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Large body of water entirely surrounded by land?
A lake, or an inland sea.
If the Dead Sea only receives fresh river water where did all the salt come from?
the dead sea was once a 'normal' sea like the rest, but evapoation made a higher percentage of water disappear than normal seas so when that happens the salinity of the water increases the way the dead sea has gone. Its not that salt has been added from a mysterious source, it that water has been taken away.
Can a lake have an undertow?
For there to be an undertow in a lake it must have an underground water source, a spring feeding in and tides, caused by the moon, which happens only in the ocean. So my answer is no, a lake may not have an undertow. However, a lake may have a submerged drainage sink, which if not technically an undertow would have a similar effect.
How long does the water last in Lake Eyre?
The water in lake Eyre has a very high evaporation rate. After it is filled to capacity - which happens about once every fifty years or so - it takes just a matter of months for it to reduce to a saltpan once again. Waterbirds which migrate to the lake to breed often leave just as quickly, in many cases abandoning their young before they are old enough to fend for themselves.
What is the difference between a salt water lake and an inland sea?
a salt water lake has a freshwater inlet but and inland sea has no inlet.
What happens to rain water that drains into the Great Salt Lake?
It evaporates. Because the lake has no outlet.
Is lake Ontario salt or fresh water lake?
Fresh water
What is a fresh water lake?
a lake of fresh water.
Is lake titicaca a salt water lake or fresh water lake?
fresh water
Is lake Michigan salt water or fresh water?
Lake Michigan is fresh water.
What happen when water evaporates from lake?
Water is transformed in vapors; the volume of lake decrease.
Does Shasta Lake have fresh water?
It is the third largest California Lake and yes it is a fresh water lake.
Can a shark be in a lake with no ocean or river connected to it?
well it can die if its a salt water shark in a fresh water lake, but if its a fresh water shark and its in a fresh water lake it will live.
Which holds more fresh water Lake Superior or Lake Victoria?
Lake Superior is the world's largest fresh water lake
What is an area where water warms and evaporates?
For example a lake.
What is left behind when lake water evaporates?
All of the suspended solids will settle on the lake bed if it was a salt lake you would have a layer of salt
What is the term water flows downhill into a shrink the stream flows into a lake and water evaporates from lake?
This is the water cycle.
