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Lake Ann in North Cascades National Park, Washington
Two illustrated divers are superimposed onto a photograph showing a lake underwater.
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Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
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water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
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Mt. Elbrusvolcano, Western Caucasus mountain range, Russia. (dormant Russia)
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Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.
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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
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Also Known As landlocked sea • inland sea

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Lake Ann in North Cascades National Park, Washington
oil derricks near Baku
Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Lake Huron in winter
Indiana Dunes State Park
Kok-Aral Dam
Lake Tanganyika
Great Bear Lake
Lake Nyasa
dogsledding across Great Slave Lake
Two illustrated divers are superimposed onto a photograph showing a lake underwater.
Join a climate-change research team collecting samples from the bottom of Greenland's Arctic lakes
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G. Evelyn Hutchinson
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1:116 Aquanauts: Underwater Treasure, divers searching for treasure underwater
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Mt. Elbrusvolcano, Western Caucasus mountain range, Russia. (dormant Russia)
Natural Wonders
water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
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Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.
6 Lakes That Are Drying Up