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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Echo Lake is a shallow, oligotrophic lake situated at 10,600 ft (3,230 m) above sea level near Mount Evans in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It formed during the latest period of glaciation roughly ...

Whiskeytown Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Whiskeytown Lake, is a reservoir in Shasta County in northwestern California, United States, about 8 miles (13 km) west of Redding. The lake is in the Whiskeytown Unit of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinit ...

Lake Martin

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Martin is located in Tallapoosa, Elmore and Coosa counties in Alabama, USA. It is a 44,000-acre (178 km²) lake with over 750 miles (1,200 km) of wooded shoreline. An artificial reservoir, Lake ...

Lake Alchichica

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Alchichica 19°25′N 97°24′W, in Tepeyahualco (municipality), Puebla, is ecologically unique, with stromatolite deposits and a high degree of endemism. The biota has adapted to extreme conditions ...

Guntersville Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Guntersville Lake (generally referred to locally as Lake Guntersville) is located in north Alabama between Bridgeport and Guntersville. Created by Guntersville Dam along the Tennessee River, it ...

Bankhead Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Bankhead Lake is a reservoir along the Black Warrior River that begins in Walker County in the state of Alabama. The lake forms the border between Jefferson and Tuscaloosa County, as well as the ...

Lake Zirahuén

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Zirahuén is a small endorheic lake in the Municipality of Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán state of west-central Mexico. Lake Zirahuén is a small, deep mountain lake, with a sandy bottom that is ...