a-lake

Определение a-lake в Турецкий язык Турецкий язык словарь
lake: Bir cins reçine kullanılarak cilalanmış mobilyalar için kullanılan sözcük
lake: Laka ile cilalanmış: "Yaldızlı beyaz lake karyolasının yanındaki koltukta dadısı uyukluyordu."- C. Uçuk

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение a-lake в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
Great Lake: One of the large lakes in North America or East Africa
Lake Agassiz: An immense prehistoric lake in the center of North America, which was fed by glacial runoff at the end of the last ice age
Lake Biwa: The largest lake in Japan which is in Shiga prefecture
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg: A lake in Massachusetts, USA
Lake Constance: A lake on the River Rhine, situated in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
Lake District: A national park in Cumbria, north-western England characterised by its many lakes
Lake Erie: One of the five Great Lakes of North America
Lake Huron: One of the five Great Lakes of North America
Lake Ladoga: A freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe
Lake Malar: the third-largest lake in Sweden
Lake Michigan: One of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States
Lake Miwok: A division of the Miwok people, who resided in the Clear Lake basin, California
Lake Miwok: The Utian (Penutian) language spoken by this people
Lake Mälaren: the third-largest lake in Sweden
Lake Ontario: One of the five Great Lakes of North America
Lake Peipus: A large fresh water lake, on the border between Estonia and Russia in Northern Europe. It is the fifth largest lake in Europe, and largest in Estonia
Lake Superior: A lake in North America; the largest of the Great Lakes and second largest lake in the world by area. It is located higher than Lake Huron, hence the name
Salt Lake City: The capital city of Utah, USA
Sebago Lake: a large lake in Maine
crater lake: A lake that has formed in the caldera of a volcano
go jump in the lake: Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met
kettle lake: A lake formed in a kettle hole
lacrimal lake: The pool of tears in the lower conjunctival cul-de-sac of the eye, which drains into the opening of the tear drainage system
lake: To make lake-red
lake: An offering, sacrifice, gift
lake: In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant
lake: A large amount of liquid: a wine lake
So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? - Robert DeNiro, Backdraft.
lake: To present an offering
lake: To leap, jump, exert oneself, play
lake: Large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water
lake: Fine linen
lake: Play, sport, fun, glee
lake: an area characterised by its many lakes; e.g., the English Lake District is often shortened to The Lakes
lake dwelling: a prehistoric structure, built over shallow waters, such as a lake or marsh, supported on piles or artificial mounds of earth or wood
lake dwellings: plural form of lake dwelling
lake effect: An effect of large bodies of fresh water on the weather of regions downwind
Lake effect storms dumped 108 inches of snow on Oswego in 48 hours.
lake stratification: the separation of the waters of a lake etc into three layers: - epilimnion, metalimnion (or thermocline) and hypolimnion
lake-effect: Alternative spelling of lake effect
meromictic lake: any lake whose waters are permanently stratified and do not completely circulate
oxbow lake: A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated
quake lake: A lake formed after the damming of a watercourse by a landslide caused by an earthquake
The May 12 quake triggered massive landslides in mountainous Sichuan province, blocking rivers and creating more than 30 unstable quake lakes that are threatening millions of people.
soda lake: A lake, fed by alkaline springs, that has no outlet
subglacial lake: Any lake that is permanently covered by ice
a lake: loch
lake: {i} pond, small body of water; deep red dye; any of a number of brightly colored organic pigments; bright red color
lake: A lake is a large area of fresh water, surrounded by land. They can go fishing in the lake The Nile flows from Lake Victoria in East Africa north to the Mediterranean Sea. 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 those that were covered by glaciers in recent geologic times. The primary sources of lake water are melting ice and snow, springs, rivers, runoff from the land surface, and direct precipitation. In the upper part of lakes there is a good supply of light, heat, oxygen, and nutrients, well distributed by currents and turbulence. As a result, a large number of diverse aquatic organisms can be found there. The most abundant forms are plankton (chiefly diatoms), algae, and flagellates. In the lower levels and in the sediments, the main forms of life are bacteria. See also limnology. Handsome Lake Lake Ijssel dry lake Albert Lake Alexandrina Lake Assal Lake Athabasca Lake Atitlán Lake Avernus Lake Baikal Lake Lake Baykal Balaton Lake Balkhash Lake Lake Balqash Bangweulu Lake Biwa Lake Bras d'Or Lake Chad Lake Champlain Lake Chapala Lake Chiem Lake Chilka Lake Chilwa Lake Chuzenji Lake Como Lake Constance Lake Crater Lake Dian Lake Dongting Lake Edward Lake Ellesmere Lake Er Lake Erie Lake Eyasi Lake Eyre Lake Garda Lake Gatún Lake Geneva Lake George Lake Great Bear Lake Great Salt Lake Great Slave Lake Hammar Lake Hongze Lake Huron Lake Iliamna Lake Ilmen Lake Iseo Lake Itasca Lake Izabal Lake Kentucky Lake Khanka Lake Kivu Lake Kyoga Lake Ladoga Lake Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Lake District Lake Dwellings Lake Placid lake trout Lake Turkana remains Lanao Lake Last Mountain Lake Lesser Slave Lake Llanquihue Lake Lugano Lake Magadi Lake Maggiore Lake Malawi Lake Lake Nyasa Managua Lake Manapouri Lake Manitoba Lake Mapam Lake Maracaibo Lake Mead Lake Memphremagog Lake Michigan Lake Mjosa Lake Moeris Lake Mweru Lake Nahuel Huapí Lake Naivasha Lake Näsi Lake Lake Näsijärvi Nasser Lake Lake Nubia Nemi Lake Neuchâtel Lake Neusiedler Lake Ngami Lake Nicaragua Lake Nipigon Lake Nipissing Lake Okeechobee Lake Onega Lake Ontario Lake oxbow lake Ozarks Lake of the Päijänne Lake Peipsi Lake Petén Itzá Lake Pielinen Lake Pontchartrain Lake Prespa Lake Rainy Lake Rudolf Lake Lake Turkana Rukwa Lake Saimaa Lake Saint Clair Lake Salt Lake City Sambhar Lake Scutari Lake Sevan Lake Siljan Lake Simcoe Lake Superior Lake Taal Lake Lake Bombon Tahoe Lake Tai Lake Tana Lake Tanganyika Lake Taupo Lake Te Anau Lake Texcoco Lake Tiberias Lake Titicaca Lake Todos los Santos Lake Towada Lake Trasimeno Lake Urmia Lake Valencia Lake Van Lake Victoria Lake Volta Lake Wakatipu Lake Wanaka Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipegosis Lake Winnipesaukee Lake Wollaston Lake Woods Lake of the Yellowstone Lake Yojoa Lake Ysyk Lake Lake Issyk Kul Zürich Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Lake Lake Webster Lucerne Lake Vierwaldstättersee Lake of the Four Forest Cantons Finger Lakes Great Lakes Great Lakes trout Menindee Lakes Rangeley Lakes Saranac Lakes Waterton Lakes National Park
lake: A basin of variable size and shape that is permanently inundated with water Landscape - The visual appearance of natural and manmade environments Leaching/Leachate - The process by which materials such as organic matter and mineral salts are washed out of a layer of soil or dumped material by being dissolved by or suspended in percolating rainwater; the material washed out is known as leachate Leachates can pollute groundwater and waterways Lentic - Standing water bodies e g lakes Levee - An artificial embankment or wall built to exclude flood waters, or a natural formation adjacent to a waterway built by the deposition of silt from floodwaters Litre (L) - Unit of volume equal to one cubic decimetre Lotic - Flowing waters e g streams
lake: {n} a large inland water, red color, lawn
lake: In caving, a body of standing water (no matter how small) in a cave Cave - Parts of Ref JJ
lake: an inland body of water, usually fresh water, formed by glaciers, river drainage etc Usually larger than a pool or pond
lake: A considerable body of inland water or an expanded part of a river
lake: a large inland body of fresh or salt water
lake: n a considerable inland body of stnading water
lake: a large body of water completely surrounded by land LAND the solid part of the earth's surface LANDFORM refers to different types of shapes that can be created on the surface of the earth
lake ball: (Botanik, Bitkibilim) Marimo (Japanese: 毬藻 marimo), also known as Cladophora ball, Lake ball, or Moss Balls in English, is a species of filamentous green algae (Chlorophyta) found in a number of lakes in the northern hemisphere. A marimo is a rare growth form of the species where the algae grow into large green balls with a velvety appearance. Colonies of such balls are known only from Iceland, Japan and Estonia
lake bodom: (Coğrafya) Lake Bodom is a lake in Finland located on the suburbs of the city of Espoo, not far from Helsinki. The lake measures approximately three kilometers in length and one kilometer in width
lake pigment: A Lake pigment is a pigment manufactured by precipitating a dye with an inert binder, usually a metallic salt. Manufacturers and suppliers to artists and industry frequently omit the lake designation in the name. Many lake pigments are fugitive, because the dyes involved are unstable when exposed to light
