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  2. Lake Limestone - Wikipedia

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    Lake Limestone is a 13,680 acres (55.4 km 2) reservoir near Thornton, Texas [1]. It lies 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Groesbeck, Texas on Texas FM 3371 in Leon, Robertson and Limestone Counties. The lake's water is slightly alkaline, moderately clear, with a maximum of 42 feet (13 m) deep. The shoreline is irregular, and fish habitat is ...

  3. Drainage system (geomorphology) - Wikipedia

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    In geomorphology, drainage systems, also known as river systems, are the patterns formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin. They are governed by the topography of land, whether a particular region is dominated by hard or soft rocks, and the gradient of the land. Geomorphologists and hydrologists often view streams ...

  4. Cincinnati Arch - Wikipedia

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    Cincinnati Arch. The Cincinnati Arch is a broad structural uplift between the Illinois Basin to the west, the Michigan Basin to the northwest, and the Appalachian Basin and Black Warrior Basin to the east and southeast. It existed as a positive topographic area during late Ordovician through the Devonian period which stretched from northern ...

  5. Winnemucca Lake - Wikipedia

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    Winnemucca Lake is a sub-basin within the Lahontan Basin in northwestern Nevada. [2] It lies east of Pyramid Lake and is on the dividing line between Washoe and Pershing counties. The lake bed lies between the Lake Range on the west and the Nightingale Mountains and Selenite Range to the east. Winnemucca Lake is about 45 km (28 mi) long and ...

  6. Long Lake Limestone - Wikipedia

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    The Long Lake Limestone is a geologic formation in Michigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period. Earth sciences portal; Michigan portal;

  7. Driftless Area - Wikipedia

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    The Driftless Area, also known as Bluff Country and the Paleozoic Plateau, is a topographical and cultural region in the Midwestern United States [1] that comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois. The Driftless Area is a USDA Level III Ecoregion: Ecoregion 52.

  8. Geology of the Lake District - Wikipedia

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    The geology of England's Lake District is dominated by sedimentary and volcanic rocks of mainly Ordovician age underpinned by large granitic intrusions.Younger sedimentary sequences outcrop on the edges of the Lake District area, with Silurian to the south, Carboniferous to the north, east, and west and Permo-Triassic to the west and east.

  9. Lake Prespa - Wikipedia

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    The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of ... Topographic map of Lake Prespa and ... Because Great Prespa Lake sits in limestone country about 150m above ...