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  2. Carex lacustris - Wikipedia

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    Carex lacustris, known as lake sedge (lucastris is from the Latin lacus, or lake), is a tufted grass-like perennial of the sedge family , native to southern Canada and the northern United States. [5] C. lacustris us an herbaceous surface-piercing plant that grows in water up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) deep, and grows 50–150 cm (1.6–4.9 ft) tall. [ 6 ]

  3. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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    Oxbow lake – U-shaped lake or pool left by an ancient river meander; Point bar – Landform related to streams and rivers; Plunge pool – Depression at the base of a waterfall; Pothole – Natural bowl-shaped hollow carved into a streambed; Rapids – River section with increased velocity and turbulence

  4. Isoetes lacustris - Wikipedia

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    Isoetes lacustris, the lake quillwort or Merlin's grass, is a boreal quillwort native on both sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean. In Europe , it is distributed from Poland west to northeastern France , throughout Scandinavia , the west and north of the British Isles , the Faroe Islands and Iceland .

  5. Body of water - Wikipedia

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    Oxbow lake: a U-shaped lake formed when a wide meander from the mainstem of a river is cut off to create a lake. Phytotelma: a small, discrete body of water held by some plants. Plunge pool: a depression at the base of a waterfall. Pool: various small bodies of water such as a swimming pool, reflecting pool, pond, or puddle. Pond

  6. Oxbow lake - Wikipedia

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    An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake or pool that forms when a wide meander of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water. The word "oxbow" can also refer to a U-shaped bend in a river or stream, whether or not it is cut off from the main stream. [1] [2] It takes its name from an oxbow which is part of a harness for oxen to pull a ...

  7. Lake - Wikipedia

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    The most common type of fluvial lake is a crescent-shaped lake called an oxbow lake due to the distinctive curved shape. They can form in river valleys as a result of meandering. The slow-moving river forms a sinuous shape as the outer side of bends are eroded away more rapidly than the inner side.

  8. Tulare Lake - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, a documentary titled Tulare, the Phantom Lake: Drought was released and in 2022, a second part to the same documentary was released. They were both directed and produced by Christopher Beaver. [57] [58] In 2024, author Greg Collins published a book about the lake titled Seven Generations; the Past, Present, and Future of the Tulare ...

  9. Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes - Wikipedia

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    The first known inhabitants of the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes were Native Americans of the Chumash tribe; early Spanish maritime explorers noted their settlements. However, Europeans did not travel through the Dunes themselves until September 2–4, 1769, [5] when members of Don Gaspar de Portolà's overland expedition stayed in the Dunes and shot a skinny bear by the shores of what is now called ...