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Manicouagan Reservoir

(Encyclopedia)Manicouagan Reservoir mănĭkwägˈən [key], annular artifical lake, 750 sq mi (1,942 sq km), SE Que., Canada, in a heavily forested area of the Canadian Shield. It has a maximum depth of 1,150 ft (3...

Boulder City

(Encyclopedia)Boulder City, residential city (2020 pop. 16,701), S Nev., just W of Hoover Dam near Lake Mead; inc. 1959. Built (1932) by the federal government as hea...

Churchill, rivers, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Churchill. 1 River, c.600 mi (970 km) long, issuing as the Ashuanipi River from Ashuanipi Lake, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada, and flowing in an arc north, then southeast through a series of lakes to Chur...

Buchans

(Encyclopedia)Buchans, town, central Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on Red Indian Lake. It has a large mine that yields lead, silver, zinc, and copper. ...

crannog

(Encyclopedia)crannog: see lake dwelling.

Neyriz

(Encyclopedia)Neyriz, lake: see Bakhtegan.

Bodensee

(Encyclopedia)Bodensee: see Constance, Lake. ...

Hungtse

(Encyclopedia)Hungtse, lake, China: see Hongze.

Kioga

(Encyclopedia)Kioga: see Kyoga, lake, Africa.

Kammersee

(Encyclopedia)Kammersee, lake, Austria: see Salzkammergut. ...