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WikiProject Lakes
WikiProject Lakes
Location	North America
Coordinates	45°0′N 83°0′W / 45.000°N 83.000°W
Type	glacial lake
Primary outflows	St. Clair River
Basin countries	Canada, United States
Max. length	332 km
Max. width	245 km
Surface area	59,600 km²
Average depth	59 m
Max. depth	229 m
Water volume	3,540 km³
Residence time	22 years
Shore length1	6,157 km
Surface elevation	176 m
Islands	Mackinac, Manitoulin
Settlements	see article
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

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This WikiProject aims to consolidate and unify pages relating to lakes around the world. This page includes guidelines and a number of resources we can use to achieve our goal. All editors are welcome to join this project, if you wish to participate, please add yourself to the list of participants below.

Please remember that these are guidelines only, and may not apply in every situation. However, the lake infobox should be included on every lake oriented article. In addition, please add the project message box to the talk page of any lake article you encounter (see project message box below) - this will allow other editors to find this project, and add the talk page to the WikiProject Lakes category.

Title

WikiProject lakes

Lakes articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			2	4			6
FL				1			1
GA	1	6	6	32			45
B	8	25	23	83		17	156
C	5	54	93	353		119	624
Start	7	86	216	2,387		1,422	4,118
Stub	1	32	157	5,184	1	6,268	11,643
List	7	135	124	262	2	67	597
Category					2,479		2,479
Disambig			1	1	133		135
File					135		135
Portal					1		1
Project					43		43
Redirect			7	58	981		1,046
Template					132		132
NA					1		1
Other					14		14
Assessed	29	338	629	8,365	3,922	7,893	21,176
Total	29	338	629	8,365	3,922	7,893	21,176
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 93,508			Ω = 5.64

Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to describe the Earth's lakes in a consistent and complete fashion, complete with {{Infobox lake}} template.

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Geography.

Descendant WikiProjects

Currently proposed & under consideration: Wikipedia Reservoir project.

Similar Wikiprojects

For naming in geography: Wikipedia:WikiProject Subnational entities#Naming
For format & reference: WP:RIVERS

Lakes needing attention

New articles with Infobox

New articles for "waterbodies": AlexNewArtBot/WaterbodiesSearchResult

Lakes in South America (needs)

Buenos Aires/General Carrera Lake (subdivide info)
Nahuel Huapi Lake (to be expanded, infobox)
Poopó Lake (landscape images, infobox)
Llanquihue Lake (infobox, to be expanded)
Laguna Mar Chiquita (put info into infobox, images)
Fagnano Lake (put the info into the infobox)
Viedma Lake (infobox, expanded)
O'Higgins/San Martín Lake (images, put info into a infobox)
Todos los Santos Lake (infobox)
Panguipulli Lake (expanded, images)
Lácar Lake (infobox)
Villarrica Lake (images)
Riñihue Lake (expanded, images)
Chungará Lake (to be crated)

Please post more as you come across them, and remove them as they are brought up-to-spec.

Participants

Everyone is welcome to join this project, simply add your name to the list below if you wish to participate.

Sushant gupta (talk · contribs)- I would love to edit anything related to lakes.
Em3rald
Sango123 (honorary member for assistance to Em3rald)
Revmachine21 - limnically active Lakes Kivu, Nyos, Monoun have been my babies.
Lethargy - Talk - Currently working on Utah's three large natural lakes: Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, and Bear Lake.
Darwinek - created many articles in the past. This new project is a good idea.
feydey 10:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Qyd (talk · contribs) - filled in some gaps in Lakes of Alberta
Rtrev (talk · contribs) - Working on Rainy Lake as well as other Boundary Waters lakes
Daniel Case (talk · contribs) - in support of the local geography articles I do.
Dentren - will try add so many lakes in the southern cone as possible.
Williamborg (talk · contribs)—Working on Nordic lakes, rivers & canals interstitially with other geographic interests.
Malathos (talk · contribs) - currently trying to rebuild a list of Lakes of New Zealand (1000+)
Meynardtengco (talk · contribs) 05:41, 13 January 2007 (UTC) - helping with Philippine Lakes[reply]
Thuringowacityrep (talk · contribs) - work on Thuringowa city and the Ross River pages that i have
andrewwilson2 (talk · contribs) - I know a thing or two about lake chargog
Shearluck (talk · contribs) - Biologist with an interest in lakes, fish and also lake folklore.
Sammy9990 (talk · contribs)

