Lakes [electronic resource] /
10 of the most unusual lakes
Jeanne K. Hanson ; foreword by Geoffrey H. Nash.
- New York : Facts On File/Chelsea House, 2007.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 146 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps
- The extreme Earth .
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origin of the landform: Lakes -- Caspian Sea, Middle East -- Aral Sea, Western Asia -- Lake Superior, North America -- Lake Baikal, Central Asia -- Lake Titicaca, Western South America -- Lake Vanern, Northern Europe -- Lake Eyre, Australia -- Crater Lake, Oregon, United States -- Great Salt Lake, Utah, United States -- Great Slave Lake, Canada -- Conclusion: Lakes -- Glossary -- Books -- Web sites -- Magazines and journals -- Index.
Presents an introduction to lakes, describing how they originated and providing the history and current formation of ten of the world's most famous lakes.