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Lake Helen (Lassen Peak) Lake Helen is a glacial lake or a tarn occupying a cirque at around 8,200 feet (2,500 m). The lake is located to the south of Lassen Peak and west of Bumpass Mountain in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California.
Lake Helevorn Lake Helevorn, located in the region of Beleriand, was a shaded lake that was used as a capitol by the elven Caranthir in the first age. However, during the Siege of Angband the lake was polluted by siege material.
Lake Hemet Lake Hemet is a water storage reservoir located in the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County, California, with a capacity of 260 billion US gallons (8,100 acre-feet, 1 kmÂł) of water. It was created in 1895 with the construction of the Hemet Dam, and is owned and operated by the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District (LHMWD).
Lake Highlands High School Lake Highlands High School is a secondary school serving grades 10-12 located in Dallas, Texas, United States. The school is located in the Lake Highlands neighborhood and is part of the Richardson Independent School District.
Lake Hitchcock Lake Hitchcock was a glacial lake that formed approximately 15,000 years ago in the late Pleistocene epoch. After the Laurentide ice sheet retreated, glacial ice melt accumulated at the terminal moraine and blocked up the Connecticut River, creating the long, narrow lake.
Lake Hopatcong (NJT station) Lake Hopatcong Station is a New Jersey Transit station in Roxbury Township, New Jersey. Both the Morristown Line and the Montclair-Boonton Line serve this station, with service to Hoboken Terminal or to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan via Midtown Direct.
Lake Houston Lake Houston is a reservoir on the west fork of the San Jacinto River, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of downtown Houston, Texas, USA. The reservoir is the primary municipal water supply for the city of Houston and much of the surrounding area.
Lake Howell High School Lake Howell High School is a comprehensive four-year high school located in Central Florida, United States. Geographically it is actually located within Seminole County, Florida (near Winter Springs, Florida and Oviedo, Florida) despite its Winter Park, Florida mailing addresss (which is in Orange County, Florida).
Lake Hume Lake Hume is an artificial lake in Australia formed by the Hume Weir east of Albury-Wodonga on the Murray River just downstream of its junction with the Mitta River. The small towns of Tallangatta, Bonegilla and Bellbridge are located on the shores of Lake Hume.
Lake Chany Although Lake Chany () is not well known outside of Russia, it is one of the largest lakes in Russia (located at ). Lake Chany is a shallow, freshwater lake that has a fluctuating water level, which can change from season to season and year to year.
Lake Charles metropolitan area The Lake Charles metropolitan area, located in the Acadiana region, is composed of Calcasieu and Cameron parishes. Metropolitan Lake Charles is commonly referred to as the Lake Charles Area or the Lake Area, though mention of these "area" terms generally is in reference to most, if not all, of the five parish region of southwest Louisiana.
Lake Chelan Dam Lake Chelan Dam officially known as the Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Project is located approximately 32 miles (51 km) north of the city of Wenatchee in Chelan County, near the geographic center of Washington state. The dam is located at the lower or southeasterly end of 55 mile (89 km) long Lake Chelan, adjacent to the city of Chelan.
Lake Chelan State Park Lake Chelan State Park is a campground located along the scenic and popular Lake Chelan on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. There are camp sites and multiple water recreation activities, including fishing, boating, and swimming.
Lake Chew Bahir Lake Chew Bahir (Amharic: ጨው ባሕር č̣ew bāhir, "salty lake") or Lake Istifanos, also called Stefanie, Basso Naebor and Chuwaha, is a lake in Southern Ethiopia on the boundary between the Oromia and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Regions, and bordering northern Kenya, located at , and measuring some 40 miles by 15 miles.
Lake Chicot Lake Chicot is a lake located near Lake Village, Arkansas. It is the largest oxbow lake in North America and the largest natural lake in Arkansas, formed hundreds of years ago when the Mississippi River changed course.
Lake Illawarra (ship) The MV Lake Illawarra was a handyweight bulk carrier of 7274 tons in the service of the shipping company Australian National Lines, which famously and dramatically collided with pylon 19 of Hobart's giant high concrete arch style Tasman Bridge on the evening of 5 January, 1975 at 9.27pm.
Lake Imandra Imandra (Russian: Имандра) is a lake in the south-eastern part of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, slightly beyond the Arctic circle. It is located 127 m above sea level, its area is about 876 km2, maximum depth is 67 m.
