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Mälaren
(Encyclopedia) MälarenMälarenmĕˈlärən [key], lake, c.440 sq mi (1,140 sq km), E central Sweden. Third largest of the Swedish lakes, it extends c.70 mi (110 km) W from Stockholm, which is situated on…Nasser, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Nasser, Lake, c.1,550 sq mi (4,010 sq km), on the Nile River, SE Egypt and N Sudan, known as Lake Nubia in Sudan. Created in the 1960s, it extends c.350 mi (560 km) behind Aswan High…Pend Oreille Lake
(Encyclopedia) Pend Oreille LakePend Oreille Lakepŏnˌdərāˈ [key], 148 sq mi (383 sq km), 65 mi (105 km) long, and 1,200 ft (366 m) deep, N Idaho; largest lake in Idaho and one of the largest and…Ontario, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Ontario, Lake, 7,540 sq mi (19,529 sq km), 193 mi (311 km) long and 53 mi (85 km) at its greatest width, between SE Ont., Canada, and NW N.Y.; smallest and lowest of the Great Lakes.…Scutari, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Scutari, LakeScutari, Lakesk&oomacr;ˈtərē [key], Albanian Ligeni i Shkodrës, Serbo-Croatian Skadarsko Jezero, c.25 mi (40 km) long and from 4 to 8 mi (6.4–12.9 km) wide, SE Europe…lake, body of water
(Encyclopedia) lake, inland body of standing water occupying a hollow in the earth's surface. The study of lakes and other freshwater basins is known as limnology. Lakes are of particular importance…White Bear Lake
(Encyclopedia) White Bear Lake, city (1990 pop. 24,704), Ramsey and Washington counties, SE Minn., on White Bear Lake; inc. 1922. It is a residential and resort suburb of Minneapolis–St. Paul.…Muskegon, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Muskegon, river, 227 mi (365 km) long, rising in Houghton Lake, N central Mich., and flowing SW to Lake Michigan at Muskegon. At its mouth the river widens into Muskegon Lake, forming…Hjälmaren
(Encyclopedia) HjälmarenHjälmarenyĕlˈmärən [key], lake, c.190 sq mi (490 sq km), S central Sweden. It is drained into Mälaren lake by the Eskälven. Canals connect the lake with Arboga and Öreboro.Itasca, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Itasca, LakeItasca, Lakeītăsˈkə [key], shallow lake, 2 sq mi (5.2 sq km), in a pine-wooded swampy region, NW Minn. Henry R. Schoolcraft identified the lake (1832) as the source of the…Trending
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