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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Lake Merritt

Water bodies; Lakes

Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon in the centre of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. It is historically significant as the United ...

Lake Pillsbury is an artificial lake in the Mendocino National Forest of Lake County, California, created from the waters impounded from the Eel River by Scott Dam. Elevation is 1,818 ft (554 m) with ...

Eagle Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Eagle Lake is a lake at 5,098 ft (1,554 m) elevation[1] in Lassen County approximately 15 mi (24 km) north of Susanville, California. An endorheic alkaline lake, it is the second largest natural lake ...

Sebago Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Sebago Lake is the deepest and second largest lake in the U.S. state of Maine. The lake is 316 feet (96 m) deep at its deepest point, with a mean depth of 101 feet (31 m), covers about 45 square ...

Graham Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Graham Lake in Hancock County, Maine is a eutrophic reservoir formed by the construction of a hydro-electric power dam in 1922 four miles (6 km) upstream from Ellsworth, Maine. The first dam was a ...

Chesuncook Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Chesuncook Lake is a reservoir in Piscataquis County, Maine, formed by the damming of the West Branch of the Penobscot River in 1835, 1903 and 1916. It is approximately 22 miles (35 km) long and 1–4 ...

Long Lake

Water bodies; Lakes

Long Lake is an eleven mile (18 kilometer) lake between the towns of Naples, Maine, Bridgton, Maine and Harrison, Maine. It is connected to Brandy Pond through the Chute River. Long Lake was created ...