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Tag: Lake
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (aka Bodensee in German) actually refers to three bodies of water along the Rhine at the northern foot of The Alps at the intersection … More
The Best of CHINA: The East
Over 1000 years ago, Eastern China was the main terminus of the Maritime Silk Road, trading extensively with Japan, Korea, Southeast … More
Trossachs National Park & Loch Lomond
Trossachs National Park in Scotland is centered on Loch Lomond, along with the hills and glens of the Trossachs, a forested nature reserve. The wooded … More
Parc de la Ciutadella
The Parc de la Ciutadella (“Citadel Park”) in Barcelona, Spain was for decades, following its creation in the mid-19th century, the city’s only green … More
The Best of ITALY, Part 1: The North
Italy is a peninsular Western European country bordered by France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia and which itself surrounds the two enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy also … More
Gatun Lake
Gatun Lake is a large artificial freshwater lake located south of Colón, Panama. It forms a major part of the Panama Canal, which allows … More
Erhai Lake
Erhai Lake, located in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province, is one of the most beautiful lakes in the country. As an alpine … More
The Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States that lies between the Central Valley (a flat, elongated valley that dominates the interior of California) and the Great … More
Lake Nokomis
Located west of the Mississippi River and south of Lake Hiawatha in Minneapolis, Lake Nokomis (previously named Lake Amelia between 1819 and 1910) was … More
Lake Hiawatha
When first purchased by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board in 1922 for $550,000,, Lake Hiawatha, named for the hero of Henry … More
Lake Phalen
Lake Phalen is a large urban lake located in the Saint Paul suburb of Maplewood and the centerpiece of the 494-acre Phalen Regional Park. The lake … More
Quarry Lake Park
The 111-acre Quarry Lake Park in the East Shakopee Industrial Area contains nature trails and a quarry lake, which is … More
Como Park, Part 3: Como Lake
Located with Saint Paul’s Como Regional Park, Como Lake (not to be confused with Lake Como in northern Italy) features: … More
Locarno
Although Locarno is a town in southern Switzerland, located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps, its … More
Lake Vermillion
Lake Vermilion, a shallow freshwater lake in northeastern Minnesota, was originally known by the Ojibwe as Nee-Man-Nee, which means “the … More
Lake Okeechobee
Lake Okeechobee, also known as “Florida’s Inland Sea”, is the largest of some 30,000 inland lakes in the state. It is also … More
Lake Pepin
Lake Pepin, located on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin, is a naturally occurring lake along the Mississippi River filling in a valley that … More
Palace of Fine Arts
Built around a small artificial lagoon, the Palace of Fine Arts, located in the Marina District of San Francisco, is a monumental structure originally … More
Winona
Named after legendary figure Winona, said to have been the first-born daughter of Chief Wapasha (Wabasha) III, the city of Winona in southeastern Minnesota, … More
Lake Mille Lacs
Mille Lacs is a large, shallow lake in Minnesota, located roughly 75 miles north of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It has a maximum … More
Parks of Linchuan, Part 3: Celebrity Sculpture Park
Celebrity Sculpture Park is a national AAAA-level cultural and ecological park located in the Linchuan District of Fuzhou in China’s … More
Memories of SCOTLAND
Scotland, the 2nd-largest country in the United Kingdom, covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain and accounts … More
Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, Part 3
3. Lake-of-the-Isles: Averaging 5.5 million visitors a year, this picturesque 109-acre lake, which is connected to Cedar Lake and Bde Maka Ska as one … More
Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, Part 2
2. Lake Harriet: Located between Bde Maka Ska to the north and Minnehaha Creek to the south, this 335-acre lake is … More
Lake Erie
Lake Erie, which takes its name from the Erie tribe which used to live along its southern edge, is the 4th-largest of the … More
Lake Superior
Lake Superior, the most northern and western lake of the North American “Great Lakes” chain, is also the world’s largest freshwater … More
The Finger Lakes
The Finger Lakes are a group of eleven mostly parallel north-south-running lakes in New York state, with none of them exceeding 3.5 miles in … More
Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a shallow, endorheic (high salinity) rift lake located on the San Andreas Fault between the Imperial and Coachella Valleys in southern California. The lake surface today is … More
Okoboji
Often referred to collectively as Okoboji, the Iowa Great Lakes (the largest in Iowa) are a group of natural lakes located in … More
Great Salt Lake
Utah’s Great Salt Lake is the largest lake west of the Mississippi River, the largest salt lake in the Western … More