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A lake is a large body of water, usually fresh water, surrounded by land. Large lakes are sometimes referred to as "inland seas" and small seas are sometimes referred to as lakes. For examples (of saline lakes): the Great Salt Lake, but the Dead Sea. The largest "lake" in the world is the Caspian Sea, and the deepest is Lake Baikal in Siberia. The term lake is also used to describe a feature such as Lake Eyre which is dry most of the time but become filled under seasonal conditions of heavy rainfall.

There are dark basaltic plains on the Moon, similar to lunar maria but smaller, that are called lacus (singular lacus, Latin for "lake"). They were once thought by early astronomers to be literal lakes.

Over 60% of the world's lakes are in Canada; this is because of the deranged drainage system that dominates the country.

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• List of lakesA list of lakes ordered by continent: Africa International Lakes in Africa Lake Albert (Mobuto-Sese-Seko) Lake Chad Lake Edward Lake Kariba Lake Kivu Lake Mweru Lake Nasser Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) Lake Tanganyika Lake Victoria See also: Great Lakes of Af
• LochA loch is the name given to a body of water in Scotland or Ireland. The spelling lough is used in Hiberno-English, although it is an anglicisation of the Irish form of the word, also "loch". The Scottish spelling is retained by many in Northern Ireland, w
• Lough
• PondA pond is: A body of water smaller than a lake. Used for small bodies of water, generally smaller than one would require a boat to cross; Also: garden ponds, engineered treatment features (see treatment pond), and field units in agriculture (for example,
• LagoonSee lagoon (disambiguation) for other possible meanings. A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank), coral reef, or similar feature. Thus, the enclosed body of water behind a barr
• geographyGeography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. The word derives from the Greek words g ("the Earth") and graphein ("to write," as in "to describe"). Geography is also the title of v
• TarnA tarn is a mountain lake, formed in a valley excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. Glaciology Forms of water.