Lake Chelan Lake Chelan is a narrow, 56-mile-long lake in Chelan County, Washington, northern Washington state, United States. It is fed by streams from the Cascade Range and is the third deepest freshwater lake in the country, at 1,541 feet. The surface of the lake is 1,098 feet above sea level.
	Lake Constance Lake Constance or Lake of Constance is a large lake on the Rhine between Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It lies approximately at . Lake Constance was first mentioned by the Roman Empire geographer Pomponius Mela about 43 BC. He noted that the Rhine flows through two lakes, and gave them the Latin language names Lacus Venetus and Lacus Acronius.
	Lake District The Lake District National Park is one of fourteen National parks of the United Kingdoms in the United Kingdom. It lies entirely within Cumbria, and is one of England's few mountain regions. All the land in England higher than three thousand foot above sea level lies within the Park.
	Lake Edward Lake Edward is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, its northern banks a few kilometers south of the Equator. The lake was visited by Henry Morton Stanley in 1888 and was named by him in honour of Edward VII of the United Kingdom.
	Lake Erie Lake Erie is the eleventh largest lake on Earth and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, it is the fourth largest by area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. It is bounded on the north by the Provinces and territories of Canada Ontario, on the south by the U.S. states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, and on the west by the state of Michigan.
	Lake Eyre Lake Eyre is, on the rare occasions that it fills, the largest lake in Australia and is the lowest point in Australia, at approximately 15 m below sea level . It is the focal point of the vast Lake Eyre Basin. The lake is located in the deserts of central Australia, in northern South Australia.
	Lake Geneva Lake Geneva or Lake Lman is the second largest freshwater lake in Central Europe. 60% of it is under the jurisdiction of Switzerland, and 40% under that of France. It is a glacial lake, formed by a withdrawing glacier. It is crescent-shaped, measuring 73 kilometre in length.
	Lake Huron Lake Huron, bounded on the west by Michigan and on the east by Ontario, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it based on the Huron people inhabiting the region.
	Lake Kivu Lake Kivu is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, a part of the Great Rift Valley. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika.
	Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga is the largest lake in Europe, and the 15th in the world . It is a freshwater lake and lies in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia.
	Lake Malawi Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa, Lake Nyassa, or Lake Niassa after the WaYao word for "lake" , is the most southerly lake in the Great African Rift Valley system. Famously visited by the Scottish explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone, Lake Malawi has sometimes been referred by English-speaking people as "Livingstone's Lake."
	Lake Mead Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States. It is located on the Colorado River about 30 mi southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada, between the states of Nevada and Arizona. Formed by water impounded by Hoover Dam, it extends 110 mi behind the dam, holding approximately 28.5 million acre feet of water.
	Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. It is bounded, in a clockwise direction from the south, by the U.S. states of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The word "Michigan" was originally used to refer to the lake itself, and is believed to come from the Ojibwe language Indian word mishigami, meaning "great water."
	Lake Okeechobee Lake Okeechobee, locally referred to as Lake O, The Big Lake, or simply The Lake is a freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the fourth largest lake completely within the United States. Okeechobee covers 730 square miles and is relatively shallow, with an average depth of only 3 m.
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	Lake Ontario Lake Ontario , bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.
	Lake Powell Lake Powell is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona. It was created by the flooding of Glen Canyon by the controversial Glen Canyon Dam, which also led to the creation of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, a popular summer destination.
	Lake Superior Lake Superior, bounded by Ontario and Minnesota to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan to the south, is the largest of North America's Great Lakes. It is the world's second largest lake, and the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area.
	Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe is a Fresh water lake in the Sierra Nevada, located where the borders of the U.S. states of California and Nevada bend, near Carson City, Nevada. Approximately two-thirds of the shoreline is in California. The area, referred to as Tahoe, is home to a number of ski resorts.
	Lake Tana Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile and is the largest lake in Ethiopia. It is approximately 84 kilometers long and 66 kilometers wide, and is located in the country's north-west highlands at . The lake's greatest depth is 15 meters, at an elevation of 1840 meters. The lake is fed by the Reb River and Gumara River and its surface area ranges from 3,000 to 3,500 km² depending on season and rainfall.
	Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in central Africa. It is estimated to be the second largest lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. The lake is divided between four countries – Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia, with the DRC and Tanzania possessing the majority of the lake.
	Lake trout Lake trout is a freshwater Salvelinus living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, lake char , touladi, and grey trout. Lake trout are prized both as game fish and as food fish. Lake trout are the largest of the trouts, the record weighing almost 46.3 kilograms.
	Lake Urmia Lake Urmia is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, in Iranian Azarbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea. It is the largest lake inside Iran, with a surface area of approximately 5,200 km². At its maximum extent, it is about 140 km long, and 55 km wide.
