Then they found somehow that they had to get involved in the shipment of their own goods across the Great Lakes.
Malcolm, John WHISTLER IN THE DARK
Fighting around Warsaw, fighting east of the Masurian Lakes was one thing.
Townsend, Eileen IN LOVE AND WAR
All related terms of 'Lakes'
lake
A lake is a large area of fresh water, surrounded by land.
the Lakes
a region of lakes and mountains in NW England, in Cumbria : includes England's largest lake ( Windermere ) and highest mountain (Scafell Pike ); national park ; literary associations (the Lake Poets ); tourist region
Great Lakes
a group of five lakes in central North America with connecting waterways : the largest group of lakes in the world: consists of Lakes Superior , Huron , Erie , and Ontario , which are divided by the border between the US and Canada and Lake Michigan , which is wholly in the US; constitutes the most important system of inland waterways in the world, discharging through the St Lawrence into the Atlantic . Total length: 3767 km (2340 miles). Area: 246 490 sq km (95 170 sq miles)
Lower Lakes
Lakes Erie and Ontario
Bitter Lakes
two lakes , the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt : part of the Suez Canal
Finger Lakes
group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N. Y .
Masurian Lakes
→ the Masurian Lakes
Rangeley Lakes
chain of lakes in W Me. & NE N. H .
Great Lakes State
→ the Great Lakes State
the Masurian Lakes
a group of lakes in Masuria in NE Poland : scene of Russian defeats by the Germans (1914, 1915) during World War I
salt lake
an inland lake of high salinity resulting from inland drainage in an arid area of high evaporation
soda lake
a salt lake that has a high content of sodium salts, esp chlorides and sulphates
oxbow lake
a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river and constituting the remnant of a former meander
the Great Lakes State
a nickname for the state of Michigan
boating lake
a lake in a park where rowing boats can be hired
crater lake
a body of water occupying a roughly circular , steep-sided volcanic crater or caldera
oxbow
a U-shaped piece of wood fitted under and around the neck of a harnessed ox and attached to the yoke