* Harwich also contains the largest lake on the Cape, called Long Pond, which serves as a private airport for planes with the ability to land on water which is in the village of Pleasant Lake.

The lake provides essential irrigation to local farms, and serves as a recreation destination for the region.

One of these, the Seepyramide, is in the middle of an artificial lake and serves as his mauseoleum.

A post office named Long Lake with the ZIP code 48743 serves the an area of the township northwest of the lake.

The Michigamme ZIP code, 49861, serves a much larger area to the north and west of the lake, including portions of Michigamme Township and Republic Township in Marquette County and Spurr Township Covington Township in Baraga County.

There is no boating or swimming in the lake and fishing is only allowed in designated areas on the southwest side in order to protect the water quality as the lake serves as a water source for the Ramsey County area.

Swan Lake is small mountain lake to the south of Republic and also serves to be a popular lake for local residents and tourists to visit.

" Starting at the town's Dairy Queen, the run allows contestants to see the entire town, which consists of Camp Nebagamon, a lake that serves as the town's namesake, the Waterfront Bar and Grill, the Imogene McGrath Memorial Library, three churches that the town houses, and the Dairy Queen.

As a result, the lake serves as a popular recreational area for kayaks, canoes, dragon boats, and rowing shells.

Below Tom Miller Dam is Red Bud Isle, a small island formed by the 1900 collapse of the McDonald Dam that serves as a recreation area with a dog park and access to the lake for canoeing and fishing.

Because of its volume, the lake serves as the primary flood control reservoir of the Highland Lake chain.

The SGV serves 32 places along the shore of the lake, with interchange to both main line and mountain railways at various points.

It also has a small train that goes around the Lago de los Patos " lake of the ducks ", and until recently, a recreational bicycle path, ( it currently is being remodeled ) in a wooded area that serves as a source of cool air to cyclists.

Located near Burnet, Texas, the lake serves to provide flood control in tandem with Lake Buchanan and features the smallest hydroelectric power plant on the Highland Lakes chain.

It serves the lakeshore resorts along Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay and generally lies within sight of the lake and the bay.

The Grand Lake St. Marys Seaplane Base also operates on the lake and serves as Ohio's only airport for seaplanes.

If the cirque is subject to seasonal melting, the floor of the cirque most often forms a tarn ( small lake ) behind the moraine, glacial till or bedrock lip marking the downstream limit of glacial overdeepening of the basin, which serves as a dam at the outlet.

There are also several local parks in the area including Ronsard Park ; Visco Park ( where a proposed bowling club will be built ); Levi Park, which is mainly bushland, close to the railway line ; Pereena Roche Reserve, which includes a long scenic path and a small duck lake, as well as several playgrounds ; Milgun Reserve, containing several playgrounds ; and Nicholson Reserve, which serves as Yangebup Primary School's oval, and is also where the local football teams have their clubrooms.

Kolleru, a natural sweet-water lake, is situated in the West Godavari district and serves as a natural flood-balancing reservoir for the two rivers.

The lake serves as the state's largest drinking water resource, and is managed by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.

The lake serves as a border between the counties of Longford and Westmeath ( both in the province of Leinster ) on the eastern side and County Roscommon in the province of Connacht on the western side.

This serves a double purpose, one ecological ( removal of the bulk of organic matter that would otherwise decay in the lake ) and one economic ( the reed is sold for various purposes, mostly related to construction and housing ).

Because of a wine glut ( wine lake ) in the generic production, the price squeeze induced by an increasingly strong international competition, and vine pull schemes, the number of growers has recently dropped from 14, 000 and the area under vine has also decreased significantly.

East of the lake, the basin rises gradually to the Ouaddaï Highlands, which mark Chad's eastern border and also divide the Chad and Nile watersheds.

There are also several lake source cooling systems that are in operation on the lake, whereby cooler water is pumped from the depths of the lake, warmed, and circulated in a closed system back to the surface.

The lake also provides another positive effect, moderating Chicago's climate ; making waterfront neighborhoods slightly warmer in winter and cooler in summer.

The Dead Sea (,,, " Sea of Salt ", also,, " The Sea of Death "), also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west.

Within the city boundaries, in Dachau Süd ( South ), there is also a small lake called Stadtweiher.

An island in a river or an island in a lake may be called an eyot ( also ait ), or holm.

Lake Tana ( also spelled T ' ana, Amharic: ጣና ሐይቅ Ṭānā Hāyḳ ," Lake Tana ," an older variant is Tsana, Ge ' ez ጻና Ṣānā ; sometimes called " Dembiya " after the region to the north of the lake ) is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia.

Eight of these are piscivorous and an important prey is the small Barbus tanapelagius, another endemic of the lake ( B. humilis and B. pleurogramma also occur in Lake Tana, but neither is endemic ).

Among other fauna, the lake supports relatively few invertebrates: There are fifteen species of molluscs, including one endemic, and also an endemic freshwater sponge.

Because it is the shallowest, it is also the warmest of the Great Lakes, and in 1999 this almost became a problem for two nuclear power plants which require cool lake water to keep their reactors cool.

The lake is also an international boundary between the United States and Canada.

The Erie tribe ( from whom the lake takes its name ) lived along the southern edge, while the Neutrals ( also known as Attawandaron ) lived along the northern shore.

The lake also has an important freshwater fishery, although it has been negatively affected by factors including over-fishing, water pollution and invasive species.

One unique feature of the lake is the Z-shaped Bay of Quinte which separates Prince Edward County from the Ontario mainland, save for a isthmus near Trenton ; this feature also supports many wetlands and aquatic plants, as well as associated fisheries.

This is particularly true of meadow marsh ( also known as wet meadow wetlands ); for example, in Eel Bay near Alexandria Bay, regulation of lake levels has resulted in large losses of wet meadow.

" Services are also provided by local and state governments bordering on the lake, including Vermont State Police, New York State Police Marine Detail, and Vermont Fish and Wildlife wardens.

Most of the beaches consist of either grass, rocks, or the silty sand that also makes up most of the bottom of the lake.

Although the peak season at the lake is the summer, Balaton is also frequented during the winter, when visitors go ice-fishing or even skate, sledge, or ice-sail on the lake if it freezes over.