Landforms & Water
Lake Hallstatt, Austria
Hallstatt is usually introduced through photographs of a compact village beneath steep mountains. The water in those photographs is a separate geographic subject: Lake Hallstatt, a deep Alpine…
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Landforms & Water
Lake Baikal: World’s Deepest Lake
On most world maps, Lake Baikal looks narrow and remote. In reality, it is a giant rift lake in southern Siberia whose depth, age, clarity, and endemic wildlife…
Explainers & Big Questions
What Is a Lake?
A lake can fill a small hollow or spread across an area larger than many countries, and its name alone does not tell you whether it is fresh,…
Landforms & Water
Lake Sev
Lake Sev (Armenian: Սև լիճ, romanized: Sev lich; Azerbaijani: Qaragöl; both meaning "black lake") is a lake situated on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The majority of…
Landforms & Water
Lake Sevan: Armenia’s Largest Lake
Lake Sevan spreads across a high basin in Armenia’s Gegharkunik Province, where mountain weather, medieval sites, fisheries, irrigation, and hydropower meet. Its size cannot be reduced to one…