers into the St. Lawrence. The lake is surrounded by hills and mountains, the loftiest being Owl?s Head (3,360 feet [1,024 m]), on the western shore. The name Memphremagog comes from the Algonquian, meaning ?where there is a big expanse of water.?"@en . _:g79608ca3198dcfc218eanodeb61177131781c794dff3fa61ea1e74f . _:g79608ca3198dcfc218eanodeb61177131781c794dff3fa61ea1e74f . _:g79608ca3198dcfc218eanodeb61177131781c794dff3fa61ea1e74f "Menindee Lakes"@en . _:g79608ca3198dcfc218eanodeb61177131781c794dff3fa61ea1e74f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/375040/Menindee-Lakes"@en . _:g79608ca3198dcfc218eanodeb61177131781c794dff3fa61ea1e74f "\n Menindee Lakes,\u00A0 series of reservoirs, part of the Darling River Conservation Scheme, western New South Wales, Australia, near the town of Menindee. Primarily natural features, the lakes are flooded through creeks linking them, at high water, eastward to the Darling River, which has been dammed for back drainage. They include Lakes Menindee, Tandou, Pamamaroo, and Cawndilla and several smaller lakes. The total capacity of the Menindee Lakes Storage Scheme (for domestic and industrial water and irrigation), which was begun in 1949 and completed in 1960, is 2,000,000 acre-feet (2,467,000,000 cubic m). Lakes Menindee and Cawndilla are part of Kinchega National Park. Menindee is an Aboriginal term meaning ?egg yolk.?"@en . _:g4130da39cc3f5065002bnodea22af1fd812832ffc1587f9c692d751a . _:g4130da39cc3f5065002bnodea22af1fd812832ffc1587f9c692d751a "Lake Michigan"@en . _:g4130da39cc3f5065002bnodea22af1fd812832ffc1587f9c692d751a . _:g4130da39cc3f5065002bnodea22af1fd812832ffc1587f9c692d751a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/380110/Lake-Michigan"@en . _:g4130da39cc3f5065002bnodea22af1fd812832ffc1587f9c692d751a "\n Lake Michigan,\u00A0third largest of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one lying wholly within the United States. Bordered by the states of Michigan (east and north), Wisconsin (west), Illinois (southwest), and Indiana (southeast), it connects with Lake Huron through the Straits of Mackinac in the north. The lake is 321 miles (517 km) long (north to south); it has a maximum width of 118 miles (190 km) and a drainage basin of about 45,500 square miles (118,000 square km), exclusive of its surface area, which is 22,300 square miles (57,757 square km). With a mean surface elevation of 579 feet (176 m) above sea level, the lake has a maximum depth of 923 feet (281 m). Currents are slight, with a generally southward drift along the western side, a northward drift along the eastern side, and at times counterclockwise swirls in the southern basin and around the Beaver Island group in the north. Approximately 100 streams flow into the lake, only a few of which are of appreciable size. The Manistee, Pere Marquette, White, Muskegon, Grand, Kalamazoo, and St. Joseph rivers enter the lake from the east. The Fox and Menominee rivers flow into Green Bay, a northwestern arm of the lake. The Chicago River flowed into the southwestern end of the lake but was reversed in 1900 so that it now drains through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal into the Des Plaines River at Joliet, Ill. The northern end of the lake contains all of the islands, the largest of which is Beaver Island, Michigan."@en . _:ga3ac8f68bf95da2e1839nodeb527f3b1df3a568811549bf3b3668f2 . _:ga3ac8f68bf95da2e1839nodeb527f3b1df3a568811549bf3b3668f2 "Mistassini Lake"@en . _:ga3ac8f68bf95da2e1839nodeb527f3b1df3a568811549bf3b3668f2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/385814/Mistassini-Lake"@en . _:ga3ac8f68bf95da2e1839nodeb527f3b1df3a568811549bf3b3668f2 "\n Mistassini Lake,\u00A0French Lac Mistassini,\u00A0 largest lake in Quebec province, Canada. It is located in Nord-du-Qu\u00E9bec region in west-central Quebec and forms the headwaters of the Rupert River, which drains into James Bay. Bisected by a chain of islands, the lake is about 100 miles (160 km) long, 12 miles (19 km) wide, and 902 square miles (2,335 square km) in area. The lake was discovered in 1672 by the French missionary-explorer Charles Albanel. Its Indian name means ?great stone,? referring to a large rock in the lake. Mistassini Post and an Anglican mission are located at its south end."@en . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodee47c143b771b1c94626f8f6edf61369 . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodee47c143b771b1c94626f8f6edf61369 "Lake Mj?sa"@en . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodee47c143b771b1c94626f8f6edf61369 . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodee47c143b771b1c94626f8f6edf61369 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/386564/Lake-Mjosa"@en . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodee47c143b771b1c94626f8f6edf61369 "\n Lake Mj\u00F8sa,\u00A0lake, southeastern Norway. Lying 35 miles (56 km) north of Oslo at the southern end of famed Gudbrands Valley, it is the largest lake in Norway. It is long and narrow, with a roughly north-northwest to south-southeast axis, and is a link between the L\u00E5gen River to the north and the Vorma-Glomma (Gl\u00E5ma) river system to the south. Its length is 62 miles (100 km), and its width ranges from 1 to 9 miles (1.6 to 14 km); its greatest depth is 1,473 feet (449 metres), and its area is 142 square miles (368 square km). Lake Mj\u00F8sa is a popular tourist centre (boating and fishing), and Lillehammer, at its northern end, and Hamar, on its eastern shore, are the largest lakeshore towns. The small island of Helg\u00F8ya is in the centre of the lake. On the east coast, north of Hamar, are the ruins of a 12th-century cathedral. The use of Mj\u00F8sa by both tourists and municipal water systems was endangered in the 1970s by algal growth, but a program completed in 1980 to eliminate the inflow of untreated sewage improved the quality of nearby rivers and restored swimming to the lake."@en . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodef49d486b1e11146b61bc18deea6c64e6 . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodef49d486b1e11146b61bc18deea6c64e6 . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodef49d486b1e11146b61bc18deea6c64e6 "Lake Mj?sa"@en . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodef49d486b1e11146b61bc18deea6c64e6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/386564/Lake-Mjosa"@en . _:g4644b5718a3030398908nodef49d486b1e11146b61bc18deea6c64e6 "\n Lake Mj\u00F8sa,\u00A0lake, southeastern Norway. Lying 35 miles (56 km) north of Oslo at the southern end of famed Gudbrands Valley, it is the largest lake in Norway. It is long and narrow, with a roughly north-northwest to south-southeast axis, and is a link between the L\u00E5gen River to the north and the Vorma-Glomma (Gl\u00E5ma) river system to the south. Its length is 62 miles (100 km), and its width ranges from 1 to 9 miles (1.6 to 14 km); its greatest depth is 1,473 feet (449 metres), and its area is 142 square miles (368 square km). Lake Mj\u00F8sa is a popular tourist centre (boating and fishing), and Lillehammer, at its northern end, and Hamar, on its eastern shore, are the largest lakeshore towns. The small island of Helg\u00F8ya is in the centre of the lake. On the east coast, north of Hamar, are the ruins of a 12th-century cathedral. The use of Mj\u00F8sa by both tourists and municipal water systems was endangered in the 1970s by algal growth, but a program completed in 1980 to eliminate the inflow of untreated sewage improved the quality of nearby rivers and restored swimming to the lake."@en . _:g0b085b4b0b547e1f3baanode2d59f0a075dee741e026195eb0f29a8 . _:g0b085b4b0b547e1f3baanode2d59f0a075dee741e026195eb0f29a8 "Lake Moeris"@en . _:g0b085b4b0b547e1f3baanode2d59f0a075dee741e026195eb0f29a8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/387468/Lake-Moeris"@en . _:g0b085b4b0b547e1f3baanode2d59f0a075dee741e026195eb0f29a8 "\n Lake Moeris,\u00A0Arabic Birkat Q?r?n,\u00A0 ancient lake that once occupied a large area of the al-Fayy?m depression in Egypt and is now represented by the much smaller Lake Q?r?n. Researches on the desert margin of the depression indicate that in early Paleolithic times the lake?s waters stood about 120 feet (37 m) above sea level and probably filled the depression; the lake?s level gradually fell until about 10,000 bc, when it was about 15 feet (4 1/2 m) below sea level, perhaps because its connection with the Nile River was temporarily cut off. Early in the Neolithic Period (nearly 4,000?11,000 years ago), the lake rose again and then gradually subsided. Neolithic and Early Dynastic people made their homes on the slowly shrinking shores."@en . _:g0b085b4b0b547e1f3baanodea5a0d5c730852e754c78c90de2a4d3e . _:g0b085b4b0b547e1f3baanodea5a0d5c730852e754c78c90de2a4d3e "Lake Moeris"@en . _:g0b085b4b0b547e1f3baanodea5a0d5c730852e754c78c90de2a4d3e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/387468/Lake-Moeris"@en . _:g0b085b4b0b547e1f3baanodea5a0d5c730852e754c78c90de2a4d3e "\n Lake Moeris,\u00A0Arabic Birkat Q?r?n,\u00A0 ancient lake that once occupied a large area of the al-Fayy?m depression in Egypt and is now represented by the much smaller Lake Q?r?n. Researches on the desert margin of the depression indicate that in early Paleolithic times the lake?s waters stood about 120 feet (37 m) above sea level and probably filled the depression; the lake?s level gradually fell until about 10,000 bc, when it was about 15 feet (4 1/2 m) below sea level, perhaps because its connection with the Nile River was temporarily cut off. Early in the Neolithic Period (nearly 4,000?11,000 years ago), the lake rose again and then gradually subsided. Neolithic and Early Dynastic people made their homes on the slowly shrinking shores."@en . _:gf817618b431bc9d02bebnode19ba2c63efe9c7ea7b50d241a7f871 . _:gf817618b431bc9d02bebnode19ba2c63efe9c7ea7b50d241a7f871 "Lake Assal"@en . _:gf817618b431bc9d02bebnode19ba2c63efe9c7ea7b50d241a7f871 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/39097/Lake-Assal"@en . _:gf817618b431bc9d02bebnode19ba2c63efe9c7ea7b50d241a7f871 "\n Lake Assal,\u00A0Saline lake, central Djibouti. Situated at 515 ft (157 m) below sea level, it is the lowest point in Africa. It has been used for quarrying salt."@en . _:gf817618b431bc9d02bebnodea25c425cd26cacb753219f7c7dd8588 . _:gf817618b431bc9d02bebnodea25c425cd26cacb753219f7c7dd8588 "Lake Assal"@en . _:gf817618b431bc9d02bebnodea25c425cd26cacb753219f7c7dd8588 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/39097/Lake-Assal"@en . _:gf817618b431bc9d02bebnodea25c425cd26cacb753219f7c7dd8588 "\n Lake Assal,\u00A0Saline lake, central Djibouti. Situated at 515 ft (157 m) below sea level, it is the lowest point in Africa. It has been used for quarrying salt."@en . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73node4c1e67fcc6dc7444cb5965925232478b . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73node4c1e67fcc6dc7444cb5965925232478b . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73node4c1e67fcc6dc7444cb5965925232478b "Moosehead Lake"@en . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73node4c1e67fcc6dc7444cb5965925232478b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/391646/Moosehead-Lake"@en . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73node4c1e67fcc6dc7444cb5965925232478b "\n Moosehead Lake,\u00A0lake, located in west-central Maine, U.S. Moosehead is the largest of the state?s many lakes, its waters covering an area of 120 square miles (310 square km). Lying at an elevation of 1,023 feet (312 metres), it is dotted with numerous islands, the largest of which is Sugar Island. The lake is the source of the Kennebec River. Moosehead?s irregularly shaped shoreline features numerous sheltered coves for fishing and recreation; Greenville, on its southern end, is a summer resort, outfitting centre, and seaplane station. The lake, when viewed from Mount Kineo on its east-central shore, supposedly resembles the head of a moose or a crouching moose."@en . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73nodeea933a27cde9ff78fcb090906a519369 . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73nodeea933a27cde9ff78fcb090906a519369 . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73nodeea933a27cde9ff78fcb090906a519369 "Moosehead Lake"@en . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73nodeea933a27cde9ff78fcb090906a519369 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/391646/Moosehead-Lake"@en . _:gfb5afaf1c21dc0615a73nodeea933a27cde9ff78fcb090906a519369 "\n Moosehead Lake,\u00A0lake, located in west-central Maine, U.S. Moosehead is the largest of the state?s many lakes, its waters covering an area of 120 square miles (310 square km). Lying at an elevation of 1,023 feet (312 metres), it is dotted with numerous islands, the largest of which is Sugar Island. The lake is the source of the Kennebec River. Moosehead?s irregularly shaped shoreline features numerous sheltered coves for fishing and recreation; Greenville, on its southern end, is a summer resort, outfitting centre, and seaplane station. The lake, when viewed from Mount Kineo on its east-central shore, supposedly resembles the head of a moose or a crouching moose."@en . _:gb8e6fdf1a479c90bd663nodef9bbcd88d8b6233cf1c89be9ed1e884f . _:gb8e6fdf1a479c90bd663nodef9bbcd88d8b6233cf1c89be9ed1e884f "Muskoka Lakes"@en . _:gb8e6fdf1a479c90bd663nodef9bbcd88d8b6233cf1c89be9ed1e884f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/399374/Muskoka-Lakes"@en . _:gb8e6fdf1a479c90bd663nodef9bbcd88d8b6233cf1c89be9ed1e884f "\n Muskoka Lakes,\u00A0 chain of lakes, Muskoka District, southeastern Ontario, Canada, about 80 miles (130 km) north of Toronto. They consist of the chain of lakes drained by the Muskoka River into Georgian Bay, the largest of which are Muskoka (15 miles long by 5 miles wide [24 by 8 km]), Rosseau (12 miles by 5 miles [19 by 8 km]), Joseph (12 miles by 4 miles [19 by 6 km]), and Lake of the Bays (13 miles by 6 miles [21 by 10 km]). Once an important lumbering region, the lakes have since become one of the province?s major vacationing areas."@en . _:g1af99f07325270dac869node084ec418d5f655d89c646c8fcec3e23 . _:g1af99f07325270dac869node084ec418d5f655d89c646c8fcec3e23 "Lake Mweru"@en . _:g1af99f07325270dac869node084ec418d5f655d89c646c8fcec3e23 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/400000/Lake-Mweru"@en . _:g1af99f07325270dac869node084ec418d5f655d89c646c8fcec3e23 "\n Lake Mweru,\u00A0French Lac Moero,\u00A0 lake in central Africa, bordered to the east by Zambia and to the west by Congo (Kinshasa). The name is Bantu for ?lake.? A part of the Congo River system, it lies in the northwest of the Mweru-Luapula-Bangweulu plain, its surface being about 3,010 feet (917 m) above sea level. Its greatest length (south-southwest to north-northeast) is 76 miles (122 km), its average width 31 miles (50 km), and its surface area 1,900 square miles (4,920 square km). The lake?s margins are generally flat, except on the rocky western coast. The Luapula River enters Mweru on the south, and the Luvua leaves it on the north, west of the town of Pweto, flowing northwest to join the Lualaba. Kilwa and Sokwe islands are in the southern part of the lake. The extensive Bangweulu Swamps adjoin it to the east and south."@en . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4node20e5665b734e3f7b52a2d8a6e0257a35 . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4node20e5665b734e3f7b52a2d8a6e0257a35 "M?vatn"@en . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4node20e5665b734e3f7b52a2d8a6e0257a35 . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4node20e5665b734e3f7b52a2d8a6e0257a35 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/401039/Myvatn"@en . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4node20e5665b734e3f7b52a2d8a6e0257a35 "\n M\u00FDvatn,\u00A0 shallow lake, northern Iceland, 30 miles (48 km) east of Akureyri, drained by the Lax\u00E1 River, which flows northward to the Greenland Sea. Nearly 6 miles (9.5 km) long and 4 miles (6.5 km) wide and covering an area of 14 square miles (37 square km), it is the fourth largest lake in Iceland. It attracts many tourists. M\u00FDvatn is dotted with volcanic islands and is surrounded by numerous craters, hot springs, and a variety of lava formations. The lake and the river draining it are noted for salmon, trout, and char fishing. Diatomaceous earth is mined from the lake bottom and processed nearby."@en . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4nodede2061203b0ddf8c3e89c5236313 . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4nodede2061203b0ddf8c3e89c5236313 "M?vatn"@en . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4nodede2061203b0ddf8c3e89c5236313 . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4nodede2061203b0ddf8c3e89c5236313 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/401039/Myvatn"@en . _:gaaf5bea48197e03c76b4nodede2061203b0ddf8c3e89c5236313 "\n M\u00FDvatn,\u00A0 shallow lake, northern Iceland, 30 miles (48 km) east of Akureyri, drained by the Lax\u00E1 River, which flows northward to the Greenland Sea. Nearly 6 miles (9.5 km) long and 4 miles (6.5 km) wide and covering an area of 14 square miles (37 square km), it is the fourth largest lake in Iceland. It attracts many tourists. M\u00FDvatn is dotted with volcanic islands and is surrounded by numerous craters, hot springs, and a variety of lava formations. The lake and the river draining it are noted for salmon, trout, and char fishing. Diatomaceous earth is mined from the lake bottom and processed nearby."@en . _:g93c64542c3f8d0b27a28nodefa237a965be89f2b39ce21b771b22e . _:g93c64542c3f8d0b27a28nodefa237a965be89f2b39ce21b771b22e . _:g93c64542c3f8d0b27a28nodefa237a965be89f2b39ce21b771b22e "Lake Nahuel Huap?"@en . _:g93c64542c3f8d0b27a28nodefa237a965be89f2b39ce21b771b22e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/401807/Lake-Nahuel-Huapi"@en . _:g93c64542c3f8d0b27a28nodefa237a965be89f2b39ce21b771b22e "\n Lake Nahuel Huap\u00ED,\u00A0 largest lake (210 sq mi [544 sq km]) and most popular resort area in Argentina?s lake district, lying in the wooded eastern foothills of the Andes at an altitude of 2,516 ft (767 m). Nahuel Huap\u00ED (Araucanian Indian for ?island of the jaguars?) was discovered in 1670 by the Jesuit priest Nicol\u00E1s Mascardi, who built a chapel on the lake?s Huemul Peninsula and established an Indian reducci\u00F3n (work mission). The lake is dotted with islands, including Isla Victoria, which is the site of a forestry-research station. Its waters are deep (more than 1,400 feet [425 m]), clear, and cold. Lake Nahuel Huap\u00ED receives small mountain streams and rivers, and the Limay River, its outlet, joins with the Neuqu\u00E9n and Negro rivers. The lake region was designated the Nahuel Huap\u00ED National Park in 1934. The park has facilities for boating, fishing, and mountaineering."@en . _:ga28ce2f67a583f300954noded18c1addcc7a68635fb129f60e8ccd4 . _:ga28ce2f67a583f300954noded18c1addcc7a68635fb129f60e8ccd4 "Lake Naivasha"@en . _:ga28ce2f67a583f300954noded18c1addcc7a68635fb129f60e8ccd4 . _:ga28ce2f67a583f300954noded18c1addcc7a68635fb129f60e8ccd4 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/401927/Lake-Naivasha"@en . _:ga28ce2f67a583f300954noded18c1addcc7a68635fb129f60e8ccd4 "\n Lake Naivasha,\u00A0 lake, in the eastern arm of the East African Rift System, 35 mi (56 km) southeast of Nakuru, Kenya. It is flanked by the Ilkinopop (Kinangop) Plateau (east) and the Mau Escarpment (west). The lake lies on an alluvium-covered flat in the valley floor and is flanked on the north by an extensive papyrus swamp. It is the highest of the lakes in the eastern part of the rift system, and is situated at 6,180 feet (1,884 m) above sea level. Its level and size fluctuate periodically; in the mid-1970s it covered about 81 square miles (210 square km). Its main tributaries are the Engare Melewa and Gilgil rivers."@en . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnode684d365b629f8283fae5d48d287e4b . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnode684d365b629f8283fae5d48d287e4b . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnode684d365b629f8283fae5d48d287e4b "Lake Nakuru"@en . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnode684d365b629f8283fae5d48d287e4b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/402115/Lake-Nakuru"@en . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnode684d365b629f8283fae5d48d287e4b "\n Lake Nakuru,\u00A0lake in west-central Kenya. It is one of the saline lakes of the lake system lying in the Great Rift Valley of eastern Africa. Primarily known for its many species of birds, including vast numbers of pink flamingos, Lake Nakuru also has waterbucks, impalas, and hippopotamuses. The town of Nakuru lies on its north shore. Lake Nakuru National Park encloses the lake and adjacent lands."@en . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnodeb88c8711f9452e354c7ca849f512b44f . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnodeb88c8711f9452e354c7ca849f512b44f "Lake Nakuru"@en . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnodeb88c8711f9452e354c7ca849f512b44f . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnodeb88c8711f9452e354c7ca849f512b44f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/402115/Lake-Nakuru"@en . _:g476dedcaf2513137b5efnodeb88c8711f9452e354c7ca849f512b44f "\n Lake Nakuru,\u00A0lake in west-central Kenya. It is one of the saline lakes of the lake system lying in the Great Rift Valley of eastern Africa. Primarily known for its many species of birds, including vast numbers of pink flamingos, Lake Nakuru also has waterbucks, impalas, and hippopotamuses. The town of Nakuru lies on its north shore. Lake Nakuru National Park encloses the lake and adjacent lands."@en . _:gb36a96c7552c89fadd4bnodeaa3de34cbe60c39be32fa9b5652bab30 . _:gb36a96c7552c89fadd4bnodeaa3de34cbe60c39be32fa9b5652bab30 . _:gb36a96c7552c89fadd4bnodeaa3de34cbe60c39be32fa9b5652bab30 "Lake N?si"@en . _:gb36a96c7552c89fadd4bnodeaa3de34cbe60c39be32fa9b5652bab30 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/403919/Lake-Nasi"@en . _:gb36a96c7552c89fadd4bnodeaa3de34cbe60c39be32fa9b5652bab30 "\n Lake N\u00E4si,\u00A0Finnish N\u00E4sij\u00E4rvi,\u00A0 lake in southwestern Finland. It extends northward from the city of Tampere, northwest of Helsinki. Approximately 20 mi (32 km) long and 2 to 8 mi (3.2 to 13 km) wide, it is the largest of the Pyh\u00E4 lakes and the central lake of the western branch of the system. Lake Vanka, the northern arm of Lake N\u00E4si, is connected by canal (built 1854) to Lakes Palo and Ruo. This route allows passenger ferry service to connect the town of Ruovesi with Tampere to the south. Ferry service has operated on Lake N\u00E4si since 1858. Lake N\u00E4si drains southward into the Pyh\u00E4 lakes via the Tammer Rapids. The southern banks of the lake are flat and barren, whereas the northern shore is more developed. The village of Teisko is located on the eastern shore."@en . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23node8c5c1814194b86a9f04c89e11b97973 . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23node8c5c1814194b86a9f04c89e11b97973 "Lake Nasser"@en . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23node8c5c1814194b86a9f04c89e11b97973 . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23node8c5c1814194b86a9f04c89e11b97973 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/404070/Lake-Nasser"@en . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23node8c5c1814194b86a9f04c89e11b97973 "\n Lake Nasser,\u00A0also called Lake Nubia,\u00A0 reservoir on the Nile River, in Upper Egypt and northern Sudan. It was created by the impounding of the Nile?s waters by the Aswan High Dam, which was built in the 1960s and dedicated in 1971. Lake Nasser has a gross capacity of 136,927,000 acre-feet (168,900,000,000 cubic metres), and its waters, when discharged downstream, have brought 800,000 acres (324,000 hectares) of additional land under irrigation and have converted 700,000 acres (283,000 hectares) from flood to perennial irrigation. The lake has been stocked with food fish."@en . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23noded6fb155f2f47622bf2339c26fa9743f7 . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23noded6fb155f2f47622bf2339c26fa9743f7 . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23noded6fb155f2f47622bf2339c26fa9743f7 "Lake Nasser"@en . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23noded6fb155f2f47622bf2339c26fa9743f7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/404070/Lake-Nasser"@en . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23noded6fb155f2f47622bf2339c26fa9743f7 "\n Lake Nasser,\u00A0also called Lake Nubia,\u00A0 reservoir on the Nile River, in Upper Egypt and northern Sudan. It was created by the impounding of the Nile?s waters by the Aswan High Dam, which was built in the 1960s and dedicated in 1971. Lake Nasser has a gross capacity of 136,927,000 acre-feet (168,900,000,000 cubic metres), and its waters, when discharged downstream, have brought 800,000 acres (324,000 hectares) of additional land under irrigation and have converted 700,000 acres (283,000 hectares) from flood to perennial irrigation. The lake has been stocked with food fish."@en . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23nodef18cacd5874510c469cb264275bff9 . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23nodef18cacd5874510c469cb264275bff9 "Lake Nasser"@en . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23nodef18cacd5874510c469cb264275bff9 . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23nodef18cacd5874510c469cb264275bff9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/404070/Lake-Nasser"@en . _:g65ad1547b2dcfab6ab23nodef18cacd5874510c469cb264275bff9 "\n Lake Nasser,\u00A0also called Lake Nubia,\u00A0 reservoir on the Nile River, in Upper Egypt and northern Sudan. It was created by the impounding of the Nile?s waters by the Aswan High Dam, which was built in the 1960s and dedicated in 1971. Lake Nasser has a gross capacity of 136,927,000 acre-feet (168,900,000,000 cubic metres), and its waters, when discharged downstream, have brought 800,000 acres (324,000 hectares) of additional land under irrigation and have converted 700,000 acres (283,000 hectares) from flood to perennial irrigation. The lake has been stocked with food fish."@en . _:gc10b5855bc2341472a9anode83c246f264de303cce2eeeb391fc499 . _:gc10b5855bc2341472a9anode83c246f264de303cce2eeeb391fc499 "Lake Athabasca"@en . _:gc10b5855bc2341472a9anode83c246f264de303cce2eeeb391fc499 . _:gc10b5855bc2341472a9anode83c246f264de303cce2eeeb391fc499 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40545/Lake-Athabasca"@en . _:gc10b5855bc2341472a9anode83c246f264de303cce2eeeb391fc499 "\n Lake Athabasca,\u00A0lake in Canada, astride the Alberta?Saskatchewan border, just south of the Northwest Territories. The lake, 208 mi (335 km) long by 32 mi wide, has an area of 3,064 sq mi (7,936 sq km) and a maximum depth of 407 ft (124 m). Fed from the southwest by the Peace and Athabasca rivers (the deltas of which have separated it from Lakes Claire and Mamawi), it is drained to the northwest by the Slave River, eventually reaching the Arctic Ocean via the Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River. The lake was explored (1771) by Samuel Hearne, who named it Lake of the Hills. Its present name (a Cree Indian term probably for ?where there are reeds?) was adopted by the North West Company when it built Ft. Chipewyan, a fur-trading post, on the southwestern shore in 1788. The only other significant settlement is Uranium City, which is important for its gold and uranium mines. The two settlements are connected (June?October) by steamer. The lake, which is economically important for commercial fishing (whitefish and lake trout), is immediately east of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada?s largest national park."@en . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14node168d65789559741d37bd1d84262a143c . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14node168d65789559741d37bd1d84262a143c . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14node168d65789559741d37bd1d84262a143c "Lake Natron"@en . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14node168d65789559741d37bd1d84262a143c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/406059/Lake-Natron"@en . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14node168d65789559741d37bd1d84262a143c "\n Lake Natron,\u00A0lake in northern Tanzania on the border with Kenya, lying in the East African Rift System, 70 miles (113 km) northwest of Arusha. The lake is 35 miles (56 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide and contains salt, soda, and magnesite deposits. The lake?s warm water is an ideal breeding ground for the Rift Valley flamingos. The Gelai volcano (9,652 feet [2,942 m]) is at the lake?s southeastern edge. Just west of Lake Natron at Peninj, archaeologists discovered the Peninj, or Natron, mandible?an almost perfectly preserved fossil hominid jaw containing a complete set of adult teeth. The specimen has been assigned to Australopithecus boisei."@en . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14nodea8f8bedd6a28bfb2ab38b7497a7e28f . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14nodea8f8bedd6a28bfb2ab38b7497a7e28f "Lake Natron"@en . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14nodea8f8bedd6a28bfb2ab38b7497a7e28f . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14nodea8f8bedd6a28bfb2ab38b7497a7e28f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/406059/Lake-Natron"@en . _:g3170cda5d2985fc38b14nodea8f8bedd6a28bfb2ab38b7497a7e28f "\n Lake Natron,\u00A0lake in northern Tanzania on the border with Kenya, lying in the East African Rift System, 70 miles (113 km) northwest of Arusha. The lake is 35 miles (56 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide and contains salt, soda, and magnesite deposits. The lake?s warm water is an ideal breeding ground for the Rift Valley flamingos. The Gelai volcano (9,652 feet [2,942 m]) is at the lake?s southeastern edge. Just west of Lake Natron at Peninj, archaeologists discovered the Peninj, or Natron, mandible?an almost perfectly preserved fossil hominid jaw containing a complete set of adult teeth. The specimen has been assigned to Australopithecus boisei."@en . _:gfa27245927c74058f30dnode36f357b9330808e902e38defff09047 . _:gfa27245927c74058f30dnode36f357b9330808e902e38defff09047 "Naujan Lake"@en . _:gfa27245927c74058f30dnode36f357b9330808e902e38defff09047 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/406640/Naujan-Lake"@en . _:gfa27245927c74058f30dnode36f357b9330808e902e38defff09047 "\n Naujan Lake,\u00A0 lake on the northeastern coastal plain of Mindoro, Philippines. It is the Philippines? fifth largest lake, with an area of 30 square miles (79 square km). The lake is 8.5 miles (14 km) long and 4 miles (6 km) wide and is a productive freshwater fishing site. It is the central feature of Naujan Lake National Park (established in 1956), which comprises a 5,377-acre (2,175-hectare) area of marshes and forest that serve as breeding grounds for marsh birds, crocodiles, and sail-finned lizards. Naujan Lake was formerly a popular hunting and sport-fishing area; fishing rights have been retained only by neighbouring towns, for whom the lake is a source of livelihood."@en . _:gfa27245927c74058f30dnode56aed29237ee8130eaec9d832dd3ea . _:gfa27245927c74058f30dnode56aed29237ee8130eaec9d832dd3ea "Naujan Lake"@en . _:gfa27245927c74058f30dnode56aed29237ee8130eaec9d832dd3ea "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/406640/Naujan-Lake"@en . _:gfa27245927c74058f30dnode56aed29237ee8130eaec9d832dd3ea "\n Naujan Lake,\u00A0 lake on the northeastern coastal plain of Mindoro, Philippines. It is the Philippines? fifth largest lake, with an area of 30 square miles (79 square km). The lake is 8.5 miles (14 km) long and 4 miles (6 km) wide and is a productive freshwater fishing site. It is the central feature of Naujan Lake National Park (established in 1956), which comprises a 5,377-acre (2,175-hectare) area of marshes and forest that serve as breeding grounds for marsh birds, crocodiles, and sail-finned lizards. Naujan Lake was formerly a popular hunting and sport-fishing area; fishing rights have been retained only by neighbouring towns, for whom the lake is a source of livelihood."@en . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node3c24e75be31a26dc0459453ad4be681 . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node3c24e75be31a26dc0459453ad4be681 . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node3c24e75be31a26dc0459453ad4be681 "Lough Neagh"@en . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node3c24e75be31a26dc0459453ad4be681 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/407391/Lough-Neagh"@en . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node3c24e75be31a26dc0459453ad4be681 "\n Lough Neagh,\u00A0Irish Loch Neathach,\u00A0 lake in east-central Northern Ireland, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Belfast. It is the largest lake in the British Isles, covering 153 square miles (396 square km), with a catchment area of 2,200 square miles (5,700 square km). The chief feeders of the lake are the Upper River Bann, the River Blackwater, and the River Main, and it is drained northward by the Lower Bann. Lough Neagh averages 15 miles (24 km) wide, is 18 miles (29 km) long, and is for the most part only 40 feet (12 m) deep. Ancient deposits in Toome Bay, an indentation of the lake on its northwestern shore, have yielded the oldest-recorded human artifacts in Ireland. Other archaeological remains have been recovered on Coney Island. In 1959 flood-control works significantly lowered the lake level."@en . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node44e2e9cac9fbb0fce3fc5265a24b8a90 . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node44e2e9cac9fbb0fce3fc5265a24b8a90 . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node44e2e9cac9fbb0fce3fc5265a24b8a90 "Lough Neagh"@en . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node44e2e9cac9fbb0fce3fc5265a24b8a90 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/407391/Lough-Neagh"@en . _:g52c42d3b80e6c5f11d40node44e2e9cac9fbb0fce3fc5265a24b8a90 "\n Lough Neagh,\u00A0Irish Loch Neathach,\u00A0 lake in east-central Northern Ireland, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Belfast. It is the largest lake in the British Isles, covering 153 square miles (396 square km), with a catchment area of 2,200 square miles (5,700 square km). The chief feeders of the lake are the Upper River Bann, the River Blackwater, and the River Main, and it is drained northward by the Lower Bann. Lough Neagh averages 15 miles (24 km) wide, is 18 miles (29 km) long, and is for the most part only 40 feet (12 m) deep. Ancient deposits in Toome Bay, an indentation of the lake on its northwestern shore, have yielded the oldest-recorded human artifacts in Ireland. Other archaeological remains have been recovered on Coney Island. In 1959 flood-control works significantly lowered the lake level."@en . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode4461d7c53b9ebfca72db7a86ee5ee42b . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode4461d7c53b9ebfca72db7a86ee5ee42b . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode4461d7c53b9ebfca72db7a86ee5ee42b "Lake Nemi"@en . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode4461d7c53b9ebfca72db7a86ee5ee42b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/408516/Lake-Nemi"@en . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode4461d7c53b9ebfca72db7a86ee5ee42b "\n Lake Nemi,\u00A0Italian Lago Di Nemi,\u00A0 crater lake in Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy. It lies in the outer ring of the ancient Alban crater, in the Alban Hills, east of Lake Albano and 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Rome. About 3.5 miles (5.5 km) in circumference and 110 feet (34 m) deep, it is drained via a tunnel about 2 miles (3 km) long. In ancient times it was included in the territory of Aricia (modern Ariccia) and was called Lacus Nemorensis and sometimes the Speculum Dianae (?Mirror of Diana?) from a temple and grove (nemus) sacred to that goddess. Excavations (now filled in) led to the discovery of the temple, a comparatively small building (98 by 52 ft), although it had been one of the richest in Latium. The remains of the temple precinct?a large platform, the back of which is formed by a wall of concrete, with niches, resting against the cliffs?are situated a little above the level of the lake, on the northeast."@en . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode7266cbea35b3d4d681a1c11434cb9cc . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode7266cbea35b3d4d681a1c11434cb9cc "Lake Nemi"@en . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode7266cbea35b3d4d681a1c11434cb9cc . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode7266cbea35b3d4d681a1c11434cb9cc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/408516/Lake-Nemi"@en . _:g140b66b117e54cfcd34anode7266cbea35b3d4d681a1c11434cb9cc "\n Lake Nemi,\u00A0Italian Lago Di Nemi,\u00A0 crater lake in Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy. It lies in the outer ring of the ancient Alban crater, in the Alban Hills, east of Lake Albano and 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Rome. About 3.5 miles (5.5 km) in circumference and 110 feet (34 m) deep, it is drained via a tunnel about 2 miles (3 km) long. In ancient times it was included in the territory of Aricia (modern Ariccia) and was called Lacus Nemorensis and sometimes the Speculum Dianae (?Mirror of Diana?) from a temple and grove (nemus) sacred to that goddess. Excavations (now filled in) led to the discovery of the temple, a comparatively small building (98 by 52 ft), although it had been one of the richest in Latium. The remains of the temple precinct?a large platform, the back of which is formed by a wall of concrete, with niches, resting against the cliffs?are situated a little above the level of the lake, on the northeast."@en . _:g0ec3a4782ba3b8b41a61nodee73441727f1db68d1832ecd948967bc . _:g0ec3a4782ba3b8b41a61nodee73441727f1db68d1832ecd948967bc "Loch Ness"@en . _:g0ec3a4782ba3b8b41a61nodee73441727f1db68d1832ecd948967bc . _:g0ec3a4782ba3b8b41a61nodee73441727f1db68d1832ecd948967bc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/409782/Loch-Ness"@en . _:g0ec3a4782ba3b8b41a61nodee73441727f1db68d1832ecd948967bc "Loch Ness,\u00A0lake, lying in the Highland council area, Scotland. With a depth of 788 feet (240 metres) and a length of about 23 miles (36 km), Loch Ness has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain. It lies in the Glen Mor?or Great Glen, which bisects the Highlands?and forms part of the system of waterways across Scotland that civil engineer Thomas Telford linked by means of the Caledonian Canal (opened 1822)."@en . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anode4602b1b50a2a3523ef86bdba75f177 . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anode4602b1b50a2a3523ef86bdba75f177 . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anode4602b1b50a2a3523ef86bdba75f177 "Lake Atitl?n"@en . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anode4602b1b50a2a3523ef86bdba75f177 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/41018/Lake-Atitlan"@en . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anode4602b1b50a2a3523ef86bdba75f177 "\n Lake Atitl\u00E1n,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Atitl\u00E1n,\u00A0 lake in southwestern Guatemala. It lies in a spectacular setting in the central highlands at about 5,128 feet (1,563 metres) above sea level. The lake, 1,049 feet (320 metres) deep, is 12 miles (19 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, with an area of 49.3 square miles (127.7 square km). It occupies a valley dammed by volcanic ash; on its borders are three cone-shaped volcanoes: Atitl\u00E1n, Tolim\u00E1n, and San Pedro. The shores of the picturesque lake are dotted with Indian villages. The main towns along the lake, including Panajachel, Atitl\u00E1n, and San Lucas, are popular with anthropologists and tourists. The lake is located about 90 miles (145 km) by road west of Guatemala City. Cakchiquel and Tzutujil Maya make up about nine-tenths of the population in the surrounding area. "@en . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodedc8eaa4dc3f85496df7bb43ab6fd2f9a . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodedc8eaa4dc3f85496df7bb43ab6fd2f9a "Lake Atitl?n"@en . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodedc8eaa4dc3f85496df7bb43ab6fd2f9a . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodedc8eaa4dc3f85496df7bb43ab6fd2f9a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/41018/Lake-Atitlan"@en . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodedc8eaa4dc3f85496df7bb43ab6fd2f9a "\n Lake Atitl\u00E1n,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Atitl\u00E1n,\u00A0 lake in southwestern Guatemala. It lies in a spectacular setting in the central highlands at about 5,128 feet (1,563 metres) above sea level. The lake, 1,049 feet (320 metres) deep, is 12 miles (19 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, with an area of 49.3 square miles (127.7 square km). It occupies a valley dammed by volcanic ash; on its borders are three cone-shaped volcanoes: Atitl\u00E1n, Tolim\u00E1n, and San Pedro. The shores of the picturesque lake are dotted with Indian villages. The main towns along the lake, including Panajachel, Atitl\u00E1n, and San Lucas, are popular with anthropologists and tourists. The lake is located about 90 miles (145 km) by road west of Guatemala City. Cakchiquel and Tzutujil Maya make up about nine-tenths of the population in the surrounding area. "@en . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodef52ff8c34d80df5d9094212fa1d61b52 . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodef52ff8c34d80df5d9094212fa1d61b52 "Lake Atitl?n"@en . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodef52ff8c34d80df5d9094212fa1d61b52 . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodef52ff8c34d80df5d9094212fa1d61b52 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/41018/Lake-Atitlan"@en . _:g6acb03c74e43739ac17anodef52ff8c34d80df5d9094212fa1d61b52 "\n Lake Atitl\u00E1n,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Atitl\u00E1n,\u00A0 lake in southwestern Guatemala. It lies in a spectacular setting in the central highlands at about 5,128 feet (1,563 metres) above sea level. The lake, 1,049 feet (320 metres) deep, is 12 miles (19 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, with an area of 49.3 square miles (127.7 square km). It occupies a valley dammed by volcanic ash; on its borders are three cone-shaped volcanoes: Atitl\u00E1n, Tolim\u00E1n, and San Pedro. The shores of the picturesque lake are dotted with Indian villages. The main towns along the lake, including Panajachel, Atitl\u00E1n, and San Lucas, are popular with anthropologists and tourists. The lake is located about 90 miles (145 km) by road west of Guatemala City. Cakchiquel and Tzutujil Maya make up about nine-tenths of the population in the surrounding area. "@en . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node1abc943e17e3cbe9b36989ead4e751e . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node1abc943e17e3cbe9b36989ead4e751e . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node1abc943e17e3cbe9b36989ead4e751e "Lake Neuch?tel"@en . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node1abc943e17e3cbe9b36989ead4e751e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/410393/Lake-Neuchatel"@en . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node1abc943e17e3cbe9b36989ead4e751e "\n Lake Neuch\u00E2tel,\u00A0French Lac De Neuch\u00E2tel, German Neuenburgersee, Latin Lacus Eburodunensis,\u00A0 largest lake wholly in Switzerland; its area of 84 square miles (218 square km) is divided among the cantons of Neuch\u00E2tel, Vaud, Fribourg, and Bern. Lakes Neuch\u00E2tel, Biel (Bienne), and Morat, connected by canals, are survivors of a former glacial lake in the lower Aare valley, at the base of the Jura Mountains. Lake Neuch\u00E2tel is about 23.5 miles (38 km) long and from 3.75 to 5 miles (6 to 8 km) wide; it lies at an elevation of 1,407 feet (429 m), and its greatest depth is 502 feet (153 m). The Thi\u00E8le River enters at its southwestern end and issues from it at its northeastern end. The lake also receives the Areuse and Broye rivers. The northwestern shore (Neuch\u00E2tel canton) is the most thickly settled, and the slopes are covered with vineyards. On the north shore is La T\u00E8ne, famous for prehistoric finds, which gives its name to the late Iron Age culture."@en . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node5d814c47a0da64554eb14a39cb86d0f5 . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node5d814c47a0da64554eb14a39cb86d0f5 "Lake Neuch?tel"@en . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node5d814c47a0da64554eb14a39cb86d0f5 . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node5d814c47a0da64554eb14a39cb86d0f5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/410393/Lake-Neuchatel"@en . _:g89cffe80ab877892da09node5d814c47a0da64554eb14a39cb86d0f5 "\n Lake Neuch\u00E2tel,\u00A0French Lac De Neuch\u00E2tel, German Neuenburgersee, Latin Lacus Eburodunensis,\u00A0 largest lake wholly in Switzerland; its area of 84 square miles (218 square km) is divided among the cantons of Neuch\u00E2tel, Vaud, Fribourg, and Bern. Lakes Neuch\u00E2tel, Biel (Bienne), and Morat, connected by canals, are survivors of a former glacial lake in the lower Aare valley, at the base of the Jura Mountains. Lake Neuch\u00E2tel is about 23.5 miles (38 km) long and from 3.75 to 5 miles (6 to 8 km) wide; it lies at an elevation of 1,407 feet (429 m), and its greatest depth is 502 feet (153 m). The Thi\u00E8le River enters at its southwestern end and issues from it at its northeastern end. The lake also receives the Areuse and Broye rivers. The northwestern shore (Neuch\u00E2tel canton) is the most thickly settled, and the slopes are covered with vineyards. On the north shore is La T\u00E8ne, famous for prehistoric finds, which gives its name to the late Iron Age culture."@en . _:g598044f227a21e4c85c1node901f230313fa164636fd19966cad0 . _:g598044f227a21e4c85c1node901f230313fa164636fd19966cad0 . _:g598044f227a21e4c85c1node901f230313fa164636fd19966cad0 "Neusiedler Lake"@en . _:g598044f227a21e4c85c1node901f230313fa164636fd19966cad0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/410809/Neusiedler-Lake"@en . _:g598044f227a21e4c85c1node901f230313fa164636fd19966cad0 "\n Neusiedler Lake,\u00A0German Neusiedlersee, Hungarian Fert?-t\u00F3,\u00A0 lake in Burgenland (eastern Austria) and northwestern Hungary, named from the Austrian town of Neusiedl and the Hungarian word for ?swamp lake.? Formed several million years ago, probably as a result of tectonic subsidence, it is Austria?s lowest point (377 feet [115 m] above sea level). The lake is 22 miles (36 km) long and 4?9 miles (6?14 km) wide. Neusiedler Lake is fed by a small stream and probably by underground sources and is slightly saline with no natural outflow. It is very shallow (rarely more than 4?6 feet deep) and fluctuates in level and size (135 square miles [350 square km]) with climatic variations. A canal (built 1873?95) connects it to the Rabnitz (Hungarian: R\u00E9pce) River, which is a tributary of the Danube. A heavy reed growth along the lake?s shores supports many species of rare and migratory birds, which are protected by an international sanctuary and a biological station. The lake provides raw materials for the cellulose industry and serves as a recreation area for nearby Vienna. Major lakeside towns are Neusiedl, Podersdorf, and the wine centre of Rust."@en . _:g2ffb10cae76fa0c8bbc6node1638fc2b65fd88b433e57c3fbd7e42b . _:g2ffb10cae76fa0c8bbc6node1638fc2b65fd88b433e57c3fbd7e42b . _:g2ffb10cae76fa0c8bbc6node1638fc2b65fd88b433e57c3fbd7e42b "Lake Ngami"@en . _:g2ffb10cae76fa0c8bbc6node1638fc2b65fd88b433e57c3fbd7e42b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/413413/Lake-Ngami"@en . _:g2ffb10cae76fa0c8bbc6node1638fc2b65fd88b433e57c3fbd7e42b "\n Lake Ngami,\u00A0shallow lake at the southwest corner of the 4,000-square-mile (10,400-square-kilometre) Okavango Swamp in northwestern Botswana. The swamp and the lake are fed by the Okavango River, which loses most of its flow through evaporation in the marshes. Lake Ngami is 3,057 feet (932 m) above sea level. When the explorer David Livingstone first sighted it in 1849, he estimated it to be more than 170 miles (275 km) in circumference, but by 1950 it had become a sea of grass, and during a severe drought in 1965?66 it dried up completely. Because thousands of cattle belonging to the local inhabitants were dependent on the lake for water, the drought caused much hardship. Abundant rains since then have again filled the lake, although it is much smaller than it was when Livingstone first saw it. It is rich in birdlife and contains barbel fish, which are able to survive in mud for months while the lake is dry. Lake Ngami has no natural outlet; if it became filled, the Kunyere and Nghabe valleys would be submerged, and any excess water would be deflected into the Boteti (Botletle) River."@en . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72node7ebd97561793c853e218ac347629a46 . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72node7ebd97561793c853e218ac347629a46 . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72node7ebd97561793c853e218ac347629a46 "Lake Nicaragua"@en . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72node7ebd97561793c853e218ac347629a46 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/413907/Lake-Nicaragua"@en . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72node7ebd97561793c853e218ac347629a46 "\n Lake Nicaragua,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Nicaragua,\u00A0 the largest of several freshwater lakes in southwestern Nicaragua and the dominant physical feature of the country. It is also the largest lake in Central America. Its indigenous name is Cocibolca, and the Spanish called it Mar Dulce?both terms meaning ?sweet sea.? Its present name is said to have been derived from that of Nicarao, an Indian chief whose people lived on the lake?s shores."@en . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72nodecaf7d59a293e76f2e31fb945aa823f6 . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72nodecaf7d59a293e76f2e31fb945aa823f6 . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72nodecaf7d59a293e76f2e31fb945aa823f6 "Lake Nicaragua"@en . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72nodecaf7d59a293e76f2e31fb945aa823f6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/413907/Lake-Nicaragua"@en . _:g2349a15505d048b78c72nodecaf7d59a293e76f2e31fb945aa823f6 "\n Lake Nicaragua,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Nicaragua,\u00A0 the largest of several freshwater lakes in southwestern Nicaragua and the dominant physical feature of the country. It is also the largest lake in Central America. Its indigenous name is Cocibolca, and the Spanish called it Mar Dulce?both terms meaning ?sweet sea.? Its present name is said to have been derived from that of Nicarao, an Indian chief whose people lived on the lake?s shores."@en . _:g9a8396a61bab20190437nodedfa4d0ddb7be20c144b84e546febd416 . _:g9a8396a61bab20190437nodedfa4d0ddb7be20c144b84e546febd416 "Lake Nipigon"@en . _:g9a8396a61bab20190437nodedfa4d0ddb7be20c144b84e546febd416 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/415830/Lake-Nipigon"@en . _:g9a8396a61bab20190437nodedfa4d0ddb7be20c144b84e546febd416 "\n Lake Nipigon,\u00A0lake, Thunder Bay district, west-central Ontario, Canada. Lake Nipigon lies 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Thunder Bay. It is about 70 miles (110 km) long and 50 miles (80 km) wide and has an area of 1,872 square miles (4,848 square km). The lake lies at an elevation of 1,050 feet (320 m) and has maximum depths of 540 feet (165 m). Its Indian name means ?deep, clear water.? The lake is studded with numerous islands, and promontories and large bays characterize its shoreline. The lake is drained southward into Lake Superior by the Nipigon River, which drops 250 feet (76 m) in its 30-mile (48-kilometre) course to Nipigon Bay. A hydroelectric development provides power for mining and for the entire lakehead region."@en . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node1c25d844c4c7e7835dfd52cc8db3bd5 . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node1c25d844c4c7e7835dfd52cc8db3bd5 . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node1c25d844c4c7e7835dfd52cc8db3bd5 "Lake Nipissing"@en . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node1c25d844c4c7e7835dfd52cc8db3bd5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/415834/Lake-Nipissing"@en . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node1c25d844c4c7e7835dfd52cc8db3bd5 "\n Lake Nipissing,\u00A0lake, southeastern Ontario, Canada. Lake Nipissing lies midway between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. It is 321 square miles (832 square km) in area and has a maximum length of 50 miles (80 km) and a maximum width of 30 miles (48 km). A remnant of glacial Lake Algonquin, which emptied eastward via the Ottawa River, Lake Nipissing (?little water?) is now drained by the French River westward to Georgian Bay. It was discovered by a French explorer, \u00C9tienne Br\u00FBl\u00E9, about 1610 and later served as a fur-trading route linking the Ottawa River with the upper Great Lakes."@en . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node55237bad5d8973c4b05fad45a835aa23 . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node55237bad5d8973c4b05fad45a835aa23 "Lake Nipissing"@en . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node55237bad5d8973c4b05fad45a835aa23 . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node55237bad5d8973c4b05fad45a835aa23 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/415834/Lake-Nipissing"@en . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515node55237bad5d8973c4b05fad45a835aa23 "\n Lake Nipissing,\u00A0lake, southeastern Ontario, Canada. Lake Nipissing lies midway between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. It is 321 square miles (832 square km) in area and has a maximum length of 50 miles (80 km) and a maximum width of 30 miles (48 km). A remnant of glacial Lake Algonquin, which emptied eastward via the Ottawa River, Lake Nipissing (?little water?) is now drained by the French River westward to Georgian Bay. It was discovered by a French explorer, \u00C9tienne Br\u00FBl\u00E9, about 1610 and later served as a fur-trading route linking the Ottawa River with the upper Great Lakes."@en . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515nodeb451a854f0d2b78e95e7d7dee6f6c34e . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515nodeb451a854f0d2b78e95e7d7dee6f6c34e "Lake Nipissing"@en . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515nodeb451a854f0d2b78e95e7d7dee6f6c34e . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515nodeb451a854f0d2b78e95e7d7dee6f6c34e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/415834/Lake-Nipissing"@en . _:gfcaf3d3a9c3666a11515nodeb451a854f0d2b78e95e7d7dee6f6c34e "\n Lake Nipissing,\u00A0lake, southeastern Ontario, Canada. Lake Nipissing lies midway between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. It is 321 square miles (832 square km) in area and has a maximum length of 50 miles (80 km) and a maximum width of 30 miles (48 km). A remnant of glacial Lake Algonquin, which emptied eastward via the Ottawa River, Lake Nipissing (?little water?) is now drained by the French River westward to Georgian Bay. It was discovered by a French explorer, \u00C9tienne Br\u00FBl\u00E9, about 1610 and later served as a fur-trading route linking the Ottawa River with the upper Great Lakes."@en . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187node9225a44cb2f2d2588fe5c6a72e37d54 . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187node9225a44cb2f2d2588fe5c6a72e37d54 "Lake Nyasa"@en . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187node9225a44cb2f2d2588fe5c6a72e37d54 . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187node9225a44cb2f2d2588fe5c6a72e37d54 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/423027/Lake-Nyasa"@en . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187node9225a44cb2f2d2588fe5c6a72e37d54 "\n Lake Nyasa,\u00A0also called Lake Malawi,\u00A0 lake, southernmost and third largest of the East African Rift Valley lakes of East Africa, lying in a deep trough mainly within Malawi. The existence of the lake was reported by a Portuguese explorer, Caspar Boccaro, in 1616. David Livingstone, the British explorer-missionary, reached it from the south in 1859."@en . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeea3761cb94749de5f21ae6faf6601f19 . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeea3761cb94749de5f21ae6faf6601f19 . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeea3761cb94749de5f21ae6faf6601f19 "Lake Nyasa"@en . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeea3761cb94749de5f21ae6faf6601f19 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/423027/Lake-Nyasa"@en . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeea3761cb94749de5f21ae6faf6601f19 "\n Lake Nyasa,\u00A0also called Lake Malawi,\u00A0 lake, southernmost and third largest of the East African Rift Valley lakes of East Africa, lying in a deep trough mainly within Malawi. The existence of the lake was reported by a Portuguese explorer, Caspar Boccaro, in 1616. David Livingstone, the British explorer-missionary, reached it from the south in 1859."@en . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeeaed19df71dd4ee456203024ca36c . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeeaed19df71dd4ee456203024ca36c . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeeaed19df71dd4ee456203024ca36c "Lake Nyasa"@en . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeeaed19df71dd4ee456203024ca36c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/423027/Lake-Nyasa"@en . _:gdd573ee528f6f1e3f187nodeeaed19df71dd4ee456203024ca36c "\n Lake Nyasa,\u00A0also called Lake Malawi,\u00A0 lake, southernmost and third largest of the East African Rift Valley lakes of East Africa, lying in a deep trough mainly within Malawi. The existence of the lake was reported by a Portuguese explorer, Caspar Boccaro, in 1616. David Livingstone, the British explorer-missionary, reached it from the south in 1859."@en . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854node82ba1ea1b0daa99470958beea686bb47 . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854node82ba1ea1b0daa99470958beea686bb47 . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854node82ba1ea1b0daa99470958beea686bb47 "Lake Ohrid"@en . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854node82ba1ea1b0daa99470958beea686bb47 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426089/Lake-Ohrid"@en . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854node82ba1ea1b0daa99470958beea686bb47 "\n Lake Ohrid,\u00A0lake on the Macedonia-Albania border, southeastern Europe. It has an area of 134 square miles (347 square km). At 938 feet (286 m), it is the deepest lake in the Balkans. It is connected by underground channels to Lake Prespa to the southeast. Lake Ohrid is known for its beauty and its fishing, and there are several beaches. Interesting historic buildings are found in the towns that lie along its shores."@en . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854noded94fd5d35e09e86a5672272483cdd37 . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854noded94fd5d35e09e86a5672272483cdd37 "Lake Ohrid"@en . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854noded94fd5d35e09e86a5672272483cdd37 . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854noded94fd5d35e09e86a5672272483cdd37 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426089/Lake-Ohrid"@en . _:g8779b1e8cd9a18997854noded94fd5d35e09e86a5672272483cdd37 "\n Lake Ohrid,\u00A0lake on the Macedonia-Albania border, southeastern Europe. It has an area of 134 square miles (347 square km). At 938 feet (286 m), it is the deepest lake in the Balkans. It is connected by underground channels to Lake Prespa to the southeast. Lake Ohrid is known for its beauty and its fishing, and there are several beaches. Interesting historic buildings are found in the towns that lie along its shores."@en . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node22b58769d3fb77b616438801a927e5 . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node22b58769d3fb77b616438801a927e5 . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node22b58769d3fb77b616438801a927e5 "Lake Okeechobee"@en . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node22b58769d3fb77b616438801a927e5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426446/Lake-Okeechobee"@en . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node22b58769d3fb77b616438801a927e5 "\n Lake Okeechobee,\u00A0lake in southeastern Florida, U.S., and the third largest freshwater lake wholly within the country (after Lake Michigan and Iliamna Lake, Alaska). The lake lies about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of West Palm Beach at the northern edge of the Everglades. A remnant of the prehistoric Pamlico Sea, which once occupied the entire basin including the Everglades, it bears the Hitchiti Indian name for ?big water.?"@en . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node869b8842ede2e56ae3fe2c248e3d4070 . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node869b8842ede2e56ae3fe2c248e3d4070 "Lake Okeechobee"@en . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node869b8842ede2e56ae3fe2c248e3d4070 . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node869b8842ede2e56ae3fe2c248e3d4070 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426446/Lake-Okeechobee"@en . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3node869b8842ede2e56ae3fe2c248e3d4070 "\n Lake Okeechobee,\u00A0lake in southeastern Florida, U.S., and the third largest freshwater lake wholly within the country (after Lake Michigan and Iliamna Lake, Alaska). The lake lies about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of West Palm Beach at the northern edge of the Everglades. A remnant of the prehistoric Pamlico Sea, which once occupied the entire basin including the Everglades, it bears the Hitchiti Indian name for ?big water.?"@en . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3nodecc738cfde74dfbfb1c49647d2ade77 . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3nodecc738cfde74dfbfb1c49647d2ade77 . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3nodecc738cfde74dfbfb1c49647d2ade77 "Lake Okeechobee"@en . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3nodecc738cfde74dfbfb1c49647d2ade77 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426446/Lake-Okeechobee"@en . _:gb57154245910c3b067b3nodecc738cfde74dfbfb1c49647d2ade77 "\n Lake Okeechobee,\u00A0lake in southeastern Florida, U.S., and the third largest freshwater lake wholly within the country (after Lake Michigan and Iliamna Lake, Alaska). The lake lies about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of West Palm Beach at the northern edge of the Everglades. A remnant of the prehistoric Pamlico Sea, which once occupied the entire basin including the Everglades, it bears the Hitchiti Indian name for ?big water.?"@en . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11node6dd8f31df3bbc3daa540842eaa352 . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11node6dd8f31df3bbc3daa540842eaa352 "Lake Onega"@en . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11node6dd8f31df3bbc3daa540842eaa352 . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11node6dd8f31df3bbc3daa540842eaa352 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/429114/Lake-Onega"@en . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11node6dd8f31df3bbc3daa540842eaa352 "\n Lake Onega,\u00A0Russian Onezhskoye, Ozero Onezhskoe,\u00A0 second largest lake in Europe, situated in the northwest part of the European portion of Russia, between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea. It covers an area of 3,753 square miles (9,720 square km). It is 154 miles (248 km) long; its greatest width is 50 miles (80 km); and its greatest depth is about 380 feet (116 m)."@en . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11nodebbaadd4433b8ce2cebc28e2d76c4614 . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11nodebbaadd4433b8ce2cebc28e2d76c4614 "Lake Onega"@en . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11nodebbaadd4433b8ce2cebc28e2d76c4614 . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11nodebbaadd4433b8ce2cebc28e2d76c4614 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/429114/Lake-Onega"@en . _:g28aa3c83d883d7af7f11nodebbaadd4433b8ce2cebc28e2d76c4614 "\n Lake Onega,\u00A0Russian Onezhskoye, Ozero Onezhskoe,\u00A0 second largest lake in Europe, situated in the northwest part of the European portion of Russia, between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea. It covers an area of 3,753 square miles (9,720 square km). It is 154 miles (248 km) long; its greatest width is 50 miles (80 km); and its greatest depth is about 380 feet (116 m)."@en . _:gb04bc91f91b0e78b68d9node7762527f528d85b71abe1c8baad30a4 . _:gb04bc91f91b0e78b68d9node7762527f528d85b71abe1c8baad30a4 . _:gb04bc91f91b0e78b68d9node7762527f528d85b71abe1c8baad30a4 "Lake Ontario"@en . _:gb04bc91f91b0e78b68d9node7762527f528d85b71abe1c8baad30a4 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/429355/Lake-Ontario"@en . _:gb04bc91f91b0e78b68d9node7762527f528d85b71abe1c8baad30a4 "\n Lake Ontario,\u00A0smallest and most easterly of the Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north by Ontario (Can.) and on the south by New York (U.S.). The lake is roughly elliptical; its major axis, 193 miles (311 km) long, lies nearly east to west, and its greatest width is 53 miles (85 km). The total area of the lake?s drainage basin is 24,720 square miles (64,025 square km), exclusive of the lake?s surface area, which is 7,340 square miles (19,011 square km). The Niagara River is the main feeder of the lake; others include the Genesee, Oswego, and Black rivers from the south and the Trent River from the north. The 30-mile-wide eastern extremity of the lake is crossed by a chain of five islands, where the lake discharges into the St. Lawrence River near Kingston, Ont. With a mean surface elevation of 243 feet (74 m) above sea level, Lake Ontario has a mean depth of 283 feet (86 m), and its deepest point is 802 feet (244 m). A general surface current (8 miles a day) flows toward the east and is strongest along the south shore. The Welland Canal (navigational) and the Niagara River (natural) serve as connections with Lake Erie to the southwest. Lake Ontario is linked with the New York State Barge Canal at Oswego, N.Y., and with Lake Huron?s Georgian Bay via the Trent Canal at Trenton, Ont. The Rideau Canal runs northeastward in Ontario from Kingston to Ottawa."@en . _:gf0d8f1ddb7217715efd4nodec374b8dbcbf7157e3d7add2997581681 . _:gf0d8f1ddb7217715efd4nodec374b8dbcbf7157e3d7add2997581681 . _:gf0d8f1ddb7217715efd4nodec374b8dbcbf7157e3d7add2997581681 "Lake Orta"@en . _:gf0d8f1ddb7217715efd4nodec374b8dbcbf7157e3d7add2997581681 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/433295/Lake-Orta"@en . _:gf0d8f1ddb7217715efd4nodec374b8dbcbf7157e3d7add2997581681 "Lake Orta,\u00A0Italian Lago D?orta, also called Lago Cusio,\u00A0\n lake in Novara and Verbano-Cusio-Ossola provincie, Piemonte (Piedmont) regione, northwestern Italy, just west of Lake Maggiore, from which it is divided by Mount Mottarone. About 8 miles (13 km) long and 0.75 mile (1.2 km) wide, it has an area of 7 square miles (18 square km). Its greatest depth is 469 feet (143 m), and the surface is 951 feet (290 m) above sea level. It is the remnant of a much larger body of water through which the waters of the Toce River flowed south toward Novara. From ... (100 of 128 words)"@en . _:g48ca31299624ef7b4c08node1450b729e5515b77cee6a529ceb960 . _:g48ca31299624ef7b4c08node1450b729e5515b77cee6a529ceb960 . _:g48ca31299624ef7b4c08node1450b729e5515b77cee6a529ceb960 "Lake of the Ozarks"@en . _:g48ca31299624ef7b4c08node1450b729e5515b77cee6a529ceb960 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/437154/Lake-of-the-Ozarks"@en . _:g48ca31299624ef7b4c08node1450b729e5515b77cee6a529ceb960 "\n Lake of the Ozarks,\u00A0lake in south-central Missouri, U.S., about 42 miles (68 km) southwest of Jefferson City, one of the largest man-made lakes in the United States. It is impounded by Bagnell Dam, built (1929?31) across the Osage River to provide hydroelectric power for the St. Louis area. Covering an area of 93 square miles (241 square km), the lake is approximately 90 miles (145 km) long and has a shoreline of about 1,375 miles (2,210 km). In the scenic Ozark Mountains, the lake, with facilities for fishing and aquatic sports, is a popular recreation and resort area. There are several limestone caverns nearby. Lake of the Ozarks State Park includes most of the Grand Glaize arm of the lake, with 90 miles (145 km) of shoreline. Ha Ha Tonka State Park is on the Niangua arm, to the south. The Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir began operation in 1979 and impounds the Osage and Grand rivers to extend facilities at the lake?s western end."@en . _:gb7c69ffc9f9de4f6d499node0f731c4e543912cecde217e7855180 . _:gb7c69ffc9f9de4f6d499node0f731c4e543912cecde217e7855180 "Lake P?ij?nne"@en . _:gb7c69ffc9f9de4f6d499node0f731c4e543912cecde217e7855180 . _:gb7c69ffc9f9de4f6d499node0f731c4e543912cecde217e7855180 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/438439/Lake-Paijanne"@en . _:gb7c69ffc9f9de4f6d499node0f731c4e543912cecde217e7855180 "\n Lake P\u00E4ij\u00E4nne,\u00A0lake located in south-central Finland. The lake has an area of 407 sq mi (1,054 sq km) and a maximum depth of 305 ft (93 m). It is about 85 mi (135 km) long and between 2 and 18 mi (3 and 29 km) wide. The lake is broken by thousands of islands. Jyv\u00E4skyl\u00E4, at the northern tip of the lake, and Heinola, on a southeastern branch of the lake, are the principal towns. They are connected by ship service with the major city of Lahti to the south of P\u00E4ij\u00E4nne via the Vesij\u00E4rven canal and lake. The P\u00E4ij\u00E4nne lake system is drained southward to the Gulf of Finland by the Kymi River. The irregular shoreline around P\u00E4ij\u00E4nne is heavily forested and supports important timber operations that use the lake as a means of transport. Numerous villages dot the shore of the lake, and many private villas are located on the quiet bays off its southern end."@en . _:gcb1f24dc47d2f262344cnode538e0bb571a398d19cb0f9e4396ca7 . _:gcb1f24dc47d2f262344cnode538e0bb571a398d19cb0f9e4396ca7 "Lake Peipus"@en . _:gcb1f24dc47d2f262344cnode538e0bb571a398d19cb0f9e4396ca7 . _:gcb1f24dc47d2f262344cnode538e0bb571a398d19cb0f9e4396ca7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/448876/Lake-Peipus"@en . _:gcb1f24dc47d2f262344cnode538e0bb571a398d19cb0f9e4396ca7 "\n Lake Peipus,\u00A0Russian Chudskoye Ozero, Estonian Peipsi J\u00E4rv,\u00A0 lake forming part of the boundary between Estonia and Pskov oblast (province) of Russia. It is connected by the narrow Lake Tyoploye to a southern extension, Lake Pskov. Lake Peipus has an area of 1,370 square miles (3,550 square km), although this varies. The lake bottom, reaching a depth of about 50 feet (15 m), consists of gray mud; only in the south is it sandy. The banks are predominantly low-lying. The lake, which is frozen for six months of the year, forms the headwaters of the Narva River."@en . _:g73b797a89b4e99036b59nodebd1c14e284d9aff68c3baa9bad95f8c6 . _:g73b797a89b4e99036b59nodebd1c14e284d9aff68c3baa9bad95f8c6 "Lake Pend Oreille"@en . _:g73b797a89b4e99036b59nodebd1c14e284d9aff68c3baa9bad95f8c6 . _:g73b797a89b4e99036b59nodebd1c14e284d9aff68c3baa9bad95f8c6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/449674/Lake-Pend-Oreille"@en . _:g73b797a89b4e99036b59nodebd1c14e284d9aff68c3baa9bad95f8c6 "\n Lake Pend Oreille,\u00A0lake in Kaniksu National Forest, northwestern Idaho, U.S. The largest lake in Idaho, it is about 40 miles (65 km) long and 4 miles (6.5 km) wide and covers an area of some 125 square miles (325 square km). It is about 1,150 feet (350 metres) deep and is noted for the highly prized Kamloops rainbow trout. The lake (the name of which is derived from the French name [Pend d?Oreille] for the Kalispel Indians, who wore ear pendants) receives the Clark Fork River, which becomes the Pend Oreille River when it leaves the lake."@en . _:g6147442a2b4b479ab179nodefe90cabb6de9894bde25833879bc9169 . _:g6147442a2b4b479ab179nodefe90cabb6de9894bde25833879bc9169 . _:g6147442a2b4b479ab179nodefe90cabb6de9894bde25833879bc9169 "Lake Pet?n Itz?"@en . _:g6147442a2b4b479ab179nodefe90cabb6de9894bde25833879bc9169 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/453594/Lake-Peten-Itza"@en . _:g6147442a2b4b479ab179nodefe90cabb6de9894bde25833879bc9169 "\n Lake Pet\u00E9n Itz\u00E1,\u00A0Spanish Lago Pet\u00E9n Itz\u00E1,\u00A0 lake, northern Guatemala, 160 miles (260 km) northeast of Guatemala City. A depression in the low limestone plateau at an elevation of 262 feet (80 metres) above sea level, it measures about 22 miles (35 km) from east to west and 10 miles (16 km) from north to south and is 165 feet (50 metres) deep; its area is 40 square miles (100 square km). It has no visible outlet, because its drainage is underground. Once the stronghold of the Itz\u00E1 Maya, who were not conquered by the Spanish until 1697, the shores of the lake are now dotted with modern towns: Flores, which lies on an island in the southwestern portion of the lake; San Benito, in the southwest; and San Andr\u00E9s, on the northwestern shore. Much of the surrounding land is covered by dense tropical rainforest, but there is some cultivation of cacao (the source of cocoa beans), sugarcane, grains, and tropical fruits around Flores."@en . _:gdb8b00e1d38316b8091fnodef068c8628bda1679161d3ded3d732 . _:gdb8b00e1d38316b8091fnodef068c8628bda1679161d3ded3d732 . _:gdb8b00e1d38316b8091fnodef068c8628bda1679161d3ded3d732 "Lake of Averno"@en . _:gdb8b00e1d38316b8091fnodef068c8628bda1679161d3ded3d732 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/45592/Lake-of-Averno"@en . _:gdb8b00e1d38316b8091fnodef068c8628bda1679161d3ded3d732 "\n Lake of Averno,\u00A0Italian Lago D?averno, Latin Lacus Avernus,\u00A0 crater lake in Napoli province, Campania region, southern Italy, in the Campi Flegrei volcanic region, west of Naples. It is 7 ft (2 m) above sea level, 118 ft deep, and nearly 2 mi (more than 3 km) in circumference, with no natural outlet. Its Greek name, Aornos, was interpreted as meaning ?without birds,? giving rise to the legend that no bird could fly across it and live because of its poisonous sulfurous vapours. Surrounded by dense forests in ancient times, it was represented by the poet Virgil as the entrance to Hades (hell). The Carthaginian general Hannibal made a pilgrimage to it in 214 bc. Agrippa, the Roman statesman, in 37 bc cut down the forest (now replaced by vineyards) and converted the lake into a naval harbour, the Portus Iulius, which was linked to the sea by a canal via the Lago di Lucrino and to Cumae by a tunnel more than 1/2 mi long, the world?s first major road tunnel. The canal was soon blocked because of a gradual rise of the shore, but the tunnel, now called the Grotta di Cocceio (or della Pace), remained usable until it was damaged during World War II. The so-called Grotta (or pseudo-Grotta) della Sibilla is a rock-cut passage, possibly part of the works connected with the naval harbour. Impressive Roman ruins include the remains of baths, temples, and villas."@en . _:g4749baee7414111d21a7node832305797f29e396bd7db4c65a3773 . _:g4749baee7414111d21a7node832305797f29e396bd7db4c65a3773 "Lake Pielinen"@en . _:g4749baee7414111d21a7node832305797f29e396bd7db4c65a3773 . _:g4749baee7414111d21a7node832305797f29e396bd7db4c65a3773 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/459757/Lake-Pielinen"@en . _:g4749baee7414111d21a7node832305797f29e396bd7db4c65a3773 "\n Lake Pielinen,\u00A0Finnish Pielisj\u00E4rvi,\u00A0 lake located in eastern Finland, near the border with Russia. The lake is approximately 60 mi (100 km) long between the towns of Nurmes and Uimaharju and ranges from 1 to 25 mi (1.5 to 40 km) in width. Its area is 335 sq mi (868 sq km). Lake Pielinen has many islands and is drained southward into the large Saimaa lake system by the Pielis River. It is surrounded by dense forests, particularly on its scenic and rugged western shore, which is capped by Koli hill; the latter rises to a height of 1,138 ft (347 m) and is the centre of an important winter-sports area. There is a ferry service on the lake during summer and an ice-road during winter."@en . _:geaf19b41ba73d91d6d13nodec2d78c07310199c9acbadf0667fe90 . _:geaf19b41ba73d91d6d13nodec2d78c07310199c9acbadf0667fe90 . _:geaf19b41ba73d91d6d13nodec2d78c07310199c9acbadf0667fe90 "Loch Awe"@en . _:geaf19b41ba73d91d6d13nodec2d78c07310199c9acbadf0667fe90 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/46038/Loch-Awe"@en . _:geaf19b41ba73d91d6d13nodec2d78c07310199c9acbadf0667fe90 "\n Loch Awe,\u00A0longest lake in Scotland, measuring 24 miles (39 km) from northeast to southwest, situated in Argyll and Bute council area, historic county of Argyllshire, at 117 feet (36 metres) above sea level. At the lake?s northern end the scenery is rugged and grand, dominated by Ben Cruachan, with an elevation of 3,695 feet (1,126 metres), but at the southern end it is much softer. The loch?s shores have been the scene of afforestation and hydroelectric power developments."@en . _:g506aeb7f2d148560cc0anode644119243ec2940d61396e965b85f2c . _:g506aeb7f2d148560cc0anode644119243ec2940d61396e965b85f2c "Lake Poyang"@en . _:g506aeb7f2d148560cc0anode644119243ec2940d61396e965b85f2c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/465587/Lake-Poyang"@en . _:g506aeb7f2d148560cc0anode644119243ec2940d61396e965b85f2c "\n Lake Poyang,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Poyang Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) P?o-yang Hu,\u00A0 largest freshwater lake in China, located in northern Jiangxi province, in the southeastern part of the country. It lies in a structural depression south of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and is fed by various rivers from Jiangxi, the most important being the Gan River, which drains almost the whole of the province. Lake Poyang itself drains into the Yangtze at Hukou. The size of the lake is difficult to define, as the lake is actually composed of a system of lakes and marshes that are subject to considerable seasonal variation. At its greatest extent it is about 95 miles (150 km) in length from north to south and has a breadth of some 19 miles (31 km) from east to west. In winter the whole area becomes a huge marsh, intersected by waterways and dotted with hills surmounted by villages. In summer the region is flooded, and the hills become islands. The water level depends on various factors, including the level of the Yangtze and that of its tributaries. The Poyang has always been an important retention lake that receives some of the excess of the Yangtze in flood time; consequently, the surrounding farmland is often extensively flooded."@en . _:g506aeb7f2d148560cc0anode6736bcf1f8ad6574913c4ceaa11d5650 . _:g506aeb7f2d148560cc0anode6736bcf1f8ad6574913c4ceaa11d5650 "Lake Poyang"@en . _:g506aeb7f2d148560cc0anode6736bcf1f8ad6574913c4ceaa11d5650 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/465587/Lake-Poyang"@en . _:g506aeb7f2d148560cc0anode6736bcf1f8ad6574913c4ceaa11d5650 "\n Lake Poyang,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Poyang Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) P?o-yang Hu,\u00A0 largest freshwater lake in China, located in northern Jiangxi province, in the southeastern part of the country. It lies in a structural depression south of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and is fed by various rivers from Jiangxi, the most important being the Gan River, which drains almost the whole of the province. Lake Poyang itself drains into the Yangtze at Hukou. The size of the lake is difficult to define, as the lake is actually composed of a system of lakes and marshes that are subject to considerable seasonal variation. At its greatest extent it is about 95 miles (150 km) in length from north to south and has a breadth of some 19 miles (31 km) from east to west. In winter the whole area becomes a huge marsh, intersected by waterways and dotted with hills surmounted by villages. In summer the region is flooded, and the hills become islands. The water level depends on various factors, including the level of the Yangtze and that of its tributaries. The Poyang has always been an important retention lake that receives some of the excess of the Yangtze in flood time; consequently, the surrounding farmland is often extensively flooded."@en . _:gd729ed7d4b6772540e6fnode705a4541a2f20f713f766d652283af . _:gd729ed7d4b6772540e6fnode705a4541a2f20f713f766d652283af . _:gd729ed7d4b6772540e6fnode705a4541a2f20f713f766d652283af "Lake Pontchartrain"@en . _:gd729ed7d4b6772540e6fnode705a4541a2f20f713f766d652283af "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/469687/Lake-Pontchartrain"@en . _:gd729ed7d4b6772540e6fnode705a4541a2f20f713f766d652283af "\n Lake Pontchartrain,\u00A0lake, southeastern Louisiana, U.S. The lake is 40 miles (64 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide at its widest point, with an area of 630 square miles (1,631 square km) and a mean depth of 10 to 16 feet (3 to 5 metres). It is more a tidal lagoon than a lake, since it connects eastward through Lake Borgne with the Gulf of Mexico by a narrow passage called The Rigolets. Its waters are brackish, although salinity can be reduced dramatically by an influx of floodwaters from the Mississippi River via the Bonnet Carre Spillway. The lake teems with game fish and aquatic birds, including pelicans. The city of New Orleans lies along its southern and eastern shore; Fontainebleau State Park and many small resorts also are located around the lakeshore. The first European to view the lake was the French Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d?Iberville, who passed through the region in 1699 and named the lake for Louis II, count of Pontchartrain."@en . _:g4af78979cb6d891edb0enode9f8d55677883a6feecc4da85242a7767 . _:g4af78979cb6d891edb0enode9f8d55677883a6feecc4da85242a7767 . _:g4af78979cb6d891edb0enode9f8d55677883a6feecc4da85242a7767 "Lake Poop?"@en . _:g4af78979cb6d891edb0enode9f8d55677883a6feecc4da85242a7767 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/469897/Lake-Poopo"@en . _:g4af78979cb6d891edb0enode9f8d55677883a6feecc4da85242a7767 "\n Lake Poop\u00F3,\u00A0Spanish Lago Poop\u00F3 ,\u00A0 lake in west-central Bolivia, occupying a shallow depression in the Altiplano, or high plateau, at 12,090 feet (3,686 metres) above sea level. It is the country?s second largest lake and covers 977 square miles (2,530 square km) at low stage. It is about 56 miles (90 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide but only 8 to 10 feet (2.4 to 3 metres) deep."@en . _:gf4d0d53212bd583ed7afnode3e771a6c8f233fa6215847ab5c109a6 . _:gf4d0d53212bd583ed7afnode3e771a6c8f233fa6215847ab5c109a6 "Lake Prespa"@en . _:gf4d0d53212bd583ed7afnode3e771a6c8f233fa6215847ab5c109a6 . _:gf4d0d53212bd583ed7afnode3e771a6c8f233fa6215847ab5c109a6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/475299/Lake-Prespa"@en . _:gf4d0d53212bd583ed7afnode3e771a6c8f233fa6215847ab5c109a6 "\n Lake Prespa,\u00A0Albanian Liqeni i Presp\u00EBs, Macedonian Prespansko Ezero, Greek Limni Megali Prespa (?Big Prespa Lake?),\u00A0 lake situated on the Macedonia-Albania-Greece frontier, with an elevation of 2,800 feet (853 m) above sea level and an area of 106 square miles (274 square km). Fed by underground streams, it is linked by subterranean channels with Lake Ohrid. Most of the lake is in Macedonia. Little developed until after 1945, in the 1970s Prespa became a tourist and fishing centre. South of Lake Prespa, or Limni Megali Prespa, is Limni Mikr\u00E1 Prespa (?Little Prespa Lake?) on the Greece-Albania border. St. Achilius, a tiny island in Mikr\u00E1 Prespa, was an early capital of the Bulgarian tsar Samuel (10th century)."