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6.2 Lakes of Temperate Region ................................................... 72
6.2.1 Great Lakes in North America ................................. 72
6.2.2 Lake Washington ...................................................... 73
6.2.3 Lake Tahoe ............................................................... 74
6.2.4 Lakes Mendota, Wisconsin
and Green in the USA .............................................. 74
6.2.5 Lakes in UK: Land of Many Lakes .......................... 74
6.2.6 Lakes in Hungary: Lake Balaton ............................. 77
6.2.7 Lakes in Norway ...................................................... 77
6.2.8 Lakes in Denmark .................................................... 78
6.2.9 Alpine Lakes of Europe ........................................... 78
6.2.10 The Alpine Lakes of New Zealand .......................... 79
6.3 Polar and Mountain Lakes ..................................................... 79
6.3.1 Lakes of the Polar Regions ...................................... 79
6.3.2 Antarctic Lakes ........................................................ 80
6.4 Deepest Lakes ........................................................................ 81
6.4.1 Lake Tanganyika ...................................................... 81
6.4.2 Lake Baikal .............................................................. 82
6.4.3 Lake Malawi ............................................................ 83
6.4.4 Loch Ness and Loch Morar ...................................... 83
6.5 Shallow Lakes ........................................................................ 83
6.5.1 Lake Balaton ............................................................ 84
6.5.2 Lake Chilwa ............................................................. 84
6.5.3 Lake Chad ................................................................ 85
6.5.4 Lake Naivasha .......................................................... 86
6.5.5 Loch Leven .............................................................. 86
6.5.6 Lake Myvatn ............................................................ 87
6.6 Saline and Soda Lakes ........................................................... 87
6.6.1 The Great Salt Lake ................................................. 88
6.6.2 The Dead Sea ........................................................... 88
6.6.3 Soda Lakes of the African Rift Valleys .................... 88
6.6.4 Lake Zwali ............................................................... 88
6.6.5 Lake Shala ................................................................ 88
6.6.6 Lake Abaya .............................................................. 89
6.6.7 Lake Chamo ............................................................. 89
6.6.8 Lake Nakuru ............................................................. 89
6.6.9 Lake Magadi ............................................................ 89
6.6.10 Lake Natron ............................................................. 89
6.6.11 Lake Manyara .......................................................... 89
6.6.12 Lake Rukwa ............................................................. 90
6.6.13 Lake Tahoe ............................................................... 90
6.7 Man-Made Lakes ................................................................... 90
6.7.1 Dammed Valley Reservoirs ...................................... 91
6.7.2 The Downstream Effects of Damming a River ........ 91
6.7.3 Lake Nasser/Nubia ................................................... 92
6.7.4 The London Reservoirs ............................................ 93
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