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(Encyclopedia) Hammond. 1 City (2020 pop. 77,879), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., bounded by Lake Michigan, the Ill. state line, and the Little Calumet River, and ...

(Encyclopedia) Balkash, lake, 6,562 sq mi (16,996 sq km), c.350 mi (560 km) long, maximum width c.45 mi (70 km), in E Kazakhstan. The lake, which has an average depth of 20 ft (6 m), stretches from the Kazakh Upland...

(Encyclopedia) Tai tī [key], lake, c.1,300 sq mi (3,370 sq km), on the border between Jiangsu prov. and Zhejiang prov., E China; second largest freshwater lake in China. Dotted with islands, it is one of China's mo...

(Encyclopedia) Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, formerly Lake Eyre, shallow salt lake, central South Australia state, Australia. The lake, in fact two lakes connected by a channel, is the continent's lowest point (49 ft/15 ...

(Encyclopedia) Minnetonka, Lake: see Minnehaha Falls. ...

(Encyclopedia) Menzaleh, Lake, Egypt: see Manzala. ...

(Encyclopedia) Canandaigua Lake: see Finger Lakes. ...

(Encyclopedia) Karun, Lake, Egypt: see Moeris.

(Encyclopedia) Sistan Lake: see Hamun-i-Helmand. ...

(Encyclopedia) Texoma, Lake: see Denison Dam.