	Lake Victoria Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. Lake Victoria is 1 E10 m in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second largest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area.
	Lake Whitefish Lake whitefish are freshwater whitefish of North America; members of the salmon family. They are found throughout much of Canada and parts of the northern United States of Minnesota and Michigan, including the Great Lakes. A valuable commercial fish, whitefish are also occasionally taken by sport fishermen.
	Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg is a very large lake in central North America, in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Manitoba, Canada, about 55 kilometre north of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is the largest lake within the borders of southern Canada, and it is part of the most undeveloped and pristine large watershed of southern Canada.
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	Lakota The Lakota are a Native Americans in the United States tribe. They form one of a group of seven tribes and speak Lakota language, one of the three major dialects of the Sioux language. The Lakota are the westernmost of the three Sioux groups, occupying lands in both North Dakota and South Dakota.
	Lakshmi In Hinduism, Lakshmi or Laxmi is the goddess of wealth, light, wisdom and fortune, as well as luck, beauty and fertility. Representations of Lakshmi are found in Jain and Buddhist monuments, in addition to Hindu temples. In Puranic Hinduism Lakshmi is the Mother of the Universe and Vishnu's Shakti.
	Lama Lama is a title for a Tibet religious teacher. Lamini is sometimes used as the female form. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term 'guru'. The title can be used as an honorific title confered on a monk or nun to designate their level of spiritual attainment and authority to teach, or may be part of a title such as Dalai Lama or Panchen Lama applied to a lineage of reincarnate lamas.
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	LAME LAME is an open source MPEG-1 audio layer 3 encoder. The name LAME is a recursive acronym for LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder, although the current version is, in fact, a stand-alone MP3 encoder. As of 2004, the consensus is that LAME produces the highest-quality MP3 files for bitrates greater or equal to 128 kbit/s.
	Lamiaceae Lamiaceae, or the Mint family, is a family of plants in about 210 genera and some 3,500 species. It has been considered closely related to Verbenaceae but several recent phylogenetic studies have shown that numererous genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae, whereas the core genera of Verbenaceae are not closely related to Lamiaceae and are more closely related to other members of the Lamiales.
	Laminar flow Laminar flow, sometimes known as streamline flow, occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers. In fluid dynamics, laminar flow is a flow regime characterized by high momentum diffusion, low momentum convection, and pressure and velocity independence from time.
	Laminaria Laminaria is a genus of kelp, containing over 20 species. The species Laminaria japonica is the main component of the Japanese food kombu. The following species have been recorded from the British Isles:- *Laminaria digitata J.V.Lamouroux *Laminaria hyperborea Foslie
	Laminariaceae Laminariaceae are a Family of seaweeds, classified as brown algae.
	Laminectomy Laminectomy is a surgical procedure for treating spinal stenosis by relieving pressure on the spinal cord. The lamina of the vertebra is removed or trimmed to widen the spinal canal and create more space for the spinal nerves. The first laminectomy was performed in 1887 by Dr.
	Laminitis Laminitis is a disease of the sensitive laminae of the horse hoof. The front hooves are most commonly affected, although the hind feet are sometimes affected. Its name means inflammation of the laminae, although inflammation is no longer considered as the key mechanism of the disease process.
	Lamium Lamium is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which family it is the type genus. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, Asia, and north Africa, but several have become very successful weeds of agriculture fields and are now widely naturalisation across the temperate world.
	Lamium album Lamium album is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, growing in a variety of habitats from open grassland to woodland, generally on moist, fertile soils. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50-100 cm tall, with green, four-angled stems.
	Lamium amplexicaule Lamium amplexicaule is a species of Lamium native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. It is a low-growing annual plant growing to 10-25 cm tall, with soft, finely hairy stems. The leaf are opposite, rounded, 2-3 cm diameter, with a lobed margin.
	Lamivudine Lamivudine is a potent reverse transcriptase inhibitor of the class nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor. It is marketed by GlaxoSmithKline with the brand names Epivir® and Epivir-HBV. It is also called 3TC Lamivudine has been used for treatment of chronic hepatitis B at a lower dose than for treatment of HIV.
	Lammergeier The Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus is an Old World vulture, the only member of the genus Gypaetus. It breeds on crags in high mountains in southern Europe, Africa, India and Tibet, laying one or two eggs. The population is resident. Lammergeier have been Reintroduction successfully into the Alps, but is still one of the rarest raptors in Europe.
	Lamnidae Lamnidae is a family of sharks, commonly known as mackerel sharks or white sharks. They are large, fast-swimming sharks, found in oceans worldwide.
	Lamplighter A lamplighter, historically, was an employee of a town who lit gas street lights, generally by means of a wick on a long pole. At dawn, he would return and turn them off using a small hook on the same pole. From time to time, he would come along with a ladder and renew the mantles. In some communities, lamplighters served in a role akin to a town watchman; in others, it may have been seen as little more than a sinecure.
