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Friday, 17 November 2006 01:00 |
A lake is a standing body of water greater than 1 hectare (about 2.5 acre) that has at least 1000 m2 (about 0.25 acre) of open water and is at least 1 meter (about
3 feet) deep at its deepest point. (See related: surface waters, wetlands.)
Other /More definition:
A lake is a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, whose open-water and deep-bottom zones (no light penetration to bottom) are large compared to the shallow-water (shoreline) zone, which has light penetration to its bottom.
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"lake" is in the NAICS Code "212391"
  Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining
  ... natural potassium, sodium, or boron compounds. Drylake brine operations are included in this industry ...
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Cornell Varsity, Po'k'psie 6/17/11 (LOC)by The Library of CongressBain News Service,, publisher.
Cornell Varsity, Po'k'psie 6/17/11
1911 June 17 (date created or published later by Bain)
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows the Cornell Varsity crew team on the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, New York, rowing coach Charles E. Courtney (1849-1920) at right. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library . . . | 
Yale Varsity (LOC)by The Library of CongressBain News Service,, publisher.
Yale Varsity
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Rowing
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, W . . . | 
Harvard varsity (LOC)by The Library of CongressBain News Service,, publisher.
Harvard varsity
1911 June 17.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Rowing
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, | 
Louisiana flood 1912 - small town afloat (LOC)by The Library of CongressBain News Service,, publisher.
Louisiana flood 1912 - small town afloat
[1912 (date created or published later by Bain)
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows building in Alsatia, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions . . . | | 
In the good old summertime. [canoe] (LOC)by The Library of CongressBain News Service,, publisher.
In the good old summertime. [canoe]
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Wash . . . |
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