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Keuka Lake

(Encyclopedia) Keuka LakeKeuka Lakeky&oomacr;ˈkə [key], 18 mi (29 km) long and .5 to 2 mi (.8–3 km) wide, W central N.Y., one of the Finger Lakes; drains NE into Seneca Lake. Penn Yan at its…

Nasser, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Nasser, Lake, c.1,550 sq mi (4,010 sq km), on the Nile River, SE Egypt and N Sudan, known as Lake Nubia in Sudan. Created in the 1960s, it extends c.350 mi (560 km) behind Aswan High…

Natron, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Natron, LakeNatron, Lakenāˈtrən [key], c.35 mi (60 km) long and 15 mi (20 km) wide, in the Great Rift Valley, E Africa, on the Kenya-Tanzania border. It has soda, salt, and magnesite…

Moses Lake

(Encyclopedia) Moses Lake, city (1990 pop. 11,235), Grant co., central Wash., on Moses Lake; settled 1897, inc. 1938. A distribution and shipping point for the Columbia basin project, it produces are…

Mweru, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Mweru, LakeMweru, Lakemwāˈr&oomacr; [key], c.70 mi (110 km) long and 30 mi (50 km) wide, alt. c.3,000 ft (910 m), central Africa, on the Congo-Zambia border. It is drained to the…

Handsome Lake

(Encyclopedia) Handsome Lake, 1735?–1815, Seneca religious prophet; half-brother of Cornplanter. After a long illness he had a vision (c.1800) and began to preach new religious beliefs. His moral…

Abitibi Lake

(Encyclopedia) Abitibi LakeAbitibi Lakeăbətĭbˈē [key], irregularly shaped lake, c.60 mi (100 km) long, SW Que. and E Ont., Canada. It is a popular tourist area and the site of the Abitibi Game…

George, Lake

(Encyclopedia) George, Lake, glacial lake, 33 mi (53 km) long and 1 to 3 mi (1.6–5 km) wide, in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts., NE N.Y.; it drains NE via rapids and waterfalls into Lake…

Geneva, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Geneva, Lake, Fr. Lac LémanGeneva, Lake,läk lāmäNˈ [key], crescent-shaped lake, 224 sq mi (580 sq km), c.45 mi (70 km) long, on the Swiss-French border, between the Alps and the Jura…

Garda, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Garda, LakeGarda, Lakegärˈdä [key], Ital. Lago di Garda or Benaco, largest lake of Italy, 143 sq mi (370 sq km), between Lombardy and Venetia, N Italy. It is c.32 mi (52 km) long, with…