Earth Features and Their Meaning An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader
CHAPTER XXX
THE EPHEMERAL EXISTENCE OF LAKES
Lakes as settling basins—Drawing off of water by erosion of outlet—The pulling in of headlands and the cutting off of bays—Lake extinction by peat growth—Extinction of lakes in desert regions—The rôle of lakes in the economy of nature—Ice ramparts on lake shores—Reading references 426