Lake Jindabyne Lake Jindabyne is a man-made lake on the Snowy River on the eastern slopes of the Snowy Mountains in Southern New South Wales. The lake was created by the damming of the River as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Lake Jocassee Lake Jocassee is a 7,500 acre, 145-foot deep lake located in northwest South Carolina created by the state in partnership with Duke Power in 1973. The clean and cold Appalachian mountain rivers that feed the lake keep its waters cool year-round.
Lake Jualbup Lake Jualbup, formerly Shenton Lake, is located in the suburb of Shenton Park, Perth, Western Australia. The lake is contained with Shenton Park, which is bounded by Lake Avenue, Excelsior Street, Evans Street and Herbert Road.
Lake JunĂ­n Lake JunĂ­n, known as Lago JunĂ­n in Spanish and Chinchaycocha ("Northern Lake") in Quechua, is the largest lake entirely within Peru. Even though Lake Titicaca has a much larger area, its eastern half is located on Bolivian territory.
Lake Kagawong Lake Kagawong is the second largest lake on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Located in the central part of the island, the lake is drained by the Kagawong River, which falls over Bridal Veil Falls into Lake Huron.
Lake Kanasatka Lake Kanasatka is a 371-acre water body located in Carroll County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Moultonborough. The lake is located one-half mile north of and nine vertical feet higher than Lake Winnipesaukee.
Lake Karapiro Lake Karapiro is one of several artificial lakes formed as part of a hydroelectricity scheme on the Waikato River in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 35 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, close to the town of Cambridge.
Lake Karum Lake Karum (also known as Lake Assal) is a lake in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. One of two salt lakes in the northern end of the Afar Depression (the other one being Lake Afrera), it lies at 115 m below sea level with a latitude and longitude of .
Lake Khuvsgul Lake Khuvsgul (Khuvsgul Nuur) (also known as Hovsgol) (in Mongolian language ХθВСГθЛ НУУР which НУУР is meaning "lake") is a freshwater lake in the north of Mongolia near the border with Russia. It is 1645 m above sea level, 136km long and 262m deep.
Lake Kissimmee Lake Kissimmee is a Florida lake located about 15 miles east of Lake Wales, Florida, USA. Lake Kissimmee State Park includes a camp with daily demonstrations, fishing, boating, canoeing, hiking, and stargazing, to name only a few.
Lake Kissimmee State Park Lake Kissimmee State Park s a 5,930 acre (24 km²) Florida State Park located on State Road 60, 15 miles east of Lake Wales. It contains floodplain, forest, prairie, hammock, flatwoods and Lakes Kissimmee, Tiger, and Rosalie.
Lake Komi Lake Komi was a prehistoric periglacial lake formed in the region of the present-day Russian Komi Republic when the Barents Sea outlet of the Pechora River was blocked by ice during the Weichselian Glaciation.Mangeruda, J.
Lake Koronia Lake Koronia (Greek: Λίμνη Κορώνεια, Macedonian: Лагадинско Езеро, Lagadinsko Ezero), also Lake Koroneia is a lake in the heart of the prefecture of Thessaloniki in the basin of Mygdonia in the Lagkada province. The lake is also known as Agios Vasileios from an homynous village or Lake Lagkada.
Lake Lagernoye Lake Lagernoye () is a small lake situated just south of the camp at Molodezhnaya Station and close west of Lake Glubokoye, in the Thala Hills, Enderby Land. Mapped and named "Ozero Lagernoye" (camp lake) by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1961-62.
Lake Lahontan Ancient Lake Lahontan was an enormous endorheic lake that existed during the ice age, covering much of northwestern Nevada, extending into northeastern California and southern Oregon. At its peak approximately 12,700 years ago (during a period known as the "Sehoo Highstand"), the lake had a surface area of about 8,000 square miles (20,700 km²), with its largest component centered at the location of the present Carson Sink.
Lake Lanao Lake Lanao is a large lake in the Philippines, located in Lanao del Sur province in the country's southern island of Mindanao. With a surface area of 340 square km (131 square miles), it is the largest lake in Mindanao, and the second largest lake in the Philippines.
