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How are lakes formed?

Lake Formation

Many of the lakes with which we are familiar today were formed as a result of glacial activity. In the United States, northern states can have an abundance of natural lakes because glaciers existed there in the past. Southern states tend to have more reservoirs, created by damming rivers, because glaciers did not extend that far south, and lakes were not created.

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