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LAKES/RESERVOIRS  

Definition

  • An area of land where surface water from rain, melting snow, or ice converges to a single point at a lower elevation, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean. (en)

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Change note

  • 2016-04-04 09:05:35.0 [gee-cee] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (LAKES [3d64f625-fb84-4178-ad08-4be2dd15979b,85293] - SURFACE WATER FEATURES [959f1861-a776-41b1-ba6b-d23c71d4d1eb,158825]);
  • 2016-04-04 09:42:59.0 [gee-cee] update Definition (An inland body of water, small to moderately large, with its surface water exposed to the atmosphere.); update Definition (Dictionary of Earth Science, 5th ed.. 1997. Sybil Parker, ed. in chief. McGraw-Hill. );
  • 2016-05-31 12:47:45.0 [gee-cee] update PrefLabel (LAKES/RESERVOIRS);
  • 2016-05-31 12:48:52.0 [gee-cee] update Definition (An area of land where surface water from rain, melting snow, or ice converges to a single point at a lower elevation, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean.); update Definition (http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watershed.html);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/3d64f625-fb84-4178-ad08-4be2dd15979b

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