Lake Langano Langano is a lake in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, about 100 km south of the capital, Addis Ababa, on the border between the Misraq Shewa and Arsi Zones. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at an elevation of 1585 meters to the east of Lake Abijatta.
Lake Lanier Islands Lake Lanier Islands are a small group of islands located on Lake Lanier, a medium sized lake located north of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The islands were previously large hills that became the largest land chain remaining after the flooding of the Appalachian river valley located near Gainesville by a man-made dam, creating the popular lake.
Lake Lapworth Lake Lapworth existed in England in the Ice Age when ice from Wales and the north blocked the Dee outlet which flowed past where Chester is now. The Dee backed up, forming Lake Lapworth, until it overflowed southwards and cut the Ironbridge gorge, permanently diverting part of the Dee drainage into the river Severn.
Lake Lemon Lake Lemon is an artificial reservoir located in southern Indiana approximately 10 miles (15 km) northeast of Bloomington, Indiana. It is bounded by private and public property in Monroe County and Brown County, with the eastern end of the lake in Brown County.
Lake Lena, Minnesota Lake Lena is an unincorporated Native American village located in Ogema Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States, along the Lower Tamarack River. Its name in the Ojibwe language is Aazhoomog, meaning "Crossroad" in reference to being at the former crossroad of the north-south trail connecting Bikoganaagan (Danbury), via the former Agaming (Lower Tamarack River Village), and the former Gibaakwa'iganing (lower Upper Tamarack River Village) with the east-west trail connecting Mooningwanekaaning (La Pointe), via Namekaawa'iganing (Gordon), with Gaa-zhiigwanaabikokaag (Hinckley).
Lake Leschenaultia Lake Leschenaultia, Western Australia is a former railway dam that is now a recreational lake in the Shire of Mundaring just north of the location of an important railway stopping place on the original Eastern Railway - Chidlow
Lake Lewis Lake Lewis formed as a result of the restricted flow of watersFlow was restricted by a hydraulic dam—a restriction to the flow rate caused by a narrowed reach in a river valley. from cataclysmic floods from Glacial Lake Missoula, pluvial Lake Bonneville, and perhaps from subglacial outbursts through the constriction of the Wallula Gap in the Horse Heaven Hills (southern Washington state).
Lake Lidzbark Lake Lidzbark (Polish: Jezioro Lidzbarskie, German: Lautenburger See) is a lake in the Masurian Lakeland region of the Warmia-Masuria Voivodeship of Poland. The city Lidzbark Welski lies at the confluence of the lake and the river Wel.
Lake Lillian Neighborhood Historic District The Lake Lillian Neighborhood Historic District is a historic neighborhood located in Belleview, Florida. The district is bounded by Lillian Circle, Southeast Stetson Road, Southeast Mimosa Road, Southeast Earp Road and CSX RR tracks.
Lake Livingston Located in East Texas Piney Woods at 30°38' N, 95°01' W , Lake Livingston was built, owned and operated by the Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) under contract with the City of Houston for water supply purposes.. The lake is the largest lake constructed for water supply purposes located totally within the State of Texas.
Lake Logipi Lake Logipi is a saline, alkaline lake that lies at the northern end of the arid Suguta Valley in the northern Kenya Rift. It is separated from Lake Turkana by the Barrier volcanic complex, a group of young volcanoes that last erupted during the late 19th Century or early 20th Century.
Lake Lothing Lake Lothing is a saltwater lake that seprates South Lowestoft from North Lowestoft within the county of Suffolk in the United Kingdom. This stretch of water is connected to the North Sea through Lowestoft Harbour and connects to Oulton Broad (part of the Suffolk/Norfolk Broads National Park) via Mutford Lock.
Lake Louisa State Park Lake Louisa State Park is a 4,372-acre Florida State Park located in the northeast corner of the Green Swamp and the southwestern shore of Lake Louisa. It is ten miles south of Clermont, off County Route 561 on Lake Nellie Road and is made up of bald cypress, live oak and saw palmettos.
Lake Louise State Park Lake Louise State Park is a Minnesota state park just north of the Iowa border near the small town of Le Roy in Mower County, Minnesota, directly south of Rochester. It has a 25 acre man-made lake and 1,168 acres of mixed prairie and deciduous forest.
Lake Louise, Alberta Lake Louise is both an actual lake and a nearby hamlet located in the Canadian province of Alberta in Banff National Park. The unique emerald colour of the water comes from rock flour carried into the lake by melt-water from the glaciers that overlook the lake.