swan lake: (1877) a ballet with music by Tchaikovsky. It tells the story of Prince Siegfried who falls in love with a swan (=a large white bird) which changes into the beautiful Princess Odette. At the end of the ballet, Odette dies of unhappiness and disappears under the water of the lake, and the music from this scene, called "The Dying Swan", is very well-known
Baikal Lake: lake in southern Russia
Baker Lake: A lake of southern Nunavut, Canada, near Chesterfield Inlet, an arm of Hudson Bay
Bras d'Or Lake: Salt lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. Located on Cape Breton Island, it is about 50 mi (80 km) long and has an area of 360 sq mi (932 sq km). Its extension, Little Bras d'Or, connects it to the Atlantic Ocean on the north, while a man-made canal connects it to the Atlantic on the south. The lake is a popular summer resort area
Cayuga Lake: A lake of west-central New York. The longest of the Finger Lakes, it is a popular resort area
Chilka Lake: Lake, eastern India. Located in Orissa state, and separated from the Bay of Bengal by a narrow spit, it is one of India's largest lakes, at 40 mi (65 km) long and 5-13 mi (8-20 km) wide. It was once a bay of the ocean until it was silted up by monsoon tides. Dotted with islands, it offers good hunting, boating, and fishing
Como Lake: lake in northern Italy near the city of Como
Crater Lake: A lake of southwest Oregon in a volcanic crater of the Cascade Range. At 589.3 m (1,932 ft) deep, it is the second-deepest lake in North America and the deepest in the United States. The lake and surrounding parkland are popular tourist attractions. Lake, Cascade Range, southwestern Oregon, U.S. The lake is in a huge volcanic caldera 6 mi (10 km) in diameter and 1,932 ft (589 m) deep. It is the remnant of a mountain destroyed in an eruption more than 6,000 years ago. The intensely blue lake and its surrounding region became a national park in 1902; the park covers 250 sq mi (647 sq km)
Dongting Lake: Chinese Dongting Hu or Tung-t'ing Hu Large, shallow lake, northeastern Hunan province, China. Its size varies greatly from season to season. Its normal area of 1,089 sq mi (2,820 sq km) may increase up to 7,700 sq mi (20,000 sq km) in flood season. Some two-fifths of the water from the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) flows into the lake through four channels. It also is fed by the Zi, Yuan, Xiang, and Li rivers. It discharges into the Yangtze
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake: A reservoir of northeast Washington formed in the Columbia River by Grand Coulee Dam
Gatún Lake: Spanish Lago Gatún Lake, Panama. Constituting part of the Panama Canal system, its area is 166 sq mi (430 sq km). It was formed by damming the Chagres River in 1912. Its dam and spillway serve to hold sufficient water in the Gaillard Cut for ships' passage and for use in the canal's locks during dry spells. Guacha Island, a wildlife sanctuary, lies in the centre of the lake
Great Bear Lake: A lake of central mainland Northwest Territories, Canada. The Great Bear River, about 113 km (70 mi) long, flows westward from the lake to the Mackenzie River. Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Lying astride the Arctic Circle, it was visited before 1800 by North West Company traders and later named for the bears that inhabited its shores. Containing many small islands, Great Bear Lake is roughly 200 mi (320 km) long and 25-110 mi (40-175 km) wide and has a maximum depth of 1,356 ft (413 m). It is the largest lake entirely within Canada and the fourth largest in North America. The lake's waters abound with fish, including the speckled trout
Great Salt Lake: A shallow body of salt water of northwest Utah between the Wasatch Range on the east and the Great Salt Lake Desert on the west. The lake is a remnant of prehistoric Lake Bonneville, which covered an extensive area of the Great Basin. the Great Salt Lake a lake in the US state of Utah which is about 70 miles long and has strong salt water. 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 world. It fluctuates greatly in size, depending on rates of evaporation and the flow of the rivers into it. Its surface area has varied from about 2,400 sq mi (6,200 sq km) at its highest levels in 1873 and the mid 1980s to about 950 sq mi (2,460 sq km) at its low level in 1963. At times of median water level, it is generally less than 15 ft (4.5 m) deep. Surrounded by stretches of sand, salt land, and marsh, the lake remains isolated, though in recent years it has become important as a source of minerals, as a beach and water-sports attraction, and as a wildlife preserve
Great Slave Lake: A lake of southern Northwest Territories, Canada. The British fur trader Samuel Hearne (1745-1792) came upon the lake in 1771 while exploring for the Hudson's Bay Company. Lake, south-central Northwest Territories, Canada. Named for the Slave Indians, it is fed by several rivers, including the Slave, and drained by the Mackenzie River into the Arctic Ocean. The lake, with an area of 11,031 sq mi (28,570 sq km), is the fifth largest in North America. It is 300 mi (500 km) long and 30-140 mi (50-225 km) wide, with a maximum depth of more than 2,000 ft (600 m). While supporting a fishing industry, the lake is an integral part of the Mackenzie River waterway
Hongze Lake: Chinese Hongze Hu or Hung-tse Hu Lake, eastern China. Located in the Huai River valley between Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, it was smaller in the 7th-10th centuries AD than its present surface area of 502 sq mi (1,300 sq km). In the 11th century, canals were constructed to make it part of a canal system between Kaifeng and Zhuzhou, joining the lake to the Huai. In 1194 the Huang He (Yellow River) changed course, forcing the waters of the Huai into the lake, which then grew to its present size. In the 19th century, flooding in the area was severe, and, in the 1930s, a new channel (improved in the 1950s) was dug from the lake's eastern shore directly to the sea
Iliamna Lake: Lake, Alaska, U.S. The largest lake in Alaska and the second largest freshwater lake entirely within the U.S., it is 80 mi (129 km) long and 25 mi (40 km) wide and covers an area of 1,000 sq mi (2,600 sq km). Located west of Cook Inlet in southwestern Alaska, it drains southwest into Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea. The active Iliamna Volcano, 10,016 ft (3,053 m) high, lies northeast of the lake. It was named by Tanaina Indians, whose mythology held that it was inhabited by a giant blackfish capable of biting holes in canoes
Kentucky Lake: Reservoir, western Kentucky and western Tennessee, U.S. One of the world's largest manmade lakes, it is 184 mi (296 km) long and has more than 2,300 mi (3,700 km) of shoreline. It was created in 1944 when the Kentucky Dam was built on the Tennessee River. The dam is the largest in the Tennessee Valley Authority system, and it regulates the flow from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River
Kyoga Lake: Lake, south-central Uganda. It is formed by the Victoria Nile, which flows through it. It has a maximum depth of 25 ft (8 m), restricting navigation to shallow-draft vessels. About 80 mi (129 km) long, it has an area of 1,710 sq mi (4,429 sq km)
Lady of the Lake: a mysterious woman in old stories about King Arthur. When Arthur is dying, his sword, Excalibur, is thrown into a lake, and the Lady of the Lake's hand appears from under the water and catches it. She is also one of the three queens who take Arthur by boat to Avalon to die
Lake Albert: Lake, east-central Africa. Lying at an altitude of 2,021 ft (616 m), it is 100 mi (160 km) long and has an average width of about 20 mi (32 km). In the southwest, the Semliki River brings into the lake the waters of Lake Edward; at its northeastern corner, just below Murchison Falls, it receives the Victoria Nile from Lake Victoria. In 1864 the lake's first European visitor, Samuel Baker, named it after Queen Victoria's consort. Initially part of Uganda, it now forms part of the Uganda-Congo border
Lake Alexandrina: Lagoon, southeastern South Australia. The lake covers 220 sq mi (570 sq km) and is about 23 mi (37 km) long and 13 mi (21 km) wide. With Lake Albert and the Coorong lagoon, it forms the mouth of the Murray River. In 1830 the explorer Charles Sturt named the lake after Princess Alexandrina (later Queen Victoria). Five barrages built in the 1940s across the lake's exits prevent the intrusion of seawater upstream, allowing for the development of irrigated agriculture in that area
Lake Assal: Saline lake, central Djibouti. Situated at 515 ft (157 m) below sea level, it is the lowest point in Africa. It has been used for quarrying salt
Lake Athabasca: Lake, western central Canada. It extends 208 mi (335 km), crossing the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary. On the southwest it receives the Athabasca River, and on the northwest it discharges into the Slave River. It is important for its commercial fishing
Lake Avernus: ancient Lacus Avernus. Lake, southern Italy. It lies west of Naples in the crater of an extinct volcano. Because of its sulfurous vapors, it was considered an entrance to the underworld by the ancient Romans, including Virgil. According to legend, the grove of Hecate and the grotto of the Cumaean Sibyl lay nearby. In the 1st century BC it was transformed into a naval base, Portus Iulius, by Agrippa and linked to the sea. Its impressive Roman ruins include baths, temples, and villas