	Lamprey A lamprey is a jawless fish with a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth, with which most species bore into the flesh of other fishes to hematophagy. In zoology, lampreys are often not considered to be true fish because of their vastly different morphology and physiology.
	Lampshade A lampshade is a fixture that covers the lightbulb on a light fixture to diffuse the light it emits. Conical, cylindrical and other forms on floor-, desk- or table top-mounted as well as suspended lamp models are the most common and are made in a wide range of materials. The term can also apply to the glass hung under many designs of ceiling lamp.
	Lanai Lanai is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is also known as Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The only town is Lanai City, a small settlement. The island is somewhat comma-shaped, with a width of 18 miles in the longest direction.
	Lancashire Lancashire is a Counties of England in North West England England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, England and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Its county council is based at Preston.
	Lancaster Lancaster can refer to:
	Lance The term lance has become a catchall for a variety of different pole weapons based on the spear. The name is derived from lancea, Ancient Rome auxiliaries' short javelin, although according to the OED, the word originally came from the Iberian Language. The lance, under many names, was also heavily employed in the Asian steppe.
	Lance Corporal Lance Corporal is a military rank used by some elements of the United States armed forces, police, and other uniformed organizations. It ranks above private and below Corporal, although its specific status beyond that differs between the forces that use it. In the Commonwealth of Nations, Lance Corporal was an appointment rather than a rank, though it has gained the status of a rank in some nations since the end of the Second World War.
	Lancelet The lancelets are a group of primitive chordates. They are usually found buried in sand in shallow parts of temperate or tropical seas. In Asia, they are harvested commercially. They are an important object of study in zoology as they provide indications about the origins of the vertebrates.
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	Lancer A lancer was a cavalry soldier who fought with a lance. Although cavalry had used lances for thousands of years, lancers in the modern European sense originated in Poland in the 18th century. Polish lancers serving with the La Grande Arme proved highly effective during the Napoleonic Wars, and by the end of the war all major European states had established lancer regiments of their own.
	Lancetfish Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus, the only genus in the family Alepisauridae. They grow up to two m long. Very little is known about their biology, even though they are widely distributed in all oceans, except the polar region seas. Specimens have been recorded as far north as Greenland. They are often caught as by-catch for vessels long-lining for tuna.
	Land mine A land mine is a type of self-contained explosive device which is placed onto or into the ground, exploding when triggered by a vehicle, a person, or an animal. The name originates from the practice of sapping, where tunnels were dug under opposing forces or fortifications and filled with explosives.
	Land Mine Land Mine is a drinking game which involves players spinning a quarter and simultaneously drinking a glass partially filled with beer. The game is popular on college and university campuses around the United States.
	Landau Landau or Landau in der Pfalz is an autonomous city surrounded by the Sdliche Weinstrae district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages.
	Landed gentry Landed gentry is a term traditionally applied in Britain to members of the upper class with country estates often farmed on their behalf by others, and who might be without a peerage or other hereditary title.
	Landfill A landfill, also known as a dump or a tip, is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of list of solid waste treatment technologies. Historically, landfills have been one of the most common methods of organized waste management, and remain so in many places around the world.
	Landing Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal or aircraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called "landing" as well. Hitting the ground too hard is prevented by wings, a parachute or rockets or a vertically directed jet engine; in the case of a balloon the buoyancy is slightly decreased for a soft landing.
	Landing craft Landing craft are Boat and seagoing vehicles used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an Amphibious warfare. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific islands during World War II.
	Landlocked A landlocked country is one that has no coastline, meaning no access to sea or ocean. There are 43 landlocked countries in the world. A landlocked sea is a sea that is either not at all or not directly connected to the oceans. The Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea are sometimes considered to be lakes.
	Landscape A landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment. Landscape can also mean the objects around you in a building.
	Landscape architecture Landscape architecture is the art, planning, design, management, historic preservation and land rehabilitation of the land and the design of human-made constructs. The scope of the profession includes architectural design, site planning, estate development, natural environment restoration, town or urban planning, urban design, parks and recreation planning, regional planning, and historic preservation.
	Landscaping Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including but not limited to: # living elements, such as flora or fauna; # natural elements such as landforms, terrain shape and elevation, or bodies of water; # human elements such as structures, buildings, fence or other material object created and/or installed by humans; and
	Landslide A landslide is a List of geological phenomena which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows. Although gravity acting on an over steepened slope is the primary reason for a landslide, there are other contributing factors affecting the original slope stability:
	Lane The word lane has two meanings: #a portion of a paved roadway which is intended for a single line of vehicles and is marked by white or yellow lines. This article only elaborates on this meaning. #a narrow road, usually lacking a Hard shoulder or a Central reservation.
	Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was an United States poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and newspaper columnist. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance.