Lake Chad — For the lake in Antarctica, see Lake Chad (Antarctica). Lake Chad Map of lake and surrounding region Coordinates … Wikipedia
Lake — For other uses, see Lake (disambiguation). Oeschinen Lake in the Swiss Alps A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the… … Wikipedia
lake — lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e) … Universalium
Lake — /layk/, n. Simon, 1866 1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect. * * * I Relatively large body of slow moving or standing water that occupies an inland basin. Lakes are most abundant in high northern latitudes and in mountain regions, particularly … Universalium
Lake Hoare — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Hoare image lake = Hoaresee.jpg caption lake = View from Suess Glacier image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica coords = coord|77|38|S|162|51|E|type:waterbody region … Wikipedia
List of ecoregions (WWF) — This is a list of ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF identifies terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions.The terrestrial scheme divides the Earth s land surface into 8 terrestrial ecozones, containing 867… … Wikipedia
Dimmock v Secretary of State for Education and Skills — was a case heard in September–October 2007 in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, concerning the permissibility of the government providing Al Gore s documentary An Inconvenient Truth to English state schools as a teaching aid. The… … Wikipedia
McMurdo Dry Valleys — Coordinates: 77°28′S 162°31′E / 77.467°S 162.517°E / 77.467; 162.517 Dry Valleys redirects here. For other uses, see … Wikipedia
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Continental divide — This article is about continental divides in general. For other meanings, see Continental divide (disambiguation). A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one… … Wikipedia