Lake Baikal: or Lake Baykal Lake, southern Siberia, Russia, in Asia. With a length of 395 mi (636 km) long and an area of some 12,200 sq mi (31,500 sq km), it is the largest freshwater basin in Eurasia. It is also the deepest continental body of water on earth (5,315 ft [1,620 m]), containing one-fifth of the fresh water on the Earth's surface. More than 330 rivers and streams flow into it; on its east it receives the Barguzin and Selenga rivers, and most of its outflow is through the Angara at the northern end. The island of Olkhon is in its centre. Plant and animal life are rich and various; more than 1,200 species are unique to the lake. Growing industrialization along its shores has produced threatening pollution. In 1996 the Lake Baikal Coastal Protection Zone was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site
Lake Balaton: Lake, Hungary. Southwest of Budapest, it is the largest lake in central Europe, covering 231 sq mi (598 sq km), with a maximum depth of about 37 ft (11 m). It contains two wildlife reserves. While agriculture remains important in the area, the tourist industry has become significant, and resorts, including Siófok and Balatonfüred, have been developed
Lake Balkhash: or Lake Balqash Lake, eastern Kazakhstan. It is about 375 mi (600 km) long, with a maximum depth of roughly 85 ft (25 m). Its chief feeder is the Ili River, which enters at the southeast in a wide delta. Harsh climate affects its size greatly; its area has varied from about 6,000 sq mi (15,500 sq km) to 7,300 sq mi (19,000 sq km), depending on seasonal precipitation. It is frozen from November to March. Since the mid 20th century, damming and industrial pollution have caused severe ecological damage
Lake Bangweulu: Lake, northern Zambia. Located southeast of Lake Mweru and southwest of Lake Tanganyika at an elevation of 3,740 ft (1,140 m), it is about 45 mi (72 km) long and, with its adjacent swamps, covers an area of 3,800 sq mi (9,840 sq km). Its outlet is the Luapul, a headstream of the Congo. It has three inhabited islands. David Livingstone, the first European to visit the lake, died there in 1873
Lake Biwa: Lake, central Honshu, Japan. It is Japan's largest lake, measuring 40 mi (64 km) long and 12 mi (19 km) wide, with an area of 260 sq mi (673 sq km). Its name refers to the musical instrument (see pipa) that the lake resembles in shape. Its sole outlet, the Yodo River, flows from its southern tip to saka Bay. Lake Biwa is noted for its pearl culture industry. Its great scenic beauty, long a subject of Japanese poetry, makes it one of Japan's major tourist attractions
Lake Chad: Lake, western Africa. Located at the juncture of the boundaries of Nigeria, Niger, and Chad, its southern part forms the northern extent of Cameroon. Fed by the Chari River, its area varies from year to year, usually ranging between 3,800 and 9,900 sq mi (9,850 and 25,600 sq km). Its water level has been dropping since the 1970s, a change apparently related to the desertification of the surrounding Sahel region. The lake was first explored by Europeans in 1823
Lake Champlain: a North American lake between New York and Vermont, that goes up to Quebec in Canada. Lake between Vermont and New York, U.S. Located on the states' northern boundaries and extending into Canada about 6 mi (10 km), it is about 125 mi (200 km) long and has an area of 430 sq mi (1,115 sq km). It was visited in 1609 by Samuel de Champlain. In 1776 it was the scene of the first British-American naval battle and in 1814 of a U.S. naval victory over the British. A link in the waterway between New York City's harbour and the lower St. Lawrence River, it is used extensively for commercial and pleasure-boat navigation
Lake Chapala: Lake, Jalisco state, Mexico. Mexico's largest lake, it is about 50 mi (80 km) long and 10 mi (15 km) wide and has an area of roughly 400 sq mi (1,000 sq km). A popular resort area, it is both fed and drained by the Lerma River
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg: or Lake Webster Lake, central Massachusetts, U.S. Located in southern Worcester county, near the town of Webster, the lake's Indian name is reportedly Nipmuc (Algonquian) for "You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle. " Not surprisingly, the lake is commonly called Lake Webster
Lake Charles: A city of southwest Louisiana east of Beaumont, Texas. It is a deep-water port and a center of the petrochemical industry. Population: 70,580
Lake Chiem: German Chiemsee Lake, southern Germany. Located southeast of Munich, it lies 1,699 ft (518 m) above sea level, and drains through the Alz River into the Inn River. At 9 mi (15 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, it is Bavaria's largest lake. One of its three islands has a Benedictine monastery and a royal castle modeled on the palace at Versailles
Lake Chilwa: Lake, southeastern Malawi. It lies in a depression southeast of Lake Malawi between the Shire Highlands and the Mozambique border. Today it covers about 1,000 sq mi (2,600 sq km); it was much larger when David Livingstone arrived there in 1859, and originally it filled the entire depression
Lake Chuzenji: Lake, Honshu, Japan. Situated at an elevation of 4,375 ft (1,334 m), it is a resort site noted for its shrines, yachting, trout fishing, and skiing. Volcanic Mount Nantai towers to 8,169 ft (2,490 m) above the lake's northern shore; lower mountains surround most of the irregular 15 mi (24 km) shoreline
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve: National park, southern Alaska, U.S. Located on the western shore of Cook Inlet, it was proclaimed a national monument in 1978 and a national park in 1980. Its total area is 3,653,000 acres (1,478,300 hectares). Lake Clark, more than 40 mi (65 km) long, is the largest of its glacial lakes; it feeds rivers that provide the most important spawning ground for red salmon in North America. The park includes glaciers, waterfalls, and active volcanoes
Lake Como: ancient Lacus Larius Lake, Lombardy, northern Italy. It lies at an elevation of 653 ft (199 m) in a depression surrounded by limestone and granite mountains. It is 29 mi (47 km) long and up to 2.5 mi (4 km) wide, with an area of 56 sq mi (146 sq km) and a maximum depth of 1,358 ft (414 m). Famous for its natural beauty, its shores have many resorts
Lake Constance: German Bodensee ancient Lacus Brigantinus Lake, bordering Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Occupying an old glacier basin at an elevation of 1,299 ft (396 m), it has an area of 209 sq mi (541 sq km) and an average depth of 295 ft (90 m). It forms part of the course of the Rhine River, and by the Middle Ages it was a major traffic hub. Spectacular Alpine scenery makes the lakeshore a popular resort area. The remains of Neolithic lake dwellings are found in the area
Lake Dian: Chinese Dian Chi or Tien Ch'ih Lake, central Yunnan province, southern China. It is about 25 mi (40 km) long and 8 mi (13 km) wide. The area was settled by sedentary agricultural peoples as early as the 2nd century BC. It was the centre of the independent state of Dian (Tien), which became tributary to the Han dynasty after 109 BC
Lake District: A scenic area of northwest England including the Cumbrian Mountains and some 15 lakes. It is a popular tourist attraction for its associations with the 19th-century Lake Poets, notably Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey. an area in northwest England famous for its beautiful lakes and mountains and visited by many tourists. The highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike, is in the Lake District, and the area is connected in people's minds with many writers and poets who lived there, especially William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy. Mountainous region, administrative county of Cumbria, northwestern England. Roughly coextensive with Lake District National Park, the country's largest, it occupies an area of 866 sq mi (2,243 sq km). It contains numerous lakes, including Windermere (England's largest), Grasmere, and Coniston Water, as well as England's highest mountains, the loftiest being Scafell Pike, which rises to 3,210 ft (978 m). The district was home to several English poets, including William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who celebrated its landscape. It became a national park in 1951
Lake Dwellings: Remains of various pre-and post-Bronze Age settlements within the margins of lakes in southern Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy. The dwellings appear to have been built on platforms supported by piles above the water surface or above swampy areas along the water's edge. The platforms supported one-or two-room rectangular huts with beaten clay floors. Cattle and sheep were raised in some of the structures. Most dwellings seem to have burned, either by accident or by attack. Because the Lake Dwellers usually rebuilt new villages on the remains of the old, archaeologists were able to work out a cultural sequence confirming that the Bronze Age immediately followed the Stone Age. See also crannog
Lake Edward: Lake, eastern Africa. One of the great lakes of the western Great Rift Valley, it lies on the border of Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda and is 48 mi (77 km) long and 26 mi (42 km) wide. On the northeast it is connected to the smaller Lake George. Lake Edward empties north through the Semliki River to Lake Albert. The lake abounds in fish; wildlife on its shores is protected within Virunga National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park. It was named by Henry Morton Stanley, who visited the lake in 1888-89
