Lake Trasimenus Battle of Lake Trasimenus | a battle in BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius |
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 |
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 |
lake poets | English poets at the beginning of the th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it |
Finger Lakes | a geographical area in central New York State that is named for a series of narrow glacial lakes that lie parallel in a north-south direction |
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 |
Michigan Wolverine State Great Lakes State MI | a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region |
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 |
Alpine glacier Alpine type of glacier | a glacier that moves down from a high valley |
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 |
continental glacier | a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice |
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 |
glacial boulder | a boulder that has been carried by a glacier to a place far distant from its place of origin |
glacier | a slowly moving mass of ice |
Great Lakes | a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America |
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 |