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Lake Garda
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Lake Garda

Italy’s largest lake is situated where the southern Alps meet the Po River Valley.

Published Mar 5, 2018

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Lake Skadar, Montenegro and Albania
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Lake Skadar, Montenegro and Albania

The largest lake on the Balkan Peninsula is colored by sediments eroded from the surrounding highlands.

Published May 31, 2020

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Flathead Lake, Montana
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Flathead Lake, Montana

Located within the Rocky Mountain Trench, it is one of the largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River.

Published Jun 2, 2019

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Lake Morari, Tibet
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Lake Morari, Tibet

Meltwater from glaciers to the east and west drains into Lake Morari, a large lake that lies at an altitude of 4,521 meters (14,830 feet) on the Tibetan Plateau. A stream on the west side provides the lake’s main inflow. Mud from this river gives the light blue hues to the lake water. The well-formed alluvial fan (image center), built by sediment from the main inflow river, is the reason the lake has formed at this point in the valley.

Published Dec 18, 2006

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Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), Northern Israel
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Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), Northern Israel

This astronaut photo of Israel’s Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) shows an irregular patchwork of green and brown fields surrounding the lake. The Jordan River is visible flowing in at the northern end of the lake and out at the southern end.

Published Sep 14, 2009

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Lake Neusiedl and Lake Ferto
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Lake Neusiedl and Lake Ferto

Straddling Austria and Hungary, the lake is also known as the “Sea of the Viennese.”

Published Apr 10, 2017

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Lake Titicaca
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Lake Titicaca

Sitting atop the Andes plateau on the border between Peru and Bolivia, the lake is the highest major body of navigable water in the world and the largest lake in South America.

Published Nov 23, 2015

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Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Canada
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Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Canada

Acquired July 1, 2009, this natural-color image shows Lake Minnewanka at the eastern tip of Banff National Park.

Published May 4, 2010

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Great Slave Lake: Where the Mackenzie River Begins
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Great Slave Lake: Where the Mackenzie River Begins

North America’s largest northward flowing river gets its start at Great Slave Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

Published Nov 28, 2015

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Frozen Lake Sharpe, South Dakota
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Frozen Lake Sharpe, South Dakota

The meandering Missouri River doubled back on itself and formed this U-shaped lake.

Published Jan 13, 2014

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Rising Waters in Manchhar Lake
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Rising Waters in Manchhar Lake

Acquired September 7, 2010, and September 13, 2010, these false-color images show floodwaters rising along a massive lake that branched off the Indus River.

Published Sep 13, 2010

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Suguta Valley, Kenya
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Suguta Valley, Kenya

These images provide wide-area and close-up views of Suguta, today a mostly dry valley, several thousand years ago a massive lake.

Published Nov 20, 2011

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The Rhône River in Geneva
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The Rhône River in Geneva

Alpine in character and perennial in flow, the river is a crucial resource for hydroelectricity, irrigation, transportation, and tourism.

Published Nov 25, 2018

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Lake Oahe, South Dakota
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Lake Oahe, South Dakota

The fourth largest man-made reservoir in North America extends from Pierre, South Dakota, to Bismarck, North Dakota.

Published Dec 8, 2019

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Lake Khuvsgul
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Lake Khuvsgul

The largest freshwater lake in Mongolia is known as the “sister” to Lake Baikal. Together they hold 20 percent of the fresh water on the planet.

Published Dec 18, 2017

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Lake Pontchartrain
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Lake Pontchartrain

Published Feb 18, 2005

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Lake Teletskoye, Russia
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Lake Teletskoye, Russia

Lake Teletskoye, one of Siberia’s prime tourist destinations, is a large lake that is nestled in a narrow valley between the snow-capped Al-tyntu (west, at top) and Korbu (east, at bottom) mountain ridges of the Altai Mountains. The lake is nearly 80 kilometers long by 5 kilometers wide and 325 meters deep; it is one of the deepest lakes in the world. But Lake Teletskoye is more than a large, deep lake. It is located within the 9,000 km² Altaisky Zapovednik nature reserve, which helps protect its unspoiled waters.

Published Oct 11, 2004

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When Glaciers and Rivers Collide
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When Glaciers and Rivers Collide

Several surging glaciers flow into the Shimshal River in a steep gorge in northern Pakistan — a recipe for a steady stream of floods in villages downstream.

Published Aug 9, 2017

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Lake Fucine, Italy
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Lake Fucine, Italy

The light tan oval in this image is the floor of a lake in central Italy that has been drained by a tunnel dug through the surrounding hills. Numerous rectangular fields occupy the former lake bottom—now one of the most fertile regions of Italy. The area is still referred to as “Fucine Lake,” even though the lake has been dry for nearly 150 years.

Published Mar 17, 2008

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Lake Garda, Italy
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Lake Garda, Italy

Published Feb 26, 2001

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