Lake Ellesmere: Coastal lake, eastern South Island, New Zealand. Located on the southern side of Banks Peninsula, the tidal lake, which is shallow and brackish, is 14 mi (23 km) long by 8 mi (13 km) wide and is no deeper than 7 ft (2 m). The lake sustains great flocks of waterfowl
Lake Er: Chinese Er Hai or Erh Hai Lake, western Yunnan province, China. It lies in a deep basin at the foot of Mount Diancang between the upper Yangtze (Chang; there called the Jinsha) and Mekong rivers; it is about 30 mi (50 km) long and 6-10 mi (10-16 km) wide. The south of the basin has connections to eastern Yunnan and to Sichuan province and is on the main route southwest to Myanmar (Burma). The surrounding area was brought under Chinese control during the Yuan dynasty (late 13th century)
Lake Erie: one of the Great Lakes of North America, between the US and Canada. There is a lot of industry on the southern side. Lake, in U.S. and Canada. The fourth largest of the five Great Lakes, it lies between lakes Huron and Ontario and forms the boundary between Canada (Ontario) and the U.S. (Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York). It is 240 mi (388 km) long and has a maximum width of 57 mi (92 km), with a surface area of 9,910 sq mi (22,666 sq km). The Detroit River carries inflow from Lake Huron to the west, and the lake discharges at its eastern end through the Niagara River. It is an important link in the St. Lawrence Seaway; its ports handle steel, iron ore, coal, and grain. The area was once inhabited by Erie Indians; when the French arrived in the 17th century they found the Iroquois living there. The British were in the region in the 18th century, and the U.S. shores were settled after 1796. It was the site of the Battle of Lake Erie, an important engagement of the War of 1812
Lake Erie: {i} one of the North American Great Lakes (smallest in volume and shallowest)
Lake Eyasi: Lake, northern Tanzania. At an elevation of about 3,400 ft (1,040 m), the lake covers an area of about 400 sq mi (1,050 sq km) and occupies the bottom of a bowl-like depression. Its walls are purple lava, enclosing a broad expanse of white alkaline shallows. Flamingos inhabit the lakeshore in vast flocks. Hominid fossils were found nearby
Lake Eyre: Salt lake, northeastern South Australia. With a total area of 3,700 sq mi (9,600 sq km) and a maximum depth of 4 ft (1 m), Lake Eyre is the lowest point in Australia, 50 ft (15 m) below sea level. The lake consists of two sections: Lake Eyre North, 90 mi (144 km) long and 40 mi (65 km) wide, is joined by the narrow Goyder Channel to Lake Eyre South, which is 40 mi (65 km) long and about 15 mi (24 km) wide. Lake Eyre is normally dry, and it fills completely only (on average) twice a century. When filled, the lake takes about two years to dry up again
Lake Garda: ancient Lacus Benacus Lake, northern Italy. Largest of the Italian lakes, it is 34 mi (54 km) long and 2 to 11 mi (3 to 18 km) wide, with a shoreline of 77.5 mi (125 km). It borders Lombardy, Veneto, and Trentino-Alto Adige. Separated from the Adige River valley by the narrow ridge of Mount Baldo, it is fed by the Sarca River at its northern end, while the Mincio flows out toward the Po River to the south. The lake is encircled by the Gardesana scenic route, opened in 1931. Well sheltered by the Alps to the north, Lake Garda has a temperate Mediterranean climate. It is a popular resort area
Lake Geneva: French Lac Léman German Genfersee Lake, on the border of southwestern Switzerland and southeastern France. About 134 sq mi (347 sq km) of the lake's area is Swiss and 90 sq mi (234 sq km) French. Lying at an elevation of 1,220 ft (372 m), it is 45 mi (72 km) long with an average width of 5 mi (8 km). It is formed by the Rhône River, which enters at the eastern end and leaves at the western end through the city of Geneva. The water level is subject to fluctuations known as seiches, in which the lake's water mass rhythmically swings from shore to shore
Lake George: Lake, northeastern New York, U.S. It is 32 mi (51 km) long and 1-4 mi (1.6-6.4 km) wide and is connected to Lake Champlain through a series of waterfalls. In the foothills of the Adirondacks, it is noted for its scenic beauty and is a popular resort area. Memorialized in James Fenimore Cooper's novels as Lake Horicon, the real lake was the scene of numerous battles during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Fort Ticonderoga is located on the falls at the lake's outlet
Lake Hammar: Arabic Hawr al-ammr Large swampy lake, southeastern Iraq. Lying south of the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and fed by distributaries of the Euphrates, the lake is some 750 sq mi (2,000 sq km) in area; it drains through a short channel into the Shatt al-Arab near Al-Basrah. It was once a reed-filled marshland but was later used for irrigating the delta region. Home to the Madan, or Marsh Arabs, a tribe of seminomadic marsh dwellers, it was partially drained in 1992 by the Iraqi government in an attempt to drive out Shite guerrillas who had taken refuge there. By 1993 one-third of the lake was dry, and thousands of its residents had fled deeper into the marshes or to Iran
Lake Huron: the second largest of the Great Lakes, on the border between the US and Canada. Lake, U.S. and Canada. The second-largest of the Great Lakes of North America, it is bounded by Michigan and Ontario, and is about 206 mi (330 km) long with an area of 23,000 sq mi (59,570 sq km). Inflow comes from Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and numerous streams; the lake discharges at its southern end into Lake Erie. It contains many islands, including Mackinac, and Saginaw Bay indents the Michigan coast. As part of the St. Lawrence Seaway, it supports heavy commercial traffic from April to December. The first of the Great Lakes seen by Europeans, it was explored by the French (1615-79), who named it after the Huron Indians
Lake Huron: {i} second largest lake of the Great Lakes of North America
Lake Ilmen: Lake, northwestern Russia. It occupies the centre of the Ilmen Plain, a glacial lowland drained by nearly 50 rivers, including the Msta, Pola, and Lovat, that flow into the lake; the lake in turn provides the headwaters of the Volkhov River. Its area between 283 and 807 sq mi (733 and 2,090 sq km) varies according to river flow. The lake is navigable in summer and has an average depth of 33 ft (10 m)
Lake Iseo: Lake, northern Italy. Situated at the southern foot of the Alps, it is fed by the Oglio River, which enters the northern end near Lovere and leaves the southern end at Sarnico. It is 15.5 mi (25 km) long, with a surface area of 24 sq mi (62 sq km). Monte Isola, a large island in the centre of the lake, is crowned by a chapel
Lake Itasca: Lake, northwestern Minnesota, U.S. Occupying an area of
Lake Itasca: 8 sq mi (4.7 sq km), it is located 1,475 ft (450 m) above sea level. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's theory that Lake Itasca is the source of the Mississippi River has been widely accepted. He is generally credited with originating the name Itasca, but Indian legend mentions I-tesk-ka, the daughter of Hiawatha, whose tears of anguish at being spirited away to the netherworld were the source of the Mississippi
Lake Izabal: Lake, Guatemala. The country's largest lake, it occupies the lowlands in northeastern Guatemala. Fed by the Polochic River, it drains through the Dulce River into the Caribbean Sea. It lies only 26 ft (8 m) above sea level and has an area of 228 sq mi (590 sq km). The main settlement on its shores is El Estor, which originated as a trading outpost of the United Fruit Company
Lake Khanka: Chinese Xingkai Hu or Hsing-K'ai Hu Lake on the boundary between Siberia and China. Most of the lake is in Russian territory while the northern shore is in China's Heilongjiang province. It varies in area from 1,500 to 1,700 sq mi (4,000 to 4,400 sq km), and much of its shore is swampland. Its outlet is a tributary of the Ussuri River
Lake Kivu: Lake, central East Africa. Located between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), it occupies 1,040 sq mi (2,700 sq km), is 55 mi (90 km) long and 30 mi (48 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 1,558 ft (475 m). Containing many islands, it was part of a larger body of water until volcanic outpourings along its northern shore created a dam that separated it from Lake Edward
Lake Ladoga: Lake, northwestern Russia. The largest lake in Europe, it covers an area of 6,700 sq mi (17,600 sq km). It is 136 mi (219 km) long and has an average width of 51 mi (82 km); its greatest depth is 754 ft (230 m). It contains 660 islands of more than 2.5 acres (1 hectare) in area. Its outlet is the Neva River, in the southwestern corner. Formerly divided between the U.S.S.R. and Finland, it now lies entirely within Russia. During the Siege of Leningrad (1941-44) in World War II, the lake was the lifeline that connected the city with the rest of the Soviet Union
Lake Lanao: Lake, Mindanao, Philippines. It is located in a plateau region north of a range of active volcanoes. The second largest lake in the Philippines, it occupies an area of 131 sq mi (340 sq km). It is 22 mi (35 km) long and has a maximum width of 16 mi (26 km)
Lake Leman: Lake Geneva, lake in southwest Switzerland near the French border
Lake Lissan: {i} Lissan Lake, lake which connected the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea (15,000 years ago) and slowly disappeared and narrowed down the current day Dead Sea