@en . _:g5737353da5f655528442node23978ea372302a1f2e4fa9e69f76ced5 . _:g5737353da5f655528442node23978ea372302a1f2e4fa9e69f76ced5 "Lake Pukaki"@en . _:g5737353da5f655528442node23978ea372302a1f2e4fa9e69f76ced5 . _:g5737353da5f655528442node23978ea372302a1f2e4fa9e69f76ced5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483035/Lake-Pukaki"@en . _:g5737353da5f655528442node23978ea372302a1f2e4fa9e69f76ced5 "\n Lake Pukaki,\u00A0lake in central South Island, New Zealand, occupying 65 square miles (169 square km) of a valley dammed by a terminal moraine (glacial debris). The lake, 1,640 feet (500 m) above sea level, receives the Tasman and Hooker rivers, which draw some of their waters from melting glaciers east of the Southern Alps; its total drainage basin is 523 square miles (1,355 square km). Pukaki is 5 miles (8 km) wide and 9.5 miles (15 km) long. It drains southward by the Pukaki River; a dam at the outlet, near the town of Lake Pukaki, regulates the lake?s surface elevation as it releases water to power hydroelectric stations on the Waitaki River. Pukaki is a Maori term meaning ?bunched-up water.?"@en . _:g5737353da5f655528442node3b9b86bd207cfa72103b52f12a12ddfc . _:g5737353da5f655528442node3b9b86bd207cfa72103b52f12a12ddfc "Lake Pukaki"@en . _:g5737353da5f655528442node3b9b86bd207cfa72103b52f12a12ddfc . _:g5737353da5f655528442node3b9b86bd207cfa72103b52f12a12ddfc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483035/Lake-Pukaki"@en . _:g5737353da5f655528442node3b9b86bd207cfa72103b52f12a12ddfc "\n Lake Pukaki,\u00A0lake in central South Island, New Zealand, occupying 65 square miles (169 square km) of a valley dammed by a terminal moraine (glacial debris). The lake, 1,640 feet (500 m) above sea level, receives the Tasman and Hooker rivers, which draw some of their waters from melting glaciers east of the Southern Alps; its total drainage basin is 523 square miles (1,355 square km). Pukaki is 5 miles (8 km) wide and 9.5 miles (15 km) long. It drains southward by the Pukaki River; a dam at the outlet, near the town of Lake Pukaki, regulates the lake?s surface elevation as it releases water to power hydroelectric stations on the Waitaki River. Pukaki is a Maori term meaning ?bunched-up water.?"@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node16651653368aab2b44aa4556d376a848 . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node16651653368aab2b44aa4556d376a848 "Pulicat Lake"@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node16651653368aab2b44aa4556d376a848 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483076/Pulicat-Lake"@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node16651653368aab2b44aa4556d376a848 "\n Pulicat Lake,\u00A0saltwater lagoon on the Coromandel Coast of Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It extends from the extreme southeastern portion of Andhra Pradesh into the adjacent portion of Tamil Nadu state and has a length of about 30 miles (50 km) and a width of 3 to 10 miles (5 to 16 km). The lake is located on the swampy, sandy Andhra plains, and the surrounding area is sparsely settled. Towns along the lake include Dugarajupatnam and Pulicat. The lake yields salt and prawns. The long and narrow Sriharikota Island, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal, is the site of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India?s satellite-launching facility. The only sea entrance into the lake is around the south end of the island, north of the town of Pulicat on the mainland."@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node2261233d4225a5917c0a9e648be5fb0 . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node2261233d4225a5917c0a9e648be5fb0 "Pulicat Lake"@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node2261233d4225a5917c0a9e648be5fb0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483076/Pulicat-Lake"@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node2261233d4225a5917c0a9e648be5fb0 "\n Pulicat Lake,\u00A0saltwater lagoon on the Coromandel Coast of Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It extends from the extreme southeastern portion of Andhra Pradesh into the adjacent portion of Tamil Nadu state and has a length of about 30 miles (50 km) and a width of 3 to 10 miles (5 to 16 km). The lake is located on the swampy, sandy Andhra plains, and the surrounding area is sparsely settled. Towns along the lake include Dugarajupatnam and Pulicat. The lake yields salt and prawns. The long and narrow Sriharikota Island, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal, is the site of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India?s satellite-launching facility. The only sea entrance into the lake is around the south end of the island, north of the town of Pulicat on the mainland."@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node5e1986b93fc59072c0b67bda2942c5f8 . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node5e1986b93fc59072c0b67bda2942c5f8 "Pulicat Lake"@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node5e1986b93fc59072c0b67bda2942c5f8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483076/Pulicat-Lake"@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node5e1986b93fc59072c0b67bda2942c5f8 "\n Pulicat Lake,\u00A0saltwater lagoon on the Coromandel Coast of Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It extends from the extreme southeastern portion of Andhra Pradesh into the adjacent portion of Tamil Nadu state and has a length of about 30 miles (50 km) and a width of 3 to 10 miles (5 to 16 km). The lake is located on the swampy, sandy Andhra plains, and the surrounding area is sparsely settled. Towns along the lake include Dugarajupatnam and Pulicat. The lake yields salt and prawns. The long and narrow Sriharikota Island, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal, is the site of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India?s satellite-launching facility. The only sea entrance into the lake is around the south end of the island, north of the town of Pulicat on the mainland."@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node5fa09c77e6f6fdfae373a41a41731c83 . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node5fa09c77e6f6fdfae373a41a41731c83 "Pulicat Lake"@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node5fa09c77e6f6fdfae373a41a41731c83 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483076/Pulicat-Lake"@en . _:g2217435ef9ca10c41e88node5fa09c77e6f6fdfae373a41a41731c83 "\n Pulicat Lake,\u00A0saltwater lagoon on the Coromandel Coast of Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It extends from the extreme southeastern portion of Andhra Pradesh into the adjacent portion of Tamil Nadu state and has a length of about 30 miles (50 km) and a width of 3 to 10 miles (5 to 16 km). The lake is located on the swampy, sandy Andhra plains, and the surrounding area is sparsely settled. Towns along the lake include Dugarajupatnam and Pulicat. The lake yields salt and prawns. The long and narrow Sriharikota Island, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal, is the site of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India?s satellite-launching facility. The only sea entrance into the lake is around the south end of the island, north of the town of Pulicat on the mainland."@en . _:g92f9d2fd545809b87f28node9cff4497879b71c13bea23ada337d6c8 . _:g92f9d2fd545809b87f28node9cff4497879b71c13bea23ada337d6c8 "Pyramid Lake"@en . _:g92f9d2fd545809b87f28node9cff4497879b71c13bea23ada337d6c8 . _:g92f9d2fd545809b87f28node9cff4497879b71c13bea23ada337d6c8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/484752/Pyramid-Lake"@en . _:g92f9d2fd545809b87f28node9cff4497879b71c13bea23ada337d6c8 "\n Pyramid Lake,\u00A0lake within Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, western Nevada, U.S., between the Lake Range and the Virginia Mountains. A remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, Pyramid Lake was formed during the Pleistocene Epoch (i.e., about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago). It is the largest natural lake in the state, about 30 miles (48 km) long and 7 to 9 miles (11 to 14 km) wide, and is fed from the south by the Truckee River. The lake is known for Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) and is the home of the endangered cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus), a fish that once was a main food of the Paiute people. The lake was visited in 1844 by the soldier-explorer John C. Fr\u00E9mont, who named it for the largest of the lake?s volcanic islands; Fr\u00E9mont remarked that ?it rose, according to our estimate, 600 feet above the water, and, from the point we viewed it, presented a pretty exact outline of the great pyramid of Cheops.? Anaho Island in the lake is a national wildlife refuge, established in 1913 by order of President Woodrow Wilson. An important sanctuary for waterfowl such as the cormorant, great blue heron, and seagull, it is one of eight nesting areas for white pelicans in the western United States. The refuge is closed to the public."@en . _:gcdc183acd9b1b07a460cnode8a539716a0773f4a8974619b6c9bf5e7 . _:gcdc183acd9b1b07a460cnode8a539716a0773f4a8974619b6c9bf5e7 "Rainy Lake"@en . _:gcdc183acd9b1b07a460cnode8a539716a0773f4a8974619b6c9bf5e7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/489972/Rainy-Lake"@en . _:gcdc183acd9b1b07a460cnode8a539716a0773f4a8974619b6c9bf5e7 "\n Rainy Lake,\u00A0narrow lake astride the Canadian-U.S. border, between the U.S. state of Minnesota and the Rainy River district of northwestern Ontario, Can. It has an area of 360 square miles (932 square km), is about 50 miles (80 km) long, 35 miles (56 km) of which form the international boundary, and has an average width of 5 miles (8 km) with a maximum of 27 miles (43 km). Its shores are irregular and deeply indented, and it contains more than 500 islands. Drainage is westward through the 85-mile- (137-kilometre-) long Rainy River into Lake of the Woods."@en . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55node563c192af2591916b05ecd2190af428a . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55node563c192af2591916b05ecd2190af428a "Lake Baikal"@en . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55node563c192af2591916b05ecd2190af428a . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55node563c192af2591916b05ecd2190af428a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/49177/Lake-Baikal"@en . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55node563c192af2591916b05ecd2190af428a "\n Lake Baikal,\u00A0Russian Ozero Baykal, also spelled Ozero Bajkal,\u00A0 lake located in the southern part of eastern Siberia within the republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk oblast (province) of Russia. It is the oldest existing freshwater lake on Earth (20?25 million years old), as well as the deepest continental body of water, having a maximum depth of 5,315 feet (1,620 metres). Its area is some 12,200 square miles (31,500 square km), with a length of 395 miles (636 km) and an average width of 30 miles (48 km). It is also the world?s largest freshwater lake by volume, containing about one-fifth of the fresh water on the Earth?s surface, some 5,500 cubic miles (23,000 cubic km). Into Lake Baikal flow more than 330 rivers and streams, the largest of which include the Selenga, Barguzin, Upper (Verkhnyaya) Angara, Chikoy, and Uda."@en . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55nodef0f1f97a4da9d81517338d9d21edbd6 . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55nodef0f1f97a4da9d81517338d9d21edbd6 . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55nodef0f1f97a4da9d81517338d9d21edbd6 "Lake Baikal"@en . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55nodef0f1f97a4da9d81517338d9d21edbd6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/49177/Lake-Baikal"@en . _:g56afd2e5b456e63d4a55nodef0f1f97a4da9d81517338d9d21edbd6 "\n Lake Baikal,\u00A0Russian Ozero Baykal, also spelled Ozero Bajkal,\u00A0 lake located in the southern part of eastern Siberia within the republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk oblast (province) of Russia. It is the oldest existing freshwater lake on Earth (20?25 million years old), as well as the deepest continental body of water, having a maximum depth of 5,315 feet (1,620 metres). Its area is some 12,200 square miles (31,500 square km), with a length of 395 miles (636 km) and an average width of 30 miles (48 km). It is also the world?s largest freshwater lake by volume, containing about one-fifth of the fresh water on the Earth?s surface, some 5,500 cubic miles (23,000 cubic km). Into Lake Baikal flow more than 330 rivers and streams, the largest of which include the Selenga, Barguzin, Upper (Verkhnyaya) Angara, Chikoy, and Uda."@en . _:g6d53f7c699a5593fb0ednode78b17ac1c079a4b4a0541bf4aa9b34a . _:g6d53f7c699a5593fb0ednode78b17ac1c079a4b4a0541bf4aa9b34a "Lake Baikal"@en . _:g6d53f7c699a5593fb0ednode78b17ac1c079a4b4a0541bf4aa9b34a . _:g6d53f7c699a5593fb0ednode78b17ac1c079a4b4a0541bf4aa9b34a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/49177/Lake-Baikal/218936/Additional-Reading"@en . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4cfa1b97636da24bbf5b3ffe487ea7 . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4cfa1b97636da24bbf5b3ffe487ea7 "Reelfoot Lake"@en . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4cfa1b97636da24bbf5b3ffe487ea7 . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4cfa1b97636da24bbf5b3ffe487ea7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/495064/Reelfoot-Lake"@en . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4cfa1b97636da24bbf5b3ffe487ea7 "\n Reelfoot Lake,\u00A0shallow lake on the boundary between Lake and Obion counties in northwestern Tennessee, U.S., near Tiptonville. It was formed by the earthquakes that occurred along the New Madrid Fault in the winter of 1811?12. In the upheaval, land on the east side of the Mississippi River sank, creating a depression that river water rushed in to fill. The lake has a surface area of some 23 square miles (60 square km) and an average depth of about 5 feet (1.5 metres). It is full of cypress trees whose roots intertwine underwater to provide havens for fish. The lake and the surrounding wooded area have been set aside as a state park and wildlife refuge supporting numerous species of fish and fowl. Running Reelfoot Bayou flows southward out of the lake, joining the Obion River in Dyer county, which, in turn, joins the Mississippi."@en . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4fc52a47cb21c6068136cab2c77755e . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4fc52a47cb21c6068136cab2c77755e "Reelfoot Lake"@en . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4fc52a47cb21c6068136cab2c77755e . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4fc52a47cb21c6068136cab2c77755e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/495064/Reelfoot-Lake"@en . _:gaa0304fed2b1f618fd8bnode4fc52a47cb21c6068136cab2c77755e "\n Reelfoot Lake,\u00A0shallow lake on the boundary between Lake and Obion counties in northwestern Tennessee, U.S., near Tiptonville. It was formed by the earthquakes that occurred along the New Madrid Fault in the winter of 1811?12. In the upheaval, land on the east side of the Mississippi River sank, creating a depression that river water rushed in to fill. The lake has a surface area of some 23 square miles (60 square km) and an average depth of about 5 feet (1.5 metres). It is full of cypress trees whose roots intertwine underwater to provide havens for fish. The lake and the surrounding wooded area have been set aside as a state park and wildlife refuge supporting numerous species of fish and fowl. Running Reelfoot Bayou flows southward out of the lake, joining the Obion River in Dyer county, which, in turn, joins the Mississippi."@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node19368955342d3352dfb026c88e1494 . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node19368955342d3352dfb026c88e1494 "Reindeer Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node19368955342d3352dfb026c88e1494 . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node19368955342d3352dfb026c88e1494 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496578/Reindeer-Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node19368955342d3352dfb026c88e1494 "\n Reindeer Lake,\u00A0 lake in northern Canada, straddling the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, near the northern limit of the coniferous forest. At an elevation of 1,106 feet (337 m), it is 2,568 square miles (6,650 square km) in area, 152 miles (245 km) long and up to 35 miles (56 km) wide, irregular in shape, and island-dotted. The lake is fed by numerous streams, and it drains southward over a control dam into the Reindeer River, a tributary of the Churchill. An important transportation link in fur-trade days, it is now a major commercial- and sport-fishing lake. Riparian settlements include Brochet (Manitoba) and Southend and Kinoosao (Saskatchewan); the last is connected to the mining town of Lynn Lake, Manitoba, by road."@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node4b5d1f9891f2481cb93167e3f3bd96d . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node4b5d1f9891f2481cb93167e3f3bd96d "Reindeer Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node4b5d1f9891f2481cb93167e3f3bd96d . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node4b5d1f9891f2481cb93167e3f3bd96d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496578/Reindeer-Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node4b5d1f9891f2481cb93167e3f3bd96d "\n Reindeer Lake,\u00A0 lake in northern Canada, straddling the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, near the northern limit of the coniferous forest. At an elevation of 1,106 feet (337 m), it is 2,568 square miles (6,650 square km) in area, 152 miles (245 km) long and up to 35 miles (56 km) wide, irregular in shape, and island-dotted. The lake is fed by numerous streams, and it drains southward over a control dam into the Reindeer River, a tributary of the Churchill. An important transportation link in fur-trade days, it is now a major commercial- and sport-fishing lake. Riparian settlements include Brochet (Manitoba) and Southend and Kinoosao (Saskatchewan); the last is connected to the mining town of Lynn Lake, Manitoba, by road."@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node6ed9be6941c658b5e4cd45cdc13f8469 . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node6ed9be6941c658b5e4cd45cdc13f8469 . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node6ed9be6941c658b5e4cd45cdc13f8469 "Reindeer Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node6ed9be6941c658b5e4cd45cdc13f8469 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496578/Reindeer-Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444node6ed9be6941c658b5e4cd45cdc13f8469 "\n Reindeer Lake,\u00A0 lake in northern Canada, straddling the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, near the northern limit of the coniferous forest. At an elevation of 1,106 feet (337 m), it is 2,568 square miles (6,650 square km) in area, 152 miles (245 km) long and up to 35 miles (56 km) wide, irregular in shape, and island-dotted. The lake is fed by numerous streams, and it drains southward over a control dam into the Reindeer River, a tributary of the Churchill. An important transportation link in fur-trade days, it is now a major commercial- and sport-fishing lake. Riparian settlements include Brochet (Manitoba) and Southend and Kinoosao (Saskatchewan); the last is connected to the mining town of Lynn Lake, Manitoba, by road."@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodea4f7635bffc7be58fd10f7a4ebccaf80 . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodea4f7635bffc7be58fd10f7a4ebccaf80 . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodea4f7635bffc7be58fd10f7a4ebccaf80 "Reindeer Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodea4f7635bffc7be58fd10f7a4ebccaf80 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496578/Reindeer-Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodea4f7635bffc7be58fd10f7a4ebccaf80 "\n Reindeer Lake,\u00A0 lake in northern Canada, straddling the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, near the northern limit of the coniferous forest. At an elevation of 1,106 feet (337 m), it is 2,568 square miles (6,650 square km) in area, 152 miles (245 km) long and up to 35 miles (56 km) wide, irregular in shape, and island-dotted. The lake is fed by numerous streams, and it drains southward over a control dam into the Reindeer River, a tributary of the Churchill. An important transportation link in fur-trade days, it is now a major commercial- and sport-fishing lake. Riparian settlements include Brochet (Manitoba) and Southend and Kinoosao (Saskatchewan); the last is connected to the mining town of Lynn Lake, Manitoba, by road."@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodebb7bd3d308d7e941462d9fe292f361 . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodebb7bd3d308d7e941462d9fe292f361 "Reindeer Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodebb7bd3d308d7e941462d9fe292f361 . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodebb7bd3d308d7e941462d9fe292f361 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496578/Reindeer-Lake"@en . _:g2e6a0c8510f658b20444nodebb7bd3d308d7e941462d9fe292f361 "\n Reindeer Lake,\u00A0 lake in northern Canada, straddling the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border, near the northern limit of the coniferous forest. At an elevation of 1,106 feet (337 m), it is 2,568 square miles (6,650 square km) in area, 152 miles (245 km) long and up to 35 miles (56 km) wide, irregular in shape, and island-dotted. The lake is fed by numerous streams, and it drains southward over a control dam into the Reindeer River, a tributary of the Churchill. An important transportation link in fur-trade days, it is now a major commercial- and sport-fishing lake. Riparian settlements include Brochet (Manitoba) and Southend and Kinoosao (Saskatchewan); the last is connected to the mining town of Lynn Lake, Manitoba, by road."@en . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16node7928fec7b5545c3a7ab0fc125c35 . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16node7928fec7b5545c3a7ab0fc125c35 . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16node7928fec7b5545c3a7ab0fc125c35 "Lake Balaton"@en . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16node7928fec7b5545c3a7ab0fc125c35 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/49879/Lake-Balaton"@en . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16node7928fec7b5545c3a7ab0fc125c35 "\n Lake Balaton,\u00A0largest lake of central Europe, located in central Hungary about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Budapest. It has an area of 231 square miles (598 square km) and extends for 48 miles (77 km) along the southern foothills of the Bakony Mountains of Hungary. At it widest point, Lake Balaton measures about 9 miles (14 km) across. Its maximum depth is 37 feet (11 metres). The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water. Water outflow is through the sluice gates of Si\u00F3fok, toward the eastern end of the lake, and the entire contents of the lake are replenished about every two years."@en . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16nodead87695f979e5a33dcaa4e8a7c14b3 . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16nodead87695f979e5a33dcaa4e8a7c14b3 . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16nodead87695f979e5a33dcaa4e8a7c14b3 "Lake Balaton"@en . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16nodead87695f979e5a33dcaa4e8a7c14b3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/49879/Lake-Balaton"@en . _:g5b77a7cf9285fa9f2c16nodead87695f979e5a33dcaa4e8a7c14b3 "\n Lake Balaton,\u00A0largest lake of central Europe, located in central Hungary about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Budapest. It has an area of 231 square miles (598 square km) and extends for 48 miles (77 km) along the southern foothills of the Bakony Mountains of Hungary. At it widest point, Lake Balaton measures about 9 miles (14 km) across. Its maximum depth is 37 feet (11 metres). The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water. Water outflow is through the sluice gates of Si\u00F3fok, toward the eastern end of the lake, and the entire contents of the lake are replenished about every two years."@en . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node4c7d70aec1b936d264bc90d2d4a5db2 . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node4c7d70aec1b936d264bc90d2d4a5db2 "Lake Balkhash"@en . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node4c7d70aec1b936d264bc90d2d4a5db2 . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node4c7d70aec1b936d264bc90d2d4a5db2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/50390/Lake-Balkhash"@en . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node4c7d70aec1b936d264bc90d2d4a5db2 "\n Lake Balkhash,\u00A0Kazak Balqash,\u00A0 lake, situated in east-central Kazakhstan. The lake lies in the vast Balqash-Alak\u00F6l basin at 1,122 feet (342 m) above sea level and is situated 600 miles (966 km) east of the Aral Sea. It is 376 miles (605 km) long from west to east. Its area varies within significant limits, depending on the water balance. In years in which there is an abundance of water (as at the beginning of the 20th century and in the decade 1958?69), the lake?s area reaches 6,900?7,300 square miles (18,000?19,000 square km). In drought-afflicted periods, however (as at the end of the 19th century and in the 1930s and ?40s), the area of the lake decreases to 6,000?6,300 square miles (15,500?16,300 square km). Such changes in area are accompanied by changes in the water level of about 10 feet (3 m). Jutting far out into the lake is the Sarymsek Peninsula, which divides Balkhash into two separate hydrologic parts: a western part, wide and shallow, and an eastern part, narrow and relatively deep. Accordingly, the width of the lake changes from 46 to 17 miles (74 to 27 km) in the western part and 6 to 12 miles (10 to 19 km) in the eastern part. The depth of the western part does not exceed 36 feet (11 m), whereas the eastern part reaches 85 feet (26 m). The two parts of the lake are united by a narrow strait, the Uzynaral, with a depth of about 21 feet (6 m)."@en . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node813a35eabe3f47b712ef0f110b65a84 . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node813a35eabe3f47b712ef0f110b65a84 "Lake Balkhash"@en . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node813a35eabe3f47b712ef0f110b65a84 . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node813a35eabe3f47b712ef0f110b65a84 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/50390/Lake-Balkhash"@en . _:gdef2990ef93264855f06node813a35eabe3f47b712ef0f110b65a84 "\n Lake Balkhash,\u00A0Kazak Balqash,\u00A0 lake, situated in east-central Kazakhstan. The lake lies in the vast Balqash-Alak\u00F6l basin at 1,122 feet (342 m) above sea level and is situated 600 miles (966 km) east of the Aral Sea. It is 376 miles (605 km) long from west to east. Its area varies within significant limits, depending on the water balance. In years in which there is an abundance of water (as at the beginning of the 20th century and in the decade 1958?69), the lake?s area reaches 6,900?7,300 square miles (18,000?19,000 square km). In drought-afflicted periods, however (as at the end of the 19th century and in the 1930s and ?40s), the area of the lake decreases to 6,000?6,300 square miles (15,500?16,300 square km). Such changes in area are accompanied by changes in the water level of about 10 feet (3 m). Jutting far out into the lake is the Sarymsek Peninsula, which divides Balkhash into two separate hydrologic parts: a western part, wide and shallow, and an eastern part, narrow and relatively deep. Accordingly, the width of the lake changes from 46 to 17 miles (74 to 27 km) in the western part and 6 to 12 miles (10 to 19 km) in the eastern part. The depth of the western part does not exceed 36 feet (11 m), whereas the eastern part reaches 85 feet (26 m). The two parts of the lake are united by a narrow strait, the Uzynaral, with a depth of about 21 feet (6 m)."