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Utah Lake

(Encyclopedia)Utah Lake, c.145 sq mi (380 sq km), N central Utah; largest freshwater lake in the state. It drains through the Jordan River to the Great Salt Lake. Utah Lake is what remains of the prehistoric Lake B...

Watson Lake

(Encyclopedia)Watson Lake, village (1991 pop. 912), SE Yukon, Canada, near the Liard River and the British Columbia border. It is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Post, with an airfield and a radio station, located ...

Rudolf, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Rudolf, Lake: see Turkana, Lake.

Tulare Lake

(Encyclopedia)Tulare Lake, intermittent lake, in the Central Valley, central Calif. The Kings, Kaweah, and Kern rivers at one time flowed into the lake, but their waters have been diverted for irrigation. The land ...

Turkana, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Turkana, Lake, c.2,500 sq mi (6,475 sq km), NW Kenya and SW Ethiopia, E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley; alt. 1,230 ft (375 m). Surrounded by desolate, volcanic mountains, the 170-mi-long (274-km) al...

Tuz, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Tuz, Lake to͞oz [key], shallow salt lake, c.625 sq mi (1,620 sq km), central Turkey. Salt is mined there. ...

Traverse, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Traverse, Lake trăvˈərs [key], c.30 mi (50 km) long, on the Minn.–S.Dak. line, drained to the N by the Bois de Sioux River. The lake is impounded by White Rock Dam, which was completed in 1948. ...

Torrens, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Torrens, Lake, shallow salt lake, 2,230 sq mi (5,776 sq km), central South Australia state, Australia. In a rift valley, it is 120 mi (193 km) long and is Australia's second largest lake. It becomes p...

Tiberias, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Tiberias, Lake: see Galilee, Sea of. ...

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...