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This article was nominated for deletion on 2007-07-19. The result of the discussion was Speedy keep.

What is a lake?[edit]

I don't know if the word "lake" is adequately defined to enable an editor to decide if a given body of water is or isn't one. In SA English we do not normally call the body of water behind a man made wall a lake. We tend to use the word "dam" for both the wall and the water. Example: "We went sailing on the Vaal Dam" does not mean the yacht crashed into the wall. Roger (talk) 11:50, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Added a few more[edit]

And added the coordinates for as far i could find. A few i don't know (haven't found yet). All of them are natural, allthough some are situated in the lagoons of rivers. Flagman (talk) 12:52, 26 February 2010 (UTC) Poses the question: If the Estuary is where river meets sea, what would be the best way to describe a Lagoon? and does someone mean the same thing with a river mouth than an estuary?Flagman (talk) 07:12, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Princess vlei Cape Town[edit]

Should Princess vlei be included in this list ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephen w Herbert (talk • contribs) 07:45, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to Wikimapia[edit]

May I add link to wikimapia to this table ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephen w Herbert (talk • contribs) 07:46, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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