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Explore the World of Lakes

Discover the beauty and diversity of lakes, from glacial wonders to volcanic craters. Learn about rift lakes, oxbow lakes, and more fascinating formations worldwide. Let’s dive into the wonders of these inland bodies of water.

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Explore the World of Lakes

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  1. Lakes

  2. Lake • A lake is a body of water which is inland, not part of the ocean, is larger and deeper than a pond, and is fed by a river.

  3. Saimaa

  4. Lakes • Most lakes have a natural in the form of a river or stream, but some do not and lose water solely by evaporation or underground seepage or both.

  5. Lake Chad

  6. Aral Sea

  7. Aral Sea

  8. Former Aral Sea

  9. Caspian Sea

  10. Lake Eyre

  11. Salt lakes • Salt lakes can form where there is no natural outlet or where the water evaporates rapidly and the drainage surface of the water table has a higher-than-normal salt content.

  12. Great Salt Lake

  13. Lake Balkhash

  14. Types of lakes • Types of lakes by basin formation

  15. Rift lakes • A rift lake is a lake formed as a result of subsidence related to movement on faults within a rift zone, an area of extensional tectonics in the continental crust. • They are often found within rift valleys and may be very deep.

  16. Baikali järv

  17. Tanganjika järv

  18. Lake Superior

  19. Crater lake • A lake which forms in a volcanic caldera or crater after the volcano has been inactive for some time

  20. Lake Toba

  21. Crater Lake in Oregon

  22. Maar lake in Germany

  23. Glacial lake • A glacial lake is a lake with origins in a melted glacier • Most Estonian lakes are glacial lakes

  24. The Great Lakes

  25. Lake Peipsi-Pihkva

  26. Lake Ladoga

  27. Oxbow lake • A lake which is formed when a wide meander from a stream or a river is cut off to form a lake

  28. Oxbow lake Meanders and oxbow lakes on the Nowitna River, Alaska

  29. Thermokarst lakes • A body of freshwater, usually shallow, that is formed in a depression by meltwater from thawing permafrost

  30. Thermokarst lakes

  31. Artificial lake • A lake created by flooding land behind a dam

  32. Subglacial lake • A subglacial lake is a lake under a glacier Lake Vostok

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