Lake

A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. The majority of lakes are fresh water, and most lie in the northern hemisphere at higher latitudes. Large lakes are sometimes referred to as "inland seas" and small seas are sometimes referred to as lakes.

Related Topics:
Fresh water - Hemisphere - Latitude - Sea

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The term lake is also used to describe a feature such as Lake Eyre, which is dry most of the time but becomes filled under seasonal conditions of heavy rainfall. Many lakes are artificial and are constructed for hydro-electric power supply, recreation (swimming, wind surfing,...), water supply, etc.

Related Topics:
Lake Eyre - Hydro-electric - Recreation - Swimming - Wind surfing

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Finland is known as The Land of the Thousands Lakes (actually there are 187,888 lakes in Finland, 60,000 of them are big ones) and Minnesota is known as The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes. The Great Lakes of North America originated in the ice age.

Related Topics:
Finland - Minnesota - Great Lakes - North America - Ice age

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

Related Topics:
Canada - Deranged drainage system

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