Lake Llanquihue: Lake, south-central Chile. The country's largest lake, it has an area of about 330 sq mi (860 sq km); it is 22 mi (35 km) long and 25 mi (40 km) wide. In the distance stand volcanoes and beyond them, on the Argentine border, Mount Tronador (11,660 ft [3,554 m]). Popular resort towns are located on its shores
Lake Louise: a lake in the Rocky Mountains near Banff, Alberta, Canada, which is a popular place for tourists because of its beautiful blue-green colour and the surrounding mountains
Lake Lucerne: German Vierwaldstättersee ("Lake of the Four Forest Cantons") Lake, central Switzerland. It is 24 mi (39 km) long and 0.5 to 2 mi (0.8 to 3 km) wide, with an area of 44 sq mi (114 sq km). It has a maximum depth of 702 ft (214 m). The "Cross of Lucerne" is formed by its four main basins, which are joined by narrow channels. Named after the city of Lucerne at its western end, it is in a region of resorts and tourist attractions
Lake Lugano: or Lago Ceresio Lake in Switzerland and Italy, located between Maggiore and Como lakes. Straddling the border of the two countries, it has an area of 19 sq mi (49 sq km) and a maximum depth of 945 ft (288 m). Between Melide and Bissone, the lake is so shallow that a stone dam across it carries the St. Gotthard railway. The resort town of Lugano, on its shores in Switzerland, is Italian in appearance
Lake Magadi: Lake, Great Rift Valley, southern Kenya, east of Lake Victoria. Occupying an area of 240 sq mi (622 sq km), it is 20 mi (32 km) long and 2 mi (3 km) wide. Its bed consists almost entirely of soda deposits, which dye the waters a vivid pink
Lake Maggiore: v. ancient Lacus Verbanus Lake, northern Italy and southern Switzerland, bordered on the north by the Swiss Alps. Occupying an area of 82 sq mi (212 sq km), it is Italy's second largest lake. It is 34 mi (54 km) long, with a maximum width of 7 mi (11 km) and a maximum depth of 1,220 ft (372 m). Traversed from north to south by the Ticino River, it is also fed by the Tresa River from Lake Lugano on the east. It is a popular resort area
Lake Malawi: or Lake Nyasa Lake, southern Africa, bounded on the west and south by Malawi, on the east by Mozambique, and on the north by Tanzania. It is the southernmost and third largest of the Great Rift Valley lakes. It is about 360 mi (580 km) long with an average width of 25 mi (40 km); it covers an area of 11,430 sq mi (29,604 sq km). It contains Likoma Island, site of an Anglican cathedral completed in 1911. On the heavily populated Malawi shore there are several government stations. The lake is fed by 14 rivers, and its sole outlet is the Shire River. There are about 200 recorded species of fish in the lake
Lake Malawi: {i} Lake Nyasa, one of the largest lakes in the world located in south-eastern Africa that lies between Malawi (in the south and west) and Tanzania (in the north and northeast) and Mozambique (in the east)
Lake Managua: or Xolotlan Lake, western Nicaragua. It occupies an area of 400 sq mi (1,035 sq km), extending 36 mi (58 km) long and 16 mi (25 km) wide. Located north of the city of Managua, it is fed by numerous streams rising in the central highlands and is drained by the Tipitapa River, which flows into Lake Nicaragua. Momotombo Volcano (4,199 ft [1,280 m]) is on the northwestern shore
Lake Manitoba: Lake, south-central Manitoba, Canada. Located northwest of Winnipeg, it drains into Lake Winnipeg. It is more than 125 mi (200 km) long and up to 28 mi (45 km) wide, with an area of 1,785 sq mi (4,624 sq km). It was discovered in 1738 by Pierre La Vérendrye, who named it Lac des Prairies. The name Manitoba is believed to come from the Algonquian word maniot-bau or maniot-wapau ("strait of the spirit")
Lake Mapam: Chinese Mapam Yumco or Ma-fa-mu-ts'o conventional Manasarowar Lake in the Himalayas, southwestern Tibet, China. Lying nearly 15,000 ft (4,570 m) above sea level, it is generally recognized as the highest body of fresh water in the world. It is prominent in Hindu mythology and is one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage for Hindus
Lake Maracaibo: Inlet of the Caribbean Sea, northwestern Venezuela. The largest natural lake in South America, it occupies an area of 5,130 sq mi (13,280 sq km), extending southward for 130 mi (210 km) from the Gulf of Venezuela and reaching a width of 75 mi (121 km). Many rivers flow into the lake, notably the Catatumbo River. It is in one of the world's richest oil-producing regions, which supplies about two-thirds of Venezuela's total petroleum output. Its oil fields are located along the eastern shore, extending 20 mi (32 km) into the lake
Lake Mead: the largest reservoir (=a lake where water is stored before it is supplied to people's houses) in the US, on the Colorado River behind the Hoover Dam. Reservoir of the Hoover Dam, on the Arizona-Nevada border in the U.S. One of the largest man-made lakes in the world, it was formed by the damming of the Colorado River. Lake Mead is 115 mi (185 km) long and 1-10 mi (1.6-16 km) wide; it has a capacity of over 31 million acre ft (38 billion cubic m), with a surface area of 229 sq mi (593 sq km). It was named after Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation. Lake Mead National Recreation Area (established 1936) has an area of 2,338 sq mi (6,055 sq km) and extends 240 mi (386 km) along the river
Lake Memphremagog: Lake that crosses the U.S.-Canadian border. Extending from northern Vermont, U.S., into southern Quebec, Can., it is 27 mi (43 km) long and only 1-2 mi (1.5-3 km) wide for most of its length. It has several large bays, including Fitch Bay and Sargents Bay. At its northern end the lake drains into the St. Francis River. Its name is an Algonquian term meaning "where there is a big expanse of water
Lake Michigan: {i} lake of the North American Great Lakes which is located entirely in the U.S.A
Lake Michigan: Third largest of the five Great Lakes and the only one lying wholly within the U.S. Bordered by the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana, it connects with Lake Huron through the Straits of Mackinac in the north. It is 321 mi (517 km) long and up to 118 mi (190 km) wide, with a maximum depth of 923 ft (281 m); it occupies an area of 22,300 sq mi (57,757 sq km). The first European to discover it was the French explorer Jean Nicolet in 1634; the explorer La Salle brought the first sailing ship there in 1679. It now attracts international shipping as part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway. The name is derived from the Algonquian word michigami or misschiganin, meaning "big lake
Lake Mjosa: Lake, southeastern Norway. It lies north of Oslo, at the southern end of Gudbrands Valley. The country's largest lake, it serves as a link between the Lågen River to the north and the Vorma-Glåma river system to the south. Occupying an area of 142 sq mi (368 sq km), it is 62 mi (100 km) long and 1 to 9 mi (1.6 to 14 km) wide. Lillehammer, at its northern end, and Hamar, on its eastern shore, are the largest lakeshore towns
Lake Moeris: Extinct lake, northern Egypt. It once occupied the Al-Fayym depression, now the site of the much smaller Lake Qrn. Its waters began falling in Paleolithic times as a result of silt accumulation in the channel that flowed from the Nile River. During the Middle Kingdom ( 2040-1786 BC), dredging renewed access to the Nile's waters. Land-reclamation projects in the 3rd century BC drained the lake, opening 450 sq mi (1,200 sq km) of alluvial soil that was irrigated by canals. The region declined after the first two centuries of Roman rule
Lake Mweru: French Lac Moero Lake, central Africa. It is located on the boundary between southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) and Zambia, west of the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika. Part of the Congo River system, it is 76 mi (122 km) long and has a surface area of 1,900 sq mi (4,920 sq km). The Luapula River, a headstream of the Congo River, flows through it. The Bangweulu Swamps adjoin the lake
Lake Nahuel Huapí: Lake, in the eastern foothills of the Andes Mountains, southwestern Argentina, near the Chilean border. The largest lake in Argentina's lake district, it has an area of 212 sq mi (549 sq km) and a depth of nearly 1,000 ft (300 m). It is dotted with islands, including Victoria Island, the site of a forestry research station. The lake region was designated the Nahuel Huapí National Park in 1934
Lake Naivasha: Lake, southwest-central Kenya. Located in the Great Rift Valley, at 6,135 ft (1,870 m) above sea level, it is 12 mi (19 km) long and 9 mi (14 km) wide and has an area of 108 sq mi (280 sq km); it has no known outlet. It serves as a weekend resort for residents of Nairobi, to the southeast
Lake Nasser: or Lake Nubia Lake, southern Egypt and northern Sudan. About 300 mi (480 km) long, it was formed in the 1960s by the construction of the Aswan High Dam in order to control the annual floods of the Nile River, whose waters now feed the lake. Its waters, when discharged downstream, have brought some 1,250 sq mi (3,240 sq km) of additional land under irrigation. Its formation flooded a number of archaeological sites, including those found at Abu Simbel. In The Sudan it is known as Lake Nubia
Lake Nasser: lake formed on the Nile River south of the Aswan dam