@en . _:gaeb319de01e4dfda479anodecb55b74a4877134d0ffad566289de . _:gaeb319de01e4dfda479anodecb55b74a4877134d0ffad566289de "Lac la Ronge"@en . _:gaeb319de01e4dfda479anodecb55b74a4877134d0ffad566289de "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/509124/Lac-la-Ronge"@en . _:gaeb319de01e4dfda479anodecb55b74a4877134d0ffad566289de "\n Lac la Ronge,\u00A0lake, central Saskatchewan, Canada; it drains northeastward through the Rapid River into the Churchill River. Island-studded, it is 36 miles (58 km) long, has an area of 546 square miles (1,414 square km), and is noted for its trout, northern pike, and pickerel (walleye). It has been frequented by fur traders since Peter Pond built a trading post on its shore in 1781. Lac la Ronge Provincial Park, with an area of 377,023 acres (152,576 hectares), extends across its northern end. The resort village of La Ronge on its western shore is linked by road to Prince Albert, 140 miles (225 km) south-southwest. The French place-name is probably derived from ronger (?to gnaw?), in reference to the work of the beaver, which inhabits the forested islands and shores."@en . _:g04f50fda50baeb2f599dnode29669345c67e543a721adc27c5b5b614 . _:g04f50fda50baeb2f599dnode29669345c67e543a721adc27c5b5b614 "Lake Rotorua"@en . _:g04f50fda50baeb2f599dnode29669345c67e543a721adc27c5b5b614 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/510679/Lake-Rotorua"@en . _:g04f50fda50baeb2f599dnode29669345c67e543a721adc27c5b5b614 "Lake Rotorua,\u00A0lake in north-central North Island, New Zealand, and largest of a group of about 20 lakes, including Rotoiti and Tarawera, that were formerly called the Hot Lakes. The lake is pear-shaped and measures 7.5 miles (12 km) by 6 miles (9.5 km). Lake Rotorua (Maori: ?Crater Lake?) has a total surface area of 31 square miles (80 square km). Lying at an elevation of 920 feet (280 m), it fills a crater probably created by an immense volcanic explosion and reaches a depth of 85 feet (26 m). The lake drains a 203-square-mile (526-square-kilometre) basin and discharges through the Ohau ... (100 of 152 words)"@en . _:gaf1564a126a550799971node9f442393639fd86dd0835721da47d46 . _:gaf1564a126a550799971node9f442393639fd86dd0835721da47d46 "Lake Rudolf"@en . _:gaf1564a126a550799971node9f442393639fd86dd0835721da47d46 . _:gaf1564a126a550799971node9f442393639fd86dd0835721da47d46 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512190/Lake-Rudolf"@en . _:gaf1564a126a550799971node9f442393639fd86dd0835721da47d46 "\n Lake Rudolf,\u00A0also called Lake Turkana,\u00A0 fourth largest of the eastern African lakes. It lies mainly in northern Kenya, with its northern end stretching into Ethiopia. The lake lies in the eastern arm of eastern Africa?s Rift Valley. It covers an area of 2,473 square miles (6,405 square km) and lies at 1,230 feet (375 m) above sea level. Together with Lake Baringo (south), Lake Rudolf once formed a larger body of water drained by the Sobat River into the Nile River. Earth movements during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago), however, created a smaller lake of independent inland drainage. Volcanic outcrops give rise to rocky shores in the east and south, while the lake?s western and northern shores are lower and consist of sand dunes, sandspits, and mudflats. The three main islands in the lake?North, Central, and South?are volcanic."@en . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode614666d48489ffe35c06355434d88 . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode614666d48489ffe35c06355434d88 "Lake Rukwa"@en . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode614666d48489ffe35c06355434d88 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512554/Lake-Rukwa"@en . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode614666d48489ffe35c06355434d88 "\n Lake Rukwa,\u00A0lake, southwestern Tanzania, Eastern Africa. It is part of an inland drainage system in the Rukwa Trough, which probably at one time belonged to the East African Rift Valley system of which Lake Nyasa is a part. The lake covers an area of about 1,000 square miles (2,600 square km) and lies midway between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa, at an elevation of about 2,600 feet (800 m); it has an average depth of 10 feet (3 m). The British explorer John Hanning Speke heard it described as an impassable swamp, and in 1880 Joseph Thomson, a noted Scottish geologist and explorer, saw the lake from a distance. It has a drainage basin with an area of 31,000 square miles (80,000 square km) in Tanzania. There is no outlet from the lake, and at times it is completely dry. In 1929 it shrank to a length of about 30 miles (50 km), but 10 years later it expanded to about 80 miles (130 km) with a width of 25 miles (40 km). The lake?s fluctuations in size are caused by the varying inflow of streams. Its water is brackish, and there are salt pans near its southwestern end. Crocodile and hippopotamus inhabit the lake, and fish abound. Subsistence and commercial fishing operations centred on the lake are important to the local population. The lake lies over the epicentre of an earthquake-prone zone."@en . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode6f25847a4c159c547e581620fd2118 . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode6f25847a4c159c547e581620fd2118 "Lake Rukwa"@en . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode6f25847a4c159c547e581620fd2118 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512554/Lake-Rukwa"@en . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode6f25847a4c159c547e581620fd2118 "\n Lake Rukwa,\u00A0lake, southwestern Tanzania, Eastern Africa. It is part of an inland drainage system in the Rukwa Trough, which probably at one time belonged to the East African Rift Valley system of which Lake Nyasa is a part. The lake covers an area of about 1,000 square miles (2,600 square km) and lies midway between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa, at an elevation of about 2,600 feet (800 m); it has an average depth of 10 feet (3 m). The British explorer John Hanning Speke heard it described as an impassable swamp, and in 1880 Joseph Thomson, a noted Scottish geologist and explorer, saw the lake from a distance. It has a drainage basin with an area of 31,000 square miles (80,000 square km) in Tanzania. There is no outlet from the lake, and at times it is completely dry. In 1929 it shrank to a length of about 30 miles (50 km), but 10 years later it expanded to about 80 miles (130 km) with a width of 25 miles (40 km). The lake?s fluctuations in size are caused by the varying inflow of streams. Its water is brackish, and there are salt pans near its southwestern end. Crocodile and hippopotamus inhabit the lake, and fish abound. Subsistence and commercial fishing operations centred on the lake are important to the local population. The lake lies over the epicentre of an earthquake-prone zone."@en . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode792ce58a3cc5533e8d823e2c2731cfe3 . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode792ce58a3cc5533e8d823e2c2731cfe3 "Lake Rukwa"@en . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode792ce58a3cc5533e8d823e2c2731cfe3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512554/Lake-Rukwa"@en . _:g52c5ce0572d7c0e50cddnode792ce58a3cc5533e8d823e2c2731cfe3 "\n Lake Rukwa,\u00A0lake, southwestern Tanzania, Eastern Africa. It is part of an inland drainage system in the Rukwa Trough, which probably at one time belonged to the East African Rift Valley system of which Lake Nyasa is a part. The lake covers an area of about 1,000 square miles (2,600 square km) and lies midway between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa, at an elevation of about 2,600 feet (800 m); it has an average depth of 10 feet (3 m). The British explorer John Hanning Speke heard it described as an impassable swamp, and in 1880 Joseph Thomson, a noted Scottish geologist and explorer, saw the lake from a distance. It has a drainage basin with an area of 31,000 square miles (80,000 square km) in Tanzania. There is no outlet from the lake, and at times it is completely dry. In 1929 it shrank to a length of about 30 miles (50 km), but 10 years later it expanded to about 80 miles (130 km) with a width of 25 miles (40 km). The lake?s fluctuations in size are caused by the varying inflow of streams. Its water is brackish, and there are salt pans near its southwestern end. Crocodile and hippopotamus inhabit the lake, and fish abound. Subsistence and commercial fishing operations centred on the lake are important to the local population. The lake lies over the epicentre of an earthquake-prone zone."@en . _:gb196f763ac54d97e6277noded04331afa5386b5fcf83a2d1cab1 . _:gb196f763ac54d97e6277noded04331afa5386b5fcf83a2d1cab1 . _:gb196f763ac54d97e6277noded04331afa5386b5fcf83a2d1cab1 "Lake Saimaa"@en . _:gb196f763ac54d97e6277noded04331afa5386b5fcf83a2d1cab1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/516648/Lake-Saimaa"@en . _:gb196f763ac54d97e6277noded04331afa5386b5fcf83a2d1cab1 "\n Lake Saimaa,\u00A0lake in southeastern Finland. It lies just northwest of the Russian border and is northeast of Helsinki. It has an area of 443 sq mi (1,147 sq km) and is the primary lake in the Great Saimaa lake system, which, at 1,690 sq mi (4,377 sq km), is the largest system in Finland. The lake?s two branches extend northward about 220 mi (350 km) from Lappeenranta on Lake Saimaa proper to Iisalmi on its western branch and Nurmes on its eastern branch. About 120 lakes and numerous rivers and streams in the system drain most of southeastern Finland through Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River, and the Saimaa Canal (built in 1856) to the Gulf of Finland. Lumbering and pulp and paper manufacturing are the basis of the regional economy. The lake system provides essential transportation links among the major towns of the region. Large hydroelectric-power stations are located in the southern part of the lake system, especially at Imatra. The region?s scenic mosaic of water, hills, and forests attracts many tourists."@en . _:g1c892557563b1d1740a6node85f4679a4a96585d43c8d76ea2def995 . _:g1c892557563b1d1740a6node85f4679a4a96585d43c8d76ea2def995 . _:g1c892557563b1d1740a6node85f4679a4a96585d43c8d76ea2def995 "Lake Saint Clair"@en . _:g1c892557563b1d1740a6node85f4679a4a96585d43c8d76ea2def995 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/516919/Lake-Saint-Clair"@en . _:g1c892557563b1d1740a6node85f4679a4a96585d43c8d76ea2def995 "\n Lake Saint Clair,\u00A0lake in west-central Tasmania, Australia, lying at the southern boundary of Cradle Mountain?Lake St. Clair National Park at the terminus of a 53-mile [85-kilometre] walking track from the mountain. It has an area of 11 square miles (28 square km), measures 9 miles by 1 mile (14.5 by 1.6 km), and lies at an elevation of 2,417 feet (737 m) on Tasmania?s Central Plateau. It fills a valley once deepened by a glacier and then dammed with a moraine (glacial debris). The maximum depth approaches 700 feet (215 m) on the west, making St. Clair Australia?s deepest lake. It is the source of the Derwent River?s west arm, and its water is used by the Tarraleah hydroelectric-power station. Probably explored by W.S. Sharland, a surveyor, in 1832, it was named in 1835 by the surveyor general George Frankland to honour the St. Clair family of Scotland?s Loch Lomond. The lake is accessible via the Lyell Highway, through Derwent Bridge, from Hobart, 108 miles (174 km) southeast."@en . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnode2662bedd38b4a8b6aef325d86eb5b . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnode2662bedd38b4a8b6aef325d86eb5b "Lake Saint Clair"@en . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnode2662bedd38b4a8b6aef325d86eb5b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/516923/Lake-Saint-Clair"@en . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnode2662bedd38b4a8b6aef325d86eb5b "\n Lake Saint Clair,\u00A0expansive shallow basin, forming part of the boundary between Michigan, U.S., and Ontario, Can. Roughly circular, with a surface area of 467 square miles (1,210 square km), it connects with the St. Clair River and Lake Huron (north) and with the Detroit River and Lake Erie (south). It is 26 miles (42 km) long (north to south), and 24 miles (39 km) wide (east to west) and has a mean surface altitude of 573 feet (175 m). The lake?s drainage basin covers an area of 7,420 square miles (19,220 square km). Its northeastern shoreline is marked by the large delta of the St. Clair River, with seven channels. St. Lawrence Seaway shipping is afforded a minimum channel depth of 27 feet (8 m), and the lake region forms a popular summer recreation area. Some of the wealthiest suburbs of Detroit lie on the western shore, but there are no important ports on the lake."@en . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnode9ebdd5ff502ea14c3a7bd1be14d493f . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnode9ebdd5ff502ea14c3a7bd1be14d493f "Lake Saint Clair"@en . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnode9ebdd5ff502ea14c3a7bd1be14d493f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/516923/Lake-Saint-Clair"@en . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnode9ebdd5ff502ea14c3a7bd1be14d493f "\n Lake Saint Clair,\u00A0expansive shallow basin, forming part of the boundary between Michigan, U.S., and Ontario, Can. Roughly circular, with a surface area of 467 square miles (1,210 square km), it connects with the St. Clair River and Lake Huron (north) and with the Detroit River and Lake Erie (south). It is 26 miles (42 km) long (north to south), and 24 miles (39 km) wide (east to west) and has a mean surface altitude of 573 feet (175 m). The lake?s drainage basin covers an area of 7,420 square miles (19,220 square km). Its northeastern shoreline is marked by the large delta of the St. Clair River, with seven channels. St. Lawrence Seaway shipping is afforded a minimum channel depth of 27 feet (8 m), and the lake region forms a popular summer recreation area. Some of the wealthiest suburbs of Detroit lie on the western shore, but there are no important ports on the lake."@en . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnodea0bb48521d76968bdd7ea3cf2eba778b . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnodea0bb48521d76968bdd7ea3cf2eba778b "Lake Saint Clair"@en . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnodea0bb48521d76968bdd7ea3cf2eba778b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/516923/Lake-Saint-Clair"@en . _:g065433b1b80828b64d6bnodea0bb48521d76968bdd7ea3cf2eba778b "\n Lake Saint Clair,\u00A0expansive shallow basin, forming part of the boundary between Michigan, U.S., and Ontario, Can. Roughly circular, with a surface area of 467 square miles (1,210 square km), it connects with the St. Clair River and Lake Huron (north) and with the Detroit River and Lake Erie (south). It is 26 miles (42 km) long (north to south), and 24 miles (39 km) wide (east to west) and has a mean surface altitude of 573 feet (175 m). The lake?s drainage basin covers an area of 7,420 square miles (19,220 square km). Its northeastern shoreline is marked by the large delta of the St. Clair River, with seven channels. St. Lawrence Seaway shipping is afforded a minimum channel depth of 27 feet (8 m), and the lake region forms a popular summer recreation area. Some of the wealthiest suburbs of Detroit lie on the western shore, but there are no important ports on the lake."@en . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node20e2baeeccdf62be20842adb38243b2 . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node20e2baeeccdf62be20842adb38243b2 "Lac Saint-Jean"@en . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node20e2baeeccdf62be20842adb38243b2 . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node20e2baeeccdf62be20842adb38243b2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/517317/Lac-Saint-Jean"@en . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node20e2baeeccdf62be20842adb38243b2 "\n Lac Saint-Jean,\u00A0English Lake Saint John,\u00A0 lake in Saguenay?Lac-Saint-Jean region, south-central Quebec province, Canada. A shallow lake, occupying 387 square miles (1,003 square km) of a large graben (a downfaulted basin), it receives the drainage of a 30,000-square-mile (78,000-square-kilometre) area and discharges it through two outlets into the Saguenay River."@en . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node9ce9f1afe58a84fc36471ab36772e3a6 . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node9ce9f1afe58a84fc36471ab36772e3a6 "Lac Saint-Jean"@en . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node9ce9f1afe58a84fc36471ab36772e3a6 . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node9ce9f1afe58a84fc36471ab36772e3a6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/517317/Lac-Saint-Jean"@en . _:g64c465fd7f6703926156node9ce9f1afe58a84fc36471ab36772e3a6 "\n Lac Saint-Jean,\u00A0English Lake Saint John,\u00A0 lake in Saguenay?Lac-Saint-Jean region, south-central Quebec province, Canada. A shallow lake, occupying 387 square miles (1,003 square km) of a large graben (a downfaulted basin), it receives the drainage of a 30,000-square-mile (78,000-square-kilometre) area and discharges it through two outlets into the Saguenay River."@en . _:g08ce1c2d3f7138cbaf48node3197dff231856e731edb5dfaa2e4c . _:g08ce1c2d3f7138cbaf48node3197dff231856e731edb5dfaa2e4c . _:g08ce1c2d3f7138cbaf48node3197dff231856e731edb5dfaa2e4c "Bangweulu"@en . _:g08ce1c2d3f7138cbaf48node3197dff231856e731edb5dfaa2e4c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/51833/Bangweulu"@en . _:g08ce1c2d3f7138cbaf48node3197dff231856e731edb5dfaa2e4c "\n Bangweulu,\u00A0( (Bantu:: ?Large Water?), )\u00A0shallow lake with extensive swamps in northeastern Zambia. It is part of the Congo River system. Lying at an elevation of 3,740 feet (1,140 m), the waters of Bangweulu, fluctuating with the rainy season, cover a triangular area of about 3,800 square miles (9,800 square km). The lake, at the triangle?s northwest corner, is 45 miles (72 km) long and 24 miles (38 km) wide. There are three inhabited islands in the lake and many low islands in the swamps. The swamplands are the result of excessive vegetation growth over a section of low gradient along the course of the Chambeshi River, where they act as a check to the annual flooding, releasing the floodwaters slowly through a myriad of channels and lagoons, to issue as the Luapula River where the slope increases again. The vegetation responsible for the swamps consists of a common water reed, Phragmites communis, growing just above mean water level; a zone of papyrus at water level; and a floating grass, called hippo-grass, in deeper water. The lake?s fish are caught, dried, and exported to the copper-mining belt 100 miles (160 km) to the west. The explorer-missionary Dr. David Livingstone, the first European to visit the lake (1868), died on its southern shore in 1873."@en . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44node667416f012a019ec33834afca65c14c2 . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44node667416f012a019ec33834afca65c14c2 "Salton Sea"@en . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44node667416f012a019ec33834afca65c14c2 . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44node667416f012a019ec33834afca65c14c2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/519922/Salton-Sea"@en . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44node667416f012a019ec33834afca65c14c2 "Salton Sea,\u00A0saline lake, in the lower Colorado Desert, southern California, U.S. The area that is now the lake was formerly a salt-covered sink or depression (a remnant of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla) about 280 feet (85 metres) below sea level until 1905?06, when diversion controls on the Colorado River broke a few miles below the California-Mexico border and floodwaters rushed northward, filling the depression. Subsequent deepening of the sink was stopped in 1907, when a line of protective levees was built. The lake at that time was about 40 miles (60 km) long and 13 miles (21 km) wide and covered an ... (100 of 291 words)"@en . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44nodee2e9448c4fa2149b4b37a75198f4e72 . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44nodee2e9448c4fa2149b4b37a75198f4e72 . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44nodee2e9448c4fa2149b4b37a75198f4e72 "Salton Sea"@en . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44nodee2e9448c4fa2149b4b37a75198f4e72 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/519922/Salton-Sea"@en . _:g1b7c94ef07134d223e44nodee2e9448c4fa2149b4b37a75198f4e72 "Salton Sea,\u00A0saline lake, in the lower Colorado Desert, southern California, U.S. The area that is now the lake was formerly a salt-covered sink or depression (a remnant of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla) about 280 feet (85 metres) below sea level until 1905?06, when diversion controls on the Colorado River broke a few miles below the California-Mexico border and floodwaters rushed northward, filling the depression. Subsequent deepening of the sink was stopped in 1907, when a line of protective levees was built. The lake at that time was about 40 miles (60 km) long and 13 miles (21 km) wide and covered an ... (100 of 291 words)"@en . _:gae3519ebc515feb11d7cnode1a273448f5565ce2db866ead83dab68 . _:gae3519ebc515feb11d7cnode1a273448f5565ce2db866ead83dab68 "Sambhar Salt Lake"@en . _:gae3519ebc515feb11d7cnode1a273448f5565ce2db866ead83dab68 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/520416/Sambhar-Salt-Lake"@en . _:gae3519ebc515feb11d7cnode1a273448f5565ce2db866ead83dab68 "\n Sambhar Salt Lake,\u00A0ephemeral salt lake, the largest lake in India, situated in east-central Rajasthan state, west of Jaipur. About 90 square miles (230 square km) in area, it represents a depression of the Aravalli Range. The soluble sodium compounds stored in the lake?s underlying silt have accumulated by the evaporation of water brought down by annual river flooding. Salt sheets, which from a distance resemble snow, often cover the lake?s bed, which is usually dry in the hot months."@en . _:gae3519ebc515feb11d7cnode248cc9cbaa485d514c308d4940b23b . _:gae3519ebc515feb11d7cnode248cc9cbaa485d514c308d4940b23b "Sambhar Salt Lake"@en . _:gae3519ebc515feb11d7cnode248cc9cbaa485d514c308d4940b23b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/520416/Sambhar-Salt-Lake"@en . _:gae3519ebc515feb11d7cnode248cc9cbaa485d514c308d4940b23b "\n Sambhar Salt Lake,\u00A0ephemeral salt lake, the largest lake in India, situated in east-central Rajasthan state, west of Jaipur. About 90 square miles (230 square km) in area, it represents a depression of the Aravalli Range. The soluble sodium compounds stored in the lake?s underlying silt have accumulated by the evaporation of water brought down by annual river flooding. Salt sheets, which from a distance resemble snow, often cover the lake?s bed, which is usually dry in the hot months."@en . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node12a5e40e01040375e39f1b1a262745d . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node12a5e40e01040375e39f1b1a262745d "Lake Scutari"@en . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node12a5e40e01040375e39f1b1a262745d . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node12a5e40e01040375e39f1b1a262745d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/530307/Lake-Scutari"@en . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node12a5e40e01040375e39f1b1a262745d "\n Lake Scutari,\u00A0Albanian Shkod\u00EBr, Serbo-Croatian Skadarsko,\u00A0 largest lake in the Balkans, on the frontier between Montenegro and Albania. Its area is 150 square miles (390 square km), but it reaches 205 square miles (530 square km) at its seasonal high water. The lake was formerly an arm of the Adriatic Sea. On its west and northwest are steep mountains; its eastern side has a surrounding plain and marshland extending to Podgorica in the north. Six rivers flow into the lake, of which the principal is the Mora?a. The Bojana River flows out at the lake?s southern end to the Adriatic. Around the lakeshore are many small villages that are noted for their old monasteries and fortresses. The Albanian town of Shkod\u00EBr (Skadar) is at the southern end of the lake."@en . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node8cfc61a632d7cd6e74d25db183ad8b4 . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node8cfc61a632d7cd6e74d25db183ad8b4 . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node8cfc61a632d7cd6e74d25db183ad8b4 "Lake Scutari"@en . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node8cfc61a632d7cd6e74d25db183ad8b4 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/530307/Lake-Scutari"@en . _:g37aa6818e8557b3c8399node8cfc61a632d7cd6e74d25db183ad8b4 "\n Lake Scutari,\u00A0Albanian Shkod\u00EBr, Serbo-Croatian Skadarsko,\u00A0 largest lake in the Balkans, on the frontier between Montenegro and Albania. Its area is 150 square miles (390 square km), but it reaches 205 square miles (530 square km) at its seasonal high water. The lake was formerly an arm of the Adriatic Sea. On its west and northwest are steep mountains; its eastern side has a surrounding plain and marshland extending to Podgorica in the north. Six rivers flow into the lake, of which the principal is the Mora?a. The Bojana River flows out at the lake?s southern end to the Adriatic. Around the lakeshore are many small villages that are noted for their old monasteries and fortresses. The Albanian town of Shkod\u00EBr (Skadar) is at the southern end of the lake."@en . _:gd64cba712c85442ab625node611597de2e7f87a1673e2fe3abb0d6 . _:gd64cba712c85442ab625node611597de2e7f87a1673e2fe3abb0d6 "Lake Baringo"@en . _:gd64cba712c85442ab625node611597de2e7f87a1673e2fe3abb0d6 . _:gd64cba712c85442ab625node611597de2e7f87a1673e2fe3abb0d6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/53303/Lake-Baringo"@en . _:gd64cba712c85442ab625node611597de2e7f87a1673e2fe3abb0d6 "\n Lake Baringo,\u00A0lake in west-central Kenya. It is situated 3,200 feet (975 m) above sea level in the Great Rift Valley, east of the Kamasia (Ilkamasya) Hills. The lake has an area of 50 square miles (129 square km), is 11 miles (18 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, and has an average depth of 17 feet (5 m). A freshwater lake with no visible outlet, its waters seep into lavas at its northern end, where a rocky shore contrasts with the alluvial flat on its southern border. A great variety of birds inhabit the lake, which is also home to hippopotamuses and crocodiles. The Kamasya and Njamus (Njemps) peoples of the Baringo basin catch species of tilapia (a perchlike fish) in the lake, herd cattle, and raise crops. The first European to reach the lake was Joseph Thomson in 1883."@en . _:g7876637419105dedf41fnode328b63fd93bdfff6ec480eb26fca . _:g7876637419105dedf41fnode328b63fd93bdfff6ec480eb26fca "Lake Sevan"@en . _:g7876637419105dedf41fnode328b63fd93bdfff6ec480eb26fca . _:g7876637419105dedf41fnode328b63fd93bdfff6ec480eb26fca "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/536375/Lake-Sevan"@en . _:g7876637419105dedf41fnode328b63fd93bdfff6ec480eb26fca "\n Lake Sevan,\u00A0 lake in Armenia, with an area of 525 sq mi (1,360 sq km). Lying at 6,250 ft (1,905 m) above sea level in a mountain-enclosed basin, it drains by the Hrazdan River into the Aras River and to the Caspian Sea, but most of its water is lost by evaporation rather than by runoff. The lake is in two connected parts, the smaller but deeper Maly Sevan (northwest), with a maximum depth of 282 ft, and the Bolshoy Sevan (southeast), reaching 131 ft in depth. The construction of six hydroelectric plants on the Hrazdan led to a fall of the lake level. To stabilize its level, a 30 mi (49 km) tunnel to divert water from the Arpa River was constructed in the late 1970s. Lake Sevan is rich in fish, especially trout, and fishing is important. Several ancient Armenian churches lie along the shores."