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 |
| basin | a bowl-shaped vessel, usually used for holding food or liquids, she mixed the dough in a large basin |
| emesis basin | a basin used by bedridden patients for vomiting |
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 |
slop basin
slop bowl | a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table |
washbasin
handbasin
washbowl
lavabo
wash-hand basin | a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression) |
| washbasin basin washbowl washstand lavatory | a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe, where you can wash your hands and face, he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face |
| hydrology | the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation |
| 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 |
river basin
basin
watershed drainage basin catchment area
catchment basin
drainage area | the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet, flood control in the Missouri basin |
| detention basin | a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream |
| retention basin | a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream |
| 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 |
Donets Basin
Donbass
Donbas | an industrial region in the Ukraine |
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 |
| basin | a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it, the basin of the Great Salt Lake |
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 |