- Winnipeg, Lake
- geographical name lake about 260 miles (418 kilometers) long Canada in S central Manitoba drained by Nelson River
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Winnipeg, Lake
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Winnipeg,Lake — Winnipeg, Lake A lake of south central Manitoba, Canada. A remnant of the glacial Lake Agassiz, it is now a popular resort area surrounded by valuable timberlands. * * * … Universalium
Winnipeg, Lake — Lake, south central Manitoba, Canada. Fed by many rivers, including the Saskatchewan, Red River of the North, and Winnipeg, it is drained to the northeast by the Nelson River. It is 264 mi (425 km) long, up to 68 mi (109 km) wide, and has an area … Universalium
Winnipeg, Lake — lake, S Manitoba, Canada; 9,398 sq. mi … Webster's Gazetteer
Winnipeg, Lake — Area, 9460 square miles. The lake was known both to the English on Hudson Bay and to the French in Canada, long before its actual discovery, and is represented on a number of early maps, though sometimes very far from its actual position. The… … The makers of Canada
Winnipeg Lake — Winnipegsee Geographische Lage: Manitoba (Kanada) Zuflüsse … Deutsch Wikipedia
WINNIPEG, LAKE — a lake in Manitoba, 40 m. N. of the city, 280 m. long, 57 m. broad, and covering an area of over 8000 sq. m.; it drains an area twice as large as France; the Saskatchewan flows into it, and the Nelson flows out … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Winnipeg, Lake — … Useful english dictionary
Lake Agassiz — was an immense glacial lake located in the center of North America. Fed by glacial runoff at the end of the last glacial period, its area was larger than all of the present day Great Lakes combined.ConceptionFirst postulated in 1823 by William… … Wikipedia
Winnipeg — Winnipegger, n. /win euh peg /, n. 1. a city in and the capital of Manitoba, in S Canada, on the Red River. 560,874. 2. Lake, a lake in S Canada, in Manitoba. ab. 260 mi. (420 km) long; ab. 9300 sq. mi. (24,085 sq. km). 3. a river in S Canada,… … Universalium
Lake Agassiz — Eine Karte der Ausmaße des Agassizsees Der Agassizsee war ein See im zentralen Nordamerika, dessen Fläche größer als die der heutigen Großen Seen gemeinsam war. Er wurde von Gletscherschmelzwasser am Ende der letzten Eiszeit gespeist. Erstmals… … Deutsch Wikipedia