Userbox

Placing {{User WikiProject Lakes}} on your user page will add this userbox to your page and add you to the list of users category.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Lakes.

Naming

As of the first stages of development, no written-in-stone rules apply to lake articles, however this may change. Please discuss this in the project's talk page.

Multiple lakes with the same name

Due to the fact that there are countless lakes in the world with the same name, the following method of disambiguation is proposed:

The most important lake can stay at the un-disambiguated title, lesser known ones add a qualifier. Perhaps Fork Lake, Fork Lake (disambiguation), Fork Lake (Alberta).

Lakes with multiple names

Some lakes have names with multiple spellings which vary with the different countries the lake borders. Occasionally, a lake can have several genuinely distinct names. The following rules are suggested for choosing a primary name for such a lake:

If the lake is particularly famous under one name, then choose that name.
If the portion of the lake that uses a particular name is much more distinct than other sections, then use that as the article's name.
If everything else is equal, then choose the name for the largest portion of the lake.

Article structure

Lead paragraph

The first paragraph should be a self-contained description including the most important things to know; name(s) - both historic and current - in bold, location (continent/countries/seaboards), and notable facts about the lake, such as largest port (see Wikipedia:Lead section for guidelines).

Hydrology

The narrative description of the lake should proceed from the main inflows of the lake downstream to its outflows, noting direction, major tributaries, human settlements, and statistics. This should be at least a paragraph, may be several paragraphs for famous lakes.

This section can include numerical data on length, volume, drainage basin, etc.

Info on water basins can be found at World resources Institute (site is down; archive). Antarctic water basin information can be researched using USGS maps [1]

Geology

The evolution of some lakes has been well explored. Such information should be placed here, with a suitable discussion of all POVs when possible.

Natural history

Mention distinctive plants and animals associated with any part of the lake.

History

Describe what is known about the different inhabitants along the river, along with a description of the scientific exploration expeditions/efforts.

Economy

Countless lakes have been used as means of transportation, fishing, power generation, etc, and are still used so today. All such information should be described here. Stylistically, this can be a good segue from history, connecting past uses of the lake to present-day uses.

Lists

List the cities and towns around the lake, complete with identifiable info such as population.

List the major flora and fauna such as species of interest.

References and external links

Preferably refer to history, ecology, public policy, books, websites, etc.

Infobox

See

Template:Infobox lake
Template_talk:Infobox_lake#Description_of_variables
Articles without infoboxes: e.g. Catscan: Lakes of North America

Images

There should be at least one picture, preferably a typical view. Important lakes should have additional pictures illustrating their notable features. Maps of the lake's drainage basin would be an asset.

Indexing

The article List of lakes is only for major lakes, ordered by continent.

Related categories

Project message box

The message box {{lake project}} is available to add to talk pages of lake articles and gives:

The WikiProject banner below should be moved to this page's talk page. If this is a demonstration of the template, please set the parameter |category=no to prevent this page being miscategorised.

Lakes NA‑class

	Lakes portal Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes is within the scope of WikiProject Lakes, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of lake-related articles on Wikipedia, using the tools on the project page. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LakesWikipedia:WikiProject LakesTemplate:WikiProject LakesLakes articles
NA	This page does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

Sources

Please put any additional sources you come across here.

LakeNet - worldlakes.org
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Lake Finder - information on more than 4,500 of Minnesota's 14,000 lakes

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 *{{User|andrewwilson2}} - I know a thing or two about lake chargog
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