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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of the Caspian Sea on June 4, 2010

What is a Closed Lake?

March 7, 2020December 30, 2019 by Caitlin Dempsey

Closed lakes are bodies of water that do not drain into an ocean or river.

Categories Hydrology Tags closed lakes, endorheic, limnology

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