@en . _:g4965e0ca607634609e18node5de05ac92c60782e58f99ebbe81df32 . _:g4965e0ca607634609e18node5de05ac92c60782e58f99ebbe81df32 . _:g4965e0ca607634609e18node5de05ac92c60782e58f99ebbe81df32 "Loch Shiel"@en . _:g4965e0ca607634609e18node5de05ac92c60782e58f99ebbe81df32 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/540275/Loch-Shiel"@en . _:g4965e0ca607634609e18node5de05ac92c60782e58f99ebbe81df32 "\n Loch Shiel,\u00A0narrow lake, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. About 17 miles (28 km) long, it extends ribbonlike from Glenfinnan southwestward and drains into the 3-mile- (5-km-) long River Shiel, which empties into Loch Moidart, a sea loch. The upper reaches of Loch Shiel, toward Glenfinnan, are bounded by wild and rough scenery, with steep mountains reaching elevations of about 3,000 feet (900 metres). Glenfinnan Monument, at the head of Loch Shiel, marks the spot where on August 19, 1745, Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, raised his standard, the signal for the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. The lake and region are historically associated with the Macdonald clan. On St. Finnan?s Isle are an ancient chapel and the traditional burial place of the Macdonalds."@en . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node2e1985bcc890c2df24c4b71108ae3ea . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node2e1985bcc890c2df24c4b71108ae3ea . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node2e1985bcc890c2df24c4b71108ae3ea "Lake Siljan"@en . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node2e1985bcc890c2df24c4b71108ae3ea "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/544448/Lake-Siljan"@en . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node2e1985bcc890c2df24c4b71108ae3ea "\n Lake Siljan,\u00A0also spelled Silja,\u00A0 lake in the administrative l\u00E4n (county) of Dalarna, central Sweden. Covering an area of 112 square miles (290 square km; including Orsa and In lakes, 137 square miles [354 square km]), it is Dalarna?s largest lake. After receiving the \u00D6sterdal River at Mora, the lake stretches for a length of 25 miles (40 km) toward the southeast and extends into two bays, the wide R\u00E4tt to the northeast and the narrow \u00D6ster to the south at Leksand. The lake?s breadth varies from 1 to 7 miles (1.6 to 11 km). Soller\u00F6n is a large island in the northwestern part of the lake. Deeply indented wooded shores interspersed with meadows and quaint villages have given Siljan one of the most attractive settings in Sweden, making it a noted tourist centre."@en . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node42be47ea4da74762717647e5c9cd87b . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node42be47ea4da74762717647e5c9cd87b "Lake Siljan"@en . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node42be47ea4da74762717647e5c9cd87b . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node42be47ea4da74762717647e5c9cd87b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/544448/Lake-Siljan"@en . _:gd6c4a45ab044ca540501node42be47ea4da74762717647e5c9cd87b "\n Lake Siljan,\u00A0also spelled Silja,\u00A0 lake in the administrative l\u00E4n (county) of Dalarna, central Sweden. Covering an area of 112 square miles (290 square km; including Orsa and In lakes, 137 square miles [354 square km]), it is Dalarna?s largest lake. After receiving the \u00D6sterdal River at Mora, the lake stretches for a length of 25 miles (40 km) toward the southeast and extends into two bays, the wide R\u00E4tt to the northeast and the narrow \u00D6ster to the south at Leksand. The lake?s breadth varies from 1 to 7 miles (1.6 to 11 km). Soller\u00F6n is a large island in the northwestern part of the lake. Deeply indented wooded shores interspersed with meadows and quaint villages have given Siljan one of the most attractive settings in Sweden, making it a noted tourist centre."@en . _:g170797f3a76f75168759node6544a9f9802a21acbba8ce29e6e07bbe . _:g170797f3a76f75168759node6544a9f9802a21acbba8ce29e6e07bbe . _:g170797f3a76f75168759node6544a9f9802a21acbba8ce29e6e07bbe "Lake Simcoe"@en . _:g170797f3a76f75168759node6544a9f9802a21acbba8ce29e6e07bbe "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/545032/Lake-Simcoe"@en . _:g170797f3a76f75168759node6544a9f9802a21acbba8ce29e6e07bbe "\n Lake Simcoe,\u00A0lake, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies between Lake Huron?s Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario, 40 miles (65 km) north of Toronto. Fed by numerous small streams and joined by the Trent Canal, the lake, 287 square miles (743 square km) in area, drains northward through Couchiching Lake and the Severn River, also parts of the canal system, into the southeastern end of Georgian Bay. The lake is 30 miles (48 km) long and contains several islands, the largest, Georgina, being an Indian reserve. Encountered by Samuel de Champlain in 1650, it was originally known as Lac aux Claies before Governor John Simcoe renamed it for his father. Now a popular summer resort serving metropolitan Toronto, Lake Simcoe is situated in a rich farming region. Riparian settlements include Barrie and Orillia."@en . _:g504f19dd334a1cfc9570node72835b1ad5585f5ba04a141cf493e243 . _:g504f19dd334a1cfc9570node72835b1ad5585f5ba04a141cf493e243 . _:g504f19dd334a1cfc9570node72835b1ad5585f5ba04a141cf493e243 "Soda Lake"@en . _:g504f19dd334a1cfc9570node72835b1ad5585f5ba04a141cf493e243 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/551991/Soda-Lake"@en . _:g504f19dd334a1cfc9570node72835b1ad5585f5ba04a141cf493e243 "\n Soda Lake,\u00A0also called Soda Dry Lake,\u00A0 dry lake in San Bernardino county, southern California, U.S. Situated in the Mojave Desert, Soda Lake is part of what remains of the ancient Ice Age Lake Mojave. It is situated at the terminus of the Mojave River and has no outlet to the sea. The water in Soda Lake quickly dries, leaving alkaline evaporites (including sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate)."@en . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node3b4b102b9b3d26db61cadd535282c267 . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node3b4b102b9b3d26db61cadd535282c267 "Laguna de Bay"@en . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node3b4b102b9b3d26db61cadd535282c267 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/56646/Laguna-de-Bay"@en . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node3b4b102b9b3d26db61cadd535282c267 "\n Laguna de Bay,\u00A0lake, the largest inland body of water in the Philippines, on Luzon just southeast of Manila. Probably a former arm or extension of Manila Bay cut off by volcanism, Laguna de Bay (Spanish: ?Lake of the Bay?) has a normal area of about 356 square miles (922 square km) and is about 32 miles (51 km) long. Its shallow, crescent-shaped basin is poorly drained by many small streams, and the surrounding low-lying plains are inundated during seasons of heavy rainfall. The Pasig River is the lake?s outlet to Manila Bay, 10 miles (16 km) northwest. An important fishing area, with productive wet margins (rice), Laguna de Bay is broken by two peninsulas in the north and dotted by islands; densely settled Talim (9 miles [14 km] long) is the largest. Santa Cruz, Bi\u00F1an, and Calamba are towns on the lake?s southern shore."@en . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node49cd3e6d6e2a96876d922d8796943486 . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node49cd3e6d6e2a96876d922d8796943486 "Laguna de Bay"@en . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node49cd3e6d6e2a96876d922d8796943486 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/56646/Laguna-de-Bay"@en . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node49cd3e6d6e2a96876d922d8796943486 "\n Laguna de Bay,\u00A0lake, the largest inland body of water in the Philippines, on Luzon just southeast of Manila. Probably a former arm or extension of Manila Bay cut off by volcanism, Laguna de Bay (Spanish: ?Lake of the Bay?) has a normal area of about 356 square miles (922 square km) and is about 32 miles (51 km) long. Its shallow, crescent-shaped basin is poorly drained by many small streams, and the surrounding low-lying plains are inundated during seasons of heavy rainfall. The Pasig River is the lake?s outlet to Manila Bay, 10 miles (16 km) northwest. An important fishing area, with productive wet margins (rice), Laguna de Bay is broken by two peninsulas in the north and dotted by islands; densely settled Talim (9 miles [14 km] long) is the largest. Santa Cruz, Bi\u00F1an, and Calamba are towns on the lake?s southern shore."@en . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node5ca9bb5a3359d85cdd62b2872db7f8d . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node5ca9bb5a3359d85cdd62b2872db7f8d "Laguna de Bay"@en . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node5ca9bb5a3359d85cdd62b2872db7f8d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/56646/Laguna-de-Bay"@en . _:g8e9d8bb187eb6aeaaa87node5ca9bb5a3359d85cdd62b2872db7f8d "\n Laguna de Bay,\u00A0lake, the largest inland body of water in the Philippines, on Luzon just southeast of Manila. Probably a former arm or extension of Manila Bay cut off by volcanism, Laguna de Bay (Spanish: ?Lake of the Bay?) has a normal area of about 356 square miles (922 square km) and is about 32 miles (51 km) long. Its shallow, crescent-shaped basin is poorly drained by many small streams, and the surrounding low-lying plains are inundated during seasons of heavy rainfall. The Pasig River is the lake?s outlet to Manila Bay, 10 miles (16 km) northwest. An important fishing area, with productive wet margins (rice), Laguna de Bay is broken by two peninsulas in the north and dotted by islands; densely settled Talim (9 miles [14 km] long) is the largest. Santa Cruz, Bi\u00F1an, and Calamba are towns on the lake?s southern shore."@en . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnode99963d24ace9bd28bc87f068d74e922f . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnode99963d24ace9bd28bc87f068d74e922f "?trbsk? Pleso"@en . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnode99963d24ace9bd28bc87f068d74e922f . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnode99963d24ace9bd28bc87f068d74e922f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/568622/Strbske-Pleso"@en . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnode99963d24ace9bd28bc87f068d74e922f "\n ?trbsk\u00E9 Pleso,\u00A0 small morainic lake, V\u00FDchodn\u00ED Slovensko kraj (region), Slovakia. It lies at the end of a narrow-gauge electric railway from Poprad. At 4,455 feet (1,358 m) in elevation, it is the most popular of the lakes in the High Tatra mountain range."@en . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnodedff4d8be4ad8091bffcf5d2d545cd8 . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnodedff4d8be4ad8091bffcf5d2d545cd8 . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnodedff4d8be4ad8091bffcf5d2d545cd8 "?trbsk? Pleso"@en . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnodedff4d8be4ad8091bffcf5d2d545cd8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/568622/Strbske-Pleso"@en . _:g656040a6efd4dfac341fnodedff4d8be4ad8091bffcf5d2d545cd8 "\n ?trbsk\u00E9 Pleso,\u00A0 small morainic lake, V\u00FDchodn\u00ED Slovensko kraj (region), Slovakia. It lies at the end of a narrow-gauge electric railway from Poprad. At 4,455 feet (1,358 m) in elevation, it is the most popular of the lakes in the High Tatra mountain range."@en . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560node31d0a6edb4216526e3c3cd7ae74d95b . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560node31d0a6edb4216526e3c3cd7ae74d95b "Lake Superior"@en . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560node31d0a6edb4216526e3c3cd7ae74d95b . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560node31d0a6edb4216526e3c3cd7ae74d95b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/574353/Lake-Superior"@en . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560node31d0a6edb4216526e3c3cd7ae74d95b "\n Lake Superior,\u00A0most northwesterly and largest of the five Great Lakes of North America and one of the world?s largest bodies of fresh water. Bounded on the east and north by Ontario (Can.), on the west by Minnesota (U.S.), and on the south by Wisconsin and Michigan (U.S.), it discharges into Lake Huron at its eastern end via the St. Marys River. The lake is 350 mi (563 km) long (east to west), and its greatest width is 160 mi (258 km) from north to south. It has a mean surface elevation of 600 ft (180 m) above sea level and a maximum depth of 1,332 ft (406 m). The lake?s drainage basin is 49,300 sq mi (127,700 sq km), exclusive of its surface area of 31,700 sq mi (82,100 sq km). The lake is so massive and its volume so large that, were it to be emptied at its current rate (with no compensating additions of water), it would take 191 years. Because of its large size (relative to watershed area) and the porous \"dam\" at its outlet, long-term lake-level fluctuations are much lower than in any of the other Great Lakes?generally less than 1 yd (1 m). Annual lake-level fluctuations are less than 12 in (30 cm)."@en . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560nodeb7964ef8f2547141f2371cf4c325b2d . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560nodeb7964ef8f2547141f2371cf4c325b2d "Lake Superior"@en . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560nodeb7964ef8f2547141f2371cf4c325b2d . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560nodeb7964ef8f2547141f2371cf4c325b2d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/574353/Lake-Superior"@en . _:g4a35d424354b6619a560nodeb7964ef8f2547141f2371cf4c325b2d "\n Lake Superior,\u00A0most northwesterly and largest of the five Great Lakes of North America and one of the world?s largest bodies of fresh water. Bounded on the east and north by Ontario (Can.), on the west by Minnesota (U.S.), and on the south by Wisconsin and Michigan (U.S.), it discharges into Lake Huron at its eastern end via the St. Marys River. The lake is 350 mi (563 km) long (east to west), and its greatest width is 160 mi (258 km) from north to south. It has a mean surface elevation of 600 ft (180 m) above sea level and a maximum depth of 1,332 ft (406 m). The lake?s drainage basin is 49,300 sq mi (127,700 sq km), exclusive of its surface area of 31,700 sq mi (82,100 sq km). The lake is so massive and its volume so large that, were it to be emptied at its current rate (with no compensating additions of water), it would take 191 years. Because of its large size (relative to watershed area) and the porous \"dam\" at its outlet, long-term lake-level fluctuations are much lower than in any of the other Great Lakes?generally less than 1 yd (1 m). Annual lake-level fluctuations are less than 12 in (30 cm)."@en . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823node9d705bfc77125abd23e36cf2e53186 . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823node9d705bfc77125abd23e36cf2e53186 "Taal Lake"@en . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823node9d705bfc77125abd23e36cf2e53186 . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823node9d705bfc77125abd23e36cf2e53186 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/579618/Taal-Lake"@en . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823node9d705bfc77125abd23e36cf2e53186 "\n Taal Lake,\u00A0 lake in southwestern Luzon, Philippines, occupying a volcanic crater with a maximum width of 15 miles (24 km), at less than 10 feet (3 m) above sea level. It has an area of 94 square miles (244 square km) and is the country?s third largest lake. Within the lake rises Volcano Island (984 feet [300 m]), which itself contains another small crater (Yellow Lake). Volcano Island, called Taal Volcano, has erupted 25 times since 1572, most recently in 1970."@en . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823nodee4ec451ab0f0cd222d2e99b8fde6 . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823nodee4ec451ab0f0cd222d2e99b8fde6 "Taal Lake"@en . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823nodee4ec451ab0f0cd222d2e99b8fde6 . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823nodee4ec451ab0f0cd222d2e99b8fde6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/579618/Taal-Lake"@en . _:ge52ca46053f5e050c823nodee4ec451ab0f0cd222d2e99b8fde6 "\n Taal Lake,\u00A0 lake in southwestern Luzon, Philippines, occupying a volcanic crater with a maximum width of 15 miles (24 km), at less than 10 feet (3 m) above sea level. It has an area of 94 square miles (244 square km) and is the country?s third largest lake. Within the lake rises Volcano Island (984 feet [300 m]), which itself contains another small crater (Yellow Lake). Volcano Island, called Taal Volcano, has erupted 25 times since 1572, most recently in 1970."@en . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node3e731ae071a546be3fec1265fd4aec6 . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node3e731ae071a546be3fec1265fd4aec6 . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node3e731ae071a546be3fec1265fd4aec6 "Lake Tahoe"@en . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node3e731ae071a546be3fec1265fd4aec6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/580442/Lake-Tahoe"@en . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node3e731ae071a546be3fec1265fd4aec6 "\n Lake Tahoe,\u00A0freshwater lake occupying a fault basin on the California-Nevada border in the northern Sierra Nevada, U.S. Fed by numerous small streams, it is drained by the Truckee River to Pyramid Lake, Nevada, about 60 miles (100 km) northeast. It measures 22 miles (35 km) north-south and 12 miles (19 km) east-west and has an area of 193 square miles (500 square km); its surface stands at 6,229 feet (1,899 m) above sea level, and its maximum depth is 1,640 feet (500 m). Visited in 1844 by the soldier-explorer John C. Fr\u00E9mont, the intensely blue lake took its name from the Washoe Indian word meaning ?big water.? Water is supplied through its western outlet, the Truckee, for the Newlands Irrigation Project in Nevada. The lake and the surrounding area of national forests have been developed as tourist resorts."@en . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node5314ca6ce26c2bb59bb74cd7d827d2 . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node5314ca6ce26c2bb59bb74cd7d827d2 "Lake Tahoe"@en . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node5314ca6ce26c2bb59bb74cd7d827d2 . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node5314ca6ce26c2bb59bb74cd7d827d2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/580442/Lake-Tahoe"@en . _:gdcabaa31b90916eb13e3node5314ca6ce26c2bb59bb74cd7d827d2 "\n Lake Tahoe,\u00A0freshwater lake occupying a fault basin on the California-Nevada border in the northern Sierra Nevada, U.S. Fed by numerous small streams, it is drained by the Truckee River to Pyramid Lake, Nevada, about 60 miles (100 km) northeast. It measures 22 miles (35 km) north-south and 12 miles (19 km) east-west and has an area of 193 square miles (500 square km); its surface stands at 6,229 feet (1,899 m) above sea level, and its maximum depth is 1,640 feet (500 m). Visited in 1844 by the soldier-explorer John C. Fr\u00E9mont, the intensely blue lake took its name from the Washoe Indian word meaning ?big water.? Water is supplied through its western outlet, the Truckee, for the Newlands Irrigation Project in Nevada. The lake and the surrounding area of national forests have been developed as tourist resorts."@en . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6node3a23d3a6d23ed86995d489bb403e65 . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6node3a23d3a6d23ed86995d489bb403e65 "Lake Tai"@en . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6node3a23d3a6d23ed86995d489bb403e65 . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6node3a23d3a6d23ed86995d489bb403e65 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/580536/Lake-Tai"@en . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6node3a23d3a6d23ed86995d489bb403e65 "\n Lake Tai,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Tai Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) T?ai Hu,\u00A0 large lake between Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, eastern China. Roughly crescent-shaped, it is about 45 miles (70 km) from north to south and 37 miles (59 km) from east to west; its total surface area is about 935 square miles (2,425 square km). The lake lies in a flat plain and is connected with a maze of waterways that feed it from the west and discharge its waters eastward into the East China Sea, via the Wusong, Liu, Huangpu, and other rivers. In addition to these natural waterways, there is an intricate pattern of canals and irrigation channels associated with the lake. Only on the northeast side is the lake bounded by uplands?a ridge of hills that also outcrop in the lake as islands, many of which, because of silting, have been joined to the shoreline."@en . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6nodef4db3443ddb7bd62e375148c2479d . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6nodef4db3443ddb7bd62e375148c2479d "Lake Tai"@en . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6nodef4db3443ddb7bd62e375148c2479d . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6nodef4db3443ddb7bd62e375148c2479d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/580536/Lake-Tai"@en . _:g736a4023f8eb824240b6nodef4db3443ddb7bd62e375148c2479d "\n Lake Tai,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Tai Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) T?ai Hu,\u00A0 large lake between Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, eastern China. Roughly crescent-shaped, it is about 45 miles (70 km) from north to south and 37 miles (59 km) from east to west; its total surface area is about 935 square miles (2,425 square km). The lake lies in a flat plain and is connected with a maze of waterways that feed it from the west and discharge its waters eastward into the East China Sea, via the Wusong, Liu, Huangpu, and other rivers. In addition to these natural waterways, there is an intricate pattern of canals and irrigation channels associated with the lake. Only on the northeast side is the lake bounded by uplands?a ridge of hills that also outcrop in the lake as islands, many of which, because of silting, have been joined to the shoreline."@en . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8node9af53b1c292d2f3b6a775bd76b23f3b3 . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8node9af53b1c292d2f3b6a775bd76b23f3b3 "Lake Tana"@en . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8node9af53b1c292d2f3b6a775bd76b23f3b3 . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8node9af53b1c292d2f3b6a775bd76b23f3b3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/582140/Lake-Tana"@en . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8node9af53b1c292d2f3b6a775bd76b23f3b3 "Lake Tana,\u00A0largest lake of Ethiopia, in a depression of the northwest plateau, 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) above sea level. It forms the main reservoir for the Blue Nile (Abbay) River, which drains its southern extremity near Bahir Dar. The lake?s surface covers 1,418 square miles (3,673 square km), with a surrounding drainage of 4,500 square miles (11,650 square km); its maximum depth is 45 feet (14 metres). The reputed source of the Blue Nile is the Little Abbay, which rises south of the lake near Mount Amedamit; it is the longest (about 85 miles [135 km]) of the lake?s 60 tributaries. ... (100 of 280 words)"@en . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8nodefd2e93ae9e3bd59c3c124babf4f15b . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8nodefd2e93ae9e3bd59c3c124babf4f15b "Lake Tana"@en . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8nodefd2e93ae9e3bd59c3c124babf4f15b . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8nodefd2e93ae9e3bd59c3c124babf4f15b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/582140/Lake-Tana"@en . _:gb5abc39e81ed8618c9c8nodefd2e93ae9e3bd59c3c124babf4f15b "Lake Tana,\u00A0largest lake of Ethiopia, in a depression of the northwest plateau, 6,000 feet (1,800 metres) above sea level. It forms the main reservoir for the Blue Nile (Abbay) River, which drains its southern extremity near Bahir Dar. The lake?s surface covers 1,418 square miles (3,673 square km), with a surrounding drainage of 4,500 square miles (11,650 square km); its maximum depth is 45 feet (14 metres). The reputed source of the Blue Nile is the Little Abbay, which rises south of the lake near Mount Amedamit; it is the longest (about 85 miles [135 km]) of the lake?s 60 tributaries. ... (100 of 280 words)"@en . _:gb5aba1098a3a96bf4ebcnode457b2a3afaf8f5b2bcae6e30a8ab71ad . _:gb5aba1098a3a96bf4ebcnode457b2a3afaf8f5b2bcae6e30a8ab71ad . _:gb5aba1098a3a96bf4ebcnode457b2a3afaf8f5b2bcae6e30a8ab71ad "Lake Taupo"@en . _:gb5aba1098a3a96bf4ebcnode457b2a3afaf8f5b2bcae6e30a8ab71ad "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/584374/Lake-Taupo"@en . _:gb5aba1098a3a96bf4ebcnode457b2a3afaf8f5b2bcae6e30a8ab71ad "Lake Taupo,\u00A0Maori Taupomoana,\u00A0\n lake, the largest in New Zealand, on the volcanic plateau of central North Island. It has a total surface area of 234 square miles (606 square km), and its surface lies at an elevation of 1,172 feet (357 metres). The lake has a depth of about 525 feet (160 metres). It covers the remains of several volcanic craters, notably those of the dormant Taupo volcano in the northeastern portion of the lake. A series of cataclysmic eruptions at Taupo and other nearby volcanoes some 1,800 years ago created the large caldera (collapsed volcano) that the lake now ... (100 of 249 words)"@en . _:g5362f97113a33b807178node4cc399a8c07928d3f7205dd484a78 . _:g5362f97113a33b807178node4cc399a8c07928d3f7205dd484a78 "Lake Te Anau"@en . _:g5362f97113a33b807178node4cc399a8c07928d3f7205dd484a78 . _:g5362f97113a33b807178node4cc399a8c07928d3f7205dd484a78 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/585064/Lake-Te-Anau"@en . _:g5362f97113a33b807178node4cc399a8c07928d3f7205dd484a78 "\n Lake Te Anau,\u00A0lake, the largest of the Southern Lakes, southwest South Island, New Zealand. About 38 miles (61 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, the lake, with an area of 133 square miles (344 square km), has four western extensions?Worsley Arm and North, Middle, and South fjords. Fed by the Clinton and Eglinton rivers, it drains a 1,275-square-mile (3,302-square-kilometre) basin. Occupying a valley that was deepened by glacial erosion, the lake, whose surface lies 686 feet (209 m) above sea level, has a maximum depth of 906 feet (276 m), placing its bed 220 feet (67 m) below sea level. Water from Te Anau, draining through the Waiau River, is used to maintain a constant level in Lake Manapouri (site of hydroelectric generators). In a superb alpine setting bordered on the west by forested mountains and on the east by farmlands, the lake region is known for fishing and tourism, centred on the town of Te Anau."@en . _:g19a21bb219121d8cd03anode827d10164bbf69aa58eccfd344164269 . _:g19a21bb219121d8cd03anode827d10164bbf69aa58eccfd344164269 . _:g19a21bb219121d8cd03anode827d10164bbf69aa58eccfd344164269 "Tegernsee"@en . _:g19a21bb219121d8cd03anode827d10164bbf69aa58eccfd344164269 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/585591/Tegernsee"@en . _:g19a21bb219121d8cd03anode827d10164bbf69aa58eccfd344164269 "\n Tegernsee,\u00A0 lake, southern Bayern (Bavaria), southeastern Germany, lying at 2,380 feet (725 m) above sea level, surrounded by wooded mountains on the fringe of the Bavarian Alps, south of Munich. It is nearly 4 miles (6.5 km) long, almost 1 mile wide (1.6 km), and 3.5 square miles (9 square km) in area, with a maximum depth of 236 feet (72 m). Its waters discharge through the Mangfall to the Inn rivers. The lake is a popular summer and winter recreational area, with facilities for yachting and other water sports. Main resorts are Tegernsee village on the eastern shore, with the castle of the Bavarian king Maximilian I (until 1803 a Benedictine abbey, founded in 746); Bad Wiessee on the western shore, a spa with iodine and sulfur springs; and Rottach-Egern on the southern shore at the foot of the Wallberg (5,650 feet [1,722 m]), from whose summit are views across the Mangfall Mountains to the Hohe Tauern and of the Zugspitze, Germany?s highest mountain, to the southwest."@en . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodee3db2b0b198da6175a82818d2d9f0bf . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodee3db2b0b198da6175a82818d2d9f0bf "Lake Tekapo"@en . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodee3db2b0b198da6175a82818d2d9f0bf . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodee3db2b0b198da6175a82818d2d9f0bf "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/585729/Lake-Tekapo"@en . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodee3db2b0b198da6175a82818d2d9f0bf "Lake Tekapo,\u00A0lake in central South Island, New Zealand, occupying 37 square miles (96 square km) of a valley that has been dammed by a moraine (glacial debris). The lake is about 15 miles (24 km) long and 3.5 miles (6 km) wide and drains a 550-square-mile (1,425-square-kilometre) basin. The lake?s major affluents, east of the Southern Alps, are the Godley and Macaulay rivers. Near the resort town of Lake Tekapo at its southern tip, the lake empties through the Tekapo River."@en . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodef022ab8d508b6a1139faa6f326e325 . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodef022ab8d508b6a1139faa6f326e325 . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodef022ab8d508b6a1139faa6f326e325 "Lake Tekapo"@en . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodef022ab8d508b6a1139faa6f326e325 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/585729/Lake-Tekapo"@en . _:g5657518de401ea12950dnodef022ab8d508b6a1139faa6f326e325 "Lake Tekapo,\u00A0lake in central South Island, New Zealand, occupying 37 square miles (96 square km) of a valley that has been dammed by a moraine (glacial debris). The lake is about 15 miles (24 km) long and 3.5 miles (6 km) wide and drains a 550-square-mile (1,425-square-kilometre) basin. The lake?s major affluents, east of the Southern Alps, are the Godley and Macaulay rivers. Near the resort town of Lake Tekapo at its southern tip, the lake empties through the Tekapo River."@en . _:g5edb8ab0ee2d0ddb9fb4node467bec1118463234e5d82665e6c828e3 . _:g5edb8ab0ee2d0ddb9fb4node467bec1118463234e5d82665e6c828e3 "Lake Tengiz"@en . _:g5edb8ab0ee2d0ddb9fb4node467bec1118463234e5d82665e6c828e3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/587247/Lake-Tengiz"@en . _:g5edb8ab0ee2d0ddb9fb4node467bec1118463234e5d82665e6c828e3 "\n Lake Tengiz,\u00A0Kazakh Tengiz K\u00F6li,\u00A0 salt lake in the northern part of the Kazakh Uplands (Saryarqa). The largest lake in northern Kazakhstan, it has an area of 614 square miles (1,590 square km) and a maximum depth of more than 20 feet (6 metres); it lies in an area of sparsely inhabited dry steppe and semidesert. It is fed by the Nura and Kulanutpes rivers, and its level is subject to sharp fluctuations. The shore is mostly low lying and clayey, and along the jagged eastern shore are several islands. The lake is the most northerly habitat of the pink flamingo, and its brine is rich in the mineral mirabilite (hydrated sodium sulfate)."@en . _:g5edb8ab0ee2d0ddb9fb4node6cde3fde3bdd37f2db2575dea4493b8c . _:g5edb8ab0ee2d0ddb9fb4node6cde3fde3bdd37f2db2575dea4493b8c "Lake Tengiz"@en . _:g5edb8ab0ee2d0ddb9fb4node6cde3fde3bdd37f2db2575dea4493b8c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/587247/Lake-Tengiz"@en . _:g5edb8ab0ee2d0ddb9fb4node6cde3fde3bdd37f2db2575dea4493b8c "\n Lake Tengiz,\u00A0Kazakh Tengiz K\u00F6li,\u00A0 salt lake in the northern part of the Kazakh Uplands (Saryarqa). The largest lake in northern Kazakhstan, it has an area of 614 square miles (1,590 square km) and a maximum depth of more than 20 feet (6 metres); it lies in an area of sparsely inhabited dry steppe and semidesert. It is fed by the Nura and Kulanutpes rivers, and its level is subject to sharp fluctuations. The shore is mostly low lying and clayey, and along the jagged eastern shore are several islands. The lake is the most northerly habitat of the pink flamingo, and its brine is rich in the mineral mirabilite (hydrated sodium sulfate)."@en . _:gfe5bc222483ab1a4d461node756f69ac419da738d935965289582f . _:gfe5bc222483ab1a4d461node756f69ac419da738d935965289582f "Lake Texcoco"@en . _:gfe5bc222483ab1a4d461node756f69ac419da738d935965289582f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/589372/Lake-Texcoco"@en . _:gfe5bc222483ab1a4d461node756f69ac419da738d935965289582f "\n Lake Texcoco,\u00A0Spanish Lago De Texcoco,\u00A0 lake in central Mexico. Originally one of the five lakes contained in An\u00E1huac, or the Valley of Mexico, Texcoco has been drained via channels and a tunnel to the P\u00E1nuco River since the early 17th century, until it now occupies only a small area surrounded by salt marshes 2 1/2 mi (4 km) east of Mexico City. Tenochtitl\u00E1n, the Aztec capital, captured in 1521 by the Spanish conquistador Hern\u00E1n Cort\u00E9s, stood on islands in old Texcoco, connected to the mainland by causeways. It was hoped that vast areas of rich farmlands would be made available by draining the lake, but the soils proved too saline for cultivation. In addition, the surface of the lake bed has dropped and the buildings on it have settled, and clouds of dust are occasionally blown over the urban area, contributing to the extreme air pollution of Mexico City."@en . _:g693d2529fb5a0a8f3473nodeefbbdafb9055f74755b63c61ec435a . _:g693d2529fb5a0a8f3473nodeefbbdafb9055f74755b63c61ec435a "Lake Thingvalla"@en . _:g693d2529fb5a0a8f3473nodeefbbdafb9055f74755b63c61ec435a . _:g693d2529fb5a0a8f3473nodeefbbdafb9055f74755b63c61ec435a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/592164/Lake-Thingvalla"@en . _:g693d2529fb5a0a8f3473nodeefbbdafb9055f74755b63c61ec435a "\n Lake Thingvalla,\u00A0Icelandic Thingvallavatn,\u00A0 lake, southwestern Iceland, 20 miles (32 km) east of Reykjav\u00EDk. The lake is about 9 miles (14 km) long and up to 6 miles (10 km) wide and reaches a depth of 374 feet (114 m). It is among the largest lakes in Iceland, with an area of 32 square miles (82 square km), and is a popular spot for trout and char fishing. The lake drains southward to the Atlantic Ocean via the Sog River, which is itself a tributary of the \u00D6lfus\u00E1 River. On its northern shore stands Thingvellir, the historical meeting place of the Althingi (parliament) from 930 until 1798; it has been part of a national park since 1928. Thingvellir was also the site of the proclamation of the Republic of Iceland on June 17, 1944."@en . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeaef79f1ebd2e945945f0998dbb7d5bc8 . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeaef79f1ebd2e945945f0998dbb7d5bc8 "Lake Titicaca"@en . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeaef79f1ebd2e945945f0998dbb7d5bc8 . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeaef79f1ebd2e945945f0998dbb7d5bc8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/597251/Lake-Titicaca"@en . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeaef79f1ebd2e945945f0998dbb7d5bc8 "Lake Titicaca,\u00A0Spanish Lago Titicaca,\u00A0\n the world?s highest lake navigable to large vessels, lying at 12,500 feet (3,810 metres) above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America, astride the border between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east. Titicaca is the second largest lake of South America (after Maracaibo). It covers some 3,200 square miles (8,300 square km) and extends in a northwest-to-southeast direction for a distance of 120 miles (190 km). It is 50 miles (80 km) across at its widest point. A narrow strait, Tiquina, separates the lake into two bodies of water. The smaller, in the southeast, is called Lake Hui?aymarca in Bolivia and Lake Peque?o in Peru; the larger, in the northwest, is called Lake Chucuito in Bolivia and Lake Grande in Peru."@en . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeecd62e96d2b6ae7eb9da356da651ff1 . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeecd62e96d2b6ae7eb9da356da651ff1 "Lake Titicaca"@en . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeecd62e96d2b6ae7eb9da356da651ff1 . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeecd62e96d2b6ae7eb9da356da651ff1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/597251/Lake-Titicaca"@en . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeecd62e96d2b6ae7eb9da356da651ff1 "Lake Titicaca,\u00A0Spanish Lago Titicaca,\u00A0\n the world?s highest lake navigable to large vessels, lying at 12,500 feet (3,810 metres) above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America, astride the border between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east. Titicaca is the second largest lake of South America (after Maracaibo). It covers some 3,200 square miles (8,300 square km) and extends in a northwest-to-southeast direction for a distance of 120 miles (190 km). It is 50 miles (80 km) across at its widest point. A narrow strait, Tiquina, separates the lake into two bodies of water. The smaller, in the southeast, is called Lake Hui?aymarca in Bolivia and Lake Peque?o in Peru; the larger, in the northwest, is called Lake Chucuito in Bolivia and Lake Grande in Peru."@en . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeee212cada8404d778977ec2ba6d04367 . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeee212cada8404d778977ec2ba6d04367 "Lake Titicaca"@en . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeee212cada8404d778977ec2ba6d04367 . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeee212cada8404d778977ec2ba6d04367 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/597251/Lake-Titicaca"@en . _:gc912c11361baf0d6b7d2nodeee212cada8404d778977ec2ba6d04367 "Lake Titicaca,\u00A0Spanish Lago Titicaca,\u00A0\n the world?s highest lake navigable to large vessels, lying at 12,500 feet (3,810 metres) above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America, astride the border between Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east. Titicaca is the second largest lake of South America (after Maracaibo). It covers some 3,200 square miles (8,300 square km) and extends in a northwest-to-southeast direction for a distance of 120 miles (190 km). It is 50 miles (80 km) across at its widest point. A narrow strait, Tiquina, separates the lake into two bodies of water. The smaller, in the southeast, is called Lake Hui?aymarca in Bolivia and Lake Peque?o in Peru; the larger, in the northwest, is called Lake Chucuito in Bolivia and Lake Grande in Peru."@en . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode50807654a84e441acba398ad82de9633 . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode50807654a84e441acba398ad82de9633 "Lake Toba"@en . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode50807654a84e441acba398ad82de9633 . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode50807654a84e441acba398ad82de9633 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/597693/Lake-Toba"@en . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode50807654a84e441acba398ad82de9633 "\n Lake Toba,\u00A0Indonesian Danau Toba,\u00A0 lake in the Barisan Mountains, north-central Sumatra, Indonesia. It covers an area of about 440 square miles (1,140 square km), excluding Samosir Island, which occupies a large part of the lake?s centre and which is about 30 miles (50 km) long and 10 miles (15 km) wide. The lake drains east through the Asahan River into the Strait of Malacca; along the Asahan River several major hydroelectric projects were completed in the 1980s to supply power for industrialization of the lesser-developed areas of northern Sumatra. A high-quality aluminum-processing and smelting centre was also completed in 1984 at the mouth of the Asahan on the coast."@en . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode68fce790a9b6ecbf7fcf4411541b8eae . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode68fce790a9b6ecbf7fcf4411541b8eae "Lake Toba"@en . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode68fce790a9b6ecbf7fcf4411541b8eae . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode68fce790a9b6ecbf7fcf4411541b8eae "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/597693/Lake-Toba"@en . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnode68fce790a9b6ecbf7fcf4411541b8eae "\n Lake Toba,\u00A0Indonesian Danau Toba,\u00A0 lake in the Barisan Mountains, north-central Sumatra, Indonesia. It covers an area of about 440 square miles (1,140 square km), excluding Samosir Island, which occupies a large part of the lake?s centre and which is about 30 miles (50 km) long and 10 miles (15 km) wide. The lake drains east through the Asahan River into the Strait of Malacca; along the Asahan River several major hydroelectric projects were completed in the 1980s to supply power for industrialization of the lesser-developed areas of northern Sumatra. A high-quality aluminum-processing and smelting centre was also completed in 1984 at the mouth of the Asahan on the coast."@en . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnodec07d8182521af4c25cf1448f9646b1 . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnodec07d8182521af4c25cf1448f9646b1 . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnodec07d8182521af4c25cf1448f9646b1 "Lake Toba"@en . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnodec07d8182521af4c25cf1448f9646b1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/597693/Lake-Toba"@en . _:gfea5250ee3b713420d6cnodec07d8182521af4c25cf1448f9646b1 "\n Lake Toba,\u00A0Indonesian Danau Toba,\u00A0 lake in the Barisan Mountains, north-central Sumatra, Indonesia. It covers an area of about 440 square miles (1,140 square km), excluding Samosir Island, which occupies a large part of the lake?s centre and which is about 30 miles (50 km) long and 10 miles (15 km) wide. The lake drains east through the Asahan River into the Strait of Malacca; along the Asahan River several major hydroelectric projects were completed in the 1980s to supply power for industrialization of the lesser-developed areas of northern Sumatra. A high-quality aluminum-processing and smelting centre was also completed in 1984 at the mouth of the Asahan on the coast."@en . _:g1e4d7ec3126a323bc691nodefa6e82831f274e43468865546fcb17c . _:g1e4d7ec3126a323bc691nodefa6e82831f274e43468865546fcb17c "Tonle Sap"@en . _:g1e4d7ec3126a323bc691nodefa6e82831f274e43468865546fcb17c . _:g1e4d7ec3126a323bc691nodefa6e82831f274e43468865546fcb17c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/599316/Tonle-Sap"@en . _:g1e4d7ec3126a323bc691nodefa6e82831f274e43468865546fcb17c "\n Tonle Sap,\u00A0Khmer B?ng T\u00F4nl\u00E9 Sab,\u00A0 natural floodplain reservoir, central Cambodia. The lake is drained during the dry season by the Sab River (T\u00F4nl\u00E9 Sab) across the V\u00E9al P\u00F4c plain southeastward to the Mekong River. Called by the French Grand Lac (?Great Lake?), the lake is fed by numerous erratic tributaries and also by the Sr\u00EAng and S\u00EAn rivers, which are perennial northern tributaries. During the June-to-November monsoonal regime, the swollen Mekong reverses the southeastward flow of the Sab River, which increases Tonle Sap?s area from about 1,050 square miles (2,700 square km) to about 4,000 square miles (10,360 square km); its depth also increases from 3?10 feet (0.9?3 m) to 30?45 feet (9?14 m), permitting vessels with 9 feet (3 m) of draft to navigate it up through the various tributaries, on which are situated the towns of K\u00E2mp\u00F3ng Thum (Kompong Thom), Si?mr\u00E9ab, B?td\u00E2mb\u00E2ng (Battambang), and Po?th?s?t (Pursat). During the rainy season the lake?s width increases from about 22 miles (35 km) to 65 miles (105 km). At low water it is little more than a reed-infested swamp, with channels for fishing craft. The lake, the largest freshwater body in Southeast Asia, supports a large carp-breeding and carp-harvesting industry, with numerous floating fishing villages inhabited largely by ethnic Vietnamese. The fermented and salted fish are staples of the Cambodian diet. UNESCO designated Tonle Sap a World Network Biosphere Reserve in 1997."@en . _:g59f19077460d0b694307nodeba69182f15a5f997afb143f58e114ca . _:g59f19077460d0b694307nodeba69182f15a5f997afb143f58e114ca "Lake Torrens"@en . _:g59f19077460d0b694307nodeba69182f15a5f997afb143f58e114ca . _:g59f19077460d0b694307nodeba69182f15a5f997afb143f58e114ca "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/600092/Lake-Torrens"@en . _:g59f19077460d0b694307nodeba69182f15a5f997afb143f58e114ca "\n Lake Torrens,\u00A0salt lake, lying west of the Flinders Ranges, east-central South Australia, 215 miles (345 km) northwest of Adelaide. About 150 miles (240 km) long and 40 miles (65 km) wide, the salt lake has an area of 2,300 square miles (5,900 square km). Normally a mud flat, it may fill only after heavy rains and has been known to overflow into Spencer Gulf, several miles to the south. The lake was visited in 1839 by Edward J. Eyre while he was seeking new grazing lands, and it was named in honour of Colonel Robert Torrens, chairman of the South Australian Colonization Commissioners."@en . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enode4c5cb9a9a13afbf71cb83eaa942275bb . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enode4c5cb9a9a13afbf71cb83eaa942275bb "Lake Towada"@en . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enode4c5cb9a9a13afbf71cb83eaa942275bb . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enode4c5cb9a9a13afbf71cb83eaa942275bb "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/600935/Lake-Towada"@en . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enode4c5cb9a9a13afbf71cb83eaa942275bb "\n Lake Towada,\u00A0Japanese Towada-ko,\u00A0 lake, on the border of Aomori and Akita ken (prefectures), northern Honshu, Japan. Located in the northern extremity of the ?u Range, the lake occupies a volcanic crater. It is 27 miles (44 km) in circumference and covers an area of 23 square miles (60 square km). Lake Towada is the third deepest lake in Japan, reaching 1,096 feet (334 m) in depth at its centre. It receives water from several mountain streams and drains in the northeast through the Oirase River. Its circular shape is broken in the south by the Ogura and Nakayama promontories."@en . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enodedc5ed62120d06bc08380617f6135ecec . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enodedc5ed62120d06bc08380617f6135ecec . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enodedc5ed62120d06bc08380617f6135ecec "Lake Towada"@en . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enodedc5ed62120d06bc08380617f6135ecec "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/600935/Lake-Towada"@en . _:g8dfc0371ac9db1b6749enodedc5ed62120d06bc08380617f6135ecec "\n Lake Towada,\u00A0Japanese Towada-ko,\u00A0 lake, on the border of Aomori and Akita ken (prefectures), northern Honshu, Japan. Located in the northern extremity of the ?u Range, the lake occupies a volcanic crater. It is 27 miles (44 km) in circumference and covers an area of 23 square miles (60 square km). Lake Towada is the third deepest lake in Japan, reaching 1,096 feet (334 m) in depth at its centre. It receives water from several mountain streams and drains in the northeast through the Oirase River. Its circular shape is broken in the south by the Ogura and Nakayama promontories."@en . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7node89fc41923090ef8a487c8c898fc1313d . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7node89fc41923090ef8a487c8c898fc1313d "Lake Trasimeno"@en . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7node89fc41923090ef8a487c8c898fc1313d . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7node89fc41923090ef8a487c8c898fc1313d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/603438/Lake-Trasimeno"@en . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7node89fc41923090ef8a487c8c898fc1313d "\n Lake Trasimeno,\u00A0also called Lake of Perugia, Italian Lago Trasimeno, Latin Trasimenus Lacus,\u00A0 largest lake of the Italian peninsula in Umbria region, central Italy, 10 miles (16 km) west of Perugia. It has an area of 49 square miles (128 square km) and is shallow, its maximum depth being 20 feet (6 m). The lake it is fed by small streams and has an artificial subterranean outlet (opened 1898) to the Tiber River. Surrounded by hills on three sides, with an open lowland to the west, Trasimeno is often subject to heavy storms created by violent winds, especially from the north and west. There are three islets in the lake: Maggiore, Minore, and Polvese. The lake?s shores, formerly marshy and malarial, are sparsely inhabited, with only two villages, both popular bathing resorts, Castiglione del Lago and Passignano sul Trasimeno."@en . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7nodebf576bc18ce8dfe93558b40423448fd . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7nodebf576bc18ce8dfe93558b40423448fd . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7nodebf576bc18ce8dfe93558b40423448fd "Lake Trasimeno"@en . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7nodebf576bc18ce8dfe93558b40423448fd "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/603438/Lake-Trasimeno"@en . _:g14d7349a0fb1ba9b3ef7nodebf576bc18ce8dfe93558b40423448fd "\n Lake Trasimeno,\u00A0also called Lake of Perugia, Italian Lago Trasimeno, Latin Trasimenus Lacus,\u00A0 largest lake of the Italian peninsula in Umbria region, central Italy, 10 miles (16 km) west of Perugia. It has an area of 49 square miles (128 square km) and is shallow, its maximum depth being 20 feet (6 m). The lake it is fed by small streams and has an artificial subterranean outlet (opened 1898) to the Tiber River. Surrounded by hills on three sides, with an open lowland to the west, Trasimeno is often subject to heavy storms created by violent winds, especially from the north and west. There are three islets in the lake: Maggiore, Minore, and Polvese. The lake?s shores, formerly marshy and malarial, are sparsely inhabited, with only two villages, both popular bathing resorts, Castiglione del Lago and Passignano sul Trasimeno."@en . _:g7cf41e271808fbb61887node39c3c6e6fa7b19b6f26ef2b9bd7132e9 . _:g7cf41e271808fbb61887node39c3c6e6fa7b19b6f26ef2b9bd7132e9 "Lake Tumba"@en . _:g7cf41e271808fbb61887node39c3c6e6fa7b19b6f26ef2b9bd7132e9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/608753/Lake-Tumba"@en . _:g7cf41e271808fbb61887node39c3c6e6fa7b19b6f26ef2b9bd7132e9 "\n Lake Tumba,\u00A0lake, part of the Congo River basin, northwestern Congo (Kinshasa). Lake Tumba lies 75 miles (120 km) northwest of Lake Mai-Ndombe (formerly Lake L\u00E9opold II). It covers 190 square miles (500 square km) and is 6?20 feet (2?6 m) deep. The lake empties into the Congo River by Irebu channel, just opposite its confluence with the Ubangi River. Lake Tumba is shallow, with low shores, and is navigable by river steamer."@en . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode2aa0229ac3593e41c7da0a02ba8bc . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode2aa0229ac3593e41c7da0a02ba8bc "Dongting Lake"@en . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode2aa0229ac3593e41c7da0a02ba8bc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/609044/Dongting-Lake"@en . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode2aa0229ac3593e41c7da0a02ba8bc "Dongting Lake,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Dongting Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Tung-t?ing Hu,\u00A0\n large lake in northern Hunan province, south-central China. It lies in a basin to the south of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and is connected to the Yangtze by four channels. Typically, some two-fifths of the river?s waters flow into the lake, the amount increasing during flood periods. The lake is also fed from the south by almost the entire drainage of Hunan province, with the Xiang River flowing in from the south and the Zi, Yuan, and Li rivers from the southwest and west. The waters of the entire lake system discharge into the Yangtze at Yueyang."@en . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode4376c1adcbc7e19eb5dd7aeb1394ff . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode4376c1adcbc7e19eb5dd7aeb1394ff "Dongting Lake"@en . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode4376c1adcbc7e19eb5dd7aeb1394ff "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/609044/Dongting-Lake"@en . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode4376c1adcbc7e19eb5dd7aeb1394ff "Dongting Lake,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Dongting Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Tung-t?ing Hu,\u00A0\n large lake in northern Hunan province, south-central China. It lies in a basin to the south of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and is connected to the Yangtze by four channels. Typically, some two-fifths of the river?s waters flow into the lake, the amount increasing during flood periods. The lake is also fed from the south by almost the entire drainage of Hunan province, with the Xiang River flowing in from the south and the Zi, Yuan, and Li rivers from the southwest and west. The waters of the entire lake system discharge into the Yangtze at Yueyang."@en . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode44e03021a293b93f5331b490407347db . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode44e03021a293b93f5331b490407347db "Dongting Lake"@en . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode44e03021a293b93f5331b490407347db "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/609044/Dongting-Lake"@en . _:g5b01ca25e84eee77050fnode44e03021a293b93f5331b490407347db "Dongting Lake,\u00A0Chinese (Pinyin) Dongting Hu or (Wade-Giles romanization) Tung-t?ing Hu,\u00A0\n large lake in northern Hunan province, south-central China. It lies in a basin to the south of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and is connected to the Yangtze by four channels. Typically, some two-fifths of the river?s waters flow into the lake, the amount increasing during flood periods. The lake is also fed from the south by almost the entire drainage of Hunan province, with the Xiang River flowing in from the south and the Zi, Yuan, and Li rivers from the southwest and west. The waters of the entire lake system discharge into the Yangtze at Yueyang."@en . _:gca981615f9f63adf5014node5a68267749953d2d2410f5d32f47941 . _:gca981615f9f63adf5014node5a68267749953d2d2410f5d32f47941 "Lake Tuz"@en . _:gca981615f9f63adf5014node5a68267749953d2d2410f5d32f47941 . _:gca981615f9f63adf5014node5a68267749953d2d2410f5d32f47941 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/610799/Lake-Tuz"@en . _:gca981615f9f63adf5014node5a68267749953d2d2410f5d32f47941 "\n Lake Tuz,\u00A0Turkish Tuz G\u00F6l\u00FC,\u00A0 saline lake occupying a depression in the dry central plateau of Turkey, 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Konya. It lies at an elevation of 2,970 feet (905 m). For most of the year this very shallow (3?6 feet [1?2 m]) and saline lake has an area of about 580 square miles (1,500 square km). Normally about 50 miles (80 km) long and 30 miles (50 km) wide, it recedes each summer to leave a desolate expanse of encrusted salt, which is worked. The lake has no outlet, and few surface streams feed into it; rainfall in the surrounding area is as low as 10 inches (250 mm) per year."@en . _:g8423c89188fdd5ac6effnodec666bd117ad6b3fad6e2995ba4726c . _:g8423c89188fdd5ac6effnodec666bd117ad6b3fad6e2995ba4726c "Lake Tyers"@en . _:g8423c89188fdd5ac6effnodec666bd117ad6b3fad6e2995ba4726c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/611459/Lake-Tyers"@en . _:g8423c89188fdd5ac6effnodec666bd117ad6b3fad6e2995ba4726c "\n Lake Tyers,\u00A0coastal lake in Gippsland, on the eastern coast of Victoria, Australia, near the northeastern end of Ninety Mile Beach. The lake consists of two main channels; the eastern half curves northeasterly into the interior for about 10 miles (16 km), and the western channel extends northwesterly about 5 miles (8 km). Lake Tyers opens into the Tasman Sea to the south. The lake was named for Charles James Tyers, a surveyor who was appointed commissioner of crown lands in 1842. The nearby township of Lake Tyers, together with 4,000 acres (1,600 hectares), was an Aboriginal reserve until 1971, when Sir Rowan Delacombe, the governor of Victoria, assigned ownership of the property to a trust of 5,000 Aborigines. Tourists visit Lake Tyers for fishing and boating."