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Lake

A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land.

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Etymology, meaning, and usage of "lake"

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Types

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Paleolakes

Characteristics

Limnology

Disappearance

Extraterrestrial lakes

Notable lakes on Earth

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Lake

Nodes375
Edges374
Triples379
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005333
Components1

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Lake

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related to Notable lakes on Earth · 66
Lake → Alert, Baffin Island, Before, Bolivia, Canada, Caspian Sea, China, Crater Lake, Dead Sea, Dominican Republic, Earth, Even, Finland, For, Great Bear Lake, However, Huron, Israel, It, Its
related to Largest by continent · 29
Lake → Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Caspian Sea, Earth, Eurasia, Europe, Great Lakes, However, Huron, It, Lake Baikal, Lake Eyre, Lake Ladoga, Lake Maracaibo, Lake Michigan, Lake Onega, Lake Superior, Lake Taupō
related to Etymology, meaning, and usage of "lake" · 26
Lake → Also, Butterlake, Charles Elton, Cognates, Definitions, Dutch, English, For, German Lache, Icelandic, In, In Newfoundland, Lake Eyre, Middle English, Middle Low German, Modern Low German Laak, None, Old English, One, Pioneering
related to Tectonic lakes · 19
Lake → Another, Aral, Caspian Sea, Central African Rift, Dead Sea, Earth, Earth's, Examples, Great Salt Lake, Lake Baikal, Not, Often, Other, Pontocaspian, Sea, Some, Tectonic, These, They
related to Extraterrestrial lakes · 18
Lake → Cassini, Earth, Galileo, Great Lakes, Huygens, Io, Jupiter's, Kraken Mare, Lake Superior, Ligeia Mare, North America, Only, Photographs, Saturn's, Some, The, Titan, Titanean
related to Disappearance · 17
Lake → Conversely, Death Valley, Gradually, Graubünden, In, Lag Prau Pulte, Lake Cerknica, Large, Other, Sevier Lake, Slovenia, Some, The, These, This, Turbid, Utah
related to By thermal stratification · 15
Lake → As, Celsius, Father, Finally, First, For, Forel, His, Hutchinson, Löffler, One, Professor, Second, The, This
see also · 15
Lake → Air, Deep, End, EuropeLoch, Group, Irish, Lake-dwelling, Lakes, Major, Mountain, North AmericaLake, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Type, United StatesList
related to Artificial lakes · 13
Lake → Artificial, Chandragupta Maurya, Germany, Girnar, Gujarat, In India, Lusatian Lake District, Poland, Same, Sudarshana Lake, The, The Upper Silesian, They
related to Volcanic lakes · 13
Lake → Among, An, BC, Crater, Crater Lake, Malheur Lake, Malheur River, Mount Mazama, Oregon, Other, Sometimes, The, Volcanic

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Lakeis acrescent-shaped lake called an oxbow lake due to the distinctive curved shape0.90text
Lakeis alake occupying a basin formed by surface dissolution of bedrock0.90text
Lakeis ahistorical artificial lake located in the semi-arid region of Girnar0.90text
Lakeis ashort-lived lake or pond0.90text
Lakeis apopular name for an ephemeral lake that contains water only intermediately at irregular and infrequent intervals.Perennial lake is a lake that has water in its basin throughout…0.90text
Lakeis alarge volume of molten lava0.90text
Lakeis apaleolake that no longer exists0.90text
Lakeis apaleolake that still exists but has considerably decreased in size over geological time0.90text
Lakeis aDead Sea0.90text
Lakelocated inthe semi-arid region of Girnar0.90text
Lake Eyreinstance ofThe term lake is also used to describe a feature0.80text
which is a dry basin most of the time but may become filled under seasonal conditions of heavy rainfallinstance ofThe term lake is also used to describe a feature0.80text

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