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Pontchartrain, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Pontchartrain, LakePontchartrain, Lakepŏnˈchərtrān [key], shallow lake, c.630 sq mi (1,630 sq km), 41 mi (66 km) long and 25 mi (40 km) wide, SE La., N of New Orleans. It is linked…

Victoria, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Victoria, Lake, or Victoria NyanzaVictoria, Lake,nēănˈzə, nī– [key], largest lake of Africa and the world's second largest freshwater lake, c.26,830 sq mi (69,490 sq km), E central…

Edward, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Edward, Lake, or Edward NyanzaEdward, Lake,nīănˈzə, nē– [key] 830 sq mi (2,150 sq km), in the Great Rift Valley, central Africa, on the Congo-Uganda border. It lies at an altitude of c…

Georgian Bay

(Encyclopedia) Georgian Bay, large northeastern extension of Lake Huron, S Ont., Canada, separated from Lake Huron by Manitoulin Island and by the Bruce Peninsula; Lucas Channel is its chief…

Urmia, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Urmia, LakeUrmia, Lakeûrˈmēə [key], formerly Lake Rezaiyeh, shallow salt lake, NW Iran; alt. 4,180 ft (1,275 m). The largest lake in Iran, it has no outlet and receives the drainage of…

Nyos, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Nyos, LakeNyos, Lakenēōsˈ [key], freshwater lake in a volcanic crater in North-West prov., Cameroon, 15 mi (24 km) ENE of Wum. On Aug. 21, 1986, carbon dioxide gas was released from…

Maracaibo, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Maracaibo, Lake, largest lake of South America, c.5,100 sq mi (13,210 sq km), NW Venezuela, extending c.110 mi (180 km) inland. A strait, 34 mi (55 km) long, connects it with the Gulf…

Vänern

(Encyclopedia) VänernVänernvĕˈnərn [key], lake, c.2,145 sq mi (5,560 sq km), SW Sweden, fed by the Klarälven and drained by the Götaälv SW into the Kattegat. It is the largest lake in Sweden and the…

Baykal

(Encyclopedia) Baykal or BaikalBaikalboth: bīkälˈ [key], lake, 12,160 sq mi (31,494 sq km), SE Siberian Russia. It is the largest freshwater lake of Eurasia, with a width up to 50 mi (80 km) and a…

Wisconsin, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 WisconsinWisconsinwĭskŏnˈsən, –sĭn [key], upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bounded by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, from which it is…