Lake Nemi: ancient Lacus Nemorensis Crater lake in the Alban Hills, southeast of Rome, Italy. Its area is about 0.67 sq mi (1.7 sq km), and it is 110 ft (34 m) deep. Nearby were a temple and grove sacred to the goddess Diana. Two ships dating from the reign of Caligula were raised from the lake bottom in the 1920s but were burned by the retreating German army in 1944, toward the end of World War II
Lake Neuchâtel: Lake, western Switzerland. With an area of 84 sq mi (218 sq km), it is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland. It is a survivor of a former glacial lake in the lower Aare valley, at the base of the Jura Mountains. On the northern shore is La Tène, a prehistoric site, which dates to the late Iron Age culture
Lake Ngami: Shallow lake, northwestern Botswana, north of the Kalahari Desert. It was a large lake, estimated at more than 170 mi (275 km) in circumference when the explorer David Livingstone sighted it in 1849. The lake varies in size with the amount of rainfall, and, although it is much smaller today than in Livingstone's time, it is rich in birdlife
Lake Nicaragua: a lake in southwest Nicaragua which is the largest lake in Central America. Lake, southwestern Nicaragua. It is 102 mi (164 km) long, with a surface area of about 3,100 sq mi (8,000 sq km). The largest freshwater lake between the U.S. and Peru, it is connected to Lake Managua by the Tipitapa River and is drained by the San Juan River. It is the only freshwater lake in the world containing marine animal life, including sharks, swordfish, and tarpon. Its largest island, Ometepe, is the preeminent site in Nicaragua for pre-Columbian archaeological finds
Lake Nipigon: Lake, Ontario, Canada. Located north of Lake Superior and northeast of Thunder Bay, it is about 70 mi (110 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide and has an area of 1,870 sq mi (4,840 sq km). It lies at an elevation of 1,050 ft (320 m) and has a maximum depth of 540 ft (165 m). Its Indian name means "deep, clear water." It is studded with many wooded islands, and large bays characterize its shoreline. Its outlet is the Nipigon River, which flows into Lake Superior
Lake Nipissing: Lake, southeastern Ontario, Canada. Located midway between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay, it is 50 mi (80 km) long and 30 mi (48 km) wide, with an area of 321 sq mi (832 sq km). A remnant of glacial Lake Algonquin, it contains many islands. The French River drains the lake as it flows west into Georgian Bay. It was discovered by Étienne Brûlé 1610 and was later a fur-trading route linking the Ottawa River with the upper Great Lakes
Lake Nyasa: {i} Lake Malawi, one of the largest lakes in the world located in south-eastern Africa that lies between Malawi (in the south and west) and Tanzania (in the north and northeast) and Mozambique (in the east)
Lake Näsi: or Lake Näsijärvi Lake, southwestern Finland. About 20 mi (32 km) long and 8 mi (13 km) wide at its widest point, it is the largest of the Pyhä lakes. Its southern banks are flat and barren, but the northern shore is more developed. Ferries have operated on the lake since 1858
Lake Okeechobee: a large lake of fresh (=not containing salt) water in southern Florida, US. Water flows from it into the Atlantic Ocean through the Everglades. Lake, south-central Florida, U.S. It is the largest lake in the southern U.S. and the third largest freshwater lake wholly within the country. It drains to the sea through the Everglades. It is a remnant of the prehistoric Pamlico Sea, and its name means "Big Water" in the language of the Seminole Indians, who still live on the lake's northwestern shore
Lake Onega: Lake, northwestern Russia. Located between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea, it is the second-largest lake in Europe. It has an area of 3,753 sq mi (9,720 sq km) and is 154 mi (248 km) long. It empties into the Svir River and is frozen for about half of each year. It is connected with the Baltic and White seas by canal and with the Volga River basin by a waterway, enabling it to play an important part in international trade and transport
Lake Ontario: the smallest of the five Great Lakes, between the US and Canada. Its main port is the Canadian city of Toronto. Smallest and easternmost of the Great Lakes of North America. Bounded by New York and Ontario, and with the U.S.-Canada border passing through it, the lake is roughly elliptical; its major axis, 193 mi (311 km) long, lies nearly east to west, and its greatest width is 53 mi (85 km). The Niagara River is the lake's main feeder. There are five islands at its eastern end, where the lake discharges into the St. Lawrence River near Kingston, Ont. The Welland Canal and the Niagara River connect it to Lake Erie to the southwest. It was visited by Samuel de Champlain in 1615; its early French name was Lac Frontenac. Ports on the lake include Toronto and Hamilton, Ont., and Rochester and Oswego, N.Y
Lake Ontario: {i} easternmost lake of North American Great Lakes which is the smallest in the area
Lake Peipsi: Estonian Peipsi Järv Lake, north-central Europe, forming the boundary between Estonia and Russia. Lake Peipsi is 60 mi (97 km) long and 31 mi (50 km) wide, and it is frozen for half of the year. In 1242 the Russians, under Alexander Nevsky, defeated the Teutonic Knights (see Teutonic Order) on the frozen lake in the "Battle on the Ice," forcing the order to relinquish claims to Russian lands
Lake Pielinen: Lake, southeastern Finland. Located near the border with Russia, Lake Pielinen is 56 mi (90 km) long and has an area of 422 sq mi (1,093 sq km). The lake has many islands and is drained southward into Lake Saimaa by the Pielis River. It is surrounded by dense forests, especially on its western shore. The shore is capped by Koli hill, the centre of a winter sports area
Lake Placid: A village of northeast New York in the Adirondack Mountains southwest of Plattsburg. A popular year-round resort, it was the site of the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980. Population: 2,485. Village (pop., 2000: 2,638), northeastern New York, U.S., on Mirror Lake and Lake Placid, in the Adirondack Mountains. The site was settled in 1800, but it was abandoned after crop failures. Resettled during the 1840s, it was promoted in 1850 as a summer resort, and Melvil Dewey founded the Lake Placid Club there in 1895. It is a year-round recreation area with numerous hotels, golf courses, ski resorts, and mountain scenery. It was the scene of the Olympic Games in 1932 and 1980
Lake Poets: {i} group of prominent poets who lived in the Lake District in England (i.e. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey)
Lake Pontchartrain: Lake, southeastern Louisiana, U.S. It is 40 mi (64 km) long and 25 mi (40 km) wide, with an area of 625 sq mi (1,619 sq km). More a tidal lagoon than a lake, it is brackish and teems with game fish. It is connected through Lake Borgne with the Gulf of Mexico and by canal with the Mississippi River. It is spanned by the Pontchartrain Causeway, at 23.8 mi (38.4 km) long, the world's longest concrete bridge, which crosses the lake north from New Orleans
Lake Prespa: Lake on the boundary between Macedonia, Albania, and Greece. It is 14 mi (23 km) long, 8 mi (13 km) wide, 2,800 ft (853 m) above sea level, and it drains northwest into Lake Ohrid through a subterranean channel. South of it is Little Prespa Lake, which contains the island of St. Achilius; the island was an early capital of Bulgarian Tsar Samuel in the 10th century. It became a tourist and fishing centre in the 1970s
Lake Päijänne: Lake, southern Finland. It is 75 mi (121 km) long and 14 mi (23 km) wide. The lake contains thousands of islands. The lake system is drained southward to the Gulf of Finland by the Kymi River. The irregular shoreline is heavily forested and supports important timber operations that use the lake for transport. There are numerous villages along the lakeshore and many private villas at the southern end of the lake
Lake Rudolf: {i} former name of Lake Turkana, lake located in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya and having its northern end extending into Ethiopia
Lake Rudolf: or Lake Turkana Lake, mainly in northern Kenya. The fourth largest of the eastern African lakes, it lies 1,230 ft (375 m) above sea level in the Great Rift Valley and covers an area of 2,473 sq mi (6,405 sq km). The three main islands in the lake are volcanic. The lake is relatively shallow; its greatest recorded depth is 240 ft (73 m). Having no outlet, the lake's waters are brackish. Sudden storms are frequent, rendering navigation treacherous. It is a rich reservoir of fish
Lake Rukwa: Shallow lake, southwestern Tanzania, eastern Africa. It covers an area of about 1,000 sq mi (2,600 sq km) and lies midway between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi at an elevation of about 2,600 ft (800 m). It has no outlet, and at times it is completely dry. Its water is brackish, and there are salt pans near its southwestern end. Crocodile and hippopotamus inhabit the lake, and fish abound
Lake Saimaa: Lake, southeastern Finland. Located northeast of Helsinki, Lake Saimaa has an area of 443 sq mi (1,147 sq km) and is the primary lake in the Great Saimaa lake system, the largest in Finland. About 120 lakes and numerous rivers and streams in the system drain most of southeastern Finland through Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River, and the Saimaa Canal to the Gulf of Finland. The lake system provides essential transportation links and hydroelectric power among the major towns of the region, and its scenic forests attract many tourists
