Lake Trasimenus Battle of Lake Trasimenus | a battle in BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius |
Clark's nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana | nutcracker of the western United States |
lesser scaup lesser scaup duck lake duck Aythya affinis | common scaup of North America, males have purplish heads |
landlocked salmon lake salmon | Atlantic salmon confined to lakes of New England and southeastern Canada |
lake trout salmon trout Salvelinus namaycush | large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States |
lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis | found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska |
cisco lake herring Coregonus artedi | important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America |
Clark cell Clark standard cell | a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force |
lake dwelling pile dwelling | dwelling built on piles in or near a lake, specifically in prehistoric villages |
Lake Mead | the largest reservoir in the United States, located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, the center of a recreational area |
Lake Powell | the second largest reservoir in the United States, located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River |
Lake Volta | the Volta river in southeastern has been dammed to create one of the world's largest man-made lakes |
reservoir artificial lake man-made lake | lake used to store water for community use |
lake trout | flesh of large trout of northern lakes |
lake herring cisco | cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward |
Lewis and Clark Expedition | an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River fromto |
lake poets | English poets at the beginning of the th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it |
Crater Lake National Park | a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano |
Lake Clark National Park | a national park in Alaska having Eskimo and Athapaskan archeological sites |
Lake District Lakeland | a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain |
Salt Lake City capital of Utah | the capital and largest city of Utah, located near the Great Salt Lake in north central Utah, world capital of the Mormon Church |
Balaton Lake Balaton Plattensee | a large shallow lake in western Hungary |
Canandaigua Lake Lake Canandaigua | a glacial lake in central New York, one of the Finger Lakes |
Cayuga Lake Lake Cayuga | a glacial lake in central New York, the longest of the Finger Lakes |
Baikal Lake Baikal Baykal Lake Baykal | the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world |
Lake Chelan | a narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range |
Coeur d'Alene Lake | a lake in northern Idaho |
Lake Tahoe | a lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City, a popular resort area |
Constance Lake Constance Bodensee | a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps, forms part of the Rhine River |
Eyre Lake Eyre | a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about feet below sea level, the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent |
Great Salt Lake | a shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah |
Great Slave Lake | a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada, drained by the Mackenzie River |
Keuka Lake Lake Keuka | a glacial lake in central New York, one of the Finger Lakes |
Kivu Lake Kivu | a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda |
lake | a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land |
Lake Albert Lake Albert Nyanza Mobuto Lake | a shallow lake on the border between Uganda and Congo in the Great Rift Valley |
Lake Aral Aral Sea | a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan |
lake bed lake bottom | the bottom of a lake |
Lake Chad Chad | a lake in north central Africa, fed by the Shari river |
Lake Champlain Champlain | a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec, site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of |
Lake Edward | a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda |
Lake Erie Erie | the th largest of the Great Lakes, it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal |
Lake Geneva Lake Leman | a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone |
Lake Huron Huron | the nd largest of the Great Lakes |
Lake Ilmen Ilmen | a lake in northwestern Russia, drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga |
Lake Ladoga Ladoga | a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg, the largest lake in Europe, drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland |
Lake Michigan Michigan | the rd largest of the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders |
Lake Nasser Nasser | lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan |
Lake Nyasa Lake Malawi | a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi |
Lake Onega Onega | lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland, second largest lake in Europe |