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Lake Zurich is formed by the river Linth, which, rising in the glaciers of the Tödi Range in Glarus, which was diverted by the Escher canal ( completed in 1811 ) into the Lake Walen, there by means of the Linth canal ( completed in 1816 ), its waters are carried to the east end of the Lake of Zurich.
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at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich.
Settlements of the Neolithic and Bronze Age were found around Lake Zurich.
After Emperor Constantine ’ s reforms in AD 318, the border between Gaul and Italy ( two of the four praetorian prefectures of the Roman Empire ) was located east of Turicum, crossing the River Linth between Lake Walen and Lake Zurich, where a castle and garrison looked over Turicum ’ s safety.
Zurich is situated at above sea level on the lower ( northern ) end of Lake Zurich ( Zürichsee ) about north of the Alps, nestling between the wooded hills on the west and east side.
The geographic ( and historic ) centre of the city is the Lindenhof, a small natural hill on the west bank of the Limmat, about north of where the river issues from Lake Zurich.
The municipality of Zurich has an area of, of which is made up of Lake Zurich.
Felsenegg from Lake Zurich
Lake Zug () is a lake in Central Switzerland, situated between Lucerne and Zurich.
Lake Zurich ( Swiss German / Alemannic: Zürisee ; German: Zürichsee ) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich.
Geographically, Lake Zurich is located in the southwestern part of the canton of Zurich.
The waters of the Lake of Zurich outflow from the lake at its north-west end, passing through the city of Zurich, however the outflow is then called the Limmat.
The Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft – the Lake Zurich Navigation Company – provides with its 17 passenger ships touristic services on Lake Zurich.
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Memphis stinkpotters like McKellar Lake, inside the city limits, and sailors look for autumn winds at Arkabutla Lake where fall racing is now in progress.
Turkey's largest lake, Lake Van, is situated in the mountains at an elevation of.
The main basin is the Mus Valley, west of Lake Van.
Flat or gently sloping land is rare and largely confined to the deltas of the Kızıl River, the coastal plains of Çukurova and the valley floors of the Gediz River and the Büyük Menderes River as well as some interior high plains in Anatolia, mainly around Tuz Gölü ( Salt Lake ) and the Konya Basin ( Konya Ovasi ).
* 1893 – Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
Lake Sevan, across at its widest point and long, is by far the largest lake.
Most of Armenia is drained by the Araks or its tributary, the Hrazdan, which flows from Lake Sevan.
Another environmental concern is a significant drop in Lake Sevan's water level because of drawdowns for irrigation and the diversion of water to hydroelectric plants to compensate for the electric power lost through the inactivity of the nuclear plant at Metsamor.
landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains ; Sevana Lich ( Lake Sevan ) is the largest lake in this mountain range
Averaging at least 1. 6 km thick, the ice is so massive that it has depressed the continental bedrock in some areas more than 2. 5 km below sea level ; subglacial lakes of liquid water also occur ( e. g., Lake Vostok ).
Shown is a sign indicating an accessible fishing platform at Drano Lake, Washington ( state ) | Washington.
* 1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7. 5 1959 Yellowstone earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
* 1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang ; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
Towards the south the two lines converge and give place to one great valley ( occupied by Lake Nyasa ), the southern part of which is less distinctly due to rifting and subsidence than the rest of the system.
Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.
There is, however, in the centre a circular basin occupied by Lake Tsana.
The first is being planned for Lake Havasu City with programs available as early as fall 2012.
The city centre is laid out on two perpendicular axes: a water axis stretching along Lake Burley Griffin, and a ceremonial land axis stretching from Parliament House on Capital Hill north-eastward along ANZAC Parade to the Australian War Memorial at the foot of Mount Ainslie.
* Champ is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain, a natural freshwater lake in North America, partially situated across the U. S .- Canada border in the Canadian province of Quebec and partially situated across the Vermont-New York border.
Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield.
Though the name Area 51 is used in official Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) documentation, other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport.
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In Lake Victoria, an isolated lake which formed recently in the African rift valley, over 300 species of cichlid fish adaptively radiated from one parent species in just 15, 000 years.
That same year, George A. Mitchell, a prominent Cadillac banker and railroad entrepreneur, and Adam Gallinger, a local carpenter, formed the Clam Lake Canal Improvement and Construction Company.
** USA Crater Lake, Oregon, formed around 5, 680 BC Mount Aniakchak | Aniakchak-caldera, Alaska Mount Pleasant Caldera, southwestern New Brunswick, Canada
Initial extrapolations placed Cooper's landing area on the southernmost outreach of Mount St. Helens, a few miles southeast of Ariel, Washington, near Lake Merwin, an artificial lake formed by a dam on the Lewis River.
It may have been formed in the same manner as the Finger Lakes, as satellite photos show three valleys similar in character and spacing to the Finger Lakes east of Otisco Lake.
The first is the Tully Valley, which includes a chain of small lakes at the south end that could be a " Finger Lake " that never formed because of a terminal moraine.
An ancient glacial lake that formed in the Great Lakes region of North America, Lake Agassiz, is named after him, as are Mount Agassiz in California's Palisades, Mount Agassiz, in the Uinta Mountains, Agassiz Peak in Arizona and in his native Switzerland, the Agassizhorn in the Bernese Alps.
Around 5, 000 BP the waters of the Saimaa Lake penetrated Salpausselkä and formed a new outlet, River Vuoksi, entering Lake Ladoga in the northwestern corner and raising its level by 1 – 2 m.
By 2008 there were at least six institutions monitoring lake water health: 1 ) In 2002 the Conservation Law Foundation appointed a " lakekeeper " who criticizes the state's pollution controls, 2 ) Friends of Missisquoi Bay was formed in 2003, 3 ) the Lake Champlain Committee, 4 ) Vermont Water Resources Board
Lake Bungunia was formed by earth movement that blocked the Murray River near Swan Reach during this period of time.
Near the modern Lake Ladoga, land rose faster, and a closed reservoir was formed.
Other large lakes include Malta ( an artificial lake on the lower Cybina, formed in 1952 ), Jezioro Strzeszyńskie ( Strzeszyn Lake ) on the Bogdanka, and Rusałka, an artificial lake further down the Bogdanka, formed in 1943.
At the time it was formed, Gatun Lake was the largest man-made lake in the world.
World famous Barro Colorado Island, which was established for scientific study when the lake was formed and is today operated by the Smithsonian Institution, is the largest island on Gatun Lake.
In 1951, the SCCA National Sports Car Championship was formed from existing marquee events around the nation, including Watkins Glen, Pebble Beach, and Elkhart Lake.
The ancient kingdom of Van ( Ararat or Urartu or Biainili ), was formed in the 9th century BC in the basin of Lake Van of the Armenian Highland, including the territory of modern-day Yerevan.
* The landslide around 200BC which formed Lake Waikaremoana on the North Island of New Zealand, where a large block of the Ngamoko Range slid and dammed a gorge of Waikaretaheke River, forming a natural reservoir up to 248 metres deep.
After the film, it was explained that for Disney World, including EPCOT, to succeed, a special district would have to be formed: the Reedy Creek Improvement District with two cities inside it, the City of Bay Lake and the City of Reedy Creek ( now the City of Lake Buena Vista ).
Upper Canada included all of modern-day southern Ontario and all those areas of northern Ontario in the pays d ' en haut which had formed part of New France, essentially the watersheds of the Ottawa River, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior.
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