Lake Saint Clair: Lake, west-central Tasmania, Australia. It is located at the southern boundary of Cradle Mountain-Lake Saint Clair National Park. It has an area of 11 sq mi (28 sq km) and an elevation of 2,417 ft (737 m) on Tasmania's central plateau. Its maximum depth approaches 700 ft (215 m), making it Australia's deepest lake. Lake, forming part of the boundary between Michigan, U.S., and Ontario, Canada. Roughly circular, with an area of 467 sq mi (1,210 sq km), it connects with the St. Clair River and Lake Huron to the north and with the Detroit River and Lake Erie to the south. It is in a popular summer recreation area. Suburbs of Detroit lie on its western shore
Lake Scutari: Largest lake in the Balkan Peninsula. Located on the frontier between Montenegro (see Serbia and Montenegro) and Albania, it has an area of 150 sq mi (390 sq km). It was formerly an arm of the Adriatic Sea. Steep mountains, plains, and marshland border the lake, as do many small villages that are noted for their old monasteries and fortresses
Lake Sevan: Lake, northern Armenia. It has an area of some 525 sq mi (1,360 sq km). Lying at 6,250 ft (1,905 m) above sea level in a mountain-enclosed basin, it is Armenia's largest lake and is in two connected parts: the smaller Maly Sevan and the Bolshoy Sevan. It is rich in fish. Several ancient Armenian churches lie along the shore
Lake Siljan: Lake, central Sweden. Covering 112 sq mi (290 sq km), it is Sweden's third largest lake. It is fed by the sterdal River and extends into two bays. Its wooded shores are interspersed with meadows and quaint villages, making it an attractive tourist destination
Lake Simcoe: Lake, southeastern Ontario, Canada. Located between Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario north of Toronto, Lake Simcoe is 287 sq mi (743 sq km) in area. Numerous small streams and the Trent Canal feed the lake, which is 30 mi (48 km) long and contains several islands; the largest, Georgina, is an Indian reserve. The lake is a popular summer vacation area
Lake Success: An unincorporated village of southeast New York on northwest Long Island northwest of Mineola. It was the temporary headquarters of the United Nations from 1946 to 1951. Population: 2,484
Lake Success: lake in the state of New York (USA)
Lake Superior: {i} largest of the North American Great Lakes and largest freshwater lake in the world (located between the north central United States and south Ontario in Canada)
Lake Superior: the largest of the Great Lakes on the border between Canada and the US, which is also the largest freshwater lake (=whose water does not contain salt) in the world. Lake, U.S. and Canada. The largest of the five Great Lakes, Superior is the world's largest freshwater lake. It is 383 mi (616 km) long and 160 mi (258 km) at its widest, with an area of 31,800 sq mi (82,362 sq km) and depths reaching 1,330 ft (405 m). Lake Superior is known for its picturesque coastline and its numerous shipwrecks; its islands include Isle Royale. The head of the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Seaway system, it is connected to Lake Huron at its southeastern end via the Sault Ste. Marie locks. Ships transport grain, flour, and iron ore during the eight-month navigation season. The French Jesuit missionary Claude-Jean Allouez charted the lake in 1667. The region came under British control (1763-83) and remained in British hands until 1817, when the American Fur Co. took over south of the Canadian border
Lake Taal: formerly Lake Bombon Lake, southwestern Luzon, Philippines. It covers an area of 94 sq mi (244 sq km) and occupies a volcanic crater less than 10 ft (3 m) above sea level. Volcano Island (984 ft or 300 m), which rises from the lake and is also called Taal Volcano, contains another small crater (Yellow Lake). The volcano has erupted 25 times since 1572, most recently in 1970. Located within a national park, the lake is a major tourist attraction
Lake Tahoe: Lake on the California-Nevada border in the northern Sierra Nevada, U.S. The lake, which occupies a fault basin, covers 193 sq mi (500 sq km). It is 22 mi (35 km) long by 10 mi (16 km) wide and lies at an elevation of 6,229 ft (1,899 m). Its water level has varied during seasons of drought in recent decades. Fed by numerous small streams, the intensely blue lake and the surrounding national forests have been developed as popular tourist resorts
Lake Tai: Chinese Tai Hu or T'ai Hu Lake, between Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, eastern China. Roughly crescent-shaped, it covers an area of 850 sq mi (2,200 sq km). It lies in a plain and is served by a maze of natural and man-made waterways, some dating from the 7th century AD. Several islands in the eastern section were traditionally famous Daoist and Buddhist religious sites. The area's great natural beauty attracts many tourists
Lake Tana: Lake, Ethiopia. The country's largest lake, it is 47 mi (76 km) long and 44 mi (71 km) wide. It is the source of the Blue Nile (see Nile River), which pours from it over a lava barrier, dropping 138 ft (42 m) to form Tisisat Falls. Coptic monasteries were built on two of its islands during the Middle Ages
Lake Tanganyika: a large lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. Lake, central Africa. Located on the boundary between Tanzania and Congo (Kinshasa), it is the longest freshwater lake in the world, 410 mi (660 km) long, and the second deepest, 4,710 ft (1,436 m) deep. Fed by several rivers, it tends to be brackish. Oil palms and rice grow along its steep shores; hippopotamuses and crocodiles abound. It was first visited by Europeans, searching for the source of the Nile, in 1858
Lake Taupo: Lake, North Island, New Zealand. The largest lake in New Zealand, it is 234 sq mi (606 sq km) in area and covers the remains of several volcanic craters. The Waikato River flows into and out of it. Numerous geothermal springs on the lake's borders are used for health resorts and for generating electricity
Lake Texcoco: Lake, central Mexico. Originally one of the five lakes of the Valley of Mexico, Texcoco has been drained by channels and a tunnel to the Pánuco River since the early 17th century. It now occupies only a small area surrounded by salt marshes just east of Mexico City. Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital, stood on islands in old Lake Texcoco and was connected to the mainland by causeways
Lake Tiberias: or Sea of Galilee Freshwater lake, northern Israel. It is 13 mi (21 km) long and 7 mi (11 km) wide; it lies about 700 ft (212 m) below sea level and receives most of its inflow from the Jordan River. The region has been inhabited for millennia: archaeological finds dating to some 500,000 years ago are among the oldest in the Middle East. In the 1st century AD, the region was rich and populated; Christians know it as the scene of many episodes in the life of Jesus. Today the lake's waters irrigate the surrounding agricultural region. Modern health resorts have grown up, and the baths at Tiberias are among Israel's winter resort attractions
Lake Titicaca: the largest lake in South America, and the highest in the world, in the Andes mountains between Bolivia and Peru. South American lake, the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels. Located in the Altiplano, a high basin of the Andes Mountains, and on the border between Peru and Bolivia, it lies at an elevation of about 12,500 ft (3,810 m). The second largest lake in South America, it covers some 3,200 sq mi (8,300 sq km) and is 120 mi (190 km) long by 50 mi (80 km) wide. A narrow strait joins the lake's two bodies of water, which have 41 islands, some densely populated. The remains of one of the oldest known American civilizations have been found in the area. Temple ruins on Titicaca Island mark the spot where, according to legend, the founders of the Inca were sent down to earth by the sun
Lake Todos los Santos: Lake, south-central Chile. It is located north of Puerto Montt. With neighbouring Lake Llanquihue, it is the best-known of Chilean lakes and is in a popular resort area
Lake Towada: Lake, northern Honshu, Japan. It occupies a volcanic crater and is 27 mi (44 km) in circumference. The third deepest lake in Japan, it is 1,096 ft (334 m) deep at its centre. It lies in Towada-Hachimantai National Park, a popular recreation area
Lake Trasimeno: Lake, Umbria, central Italy. The largest lake of the Italian peninsula, it has an area of 49 sq mi (128 sq km) and is shallow, with a maximum depth of 20 ft (6 m). It is fed by small streams and has an artificial subterranean outlet (opened 1898) to the Tiber River. In 217 BC Hannibal defeated a Roman army led by Flaminius there in the Second Punic War. In World War II it was the scene of severe fighting (1944) between the British and German armies
Lake Turkana: {i} lake located in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya and having its northern end extending into Ethiopia (formerly known as "Lake Rudolf")
Lake Turkana remains: Collection of hominid fossils found along the shores of Lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya. The Koobi Fora site, excavated by the Leakey family and others, has proved to be the richest fund of hominid remains found anywhere in the world, yielding fossils that represent perhaps 230 individuals, including members of Homo habilis, H. erectus, and Australopithecus. On the western shore was found a remarkably well preserved skeleton of an 11-year-old boy (the "Turkana Boy") later classified as H. ergaster or H. erectus and dated to 1.8 million years ago. This surprisingly human specimen suggests that H. ergaster may have been the direct ancestor of the hominids that left Africa for Eurasia 1 million years ago. See also human evolution
Lake Urmia: Persian Darycheh-ye Ormiyyeh Shallow, saline lake, northwestern Iran. The largest lake in the Middle East, it covers an area that varies from 2,000 to 2,300 sq mi (5,200 to 6,000 sq km). It is about 87 mi (140 km) long and 25-35 mi (40-55 km) wide, with a maximum depth of 53 ft (16 m). There is a cluster of about 50 tiny islands at its southern part. Fed by three rivers, it has no outlet. It has been protected since 1967
Lake Valencia: v. formerly Tacarigua Lake, Carabobo and Aragua states, northern Venezuela. Its total area of 141 sq mi (364 sq km) makes it the second largest natural lake in Venezuela, after Lake Maracaibo. It lies in an agricultural region and popular resort area
Lake Van: v. Salt lake, eastern Anatolia. The largest lake in Turkey, it covers an area of 1,434 sq mi (3,713 sq km) and is more than 74 mi (119 km) across at its widest point. Its greatest depth exceeds 330 ft (100 m). It is fed by precipitation and meltwater as well as by several small tributaries. It has no apparent outlet, and its brackish waters are unsuitable for either drinking or irrigation
Lake Victoria: {i} largest freshwater lake in Africa (located in East Africa)
Lake Victoria: the largest lake in Africa, which is surrounded by Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. or Victoria Nyanza Largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile River, east-central Africa. The southern half lies in Tanzania, the northern half in Uganda; it borders Kenya in the northeast. With an area of 26,828 sq mi (69,484 sq km), it is the second largest freshwater lake in the world (after Lake Superior in North America). It is about 210 mi (337 km) long, 150 mi (240 km) wide, and up to 270 ft (82 m) deep. Though the Kagera River is its largest tributary, the most important source of water for the lake is rainfall. Its only outlet is the Victoria Nile. John Hanning Speke, searching for the source of the Nile in 1858, was the first European to sight it. He named it for Queen Victoria; the Arabs had called it Ukerewe. Henry Morton Stanley circumnavigated it in 1875. It became a reservoir when the water level was raised after completion of Owen Falls Dam in 1954
Lake Volta: v. Lake, Ghana. One of the world's largest artificial lakes, it was formed in 1965 when the Akosombo Dam dammed the Volta River and created a reservoir that extends about 250 mi (400 km) upstream to beyond the former confluence of the Black Volta and White Volta rivers. It covers 3,283 sq mi (8,502 sq km), or 3.6% of Ghana's area. It is a major fishing ground and provides irrigation water for farmland in the Accra plains. The dam generates enough hydroelectric power to supply most of Ghana's electricity needs
Lake Wanaka: Lake, west-central South Island, New Zealand. It covers an area of 75 sq mi (193 sq km) and is some 1,000 ft (300 m) deep. Fed by the Makarora and Matukituki rivers, the lake is the source of the Clutha River. Its outlet is harnessed for hydroelectric power
Lake Winnipeg: Lake, south-central Manitoba, Canada. Fed by many rivers, including the Saskatchewan, Red River of the North, and Winnipeg, it is drained to the northeast by the Nelson River. It is 264 mi (425 km) long, up to 68 mi (109 km) wide, and has an area of 9,416 sq mi (24,387 sq km). The Canadian explorer Pierre La Verendrye visited the lake in 1733. With an average depth of 50 ft (15 m), it is important for shipping, commercial fishing, and recreation
Lake Winnipegosis: Lake, western Manitoba, Canada. Located west of Lake Winnipeg, it is a remnant of glacial Lake Agassiz. Numerous streams feed the 2,075-sq-mi (5,374-sq-km) lake, which drains southeastward into Lake Manitoba. It is more than 150 mi (240 km) long, up to 32 mi (51 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 833 ft (254 m). It was explored in 1739 by Pierre La Verendrye and later served as part of a fur-trading route. It now is important for commercial fishing
Lake Winnipesaukee: Lake, east-central New Hampshire, U.S. New Hampshire's largest lake, it covers an area of 71 sq mi (184 sq km) and is 20 mi (32 km) long by 12 mi (19 km) wide. It is dotted with 274 islands. Its outlet, the Winnipesaukee River, flows about 20 mi (32 km) southwest to enter the Merrimack River. It is a popular summer recreation area
Lake Wobegon: an imaginary town in stories written by Garrison Keillor, which is typical of a small US town in Minnesota. Lake Wobegon
Lake Yojoa: Lake, central Honduras. The country's largest inland lake, it has an area of 110 sq mi (285 sq km). It is volcanic in origin and sits at an elevation of 2,133 ft (650 m). It and the surrounding region are popular tourist destinations
Lake Ysyk: Russian Lake Issyk-Kul Lake, northeastern Kyrgyzstan. Situated in the northern Tien Shan, it is one of the largest mountain lakes in the world, having a surface area of some 2,425 sq mi (6,280 sq km) and reaching 2,303 ft (702 m) in depth. Its name (from the Kyrgyz word for "hot lake") refers to the fact that it does not freeze during the winter. To conserve the lake's wildlife, the Issyk-Kul Preserve was founded in 1948
Lake Zürich: German Zürichsee Lake, north-central Switzerland. Extending southeast from the city of Zürich, it lies at an altitude of 1,332 ft (406 m) and has an area of about 34 sq mi (88 sq km). It is 18 mi (29 km) long and has a maximum depth of 469 ft (143 m). The Linth River flows into it and emerges as the Limmat
Lake of Geneva: Lake Leman, lake in southwest Switzerland near the French border
Lake of Neuchatel: {i} Lake of Neuchâtel, lake in northwest Switzerland close to the French border
Lake of the Ozarks: Lake, south-central Missouri, U.S. One of the largest man-made lakes in the U.S., it is located in the scenic Ozark Mountains. It is about 125 mi (200 km) long, with an area of 93 sq mi (242 sq km). It is formed by the Bagnell Dam in the Osage River. The area of Lake of the Ozarks State Park has recreational fishing and water sport facilities and is a popular resort destination. Nearby are several limestone caverns
Lake of the Woods: Lake astride the Canadian-U.S. boundary, southwestern Ontario, southeastern Manitoba, and northern Minnesota. Irregular in shape, it is 70 mi (110 km) long and up to 60 mi (95 km) wide. It has an area of 1,727 sq mi (4,472 sq km), of which 642 sq mi (1,663 sq km) are in U.S territory. It has an estimated 25,000 mi (40,000 km) of shoreline and more than 14,000 islands. It receives the Rainy River from the southeast and drains north through the Winnipeg River into Lake Winnipeg. Visited by French explorers in 1688, it became an important fur-trading route between the Great Lakes and western Canada. The Northwest Angle, the northernmost point of the coterminous U.S., is separated from the rest of Minnesota by a part of the lake
Last Mountain Lake: Lake, southern central Saskatchewan, Canada. Draining southward into the Qu'Appelle River, and with an average width of 2 mi (3.2 km) and a length of 60 mi (96 km), it occupies an area of 89 sq mi (231 sq km). It is a popular fishing and resort area
Lesser Slave Lake: A lake of central Alberta, Canada, drained by the Lesser Slave River, a tributary of the Athabasca River. Lake, central Alberta, Canada. Located northwest of Edmonton and south of Great Slave Lake, it occupies an area of 451 sq mi (1,168 sq km) and drains into the Athabasca River via the Lesser Slave River. Its name refers to the Slave (Dogrib) Indians, who once inhabited its shores
Lissan Lake: {i} Lake Lissan, lake which connected the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea (15,000 years ago) and slowly disappeared and narrowed down the current day Dead Sea
Lower Klamath Lake: A lake of northern California formerly connected with Upper Klamath Lake in southern Oregon
Manapouri Lake: Lake, southwestern South Island, New Zealand. With a maximum depth of 1,455 ft (444 m), it is the deepest lake in the country. It is one of the Southern Lakes, located in Fiordland National Park. Its name derives from a Maori word meaning "lake of the sorrowing heart," and legend holds that its waters are the tears of dying sisters. It has an area of 55 sq mi (142 sq km) and drains a basin of 1,785 sq mi (4,623 sq km)
Neusiedler Lake: Hungarian Fert-tó Lake, eastern Austria and northwestern Hungary. The shallow lake was formerly entirely within Hungary, but in 1922 the northern two-thirds were transferred to Austria. Formed during the Pleistocene Epoch, it is Austria's lowest point, 377 ft (115 m) above sea level. Heavy reed growth along its shores supports many species of birds, which are protected by an international sanctuary and a biological station
Oneida Lake: A lake of central New York northeast of Syracuse. It is part of the New York State Barge Canal system
Rainy Lake: Narrow lake astride the Canadian-U.S. border, between Minnesota and southwestern Ontario. Rainy Lake is about 50 mi (80 km) long and has an area of 360 sq mi (932 sq km). Its shores are irregular and deeply indented, and it contains more than 500 islands. The region is the site of several Indian reservations and is popular for hunting, fishing, and canoeing
Ricki Lake: {i} (born 1968) popular American television personality (hostess of a popular talk show)