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Lagune

See Lagoon.

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Lake 76% connected

A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Liman 76% connected

The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.

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Lagoon 92% connected

A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aquifer noun · 86% connection

underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc

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Basin noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Bayou noun · 86% connection

a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

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Bog noun · 86% connection

wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried…

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Catchment area noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Catchment basin noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Drainage area noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Drainage basin noun · 86% connection

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…

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Fen noun · 86% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Fenland noun · 86% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Horsepond noun · 86% connection

a pond for watering horses

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Loch noun · 86% connection

Scottish word for a lake

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Lough noun · 86% connection

Irish word for a lake

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Marsh noun · 86% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Marshland noun · 86% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Mere noun · 86% connection

a small pond of standing water

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Mire noun · 86% connection

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

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Morass noun · 86% connection

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

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Atoll noun · 78% connection

A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon…

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