What is the lake?
Lake is the amount of water (fresh or salt) that accumulates in a fairly broad Tempt, which occurs due to the melting of glaciers, streams or because of the springs.
The lake is a large basin on Earth's surface can be flooded by fresh or salt water that the entire basin is surrounded by a land.
God created the lake with incredible design beautiful, even lakes scattered throughout the world is a small part of what was created by Him. There are many large lakes in various parts of the world and Indonesia, including from one of them.
Land of a Thousand Lakes
Finland is a country that is known as the "Land of a Thousand Islands" and "Minnesota" is known as the "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes".
Great Lakes in North America also has the origin of the ice age.
Approximately 60% of the world's lakes in Canada, this is because the drainage system that has dominated the country's chaotic. Well, based on the occurrence, the lake can be divided into seven types.
7 Kind of Lake Based Process of
1. Tectonic lake.
That lake formed by the subsidence of the earth because of the shift or fracture.
2. Volcanic Lake.
That lake formed by volcanism or volcanic.
3. Lake Tektovulkanik.
That lake formed by mixing tektonisme activity and volcanism.
4. Natural Dam Lake.
That lake formed by the river valley dammed by lava flows when the eruption occurred.
5. Lake Karst.
That lake formed by the dissolution of limestone soil.
6. Glacial Lake.
That lake formed by the melting of ice or dryness of the ice which is then filled with water.
7. Artificial lake.
That lake formed as a result of human activity.
Which are the seven kinds of lakes, judging from the process. In Indonesia alone, has to be reckoned's lake is Lake Toba. Lake Toba including volcanic lake in North Sumatra, with an area of 100 x 30 square kilometers. Is the largest lake in Indonesia and Southeast Asia's Largest.