Lake Lovozero Lake Lovozero (Russian: Ловозеро, North Sámi: Lujávri, Finnish: Luujärvi, Kildin Sámi: Луяввьр) is located on the Kola Peninsula, in Murmansk Oblast within the Barents Sea basin and ensures runoff from the Voronya River. Area: 200 sq.
Lake monster Lake monster or loch monster is the name given to large unknown animals which have purportedly been sighted in, and/or are believed to dwell in lakes or lochs, although their existence has never been confirmed scientifically. They are generally believed not to exist by conventional Zoology and allied sciences, and are principally the subject of investigations by followers of Cryptozoology.
Lake Mackay Lake Mackay (located at ) is one of hundreds of dry lakebeds scattered throughout Western Australia and the Northern Territory. The photograph documents the appearance of the dry parts of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert, and Tanami Desert.
Lake Macquarie (New South Wales) Lake Macquarie (pronounced "ma-KWORRy") is Australia's largest coastal saltwater lake, covering an area of 110 km² near the city of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. It is saltwater due to being connected to the Pacific Ocean by a narrow but short channel.
Lake Malone State Park Lake Malone State Park is a park located near Dunmor, Kentucky, in Muhlenberg County and extending into parts of Logan County and Todd County. The 338-acre park features campsites, picnic areas, a swimming area, a boat ramp, and a dock.
Lake Manasarovar Lake Manasarovar (Sanskrit: मानसरोवर)(also known as Lake Manasarowar or Lake Mansarovar or Mapam Yumco Lake) is a fresh-water lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China about 2000 km from Lhasa. To the west of Lake Manasarovar is Lake Rakshastal and towards the north is Mount Kailash.
Lake Manly Lake Manly was a large freshwater lake which filled the Death Valley (United States) basin prior to the dry climatic period which has prevailed since the last ice age. Lake Manly receded due to increased evaporation, and to isolation from the Colorado River system, to which it was once connected.
Lake Manyara National Park Lake Manyara National Park is a national park in Arusha Region, Tanzania. The majority of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and Lake Manyara, an alkaline or soda-lake, to the east.
Lake Maracaibo Lake Maracaibo is a large brackish lake in Venezuela at 10°39'N 71°36'W. It is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by a 55km strait on the northern edge of the lake, and fed by numerous rivers, the largest being the Catatumbo River.
Lake Maraetai Lake Maraetai is one of several artificial lakes formed as part of a hydroelectricity scheme on the Waikato River in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 85 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, close to the town of Mangakino.
Lake Marathon Lake Marathon or the Marathon Reservoir (Greek: Limnis Marathonos) is a water supply reservoir formed from the construction of Marathon Dam at the junction of Charadros and Varnavas Torrents near the town of Marathon, Greece. It was the primary water supply for Athens from 1931, when it became operational, until 1959.
Lake Marble Falls Lake Marble Falls is a reservoir on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country in the United States. The reservoir was formed in 1951 by the construction of Starcke Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority.
Lake Mariout Lake Mariout (Arabic: بحيرة مريوط) (also spelled Maryut or Mariut) is a salt lake, or rather brackish, with an area of about 250 square km in northern Egypt. It is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by the narrow isthmus on which the city of Alexandria was built.
Lake Mary Preparatory School Lake Mary Preparatory School is a coeducational, non-sectarian, independent school founded in 1999. Located on forty-seven acres in Lake Mary, Florida, the school blends typical core college preparatory curriculum with progressive interdisciplinary teaching styles.
Lake Massasecum Lake Massasecum is a 402-acre water body located in Merrimack County in central New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Bradford. Outflow from the lake travels via the Warner River and the Contoocook River to the Merrimack RiverNew Hampshire GRANIT database.
Lake Matheson Lake Matheson, near the Fox Glacier in South Westland, New Zealand, is famous for its reflected views of Aoraki/Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. A traditional mahinga kai (food gathering place) for Māori people, the lake contains long finned eel as well as being home to many water birds.
Lake Mathews Lake Mathews is a large reservoir in Riverside County, California, located in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. It is the western terminus for the Colorado River Aqueduct that provides much of the water used by the cities and water districts of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Lake Mburo National Park Lake Mburo National Park is a national park located in western Uganda (4 hour drive from Kampala, the capital of Uganda). The park has a variety of animals such as zebras, impala, buffaloes, and numerous bird species.
