Lakes

Can This Lake Be Restored? Now known as the ‘phantom’ lake, the Tulare Lake is a perfect example of one of all environmental casualties that have occured because of mining and farming. This once incredibly rich in wildlife lake is located in the San Joaquin Valley. West of the Mississippi, the Tulare Lake was once so big it could stretch over 690 square miles across the Central Valley. Fed by four major rivers and a handful of smaller ones with headwaters in the Sierra Nevada, the lake was once

Lake Chapala Hello Ladies and gentlemen I want to let you know about a place where natural beauty, tranquility and beautiful weather all year round, are just some of the attractions. This destination in the state of Jalisco is the largest water reservoir in Mexico and provides for the drinking needs for much of the city of Guadalajara. Here, a variety of cultures and nationalities come together, resulting in an exotic blend that coexists in a typically Mexican environment. Lake Chapala and its surroundings

Lake Bridgeport was built in 1930 for flood control, water storage and recreation. Tarrant County owns the land and water that makes the lake. There is a spillway that takes water through the Trinity River to Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth. This year has been a rough year for Lake Bridgeport with three digit temperatures and draining water to the other lakes. Since one of the purposes to build Lake Bridgeport was for storage, The Tarrant County water district approved to let out 20,000 acre feet

This is a Place of… The Minnesota lake country, this is a place of beauty, wildlife, family, friendship, and luck. I’ve made a lot of old and recent memories in the Minnesota lake country. It is one of my favorite places to go because a lot fun things I do during the year. Out on the lake is one of the best places to relax, especially when the water is as smooth as glass with no wave movement expect when waves are generated by other boat. You hear the quiet crashing of the waves, the humming

Cedar Lake has been known for years to be a swamp of pestilence that many are afraid to touch, and for good reason. The Factories that surround the lake used to dispose of their waste directly into the water. Most of the chemicals are no longer in the water system, and the water quality is now good enough to harvest fish from the lake. The problems faced now are sedimentation that has made the lake shallow, and people’s perception of the lake. The Iowa DNR working alongside the Friends of Cedar Lake

beautiful day at the lake, my family and I were renting a cottage for a week in July like we usually do every year in the summer. We go up to the Canadian lakes in Michigan (Canadian lakes is a chain of lakes in the middle of Michigan about two hours away from Saline.) It was our second day here and our first real day to go out on the lake and swim, kayak, go on the paddleboat, etc. It was a nice house that had a cabin feel and was made out of almost all wood. The house was right on the lake, and had a nice

Mrs. Gavagan Expository Writing 5/24/2017 The Doom of the Lakes Just a few miles away, our Great Lakes are being ravaged by plastic particles being released throughout. Issues around the world regarding water have always been prevalent. Dehydration kills about 2.2 million children every year. We can not stand idle by as a possible solution degrades daily right next to us. Lake Erie is known as the most polluted of the Great Lakes however, Lake Michigan is close behind. Due to the boom in industry in

tour stop – 3 marks With a lake depth of 86m and is 1.5% of the world's fresh water, Lake Ontario is one the five Great Lakes located on the borders between the United States and Canada. As the name suggests, this Lake Ontario is in the province of Ontario as well as the state of New York. As one of the Great Lakes, the lake provides many with fresh water (once it has been filtered). When starting from left to right, Lake Ontario is the last lake in the chain of Great Lakes through links of small bodies

The Great Lakes are surrounded by the northern United states, and southern Canada. Both countries own the Great Lakes except for Michigan which is only owned by United States. The Great Lakes include Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario. The Great Lakes are connected together by rivers. The Great Lakes are also connected to the Atlantic Ocean with the St. Lawrence River. During the 1970s the Great Lakes were polluted by many things. For example, oils, factory’s waste, mercury, and fertilizer

Lake Clark National Park 1.) Choose one or two major natural features of the park. How did they form / why do they currently look like they do? ­ Lake Clark National Park is located in Port Alsworth, Alaska, and was proclaimed a national monument in 1978. Lake Clark National Park is a beautiful site at the north end of the Alaskan Peninsula. This park is characterized with various mountains, rivers, volcanoes, glaciers, fossils, forests, and marshes. Lake Clark is mainly composed of the Chigmit Mountains