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Toggle Fresh water bodies subsection. 3.1 Lakes. 3.1.1 Lakes, by region. 4 Man-made water bodies. 5 See also. 6 External links. Toggle the table of contents.
a body of water, usually freshwater, of relatively large size contained on a body of land. Lick: a small watercourse or an ephemeral stream: Loch: a body of water such as a lake, sea inlet, firth, fjord, estuary or bay. Scottish Mangrove swamp: a saline coastal habitat of mangrove trees and shrubs. Marsh
This article lists the largest lakes, natural and man-made, in the United States by volume—the amount of water they contain under normal conditions. Volumes given for lakes shared with Canada and Mexico are for the total volume of the lake.
Largest fresh water lake in China. Variable size. Important location for the birdlife. 44: Tana Ethiopia: Fresh 3,200 km 2 1,200 sq mi 84 km 52 mi 15 m 49 ft 25.6 km 3 6.1 cu mi The source of the Blue Nile. 45: Amadjuak Canada: Fresh 3,115 km 2 1,203 sq mi 74 km 3 18 cu mi In geological terms, a "young" lake (approximately 4,500 years old).
The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Two lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water, and two are primarily brackish water.
This article lists lakes with a water volume of more than 100 km 3, ranked by volume. The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. [1] Generally, the volume must be inferred from bathymetric data by integration. Lake volumes can also change dramatically over time and during the year, especially for salt lakes in arid climates.
Pages in category "Lists of bodies of water" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
None of these definitions completely excludes ponds and all are difficult to measure. For this reason, simple size-based definitions are increasingly used to separate ponds and lakes. Definitions for lake range in minimum sizes for a body of water from 2 hectares (5 acres) [5]: 331 [6] to 8 hectares (20 acres). [7]