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NASA’s Terra satellite image of the Great Lakes. Acquired: September 26, 2014. Source: NASA.

How Many Lakes are There in the World?

August 1, 2022October 1, 2014 by Caitlin Dempsey

Researchers have used remote sensing to calculate the number of lakes in the world.

Categories Hydrology Tags number of lakes, remote sensing, satellite imagery, world lakes

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