Phenomena and Processes

Lakes

Inland bodies of still or slowly moving FRESH WATER or salt water, larger than a pond, and supplied by RIVERS and streams.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Inland bodies of still or slowly moving FRESH WATER or salt water, larger than a pond, and supplied by RIVERS and streams.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Lake
  • Soda Lakes
  • Lakes, Soda

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings analysis, chemistry, microbiology, parasitology, virology.

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History Note

2012

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Previous Indexing

  • Fresh Water (1972-2011)

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Tree Numbers

  1. G01w.311.580w
  2. G16.500.275w.280w.500w
  3. N06.230w.232w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lakes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D060106. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D060106
  2. Lakes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake
  3. Lakes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23397