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Green Lake County, WI Census Data

Wisconsin Green Lake County, Wisconsin People QuickFactsGreen Lake CountyWisconsinPopulation, 2005 estimate 19,1685,536,201Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 0.3%3.2%…

22 Lakes in Texas (Biggest, Best, and Why!)

Top of Page Source: iStockDid you know that the Lone Star State is home to more than 7,000 lakes? That’s right! Here are 22 of Texas’s most famous lakes, including the biggest, the best, and the most…

Niagara-on-the-Lake

(Encyclopedia) Niagara-on-the-Lake or Niagara, town (1991 pop. 12,945), S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River. It was settled (1784) by American Loyalists and in 1792 Lt.…

Sabine

(Encyclopedia) SabineSabinesăbēnˈ [key], river, c.575 mi (925 km) long, rising on the prairies NE of Dallas, Tex. It flows SE across Texas, then south to mark the Texas–Louisiana line. Near its mouth…

Paektu, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Paektu or Baekdu, Mount, volcanic peak, 9,003 ft (2,744 m) high, in the Changbai Mts. on the border between North Korea and China. The highest mountain in Korea, it rises from a basalt…

Nam Co

(Encyclopedia) Nam Co or Nam TsoNam Tsoboth: näm tsō [key], salt lake, 950 sq mi (2,461 sq km), central Tibet, SW China. The largest lake in Tibet, it lies at an altitude of 15,180 ft (4,627 m).

Inari

(Encyclopedia) InariInariēˈnärē [key], Swed. Enare, lake, c.500 sq mi (1,290 sq km), N Finland. It is fed by the Ivalojoki and empties into the Arctic Ocean through the Paatsjoki. Lake Inari contains…

Desaguadero

(Encyclopedia) DesaguaderoDesaguaderodāsägwäᵺāˈrō [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, flowing SE from Lake Titicaca to Lake Poopó, W Bolivia. It is used for irrigation in its northern course. Its…

Willoughby

(Encyclopedia) WilloughbyWilloughbywĭlˈəbē [key], city (1990 pop. 20,510), Lake co., NE Ohio, on the Chagrin River, near Lake Erie; settled c.1800, inc. as a city 1951. Manufactures include rubber…