Lake Malawi stretches along the borders of Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania in Africa’s western Rift Valley. It covers about 30,800 square kilometers, equivalent to roughly 11,900 square miles. From north to south, the lake extends approximately 560 kilometers. Most of the shoreline and water lie beside Malawi, where the lake occupies a large share of…
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Duncan Lake is a city-owned reservoir in Stephens County, about 12 miles east of Duncan, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation lists a surface area of 500 acres, a maximum depth of 25.3 feet and 5.9 miles of shoreline. City visitor information uses the rounded figures of 550 acres and four miles of shoreline,…
Lake Minnetonka reaches a maximum depth of 113 feet, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Its mean depth is about 30 feet and a large share of the lake is much shallower. The contrast comes from Minnetonka’s unusual form: it is an interconnected system of bays and basins rather than one simple bowl.…
Lake Michigan supports animals from tiny open-water crustaceans to lake trout, diving birds and shoreline mammals. The complete community extends beyond the water itself. Beaches, dunes, coastal marshes and tributary mouths provide feeding or breeding habitat for species that depend on the lake without spending their entire lives in it. The southern shore illustrates this…
