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Tahoe, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Tahoe, Lake täˈhō, tāˈ– [key], 193 sq mi (500 sq km), on the Calif.-Nev. line. It occupies a basin in the Sierra Nevada and is drained by the Truckee River. Lying 6,228 ft (1,898 m) above sea l...

Temiscaming, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Temiscaming, Lake, Fr. Témiscamingue, an expansion of the Ottawa River, 121 sq mi (313 sq km), SW Que., Canada, extending 62 mi (100 km) SE from New Liskeard to Temiscaming. The surrounding area is r...

Teslin Lake

(Encyclopedia)Teslin Lake tĕsˈlĭn, tĕz– [key], narrow lake, 80 mi (129 km) long, NW British Columbia and S Yukon, Canada, SE of Whitehorse. It receives the Nisutlin River and is drained by the Teslin River, o...

Texcoco, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Texcoco, Lake: see Mexico, city; Tenochtitlán. ...

Texoma, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Texoma, Lake: see Denison Dam.

Superior, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Superior, Lake, largest freshwater lake in the world, 31,820 sq mi (82,414 sq km), 350 mi (563 km) long and 160 mi (257 km) at its greatest width, bordered on the W by NE Minnesota, on the N and E by ...

Zaysan, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Zaysan, Lake zīsänˈ [key], freshwater lake, c.700 sq mi (1,810 sq km), SE Kazakhstan, in the Altai Mts. It is crossed by the Irtysh River. It abounds in fish. The lake has risen 20 ft (6 m) above i...

Bomoseen, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Bomoseen, Lake bōməsēnˈ [key], 7.5 mi (12 km) long, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) wide, W Vt., largest lake wholly within Vermont. Surrounded by wooded hills, it is a popular summer resort. Bomoseen State Park ...

Buttle Lake

(Encyclopedia)Buttle Lake, 11 sq mi (28 sq km), central Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada. It is the site of major zinc and copper deposits. ...

Agassiz, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Agassiz, Lake ăgˈəsē [key], glacial lake of the Pleistocene epoch, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, 250 mi (400 km) wide, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet beginning some 14,000 years ag...