Lake
BODY OF RELATIVELY STILL WATER, LOCALIZED IN A BASIN
Lacustrine; Ephemeral lake; Intermittent lake; Types of lakes; Inland lake; Natural lake; Freshwater Lake; Lake beds; Seasonal lake; Freshwater lake; Natural freshwater lake; Lakes; Paleolake; Tectonic lakes; Former lake; Ephemeral lakes; Fluvial lake; Floodplain lake; Tectonic lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger oceans, they do form part of the Earth's water cycle.