Lakes

Lakes

A database referring to large standing bodies of fresh water in a basin. A lake is apart from rivers or streams that serve to fill or drain the lake.

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Lakes

Lake Nzilo (formerly Lake Delcommune, also Lac del Commune) is an artificial lake formed by a hydroelectric dam on the Lualaba River in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ...

Lake Kisale

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Kisale is a lake in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in Bukama Territory, Haut-Lomami District. At about 300 square kilometres (120 sq mi) in area, it is the second largest of the ...

Lake Tumba

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Tumba (or Ntomba) is a shallow lake in northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Bikoro Territory of Équateur Province. The lake covers about 765 square kilometres (295 ...

Lake Mai-Ndombe

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Mai-Ndombe is a large freshwater lake in the Mai-Ndombe District of the Bandundu Province in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. The lake is within the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe area, the ...

Lake Upemba

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Upemba is a lake in Bukama, Haut-Lomami District, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It, and nearby Lake Kisale, is surrounded by the Upemba Depression in Upemba National Park. The nearest ...

Lake Zimbambo

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Zimbambo is a lake in the Malemba-Nkulu territory of Haut-Lomami District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is one of the lakes in the Upemba Depression, an extensive marshy area.

Basalt Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Basalt Lake is a small freshwater lake surrounded by three basalt outcrops with 'organ-pipe' formations in their rocks, situated in the central part of the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island ...