"A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder m…"

"It forms a little world within itself,—a microcosm within which all the elemental forces are at work and the play of …"

"The ’s magisterial salt lakes — found in Oregon, Nevada, Utah and — feel precarious and unlikely, and indeed may not …"

"The in is an immense hyperarid intramontane basin with flat vast s and s on the . The central basin is about 2800–290…"

"s are an important feature of the landscape of many regions of the world. Despite their , and form the cornerstone of…"

"The lake itself functions almost as a closed system; its only outflow river under the present hydrological situation …"

"Lake Titicaca is one of the world’s great sights. A vast inland sea improbably located in the sky. If it were in Euro…"

"The blue of Titicaca is peculiar, not deep and dark as that of the tropical ocean, nor opaque like the blue of , nor …"

"Swimming was banned in 1940. Beautiful Onondaga Lake. People spoke of it with pride. Now they barely speak of it at a…"

"From across the water, the western shore stands out in sharp relief. Bright white bluffs gleam in the summer sun like…"