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Limpopo River
Limpopo River, transboundary river of southern Africa (basin 412,938 km²) shared by Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, draining to the Indian Ocean; irrigation-dominated water use, LIMCOM governance, recurring floods and droughts.
Lincoln Sea
Lincoln Sea: Arctic Ocean marginal sea off northern Greenland and Ellesmere Island, head of Nares Strait. A Last Ice Area stronghold of thick multi-year ice, bifurcation of Canadian and Eurasian Basin outflow waters.
Lindow Woman
Lindow Woman (Lindow I), a female bog body skull found 13 May 1983 at Lindow Moss, Cheshire; initially dated 30-50 years old, it prompted Peter Reyn-Bardt's murder confession before radiocarbon dating showed it was Roman-era.
List of Arctic expeditions
List of Arctic expeditions: chronological survey of polar-north exploration from Pytheas (ca 300 BCE) and Barents through Franklin's 1845 disaster, Nansen's Fram drift, Amundsen's 1903-06 Northwest Passage transit, the disputed 1909 Pole claims, and modern research voyages.
List of cities on the Great Lakes
Cities on the Great Lakes: shoreline municipalities on Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario in the U.S. and Canada, including Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Thunder Bay.
List of gulfs
Gulfs: large sea inlets into land, larger than bays and smaller than seas, from Greek kolpos. Covers definition, etymology, notable gulfs, and the Persian/Arabian Gulf and Gulf of America naming disputes.
List of hot springs
List of hot springs: survey of notable thermal springs and inventories, including Waring's ~6,000 global spring areas, the 1,700-spring US list, Yellowstone, Hot Springs National Park, and European spa towns.
List of hot springs in the United States
Hot springs of the United States: 1,661 documented thermal springs, concentrated in the West, from Hot Springs National Park (1832 reservation, 143°F water) and Yellowstone's 10,000+ features to resort, refuge, and Indigenous sites.
List of Indian cities on rivers
List of Indian cities on rivers: major Indian cities and the rivers they stand on, from Agra on the Yamuna to Vijayawada on the Krishna, with the historical and modern role of rivers in Indian urban growth.
List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
Overview of Atlantic Ocean islands: continental groups (Iceland, British Isles, Newfoundland, West Indies, Falklands) and oceanic volcanic archipelagos (Azores, Madeira, Canaries, Cape Verde, St Helena group, Bermuda, Fernando de Noronha), their formation and status.
List of islands in the Indian Ocean
Islands of the Indian Ocean, also called Indian Ocean archipelagos: about 2,000 islands from Madagascar and Seychelles to the Maldives, Chagos, and Cocos (Keeling), mostly coralline atolls by count but volcanic by area, many threatened by sea-level rise.
List of lakes by area
List of lakes by area ranks the world's lakes by surface area. Caspian Sea (~371,000 km²) is largest, Lake Superior (82,100 km²) largest freshwater lake; Aral Sea and Lake Chad have drastically shrunk.
List of lakes by depth
List of lakes by depth ranks lakes by maximum depth. Lake Baikal (1,637 m) is deepest, then Tanganyika (1,470 m), Caspian (1,025 m), Crater Lake (594 m); includes measurement methods and caveats.
List of lakes of Canada
List of lakes of Canada: Canada has more lake area than any country, with 563 lakes over 100 km². Largest include Great Bear (31,328 km²), Great Slave (deepest, 614 m), Lake Winnipeg, and the shared Great Lakes.
List of lakes of Finland
Lakes of Finland: about 188,000 lakes over five ares (official count 187,888), covering 33,522 km² or 9.9% of the country; largest are Saimaa, Inari, and Päijänne; mean depth about 7 meters.
List of lakes of India
Lakes of India: natural and man-made standing waters, from Himalayan glacial lakes to Kerala's Vembanad lagoon and Rajasthan's saline Sambhar. 22,361 lakes counted in the 2017-18 census; 101 Ramsar wetland sites as of 2026.
List of lakes of the Lake District
List of lakes of the Lake District: the 16 major waters of England's largest national park, Cumbria. Windermere (14.8 km²) is largest and longest, Wastwater deepest (74 m); Bassenthwaite Lake is the only one officially named a lake.
List of lochs of Scotland
The lochs of Scotland are its standing waters: over 30,000 freshwater lochs from small lochans to Loch Lomond and Loch Ness, plus fjord-like sea lochs.
List of longest rivers of China
List of longest rivers of China, led by the Yangtze (Changjiang, ~6,300 km), Yellow River (5,464 km), and Heilongjiang/Amur (3,474 km in China); includes Lancang-Mekong, Yarlung Zangbo, Pearl, and Songhua, with notes on why published lengths differ.
List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea
The oil and gas fields of the North Sea are offshore petroleum deposits developed since the late 1960s by the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, and Denmark.
List of people who have gone over Niagara Falls
The list of people who have gone over Niagara Falls records descents from 1901 to 2012, beginning with Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to survive the plunge in a barrel.
List of reservoirs by volume
List of reservoirs by volume: ranks artificial lakes behind dams by storage in km³. Lake Kariba (180.6 km³), Bratsk (169.3 km³), and Lake Volta (150 km³) lead; Three Gorges ranks 24th.
List of rivers of Africa
List of rivers of Africa: overview of the continent's river systems, led by the Nile (about 6,650 km), Congo (about 41,000 m3/s discharge), Niger, Zambezi, Orange, and Limpopo, with basin areas, inland drainage, and transboundary facts.
List of rivers of Australia
The list of rivers of Australia ranks the country's rivers by length, with the River Murray the longest at 2508 km and the Murray-Darling system the longest continuous waterway at 3672 km.
List of rivers of China
Rivers of China: over 45,200 rivers of 50 km² or larger drainage, led by the Yangtze (长江, 6,300 km) and Yellow River (黄河, 5,464 km); exorheic rivers drain 64% of the land, the Tarim is the longest inland river.
List of rivers of England
Rivers of England: the Severn (354 km, UK's longest), Thames, and Trent head a network of 63 major rivers managed as 10 river basin districts, with statutory main rivers designated under the Water Resources Act 1991.
List of rivers of Europe
The list of rivers of Europe covers the continent's principal watercourses, led by the Volga, Danube, and Rhine, though no official list exists because ranking varies by criterion.
List of rivers of France
Rivers of France: the seven major fleuves (Adour, Garonne, Loire, Meuse, Rhin, Rhône, Seine) per Eaufrance, with lengths, tributaries, basin management since 1964, and 2026 drought conditions.
List of rivers of India
Rivers of India: Himalayan systems (Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra), peninsular rivers (Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Narmada, Tapi), coastal and inland rivers, with basin areas, lengths, pollution status, waterways, and interlinking.
List of rivers of Kerala
Rivers of Kerala: 44 major rivers, 41 west-flowing to the Lakshadweep Sea and 3 east-flowing (Pambar, Kabani, Bhavani). Periyar is longest, Bharathapuzha has the largest basin.