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Appendix B: Types of Lakes. Getting to the Core: Understanding Lakes through Sediment Coring. Warm-Up. Share a fun fact about lakes that you learned yesterday with the person sitting next to you. How many lakes and ponds do you think there are in the world?. How many lakes in the world?.
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Appendix B:Types of Lakes Getting to the Core: Understanding Lakes through Sediment Coring
Warm-Up • Share a fun fact about lakes that you learned yesterday with the person sitting next to you. • How many lakes and ponds do you think there are in the world?
How many lakes in the world? Source: Downing et al. (2006). The global abundance and size distribution of lakes, ponds, and impoundments. Limnology and Oceanography, 51(5).
How many lakes in the world? 304 million! Source: Downing et al. (2006). The global abundance and size distribution of lakes, ponds, and impoundments. Limnology and Oceanography, 51(5).
Types of Lakes Glacial Lakes Tectonic/Rift Lakes Crater Lakes Impact (asteroid) Volcanic River Erosion Other
Natural Dam Before After
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