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View of Lake Tahoe from Emerald Bay. Photo: NASA/JPL.

Largest Alpine Lake in North America

April 22, 2021April 14, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

Located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Lake Tahoe is a freshwater lake that straddles the border between California and Nevada.

Map of Swiss lakes and rivers. Map: Karte Schweiz by Tschubby, under license C BY-SA 3.0, MediaWiki Commons.

How Many Lakes Does Switzerland Have?

August 31, 2020June 14, 2016 by Caitlin Dempsey

Learn about how many lakes there are in Switzerland and which lake is the largest.

Laguna Grande is a 50-hectare salt-water lagoon located in the municipio of Fajardo, in the eastern-most tip of Puerto Rico. Photo: USGS.

Limnology

August 12, 2020January 30, 2015 by Elizabeth Borneman

Limnology is the study of bodies of water located inland such as lakes, rivers, wetlands, streams, watersheds, and reservoirs. Limnologists study how the weather, climate, … Read more

MODIS image from May 29, 2002 showing Finland and its many lakes in the middle of the satellite image. Source: NASA, public domain.

Why Does Finland Have So Many Lakes?

January 19, 2021December 5, 2014 by Elizabeth Borneman

Finland, with over 187,000 estimated lakes, is known as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes”.