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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 Baikal
Water bodies; Lakes
The 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 ...
Lake Tanganyika
Water bodies; Lakes
The second largest of the lakes of eastern Africa. It is the longest freshwater lake in the world (410 miles (660 km)) and the second deepest (4,710 feet (1,436 m)) after Lake Baikal in Russia. ...
Lake Michigan
Water bodies; Lakes
Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. The other four Great Lakes are shared by the U.S. and Canada. It is the ...
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Lake Huron
Water bodies; Lakes
The second 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 ...
Lake Kerkini
Water bodies; Lakes
Lake Kerkini in Greece, is an artificial reservoir that was created in 1932. Lake Kerkini is now is a premier wetland in Greece.
Lake Boya
Water bodies; Lakes
Lake Boya is a small lake about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Kabongo in Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The lake is surrounded by high reeds, and has a thriving population ...
Lake Yoa
Water bodies; Lakes
Lake Yoa is the most famous, and second largest of a series of Lakes in Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region basin of northeastern Chad. It is locaded in the Ounianga Kebir about 40km west of Ounianga Sarir. ...