Appendix B: Types of Lakes

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Appendix B: Types of Lakes. Getting to the Core: Understanding Lakes through Sediment Coring. Warm-Up. Share a fun fact about lakes that you learned yesterday with the person sitting next to you. How many lakes and ponds do you think there are in the world?. How many lakes in the world?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Appendix B:Types of LakesGetting to the Core:

Understanding Lakes through Sediment Coring

Warm-Up• Share a fun fact about lakes that you

learned yesterday with the person sitting next to you.

• How many lakes and ponds do you think there are in the world?

How many lakes in the world?

Source: Downing et al. (2006). The global abundance and size distribution of lakes, ponds, and impoundments. Limnology and Oceanography, 51(5).

How many lakes in the world?

304 million!

Source: Downing et al. (2006). The global abundance and size distribution of lakes, ponds, and impoundments. Limnology and Oceanography, 51(5).

Types of LakesGlacial LakesTectonic/Rift LakesCrater Lakes

Impact (asteroid)Volcanic

River ErosionOther

Glacial Lakes

Glacial Lakes

Glacial Lakes

Tectonic/Rift Lakes

Crater Lake – Volcanic

Crater Lake – Volcanic

Crater Lake – Impact

Man-Made Lakes

Man-Made Lakes

Natural Dam

Before After

River – Plunge Lake

River – Oxbow Lake

Other – Playa Lake

Other – Solution Lake

Credit• Images:

http://www.lakescientist.com/learn-about-lakes/how-lakes-differ/lake-originssss.html