Lake McKerrow Lake McKerrow, also known by the Maori name of Whakatipu Waitai, lies at the northern end of Fiordland, in the southwest of New Zealand's South Island. The lake runs from southeast to northwest, is 15 kilometres in length, and covers 28 km².
Lake McQueeney Lake McQueeney is a reservoir on the Guadalupe River 5 miles (8 km) west of the town of Seguin in Guadalupe County, Texas, USA. The reservoir was formed in 1928 by the construction of a dam to provide hydroelectric power to the area.
Lake Melville Lake Melville is a tidal extension of Hamilton Inlet on the Labrador coast in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Comprising 3000 square kilometres, and stretching 140 kilometres inland to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, it forms part of the largest estuary in the province, primarily draining the Churchill River and Naskaupi River watersheds.
Lake Memphremagog Lake Memphremagog (Lac Memphrémagog in Quebec) is a freshwater glacial lake located between Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada. The lake is 25 miles long with 73 percent of the lake's surface area in Quebec, where it drains into the Magog River.
Lake Mendota Lake Mendota is the northernmost and largest of the four lakes near Madison, Wisconsin. The shorelines of Lakes Mendota and Monona define the isthmus upon which Madison was built; the lakes are connected by the Yahara River.
Lake Menmecho Menmecho Lake is a mountain lake located in East Sikkim district in the state of Sikkim, India. It lies on the way to the Jelepla Pass and is situated at a distance of twenty kilometres ahead of the Tsongmo Lake.
Lake Merced Lake Merced is a freshwater lake in the southwest corner of San Francisco, California. It is surrounded by three golf courses (the private Olympic Club and San Francisco Golf Club, and the public Harding Park Golf Club), as well as homes, Lowell High School, San Francisco State University, Fort Funston and the Pacific Ocean.
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Lake Meredith National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Amarillo, Texas in the Texas Panhandle. The main attraction of the recreation area is 10,000 acre Lake Meredith, an artificial reservoir created by Sanford Dam on the Canadian River.
Lake Meridian Lake Meridian is a fresh water lake located in the city of Kent, Washington. One of only four lakes in King County allowing motorized boating, Lake Meridian is an urban lake, surrounded by homes and located just off the Kent-Kangely road on Kent's East Hill.
Lake Merritt (BART station) The Lake Merritt Bay Area Rapid Transit station is located on Oak Street near Oakland's Lake Merritt and Chinatown, next to Laney College. BART's administrative building and operations control center is located on the station's west side.
Lake Michigan Conference The Lake Michigan Conference (or LMC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are all located in the State of Wisconsin except Dominican University.
Lake Michigan Shore Lake Michigan Shore is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in the oldest modern commercial grape region of the state. Located in the southwest of the state in the traditional "fruit belt", it is home to a majority of Michigan vineyards and half of the state wine grape production.
Lake Milh Lake Milh (Arabic: بحيرة ملح) (also known as the Sea of Salt) can be seen in this northeast-looking view. Located west-southwest of Baghdad, Iraq (), Lake Milh is a depression into which excess water from the Euphrates River is diverted by a controlled escape channel or canal.
Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway is a state park located in Mineral Wells, Parker County, Texas. It includes Lake Mineral Wells, and is the only state park in Texas which protects part of the Western Cross Timbers.
Lake Minnewanka Lake Minnewanka ("Water of the Spirits" in Nakota - the Stoney Indian language) is a glacial lake located in the eastern area of Banff National Park in Canada, about five kilometres northeast of the Banff townsite. The lake is 24 km (15 mi) long and 142 metres (466 ft) deep, making it the longest lake in the mountain parks of the Canadian Rockies (the result of a power dam at the west end).
Lake Moawhango Lake Moawhango is a small lake located with the New Zealand Army's Waiouru Training area. It is fed by tributaries running off the slopes of Mt Ruapehu, and feeds water into the Tongariro River Hydro scheme via the Moawhango Tunnel.
Lake Mohave Lake Mohave is a lake formed by Davis Dam on the Colorado River, which defines the border between Nevada and Arizona in the United States. The lake lies at an elevation of 647 feet near Laughlin, Nevada, about 67 miles downstream from Hoover Dam.
Lake Mohawk, New Jersey Lake Mohawk is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area located in parts of both Byram Township and Sparta Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 9,755.
Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration The Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration was founded in 1895 to support the cause of international arbitration, arbitration treaties, and an international court, and to generate public support on behalf of the cause. These meetings, which took place between 1895 and 1916, were instrumental in the creation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands.
Lake Monomonac Lake Monomonac is an artificial lake that straddles the border between Rindge, New Hampshire and Winchendon, Massachusetts. It was created from a small pond in New Hampshire by the construction of dams on the North Branch of the Millers River, a part of the Connecticut River watershed.
Lake Monona Lake Monona is a freshwater drainage lake in Dane County, Wisconsin surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison, Wisconsin and on the south side by the city of Monona, Wisconsin. It is the second-largest of a chain of four lakes along the Yahara River (also including Mendota, Kegonsa, and Waubesa) in the area and forms the south shore of the isthmus that forms downtown Madison.
Lake Monoun Lake Monoun is a lake in West Province, Cameroon that lies in the Oku Volcanic Field . On August 15, 1984, the lake exploded in a limnic eruption, which resulted in the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide that killed 37 people.
Lake Monowai Lake Monowai is a large lake (31 km²) in the southern part of Fiordland National Park, in New Zealand's South Island, 120 kilometres northwest of Invercargill. At an altitude of 180 metres in a long curved valley, the lake appears on maps shaped like a letter "U".
Lake Monroe (Indiana) Lake Monroe is an artificial reservoir located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Bloomington, Indiana. The lake is the largest in Indiana with 10,750 acres (44 km²) of water spread over the counties of Monroe and Brown.
Lake Moogerah Lake Moogerah, formed by Moogerah Dam, is a water supply and irrigation dam on Reynald's Creek, a tributary of the Bremer River in Southeast Queensland's Fassifern Valley. The lake is used for recreation, fishing and camping.
Lake Muir Lake Muir is a lake within an important wetlands area in the Southern West of Western Australia, known as the "Lake Muir - Unicup System". It is located near the Muirs Highway North of Walpole and South East of Manjimup and is 46 square kilometres in area.
Lake Mulwala Lake Mulwala () was created in 1939 by building a dam across the Murray River between Yarrawonga in Victoria and Mulwala in New South Wales to provide irrigation water for the surrounding district. Crossing the Murray between the two towns is possible across the weir, and also across a bridge over Lake Mulwala.
Lake Murray (Oklahoma) Lake Murray is a 5,728 acre (23 km²) lake in south central Oklahoma, near Ardmore. It is a very popular lake for both fishing and recreational activities, drawing in visitors from as far away as Dallas/Fort Worth and Oklahoma City.
Lake Natron Lake Natron is a saline lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border, in Africa's Great Rift Valley. The lake is quite shallow, less than three meters (10 feet) deep, and varies in width depending on its water level.
Lake Nemiscau Lake Nemiscau (in French: Lac Nemiscau) is a lake in north-western Quebec, Canada, on the Rupert River. The abandoned settlement of Nemiscau is on the north shore, but in recent years, Cree people have been re-establishing Nemiscau as a summer residence.
Lake Nipissing Circle Tour The Lake Nipissing Circle Tour follows Kings Highway 11 from intersection with Former Kings Highway 11B to the interchange with Secondary Highway 654 just south of Callender, Ontario. Turns onto Secondary Highway 534.
Lake Nocona, Texas Lake Nocona or Farmer's Creek Reservoir was begun in 1959 and completed in October 1960. It is formed by a dam on Farmer's Creek about nine miles northeast of Nocona, Texas in northeastern Montague County and is owned and operated by North Montague County Water Supply District.
Lake Nojiri is in the town of Shinano, Kamiminochi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Second to Lake Suwa among lakes in Nagano Prefecture, Nojiri is a resort, the location of the first pumped-storage hydroelectricity in Japan, and the site of a paleolithic excavation.
Lake of Banyoles Lake Banyoles (or Estany de Banyoles) is a natural lake in Banyoles, Catalonia, Spain that is famous as a rowing venue. The lake is approximately 2,000 m by 100 m with an average depth of 15 m that in several points gets down to almost 40 m.

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