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| Location | North America |
| Group | Great Lakes |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Lake type | Glacial |
| Primary inflows | Straits of Mackinac, St. Marys River |
| Primary outflows | St. Clair River |
| Catchment area | 74,700 sq mi (193,000 km2) |
| Basin countries | Canada, United States |
| Max. length | 206 mi (332 km) |
| Max. width | 152 mi (245 km) |
| Surface area | 23,010 sq mi (59,600 km2)1 |
| Average depth | 195 ft (59 m) |
| Max. depth | 750 ft (230 m)1 |
| Water volume | 849 cu mi (3,540 km3) |
| Residence time (of lake water) | 22 years |
| Shore length1 | 3,825 mi (6,156 km) |
| Surface elevation | 577 ft (176 m)1 |
| Islands | Manitoulin |
| Settlements | Bay City, Alpena, Cheboygan, St. Ignace, Port Huron in Michigan; Goderich, Sarnia in Ontario |
| References | 1 |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
This WikiProject aims to consolidate and unify pages relating to lakes around the world. This page includes guidelines and a number of resources we can use to achieve our goal. All editors are welcome to join this project; if you wish to participate, please add yourself to the list of participants below.
Please remember that these are guidelines only, and may not apply in every situation. However, the lake infobox should be included on every lake oriented article. In addition, please add the project message box to the talk page of any lake article you encounter (see project message box below) - this will allow other editors to find this project, and add the talk page to the WikiProject Lakes category.
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WikiProject lakes
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| B | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 44 | |
| C | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Start | 4 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 719 | 777 | |
| Stub | 1 | 13 | 35 | 135 | 4290 | 4474 | |
| Assessed | 9 | 31 | 61 | 157 | 5053 | 5311 | |
| Unassessed | 1 | 21 | 1 | 280 | 303 | ||
| Total | 10 | 52 | 62 | 157 | 5333 | 5614 | |
Scope
This WikiProject aims primarily to describe the Earth's lakes in a consistent and complete fashion, complete with {{Infobox lake}} template.
Parentage
The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Geography.
Descendant WikiProjects
Currently proposed & under consideration: Wikipedia Reservoir project.
Similar Wikiprojects
Projects covering other geographical features:
Lakes needing attention
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Please post more as you come across them, and remove them as they are brought up-to-spec.
Popular articles
From Top 100,000 of February 2008
Participants
Everyone is welcome to join this project, simply add your name to the list below if you wish to participate.
- Em3rald
- Sango123 (honorary member for assistance to Em3rald)
- Revmachine21 - limnically active Lakes Kivu, Nyos, Monoun have been my babies.
- Lethargy - Talk - Currently working on Utah's three large natural lakes: Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, and Bear Lake.
- Darwinek - created many articles in the past. This new project is a good idea.
- feydey 10:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- Qyd (talk · contribs) - filled in some gaps in Lakes of Alberta
- Rtrev (talk · contribs) - Working on Rainy Lake as well as other Boundary Waters lakes
- Daniel Case (talk · contribs) - in support of the local geography articles I do.
- Dentren - will try add so many lakes in the southern cone as possible.
- Williamborg (talk · contribs)—Working on Nordic lakes, rivers & canals interstitially with other geographic interests.
- Malathos (talk · contribs) - currently trying to rebuild a list of Lakes of New Zealand (1000+)
- Meynardtengco (talk · contribs) 05:41, 13 January 2007 (UTC) - helping with Philippine Lakes
- Thuringowacityrep (talk · contribs) - mostly work on the Thuringowa city the Ross River (Queensland), Ross River Dam and the Paluma Dam pages.
- andrewwilson2 (talk · contribs) - I know a thing or two about lake chargog
- Sushant gupta (talk · contribs)- I would love to edit anything related to lakes.
- Shearluck (talk · contribs) - Biologist with an interest in lakes, fish and also lake folklore.
- Sammy9990 (talk · contribs)
- barcello (talk · contribs) - Will try to add/supplement info on some lakes around the NW
- Sahmeditor (talk · contribs)
- jaymzyates - Joe Pool lake
- greyduk (talk · contribs) - Working on some of the Boundary Waters lakes
- Southern Texas - I work on Lakes in Texas
- Mrrightguy10 (talk · contribs)
- Hydrogen Iodide (talk · contribs)
- Huzzahmaster018 (talk · contribs) -I fish alot on local lakes
- dbldnii (talk · contribs) - Interested in Vermont Lakes and ecosystems
- Lotheric (talk · contribs) - Interested in Quebec lakes.
- Jyril (talk · contribs)
- RDavS (talk · contribs) - Interested in Great Lakes of U.S. and Canada
- Wise King Otto (talk · contribs) - general knowledge
- Euryalus (talk · contribs)
- Warheit1975 (talk · contribs) - can help with basic data about lakes. General knowledge
- Rosiestep (talk · contribs)
- Little Mountain 5 - interested in Oregon lakes
- gppande - interested in lakes of India
- User:Marcia Wright - Writing / editing articles on lakes and reservoirs in California
- User:Marqqq- I've written a short article on South Twin Lake, Maine
- User:Swissphil - Working on lakes in Switzerland coverage.
- AlexNebraska
- moseljack
- Kamal2099 - Web Admin for the Ganga Talao - Mauritius ( Www.gangatalao.org )
- Lake Central - Lakes in the Canadian Shield
- Magnetawan (talk · contribs) - Canoe Tripper in Algonquin Park and all across Northern Ontario.
