Appendix B: Types of Lakes
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Appendix B: Types of Lakes Getting to the Core: Understanding Lakes through Sediment Coring
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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
