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lakes
Scope note
Use 'reservoirs' for human engineered lakes. Natural inland bodies of standing water, generally of appreciable size, occupying a depression in the Earth's surface. [Adapted from Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
Alternative terms
UF
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beaver ponds
UF
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crater lakes
UF
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dry lakes
UF
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fish ponds
UF
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fishponds
UF
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inland seas
UF
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intermittent lakes
UF
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intermittent oxbow lakes
UF
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intermittent ponds
UF
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intermittent pools
UF
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intermittent salt lakes
UF
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intermittent salt ponds
UF
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lagoons
UF
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laguna
UF
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lake beds
UF
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lochs
UF
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millponds
UF
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oxbow lakes
UF
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ponds
UF
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pools (water bodies)
UF
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salt evaporation ponds
UF
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salt lakes
UF
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salt ponds
UF
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tarns
Broader Terms
BT
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hydrographic features
Related terms
RT
⇆
estuaries
RT
⇆
reservoirs
RT
⇆
wetlands
Date of creation
20-Nov-2007
Accepted term
20-Nov-2007
Descendant terms
0
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Alternative terms
24
Related terms
3
Notes
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