- Karen Fasimpaur - adding photos of lakes across the U.S.
- Lakegeorge2008
- Zebl3785 - I'm interested in the Lakes and Tarns of the English Lake District
- LeheckaG - Alaska, British Columbia, Washington State, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, ... filling in Geo-coding, InfoBoxes, Reference-citations, Research, Templates, ...
- Kevin Kelly - Lake Hyco in Person and Caswell counties in North Carolina
- Jaromhuff21 - Working on the lakes of Utah and the western slope of Colorado
- Ottre - Lochs of Scotland
- Joshcvb - Lakes of Michigan and the U.S.
- The drunk redneck - (only worked on Lake Niangua article)
- Ratzer - research data of lakes and put/complete infoboxes
Userbox
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Naming
As of the first stages of development, no written-in-stone rules apply to lake articles, however this may change. Please discuss this in the project's talk page.
Multiple lakes with the same name
Due to the fact that there are countless lakes in the world with the same name, the following method of disambiguation is proposed:
- The most important lake can stay at the un-disambiguated title, lesser known ones add a qualifier. Perhaps Fork Lake, Fork Lake (disambiguation), Fork Lake (Alberta).
Lakes with multiple names
Some lakes have names with multiple spellings which vary with the different countries the lake borders. Occasionally, a lake can have several genuinely distinct names. The following rules are suggested for choosing a primary name for such a lake:
- If the lake is particularly famous under one name, then choose that name.
- If the portion of the lake that uses a particular name is much more distinct than other sections, then use that as the article's name.
- If everything else is equal, then choose the name for the largest portion of the lake.
Article structure
Lead paragraph
The first paragraph should be a self-contained description including the most important things to know; name(s) - both historic and current - in bold, location (continent/countries/seaboards), and notable facts about the lake, such as largest port (see Wikipedia:Lead section for guidelines).
Hydrology
The narrative description of the lake should proceed from the main inflows of the lake downstream to its outflows, noting direction, major tributaries, human settlements, and statistics. This should be at least a paragraph, may be several paragraphs for famous lakes.
This section can include numerical data on length, volume, drainage basin, etc.
Info on water basins can be found at World resources Institute (site is down; archive). Antarctic water basin information can be researched using USGS maps [1]
Geology
The evolution of some lakes has been well explored. Such information should be placed here, with a suitable discussion of all POVs when possible.
Natural history
Mention distinctive plants and animals associated with any part of the lake.
History
Describe what is known about the different inhabitants along the river, along with a description of the scientific exploration expeditions/efforts.
Economy
Countless lakes have been used as means of transportation, fishing, power generation, etc, and are still used so today. All such information should be described here. Stylistically, this can be a good segue from history, connecting past uses of the lake to present-day uses.
Lists
List the cities and towns around the lake, complete with identifiable info such as population.
List the major flora and fauna such as species of interest.
References and external links
Preferably refer to history, ecology, public policy, books, websites, etc.
Infobox
See
- Template:Infobox lake
- Template_talk:Infobox_lake#Description_of_variables
- Articles without infoboxes: e.g. Catscan: Lakes of North America
Images
There should be at least one picture, preferably a typical view. Important lakes should have additional pictures illustrating their notable features. Maps of the lake's drainage basin would be an asset.
Articles where the infobox doesn't include an image yet are listed on:
- Category:Wikipedia infobox lake articles without image (this category can be browsed by location through google maps)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes/Galleries/Image missing
- See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes/Galleries
Indexing
The article List of lakes is only for major lakes, ordered by continent.
Categories
The main subcategories of Category:Lakes are listed on the right.
Categorization by location
Every article should belong to a category. If the lake is restricted to one or more states/provinces in a country, use separate categories for each one, e.g. Lake Tahoe belongs in Category:Lakes of Nevada as well as Category:Lakes of California. If it is restricted to one country, list in Category:country lakes. If it exists within several countries, list in each country category and maybe Category: continent lakes.
Please use categories carefully to get the right one(s) linked on your page. It is fine to use more than one ... in fact it may be encouraged. However, don't categorize a lake where it doesn't belong. If there are any questions, please use the Talk page.
Categorization by type
If the category for the specific Lake#Types_of_lakes is available, please add it in addition to the category by location.
Other lake-related articles
List articles
See Category:Lists of lakes for a comprehensive list.
- List of lakes
- List of lakes by area
- List of lakes by depth
- List of lakes by volume
- List of lochs in Scotland
- List of Irish loughs
- List of kayals in India
- List of largest lakes of Western Europe
- List of prehistoric lakes
Please add more as you find them
Infoboxes:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes/Articles/with Infobox
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes/Articles/without infobox
Articles with lake project message on related talk page:
A cleanup listing for this project is available, updated by WolterBot. More information...
Related categories
Project message box
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Sources/References/External links
Please put any additional sources you come across here.
- LakeNet - worldlakes.org
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Lake Finder - information on more than 4,500 of Minnesota's 14,000 lakes
- Atlas of Alberta Lakes
- Geographic Names Information System and {{gnis}} for lakes in the United States
- BC Geographical Names Information System and {{BCGNIS}} for lakes in British Columbia, Canada
- Data on Maine Lakes, compiled by the University of Maine
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- This page was last modified on 27 October 2008, at 07:17.
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