Drowned Lands

Drowned Lands

Drowned Lands is a name sometimes given to seasonally flooded areas, or to areas flooded by reservoirs. Sometimes it is poetically applied to lands said to have been lost to the sea, such as Lyonesse.

There are certain locations particularly identified with this appellation:

United States

Notes

  1. ^ Parkman, Francis (1899). "Chapter: The Battle of Lake George". Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour. LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35216/35216-h/35216-h.htm. Retrieved 23 March 2011. 

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