As the flood did not start filling the lake's deepest point ( Belt Bay ) until late March little bird life appeared preferring instead to nest in the upper reaches of the Lake Eyre Basin, north of Birdsville, where large lakes appeared in January as a result of monsoonal rain.

Two rivers leave the lake, the White Nile ( known as the " Victoria Nile " as it leaves the lake ), flows out at Jinja, Uganda on the lake's north shore, and the Katonga River flows out at Lukaya on the western shore connecting the lake to Lake George.

Running roughly from south to north, the lake's waters empty into the Richelieu River, where waterfalls at Saint-Jean in Quebec mark the northernmost point of navigation.

Utah Lake is drained by the Jordan River, which begins at the lake's north end.

Lake Sammamish is bordered by Marymoor Park at the lake's north end, Lake Sammamish State Park at its south end and East Lake Sammamish Trail.

The elevation of the lake's north end does not drop substantially until LeHardy Rapids.

The red hue of the water is due to the presence of salt-tolerant bacteria and algae that thrive in the extreme 27 percent salinity of the lake's north arm, which was isolated from fresh water sources by the building of a causeway by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1959.

Bellagio is situated at the tip of the peninsula separating the lake's two southern arms, with the Alps visible across the lake to the north.

In the early days of settlement a paddle-steamer, the Betsy Douglas, plied the lake's waters from Owhiro, near Henley in the north to Clarendon at the lake's southern end.

After the decline of Cuiculco, the population concentration shifted north, to the city of Teotihuacan and later to Tula, both outside the lake's region of the valley.

The North Idaho Centennial Trail, popular among cyclists, walkers, and joggers, follows along the lake's north and northeastern shore.

As part of the Fontana Project, the National Park Service agreed to build a road along the lake's north shore, connecting the dam directly to Bryson City, although due to financial issues and environmental concerns this road was never completed, and remains one of the Fontana project's most enduring controversies.

The amenities on the lake are 5 public boat ramps and 2 public parks, one on the lake's north side and the other on the south east corner.

If the wind is coming from the north, the Maya claim, the lake's spirit is getting rid of a person who has drowned after claiming his or her soul.

The city of Deux-Montagnes is located on the lake's north shore, where it flows into Rivière des Mille Îles.

Populations of brine shrimp are mostly restricted to the lake's south arm.

Evidence of this has been found at nearby Borax Lake and on Rattlesnake Island in the lake's south arm.

The lake's largest tributaries are the Jordan River, feeding into the south arm at East Jordan, and the Boyne River, flowing into the main basin from the east at Boyne City.

A peninsula which extends into the lake, called Captain's Island, contains 178 houses, and there are another 143 houses along the lake's shores.

One of the lake's islands contains an old fort or castle called Pede Dzong.

Smear an abundant quantity of expended crankcase oil along the lake's icy length, causing it to melt by increasing the sun's warming effect.

The lake's area is of surface water.

The lake's average depth is 47 fathoms 1 foot ( 283 ft ; 86 m ), with a maximum depth of 133 fathoms 4 feet ( 802 ft ; 244 m ).

The lake's primary source is the Niagara River, draining Lake Erie, with the St. Lawrence River serving as the outlet.

The lake's average depth is 46 fathoms 3 feet ( 279 ft ; 85 m ), while its greatest depth is 153 fathoms 5 feet ( 923 ft ; 281 m ).

The lake's area is 17, 891 km² ( excluding the islands ).

The Lake Eyre Yacht Club is a dedicated group of sailors who sail on the lake's floods, including recent trips in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2009.

The lake's average depth is 195 feet ( 59 m ), while the maximum depth is 750 feet ( 229 m ).

Stansbury, Carrington, and Hat Islands are extensions of the Stansbury mountain range, and Strongs Knob is an extension of the Lakeside Mountains which run along the lake's western shore.

The salinity of the lake's main basin, Gilbert Bay, is highly variable and depends on the lake's level ; it ranges from 5 to 27 % ( 50 to 270 parts per thousand ).

In the two bays that receive most of the lake's fresh water inflows, Bear River Bay and Farmington Bay, the diversity of organisms is much higher.

The extremely high methyl mercury concentrations have been only in the lake's anoxic deep brine layer ( monimolimnion ) below a depth of 20 ' ( 6 m ), but concentrations are also moderately high up in the water column where there is oxygen to support brine shrimp and brine flies.

Over half of the lake's area is taken up by its many small islands ( including Bogomerom archipelago ), reedbeds and mud banks, and a belt of swampland across the middle divides the northern and southern halves while the shorelines are largely composed of marshes.

The United Nations Environment Programme and the Lake Chad Basin Commission concur that at least half of the lake's decrease is attributable to shifting climate patterns.

Along with the conflicts that involve the countries, violence is increasing among the lake's dwellers.

The lake's water is purified and fed into Zurich's water system ; it is potable.

The heavy snow totals across the county can be attributed to the lake-effect, where precipitation is intensified by the warm waters of the Great Salt Lake, which never entirely freezes due to the lake's high salinity.

The largest stream flowing into this lake is the Kagera River, the mouth of which lies on the lake's western shore.

By 2006, the water levels in Lake Victoria had reached an 80-year low, and Daniel Kull, an independent hydrologist living in Nairobi, Kenya, calculated that Uganda was releasing about twice as much water as is allowed under the agreement, and was primarily responsible for recent drops in the lake's level.

Barren River Lake State Resort Park is located primarily within Barren County, along the lake's shoreline.

The biodiversity of the phytoplankton is poor and its biomass is low, thus the lake's trophic level ranges from oligotrophic to mesotrophic.