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Lake Calumet — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Calumet image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Chicago, Illinois coords = coord|41|40|48|N|87|35|24|W|type:waterbody region:US IL|display=inline,title type = inflow = outflow … Wikipedia
lake — lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e) … Universalium
Lake — /layk/, n. Simon, 1866 1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect. * * * I Relatively large body of slow moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin. Lakes are most abundant in high northern latitudes and in mountain regions, particularly … Universalium
Lake Ladoga — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Ladoga image lake = Laadoga pkallas 2005.jpg caption lake = Northern shore image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Northwestern Russia coords = coord|61|00|N|31|00|E|type:waterbody region:RU|display=inline … Wikipedia
Great Salt Lake — a shallow salt lake in NW Utah. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km); 80 mi. (130 km) long; maximum depth 60 ft. (18 m). * * * Lake, northern Utah, U.S. It is the largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most saline in the … Universalium
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area — Infobox protected area | name = Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area, Illinois, USA iucn category = Ib caption = Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area locator x = 205 locator y = 85… … Wikipedia
Glacial Lake Tonawanda — was a prehistoric lake that existed approximately 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age, in Western New York, United States.Ernest H. Muller (1977), [http://www.blackwell synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1749… … Wikipedia
Glacial Lake Minong — was a proglacial lake that formed in the Lake Superior basin during the Wisconsin glaciation around 10,000 B.P. (Before Present). This was the last glacial advance that entered Michigan and only covered part of the upper peninsula. Lake Minong… … Wikipedia
Glacial Lake Duluth — was a proglacial lake that formed in the Lake Superior drainage basin as the Laurentian Glacier retreated. The oldest existing shorelines were formed after retreat from the Greatlakean advance, sometime around 11,000 years B.P. Lake Duluth formed … Wikipedia
Mackinac Falls — is a drowned 100 foot (30 m) high waterfall formation under the waters of Lake Huron. The formation, which lies approximately 1 mile (1.5 km) east of Arch Rock on Mackinac Island, was the former outflow point for water flowing eastward from… … Wikipedia
