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Is the term Great Lake a misnomer? Do you think that these huge bodies of water should actually be called seas, or something else to distinguish them from what most people think of as a lake?
Considering they are larger than a couple "seas" in the World, and they used to be called seas way back when; I think they should be viewed as inland seas. Plus that name may just make people think twice before going out in inclement weather, or in too small of water craft and getting in trouble or dying out there. Every year there are those who die on the Great Lakes I have to wonder if just a rename would help instill a sense of respect that the name "Lake" just doesn't. When those from away hear "Lake" they think of the little 5000 acre or 100 acre water holes they call lakes where they are from and give a body of water that is 22,000+ square MILES in size the same level of respect... then drown.
A sea generally will have salt water, and a lake will have fresh water.
It doesn't really matter how large they are as far as "sea" and "lake".
If you dumped the great lakes out on the USA, they'd cover the lower 48 to a depth of roughly 10 feet. The amount of water and sheer size of them is normally grossly underrated by people. They take up over 80,000 square miles and have 10,500 miles of coastline. I think a lot of that is because they have the name "lake" instead of "sea". It's a consequence of them being fresh water.
I have a hard time calling a body of water a "lake" when you can't see land before the horizon.
Exactly, I have a hard time calling this:
the same as this
That first picture is possum kingdom lake in Texas and the second is lake superior. Same with lake pontchartrain which is actually salt water. I look at that as a sea.
That first picture is possum kingdom lake in Texas and the second is lake superior. Same with lake pontchartrain which is actually salt water. I look at that as a sea.
so North Adams Ma (population-6,000) is called a City like New York (population 8,500,000) so a lake 1,000 acres can be called a lake as well as a lake that is 80,000 sq miles.
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