#lake a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
supertype: #body_of_water__water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
instance: #Caspian_Sea #Dead_Sea #Great_Lakes #Great_Salt_Lake #Lake_Aral #Lake_Chad #Lake_Erie #Lake_Huron #Lake_Michigan #Lake_Ontario #Lake_Superior #Lake_Victoria #Lake_Winnipeg
part: #inlet
subtype: #artificial_lake__reservoir lake used to store water for community use
subtype: #Lake_Balaton__Balaton__Plattensee a large shallow lake in western Hungary
subtype: #bayou a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
subtype: #Cayuga_Lake__Lake_Cayuga a lake in central New York
subtype: #Great_Slave_Lake a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada; drained by the Mackenzie River
subtype: #Lake_Kivu__Kivu a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda
subtype: #lagoon__laguna__lagune a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
subtype: #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 1812
subtype: #Lake_Ilmen__Ilmen a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga
subtype: #Lake_Ladoga__Ladoga a lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland
subtype: #Lake_Nasser__Nasser lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan
subtype: #Lake_Onega__Onega lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe
subtype: #Lake_Tanganyika__Tanganyika the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo
subtype: #loch Scottish word for a lake
subtype: #Loch_Achray a lake in central Scotland
subtype: #Loch_Ness a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain
subtype: #lough Irish word for a lake
subtype: #Lake_Okeechobee__Okeechobee a lake in southeast Florida north of the Everglades
subtype: #oxbow_lake__oxbowlake a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel
subtype: #pond__pool a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"
subtype: #fishpond a freshwater pond with fish
subtype: #horsepond a pond for watering horses
subtype: #mere (British) a small pond of standing water
subtype: #millpond a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel
subtype: #swimming_hole a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming
subtype: #water_hole__waterhole a natural hole or hollow containing water
subtype: #tarn a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)
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