Lakes of the World with Google Earth: Understanding our Environment

1. Introduction: General approach, and a short look at the diversity of lakes
2. Important pre-requisites for the existence of lakes: Basin and depression forming processes2.1 Lake basins formed by endogenic processes: Tectonics, structural control and volcanism2.1.1 Lake forms depending on tectonics and structural control2.1.2 Lakes formed by volcanic processes2.2 Lake basins and lakes formed by exogenic processes2.2.1 Impact crater lakes2.2.2 Lakes formed by karst processes2.2.3 Lakes occurring along the coastlines of the world2.2.4 Lakes formed by rivers2.2.5 Lakes formed by glaciers and Ice Ages
3. Swamps, bogs and other wetlands
4. Saline lakes and saltpans4.1. Saline lakes4.2. Saltpans and related features
5. Lakes adapted to landscapes and climate<5.1. Lakes (perennial, periodic or episodic) in dune landscapes and deserts5.2. Lakes and ponds in permafrost environments
6. Epilogue: History and future of lakes in times of climate change and rising World population   

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