@en . _:ge713167f0b992a5da66anode8c692cdeff42b8f68e61e6e5cb76af3 . _:ge713167f0b992a5da66anode8c692cdeff42b8f68e61e6e5cb76af3 "Lake Tyrrell"@en . _:ge713167f0b992a5da66anode8c692cdeff42b8f68e61e6e5cb76af3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/611999/Lake-Tyrrell"@en . _:ge713167f0b992a5da66anode8c692cdeff42b8f68e61e6e5cb76af3 "\n Lake Tyrrell,\u00A0shallow salt-crusted depression of 70 square miles (180 square km) in the Mallee district, northwestern Victoria, Austl. It lies 195 miles (314 km) northwest of Melbourne. It is the largest inland saltwater lake in Victoria and the most inland breeding ground for Australia?s seagulls. Usually dry, it is occasionally fed by Tyrrell Creek but more often by subterranean water. An extraction plant and refinery about 15 miles (25 km) north of the town of Sea Lake harvests the salt deposits (a local industry that dates to 1874). The first person of European descent to encounter the lake was William Stanbridge, the manager of a station (foreman of a ranch) in Charlton, who came to it in 1847 after following Tyrrell Creek (called Comberndil by the Aborigines) away from the Avoca River. The lake?s name is derived from that given to it by the Aborigines: Tyrille, meaning ?sky,? so named because it reflected the night sky."@en . _:gd6e40486df1e21a6da92nodecad4b0bbbced287960e3f3b5c13c71fe . _:gd6e40486df1e21a6da92nodecad4b0bbbced287960e3f3b5c13c71fe . _:gd6e40486df1e21a6da92nodecad4b0bbbced287960e3f3b5c13c71fe "Ullswater"@en . _:gd6e40486df1e21a6da92nodecad4b0bbbced287960e3f3b5c13c71fe "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/613247/Ullswater"@en . _:gd6e40486df1e21a6da92nodecad4b0bbbced287960e3f3b5c13c71fe "\n Ullswater,\u00A0lake, in the administrative county of Cumbria, on the border between the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland in the Lake District of England. It is the Lake District?s second largest lake, about 7.5 miles (12 km) long and 0.5 mile (0.8 km) wide with an area of about 3 square miles (0.8 square km) and a maximum depth of 205 feet (62 metres). It is drained by the River Eden to Solway Firth. Pooley Bridge is situated at the outlet. The lake has four small islands in the north, and nearby is the Aira Force waterfall. Adjacent Gowbarrow was established as a national park in 1910."@en . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode253f9f87cb6c3ee9dcf69cdb1bece67d . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode253f9f87cb6c3ee9dcf69cdb1bece67d "Lake Urmia"@en . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode253f9f87cb6c3ee9dcf69cdb1bece67d . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode253f9f87cb6c3ee9dcf69cdb1bece67d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/619901/Lake-Urmia"@en . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode253f9f87cb6c3ee9dcf69cdb1bece67d "\n Lake Urmia,\u00A0Persian Dary?cheh-ye Or?m?yeh,\u00A0 lake in northwestern Iran that is the largest lake in the Middle East. It covers an area that varies from 2,000 to 2,300 square miles (5,200 to 6,000 square km). Like the Dead Sea, it is remarkable for the extreme salinity of its waters. Since 1967 it has enjoyed the status of a wetland protected region, and efforts have been made by the Iranian government to increase its wildlife."@en . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode63974e2ec704aeb65afd8191ae389f . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode63974e2ec704aeb65afd8191ae389f . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode63974e2ec704aeb65afd8191ae389f "Lake Urmia"@en . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode63974e2ec704aeb65afd8191ae389f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/619901/Lake-Urmia"@en . _:gc1c2cf3c4b74bb28ec2bnode63974e2ec704aeb65afd8191ae389f "\n Lake Urmia,\u00A0Persian Dary?cheh-ye Or?m?yeh,\u00A0 lake in northwestern Iran that is the largest lake in the Middle East. It covers an area that varies from 2,000 to 2,300 square miles (5,200 to 6,000 square km). Like the Dead Sea, it is remarkable for the extreme salinity of its waters. Since 1967 it has enjoyed the status of a wetland protected region, and efforts have been made by the Iranian government to increase its wildlife."@en . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodebf56937b35f6ee1869dc67e64d779d . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodebf56937b35f6ee1869dc67e64d779d "Utah Lake"@en . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodebf56937b35f6ee1869dc67e64d779d . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodebf56937b35f6ee1869dc67e64d779d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/620541/Utah-Lake"@en . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodebf56937b35f6ee1869dc67e64d779d "\n Utah Lake,\u00A0freshwater lake in Utah county, north-central Utah, U.S. It covers 150 square miles (390 square km) and is 23 miles (37 km) long. Utah Lake drains through the Jordan River into Great Salt Lake to the northwest and is a remnant of prehistoric Lake Bonneville. It is the site of Utah Lake State Park and of waterfowl and bird preserves; at the turn of the 21st century, more than a quarter of a million people made their homes near its shores."@en . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodee8973c7ac741a22677a563677fd37e . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodee8973c7ac741a22677a563677fd37e "Utah Lake"@en . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodee8973c7ac741a22677a563677fd37e . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodee8973c7ac741a22677a563677fd37e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/620541/Utah-Lake"@en . _:ga2e07840483668de25e7nodee8973c7ac741a22677a563677fd37e "\n Utah Lake,\u00A0freshwater lake in Utah county, north-central Utah, U.S. It covers 150 square miles (390 square km) and is 23 miles (37 km) long. Utah Lake drains through the Jordan River into Great Salt Lake to the northwest and is a remnant of prehistoric Lake Bonneville. It is the site of Utah Lake State Park and of waterfowl and bird preserves; at the turn of the 21st century, more than a quarter of a million people made their homes near its shores."@en . _:gc2224f23ca2325339769nodeaef35fd3e5c6e5f7275dbedd9a35262b . _:gc2224f23ca2325339769nodeaef35fd3e5c6e5f7275dbedd9a35262b "Lake Valencia"@en . _:gc2224f23ca2325339769nodeaef35fd3e5c6e5f7275dbedd9a35262b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/621989/Lake-Valencia"@en . _:gc2224f23ca2325339769nodeaef35fd3e5c6e5f7275dbedd9a35262b "\n Lake Valencia,\u00A0Spanish Lago de Valencia,\u00A0 lake in Carabobo and Aragua estados (states), central Venezuela. Lying in a basin in the Cordillera de la Costa (Maritime Andes) of the central highlands at an elevation of 1,362 ft (415 m) above sea level, Lake Valencia measures approximately 18 mi (29 km) from east to west and 10 mi from north to south. Its total area of 141 sq mi (364 sq km) makes it the second largest natural lake of Venezuela, after Lake Maracaibo. On its shores cotton, sugarcane, tobacco, corn (maize), coffee, fruits, and cattle are raised. Formerly known as Tacarigua, the lake is fed by many streams. The lake was formerly ringed with marshlands, but it has become a popular resort area. Valencia city is near the southwestern shore and Maracay is on the northeastern rim."@en . _:gbb0554072fb4f016cf11node73c87757ada96125a59291549dbdc4 . _:gbb0554072fb4f016cf11node73c87757ada96125a59291549dbdc4 . _:gbb0554072fb4f016cf11node73c87757ada96125a59291549dbdc4 "Lake Van"@en . _:gbb0554072fb4f016cf11node73c87757ada96125a59291549dbdc4 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622548/Lake-Van"@en . _:gbb0554072fb4f016cf11node73c87757ada96125a59291549dbdc4 "\n Lake Van,\u00A0Turkish Van G\u00F6l\u00FC,\u00A0 lake, largest body of water in Turkey and the second largest in the Middle East. The lake is located in the region of eastern Anatolia near the border of Iran. It covers an area of 1,434 square miles (3,713 square km) and is more than 74 miles (119 km) across at its widest point. Known to the ancient Greek geographers as Thospitis Lacus, or Arsissa Lacus, its modern Turkish name, Van G\u00F6l\u00FC, is derived from Van, or Chauon, the name of the capital of the Urartian kingdom that flourished on the lake?s eastern shore between the 10th and 8th centuries bc. Roughly triangular in shape, the lake lies in an enclosed basin; its brackish waters are unsuitable for either drinking or irrigation. The salt water allows for no animal life save the darekh (related to the European bleak, a small soft-finned river fish of the carp family), a freshwater fish that has adapted to a saline environment."@en . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode1ea35fcd9339bd9f367a1990f69adb . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode1ea35fcd9339bd9f367a1990f69adb . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode1ea35fcd9339bd9f367a1990f69adb "Lake V?ner"@en . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode1ea35fcd9339bd9f367a1990f69adb "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622998/Lake-Vaner"@en . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode1ea35fcd9339bd9f367a1990f69adb "\n Lake V\u00E4ner,\u00A0Swedish V\u00E4nern,\u00A0 largest lake in Sweden, 2,181 square miles (5,650 square km) in area, in the southwestern part of the country. The lake is about 90 miles (145 km) long and as much as 348 feet (106 metres) deep, and its surface lies 144 feet (44 metres) above sea level. The lake is fed by numerous rivers (the largest being the Klar), and the lake itself drains westward into the Kattegat (strait) via the G\u00F6ta River, which is a major source of hydroelectric power. V\u00E4ner is surrounded by rocky, wooded shores except on the south, where the coast is low and conducive to farming. The lake forms a major link in the G\u00F6ta Canal, a waterway that crosses Sweden from Gothenburg on Sweden?s west coast to Stockholm on the east coast. Improvements on the Trollh\u00E4tte Canal permit seagoing craft entering from the Kattegat to serve such lake ports as Karlstad, Lidk\u00F6ping, V\u00E4nersborg, Kristinehamn, \u00C5mal, S\u00E4ffle, and Mariestad. These towns have important industries, such as tanneries, ironworks, and paper mills. V\u00E4ner is the third largest lake in Europe, after Ladoga and Onega (both in Russia)."@en . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode73e2fa4461d93b3bf132817c4deec5 . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode73e2fa4461d93b3bf132817c4deec5 . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode73e2fa4461d93b3bf132817c4deec5 "Lake V?ner"@en . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode73e2fa4461d93b3bf132817c4deec5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622998/Lake-Vaner"@en . _:g1de60f1a9bf118d784benode73e2fa4461d93b3bf132817c4deec5 "\n Lake V\u00E4ner,\u00A0Swedish V\u00E4nern,\u00A0 largest lake in Sweden, 2,181 square miles (5,650 square km) in area, in the southwestern part of the country. The lake is about 90 miles (145 km) long and as much as 348 feet (106 metres) deep, and its surface lies 144 feet (44 metres) above sea level. The lake is fed by numerous rivers (the largest being the Klar), and the lake itself drains westward into the Kattegat (strait) via the G\u00F6ta River, which is a major source of hydroelectric power. V\u00E4ner is surrounded by rocky, wooded shores except on the south, where the coast is low and conducive to farming. The lake forms a major link in the G\u00F6ta Canal, a waterway that crosses Sweden from Gothenburg on Sweden?s west coast to Stockholm on the east coast. Improvements on the Trollh\u00E4tte Canal permit seagoing craft entering from the Kattegat to serve such lake ports as Karlstad, Lidk\u00F6ping, V\u00E4nersborg, Kristinehamn, \u00C5mal, S\u00E4ffle, and Mariestad. These towns have important industries, such as tanneries, ironworks, and paper mills. V\u00E4ner is the third largest lake in Europe, after Ladoga and Onega (both in Russia)."@en . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626node6e712816dfbb167432ccb8d7676fc . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626node6e712816dfbb167432ccb8d7676fc . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626node6e712816dfbb167432ccb8d7676fc "Lake V?tter"@en . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626node6e712816dfbb167432ccb8d7676fc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/624091/Lake-Vatter"@en . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626node6e712816dfbb167432ccb8d7676fc "\n Lake V\u00E4tter,\u00A0SwedishV\u00E4ttern,\u00A0 lake in south-central Sweden, southeast of Lake V\u00E4ner between the administrative l\u00E4n (counties) of V\u00E4stra G\u00F6taland and \u00D6sterg\u00F6tland and north of the traditional landskap (province) of Sm\u00E5land. With a length of 81 miles (130 km), a breadth of about 19 miles (31 km), and an area of 738 square miles (1,912 square km), it is Sweden?s second largest lake, though only one-third the size of Lake V\u00E4ner. It has a maximum depth of 420 feet (130 metres) and a surface 289 feet (89 metres) above sea level. The lake, known for its dangerous currents, drains eastward through the Motala River into the Baltic Sea."@en . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626nodeb831acee93b1fd8dfa3afa9c944d046 . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626nodeb831acee93b1fd8dfa3afa9c944d046 . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626nodeb831acee93b1fd8dfa3afa9c944d046 "Lake V?tter"@en . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626nodeb831acee93b1fd8dfa3afa9c944d046 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/624091/Lake-Vatter"@en . _:g8f40c7b8ff3477b69626nodeb831acee93b1fd8dfa3afa9c944d046 "\n Lake V\u00E4tter,\u00A0SwedishV\u00E4ttern,\u00A0 lake in south-central Sweden, southeast of Lake V\u00E4ner between the administrative l\u00E4n (counties) of V\u00E4stra G\u00F6taland and \u00D6sterg\u00F6tland and north of the traditional landskap (province) of Sm\u00E5land. With a length of 81 miles (130 km), a breadth of about 19 miles (31 km), and an area of 738 square miles (1,912 square km), it is Sweden?s second largest lake, though only one-third the size of Lake V\u00E4ner. It has a maximum depth of 420 feet (130 metres) and a surface 289 feet (89 metres) above sea level. The lake, known for its dangerous currents, drains eastward through the Motala River into the Baltic Sea."@en . _:gda2287d4d47a218f4a0cnodefa6a8946a444b40551fb5b95a4a8a7f . _:gda2287d4d47a218f4a0cnodefa6a8946a444b40551fb5b95a4a8a7f "Lake Victoria"@en . _:gda2287d4d47a218f4a0cnodefa6a8946a444b40551fb5b95a4a8a7f . _:gda2287d4d47a218f4a0cnodefa6a8946a444b40551fb5b95a4a8a7f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/627661/Lake-Victoria"@en . _:gda2287d4d47a218f4a0cnodefa6a8946a444b40551fb5b95a4a8a7f "\n Lake Victoria,\u00A0also called Victoria Nyanza ,\u00A0 largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile, lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya. Among the freshwater lakes of the world it is exceeded in size only by Lake Superior in North America, its area being 26,828 square miles (69,484 square km). An irregular quadrilateral in shape, its shores, save on the west, are deeply indented. Its greatest length from north to south is 210 miles (337 km), its greatest breadth 150 miles (240 km). Its coastline exceeds 2,000 miles (3,220 km). Its waters fill a shallow depression in the centre of the great plateau that stretches between the Western and Eastern Rift Valleys. The lake?s surface is 3,720 feet (1,134 metres) above sea level, and its greatest ascertained depth is 270 feet (82 metres). Many archipelagos are contained within the lake, as are numerous reefs, often just below the surface of the clear waters. Lake Victoria has more than 200 species of fish, of which the Tilapia is the most economically important. The lake?s basin area covers 92,240 square miles (238,900 square km)."@en . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnode1c76935151bab7751bc6cc686e310ac . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnode1c76935151bab7751bc6cc686e310ac "Lake Volta"@en . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnode1c76935151bab7751bc6cc686e310ac "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/632445/Lake-Volta"@en . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnode1c76935151bab7751bc6cc686e310ac "\n Lake Volta,\u00A0artificial lake in Ghana. The lake is formed by the Akosombo Dam, which, begun in 1961 and completed in 1965, dammed the Volta River just south of Ajena and created a lake extending upstream from the Akosombo Dam to Yapei, beyond the former confluence of the Black Volta and White Volta rivers."@en . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnode24ccb02aaee3f0d2d452412aa4f9f . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnode24ccb02aaee3f0d2d452412aa4f9f "Lake Volta"@en . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnode24ccb02aaee3f0d2d452412aa4f9f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/632445/Lake-Volta"@en . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnode24ccb02aaee3f0d2d452412aa4f9f "\n Lake Volta,\u00A0artificial lake in Ghana. The lake is formed by the Akosombo Dam, which, begun in 1961 and completed in 1965, dammed the Volta River just south of Ajena and created a lake extending upstream from the Akosombo Dam to Yapei, beyond the former confluence of the Black Volta and White Volta rivers."@en . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnodeb3b9d5914ab3fe8530b273606724b796 . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnodeb3b9d5914ab3fe8530b273606724b796 "Lake Volta"@en . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnodeb3b9d5914ab3fe8530b273606724b796 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/632445/Lake-Volta"@en . _:g6f7245f49f534ea3393bnodeb3b9d5914ab3fe8530b273606724b796 "\n Lake Volta,\u00A0artificial lake in Ghana. The lake is formed by the Akosombo Dam, which, begun in 1961 and completed in 1965, dammed the Volta River just south of Ajena and created a lake extending upstream from the Akosombo Dam to Yapei, beyond the former confluence of the Black Volta and White Volta rivers."@en . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnode7a1f3e6c6fd1f2e6c43486b286e16615 . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnode7a1f3e6c6fd1f2e6c43486b286e16615 "V?rtsj?rv"@en . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnode7a1f3e6c6fd1f2e6c43486b286e16615 . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnode7a1f3e6c6fd1f2e6c43486b286e16615 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/632965/Vortsjarv"@en . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnode7a1f3e6c6fd1f2e6c43486b286e16615 "\n V\u00F5rtsj\u00E4rv,\u00A0also spelled V\u00F5rts-j\u00E4rv or Virtsj\u00E4rv, Russian Ozero Vyrts-yarv,\u00A0 lake (j\u00E4rv) in south-central Estonia, with an area of about 110 square miles (280 square km). V\u00F5rtsj\u00E4rv forms part of the 124-mile (200-km) course of the Ema River (German: Embach), which enters the lake from the south and drains it toward the north and east into Lake Peipus on the Estonia-Russia border. The V\u00F5rtsj\u00E4rv is navigable, as is the lower course of the Ema. The lake and river together divide the hilly Haanja region of southeastern Estonia from the flat remainder of the republic. The lake and its swampy, level basin are believed to be remnants of a much larger, ice-dammed prehistoric lake whose original drainage was toward the west. A Zoological and Botanical Institute was established on the lake in 1961."@en . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnodeb996e4a761f1f61412c724e469f0a6ac . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnodeb996e4a761f1f61412c724e469f0a6ac "V?rtsj?rv"@en . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnodeb996e4a761f1f61412c724e469f0a6ac . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnodeb996e4a761f1f61412c724e469f0a6ac "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/632965/Vortsjarv"@en . _:ga6a5a60268b2cdf0df2fnodeb996e4a761f1f61412c724e469f0a6ac "\n V\u00F5rtsj\u00E4rv,\u00A0also spelled V\u00F5rts-j\u00E4rv or Virtsj\u00E4rv, Russian Ozero Vyrts-yarv,\u00A0 lake (j\u00E4rv) in south-central Estonia, with an area of about 110 square miles (280 square km). V\u00F5rtsj\u00E4rv forms part of the 124-mile (200-km) course of the Ema River (German: Embach), which enters the lake from the south and drains it toward the north and east into Lake Peipus on the Estonia-Russia border. The V\u00F5rtsj\u00E4rv is navigable, as is the lower course of the Ema. The lake and river together divide the hilly Haanja region of southeastern Estonia from the flat remainder of the republic. The lake and its swampy, level basin are believed to be remnants of a much larger, ice-dammed prehistoric lake whose original drainage was toward the west. A Zoological and Botanical Institute was established on the lake in 1961."@en . _:g5c494237de58b4adc121node13aade17b1dad912f54e96c413e86d9 . _:g5c494237de58b4adc121node13aade17b1dad912f54e96c413e86d9 . _:g5c494237de58b4adc121node13aade17b1dad912f54e96c413e86d9 "Lake Waikaremoana"@en . _:g5c494237de58b4adc121node13aade17b1dad912f54e96c413e86d9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/634120/Lake-Waikaremoana"@en . _:g5c494237de58b4adc121node13aade17b1dad912f54e96c413e86d9 "\n Lake Waikaremoana,\u00A0lake in eastern North Island, New Zealand. Created by a landslide damming the Waikare Taheke River, the 21-square-mile (54-square-kilometre) lake, measuring 12 miles (19 km) by 6 miles (10 km), drains a 165-square-mile (427-square-kilometre) basin and empties via the same river, which is a tributary of the Wairoa. From its surface elevation of 2,015 feet (614 m), the lake extends to a depth of 840 feet (256 m). It is bounded on the west by the Huiarau Range and on the south by the sheer 2,000-foot (610-kilometre) wall of Panekiri Bluff. First sighted by Europeans in 1844, Lake Waikaremoana, whose name is Maori for ?sea of rippling water,? now lies within the forested Urewera National Park but still belongs to the indigenous Maori. Once emptied by natural overflow and subsurface drainage, the lake may vary as much as 45 feet (14 m) in depth according to the amount of water being siphoned off to supply downstream hydroelectric stations. The town of Waikaremoana, on the lake?s northeastern shore, is a resort centre."@en . _:g344a1fc908bf1304f7ednodefd94af6273eb216343f7a4720376d97 . _:g344a1fc908bf1304f7ednodefd94af6273eb216343f7a4720376d97 . _:g344a1fc908bf1304f7ednodefd94af6273eb216343f7a4720376d97 "Wakatipu Lake"@en . _:g344a1fc908bf1304f7ednodefd94af6273eb216343f7a4720376d97 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/634251/Wakatipu-Lake"@en . _:g344a1fc908bf1304f7ednodefd94af6273eb216343f7a4720376d97 "\n Wakatipu Lake,\u00A0lake in south-central South Island, New Zealand. The S-shaped lake measures 48 miles (77 km) by 3 miles (5 km) and has an area of 113 square miles (293 square km). It is the second largest of the Southern Lakes, exceeded only by Te Anau. The lake?s name is of Maori derivation and may mean ?water springs dug by Rakaihaitu? or, more likely, may refer to a legend of a taniwha (demon) living below the surface whose breathing was believed to cause the unusual 5-inch (125-mm) rise and fall in the lake?s water level. The lake occupies a valley that was overdeepened by glaciation and then dammed by a moraine (glacial debris). Thus, while the lake?s surface elevation is 1,017 feet (310 m), its floor, with a maximum depth of 1,240 feet (378 m), lies more than 200 feet (61 m) below sea level. Receiving the Dart and Rees rivers at its head and the Greenstone and Von from the west, Wakatipu drains a 1,150-square-mile (2,978-square-km) basin. It empties to the east by the Kawarau, a tributary of the Clutha. Just south of the outlet, the 7,600-foot (2,300-m) Remarkable mountain range overlooks the lake. Wakatipu is a resort area focused on Queenstown, on the central east shore. A steamship line runs from the rail terminus at Kingston, in the south, to Glenorchy, near the lake?s head. A road also connects Glenorchy to Queenstown."@en . _:gb26e2dfa54575540e08anode4ebdcf2adb26ab692461c6d14a3c669a . _:gb26e2dfa54575540e08anode4ebdcf2adb26ab692461c6d14a3c669a "Wanaka Lake"@en . _:gb26e2dfa54575540e08anode4ebdcf2adb26ab692461c6d14a3c669a . _:gb26e2dfa54575540e08anode4ebdcf2adb26ab692461c6d14a3c669a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/635239/Wanaka-Lake"@en . _:gb26e2dfa54575540e08anode4ebdcf2adb26ab692461c6d14a3c669a "Wanaka Lake,\u00A0 lake in west-central South Island, New Zealand. The lake occupies 75 square miles (193 square km) of a valley that is dammed by a moraine (glacial debris) and that lies at the eastern foot of the Southern Alps. The lake?s surface is 915 feet (280 m) above sea level. It is probably more than 1,000 feet (300 m) deep. The lake drains a basin of 982 square miles (2,543 square km) and is fed by the Makarora (north) and Matukituki (west) rivers. Wanaka Lake is the source of the Clutha River, which empties into the Pacific Ocean. A dam ... (100 of 228 words)"@en . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenode76bfb6c76768f230abf04de1c4445 . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenode76bfb6c76768f230abf04de1c4445 "Windermere"@en . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenode76bfb6c76768f230abf04de1c4445 . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenode76bfb6c76768f230abf04de1c4445 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/645128/Windermere"@en . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenode76bfb6c76768f230abf04de1c4445 "\n Windermere,\u00A0lake, the largest in England, located in the southeastern part of the Lake District, in the administrative county of Cumbria. It lies along the border between the historic counties of Lancashire and Westmorland."@en . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenodedba2b1c9c3b529ae5e934de067b38eb . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenodedba2b1c9c3b529ae5e934de067b38eb "Windermere"@en . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenodedba2b1c9c3b529ae5e934de067b38eb . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenodedba2b1c9c3b529ae5e934de067b38eb "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/645128/Windermere"@en . _:g272d19f35da7baeee9cenodedba2b1c9c3b529ae5e934de067b38eb "\n Windermere,\u00A0lake, the largest in England, located in the southeastern part of the Lake District, in the administrative county of Cumbria. It lies along the border between the historic counties of Lancashire and Westmorland."@en . _:g111c7efad86b9bc7ff1dnodeade35a71689e704fd527ccd4baf6fe84 . _:g111c7efad86b9bc7ff1dnodeade35a71689e704fd527ccd4baf6fe84 "Lake Winnipeg"@en . _:g111c7efad86b9bc7ff1dnodeade35a71689e704fd527ccd4baf6fe84 . _:g111c7efad86b9bc7ff1dnodeade35a71689e704fd527ccd4baf6fe84 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/645470/Lake-Winnipeg"@en . _:g111c7efad86b9bc7ff1dnodeade35a71689e704fd527ccd4baf6fe84 "\n Lake Winnipeg,\u00A0lake in south-central Manitoba, Canada, at the southwestern edge of the Canadian Shield, the rocky, glaciated region of eastern Canada. Fed by many rivers, including the Saskatchewan, Red, and Winnipeg, which drain a large part of the Great Plains, the lake is drained to the northeast by the Nelson River into Hudson Bay. Lake Winnipeg, at an altitude of 713 feet (217 m), is 264 miles (425 km) long and up to 68 miles (109 km) wide. It has an area of 9,416 square miles (24,387 square km) and is one of Canada?s largest freshwater lakes. Visited in the 1730s by the son of La V\u00E9rendrye (the French voyageur) and named from the Cree Indian words for ?muddy water,? the lake is a remnant of glacial Lake Agassiz. With an average depth of about 50 feet (713 feet at its deepest point), it is important for shipping and commercial fishing (based at Gimli), while its southern shore is a major resort area serving Winnipeg, 40 miles (64 km) south. Major islands include Hecla, Deer, and Black, which form part of Hecla Provincial Park (333 square miles [862 square km])."@en . _:g111c7efad86b9bc7ff1dnodebf36c5e212943f2229eac45a90347c0 .