A large underground body of standing water.
body of standing water surrounded by land
A body standing water found on the Earth's continental land masses. The water in a lake is normally fresh. Also see eutrophic lake, mesotrophic lake, and oligotrophic lake.
a body of water, sometimes larger, surrounded by land, usually of fresh water. It is larger than a pond or pool.
n. (ME. lake, lak; AS. lacu, a lake, pool; L. lacus, a hollow, a basin, tub, pool, lake) an inland body of water, usually fresh water, formed by glaciers, river drainage, etc., larger than a pool or pond.
Large natural body of standing fresh water formed when water from precipitation, land runoff, or groundwater flow fills a depression in the earth created by (1) glaciation, (2) earth movement, (3) volcanic activity, or (4) a giant meteorite. See eutrophic lake, mesotrophic lake, oligotrophic lake.
In caving, a body of standing water in a cave.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
a body of water with land all around it
a hollow vessel filled with water
a large area of water that is not salty, surrounded by land and not connected to the sea except by rivers or streams
a large body of water, smaller than an ocean
a large sunken area filled with water
an area of water surrounded by land
a sizable water body surrounded by land and fed by rivers, springs, or local precipitation
a solid, non water soluble form of a dye
A large body of water. Usually fed by several streams. Larger and deeper than a pond.
An extensive sheet of fresh or saltwater, natural or artificial, enclosed or nearly enclosed by land. It may or may not have in and out-flowing water, and in dry areas may even dry up at times.
A lake is a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides. Really huge lakes are often called seas.
A large section of still water. Some portions of rivers require techniques normally used on lakes.
a large standing body of water surrounded by land.
a standing body of water surrounded by land which undergoes thermal stratification and turnover by mixing.
A body of fresh or salt water entirely surrounded by land. Lake Como in Italy is a fresh water lake, but the Great Salt Lake has salt water.
any inland body of standing water, usually fresh water, larger than a pool or pond; a body of water filling a depression in the Earth's surface.
A still waterbody which (1) is navigable, (2) has an ordinary high-water mark and (3) has a bed that indicates "reasonably permanent" surface water.
means body of freshwater which is entirely or nearly surrounded by land.
a body of water completely surrounded by land
is a body of water, which may be man-made or natural, occurring on the land surface.
A water filled basin with restricted or no outlet. Includes reservoirs, tidal ponds and playas.
natural body of inland water (backwater, lac, lagoon, laguna, pond, pool, resaca, waterhole).
Large body of water into which a kid will jump should his friends do so.
Lakes are bodies of freshwater contained within a larger land mass. Lakes can be natural or human-made.
a large inland body of salt or fresh water.
an inland body of standing water.
A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. A vast majority of lakes on Earth are fresh water, and most lie in the Northern Hemisphere at higher latitudes. In ecology the environment of a lake is referred to as lacustrine.