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Lac d'Oô, France — The name Oô is derived from Aragonese ibon 'mountain lake' or from Gascon iu or eu 'mountain lake', so that Lac d'Oô is 'Lake of the Lake'. La Cocha lagoon, Colombia – cocha is Quechua for 'lagoon'. Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria – lagos is Portuguese for 'lakes', and "lagoon" derives from Latin lacus 'lake, pond'
Dry lake – Area that contained a standing surface water body; Sandhill – Type of ecological community or xeric wildfire-maintained ecosystem; Ventifact – Rock that has been eroded by wind-driven sand or ice crystals; Yardang – Streamlined aeolian landform
Verdi Lake in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn ("a small mountain lake without tributaries") meaning pond. In parts of Northern England – predominantly Cumberland and Westmorland (where there are 197), [2] but also areas of North Lancashire and North Yorkshire – 'tarn' is widely used as the name for small lakes or ponds, regardless of their ...
This article lists Mountain Lakes in Alphabetical order. Please see Mountain for general information regarding this landform . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountain lakes .
Mountain Lake, New Jersey, a community; Mountain Lake (New York), a lake in southern Adirondack Park in upstate New York; Mountain Lake (Delaware County, New York), a lake; Mountain Lake (San Francisco), a lake; Mountain Lake (Virginia), a lake where the exteriors for the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing were filmed
Blanca Lake in Washington, USA with the characteristic greenish water from glacial flour. The Columbia Glacier seen in the background is the main water source for this lake. An alpine lake is a high-altitude lake in a mountainous area, usually near or above the tree line, with extended periods of ice cover.
The Mountain Lake Conservancy (formerly known as 'Wilderness Conservancy at Mountain Lake') is a non-profit organization founded to help manage and protect the 2,600 acres (11 km 2) of Mountain Lake property around Mountain Lake Hotel, and to provide environmental and cultural education for the public. Since 2008, the Conservancy has begun to ...
The Alpine Lakes Wilderness is a large wilderness area in the North Cascades mountain range, located in northern Washington state, the Northwestern United States. Lakes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness are protected within the Wenatchee National Forest or Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.