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REASONS THAT LAKES ARE MORE INTERESTING THAN YOU THINK

Added on: 5th Sep 2016

 

DUE TO THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE,

DEPTH, AND ALTITUDE, BODIES OF PEOPLE THAT

DROWN IN LAKE TAHOE (USA) NEVER DECOMPOSE

OR SURFACE

Due to the perfect combination of temperature, depth, and altitude, bodies of people that drown in Lake Tahoe (USA) never decompose or surface.

 

 

HYDROLOGICALLY SPEAKING, THERE ARE ONLY 4

GREAT LAKES AND NOT 5. LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE

HURON ARE ACTUALLY ONLY 1 LAKE (HURON-MICHIGAN)

AND IT IS THE LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE BY AREA

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

Hydrologically speaking, there are only 4 Great Lakes and not 5. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are actually only 1 lake (Huron-Michigan) and it is the largest freshwater lake by area anywhere in the world

 

 

IN 2014, AN UNEXPLAINED 10 METRE DEEP LAKE

ALL OF A SUDDEN APPEARED IN DROUGHT STRICKEN

TUNISIA. GEOLOGISTS THINK THAT THE LAKE COULD

HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF SEISMIC ACTIVITY

In 2014, an unexplained 10 meter deep lake all of a sudden appeared in drought stricken Tunisia. Geologists think that the lake could have been the result of seismic activity.

 

 

IN THE MOVIE TITANIC, JACK CLAIMS TO HAVE GONE

FISHING ON LAKE WISSOTA IN WISCONSIN. THIS

MAN-MADE LAKE DIDN'T EVEN EXIST UNTIL 1917,

FIVE YEARS AFTER THE TITANIC SANK

The the movie Titanic, Jack claims to have gone fishing on Lake Wissota in Wisconsin. This man made lake didn't even exist until 1917, five years after the Titanic sank

 

 

ON LAKE TITICACA IN PERU, THERE ARE PRE-INCAN

PEOPLE STILL LIVING ON THE LAKE IN THEIR

FLOATING HOMES (UROS)

On Lake Titicaca in Peru, there are pre-Incan people still living on the lake in their floating homes (Uros)

 

 

MOUNT STORM LAKE IN WEST VIRGINIA IS HEATED

BY A LOCAL POWER PLANT SO EVEN IN SUB-ZERO

TEMPERATURES THE WATER STAYS RELATIVELY WARM

Mount Storm Lake in West Virginia is heated by a local power plant so even in sub-zero temperatures the water stays relatively warm

 

 

IN 1980, AN OIL RIG IN LAKE PEIGNEUR, LOUISIANA

DRILLED INTO A SALT MINE. THE ENSUING WHIRLPOOL

SUCKED THE DRILL AS WELL AS 11 BARGES INTO

THE "DRAIN". ALTHOUGH NO LIVES WERE LOST,

THE LAKE IS NOW SALT WATER

In 1980, an oil rig in Lake Peigneur, Louisiana drilled into a salt mine. The ensuing whirlpool sucked the drill as well as 11 barges into the

 

 

IN 1875, A MAN NAMED JAMES WICKHAM RELEASED

TWO WHALES INTO THE GREAT SALT LAKE IN UTAH.

THEY WERE NEVER SEEN FROM AGAIN AND

SCIENTISTS DOUBT THEY COULD HAVE

SURVIVED FOR LONG

In 1875, a man named James Wickham released two whales into the Great Salt Lake in Utah. They were never seen from again and scientists doubt they could have survived for long.

 

 

IN THE MIDDLE OF LAKE SUPERIOR IS ISLE ROYALE.

ON ISLE ROYALE YOU WILL FIND THE SISKIWIT LAKE.

IN THE MIDDLE OF SISKIWIT LAKE IS RYAN ISLAND.

ON RYAN ISLAND IS A SMALL POND CALLED

MOOSE FLATS. IN THE MIDDLE OF MOOSE FLATS

IS A ROCK JUTTING UP CALLED MOOSE BOULDER.

THIS MAKES MOOSE BOULDER THE LARGEST ISLAND

ON THE LARGEST LAKE ON THE LARGEST ISLAND

IN THE LARGEST LAKE ON THE LARGEST ISLAND

IN ONE OF THE LARGEST LAKES ON EARTH

In the middle of Lake Superior is Isle Royale. On Isle Royale you will find Siskiwit Lake. In the middle of Siskiwit Lake is Ryan Island. On Ryan Island is a small pond called Moose Flats. In the middle of Moose Flats is a rock jutting up called Moose Boulder. This makes Moose Boulder the largest island on the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in one of the largest lakes on Earth

 


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