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• geologist Amund Helland published pioneering works on glacial erosion and the role of glaciers in the formation of valleys, fjords and lakes in the mid 1870s?
• Wollaston Lake is the largest lake in the world that drains naturally in two directions?
• Theodore Roosevelt Lake, a large artificial reservoir located along the Salt River, is the largest lake located entirely within the U.S. state of Arizona?
• in the U.S. state of Michigan, no one is more than 6 miles (10 km) from a lake?
• the Polish lake Morskie Oko was once called "Fish Lake" due to its natural stock of fish, which are uncommon in lakes and ponds of the Tatra Mountains?
• the two dams and reservoir that form the Bull Run Hydroelectric Project will be decommissioned in 2008 due to the rising costs of meeting environmental laws?
• the Gull River system of reservoirs in Ontario controls the water levels of the Trent-Severn Canal, although they were not originally created for this purpose?
• Taylorsville Lake State Park is the most heavily stocked lake in Kentucky?
• Pampa Sarovar, the place in Hindu mythology where Shiva's consort Parvati performed penance to show her devotion to him, is a lake in Karnataka?
• Green Lake in Texas, is the largest natural freshwater lake entirely within the state, despite its proximity to the brackish waters of San Antonio Bay?
• Caesars Creek State Park has 7,900 acres centered around a 2,800 acre lake created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?
• Lake Karla is the only lake in the plain of Thessaly?
• Lake Pichola (pictured), an artificial fresh water lake created in 1362, is named after the nearby Picholi village in Udaipur city?
• Mountain Lake, one of only two natural lakes in Virginia, was the filming location for the fictional Kellerman's Resort in New York's Catskill Mountains for the 1987 feature film Dirty Dancing?
• Lake Urmia, Iran's largest lake, is too salty to support fish?
• Lake Balaton (pictured), a popular tourist attraction in Hungary, is the largest freshwater lake in Central Europe?

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