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This WikiProject Lakes aims to consolidate and unify pages relating to lakes around the world. This page includes guidelines and a number of resources that can be used to achieve our goal. All editors are welcome to join this project; if you wish to participate, please add yourself to the list of participants below.

Lakes articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low Other ??? Total
FA 3 1 4
A 1 1 2
GA 4 1 2 7 14
B 5 6 6 9 27 53
C 1 2 14 26 25 68
Start 7 19 61 174 842 1,103
Stub 1 17 68 1,661 5,058 6,805
List 1 26 10 24 3 139 203
Category 1 1 467 469
Disambig 23 41 64
File 3 3
Portal 1 1
Project 28 28
Template 49 49
NA 4 4
Assessed 15 75 165 1,922 595 6,098 8,870
Unassessed 1 997 998
Total 15 75 166 1,922 595 7,095 9,868

Contents


[edit] Title

WikiProject Lakes

[edit] Scope

Lake Baikal
Shaman-Stone of the Olkhon Island
Coordinates 53°30′N 108°12′E / 53.5°N 108.2°E / 53.5; 108.2 (Lake Baikal)
Lake type Continental rift lake
Primary inflows Selenga, Chikoy, Khilok, Uda, Barguzin, Upper Angara
Primary outflows Angara
Catchment area 560,000 km2 (216,000 sq mi)
Basin countries Russia
Max. length 636 km (395 mi)
Max. width 79 km (49 mi)
Surface area 31,494 km2 (12,160 sq mi)
Average depth 758 m (2,487 ft)
Max. depth 1,637 m (5,371 ft)
Water volume 23,600 km3 (5,700 cu mi)
Residence time 350 years[citation needed]
Shore length1 2,100 km (1,300 mi)
Surface elevation 456 m (1,496 ft)
Frozen January–May
Islands 22 (Olkhon)
Settlements Irkutsk
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

This WikiProject aims primarily to describe the Earth's lakes in a consistent and complete fashion and to add the {{Infobox lake}} template to each lake oriented article.

[edit] Guidelines

Please remember that these are only guidelines and may not apply in every situation. However, the {{Infobox lake}} template should be included on every lake oriented article. In addition, please add the {{WikiProject Lakes}} project banner to the talk page of any lake articles that you may encounter (see templates below), allowing other editors to find this project and adding the talk page to Category:WikiProject Lakes.

[edit] Related WikiProjects

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this project is WikiProject Geography.

[edit] Descendants

Currently proposed & under consideration: Wikipedia Reservoir project.

[edit] Geographical

Projects covering other geographical features:

[edit] Open tasks

[edit] Lakes needing attention

See also Category: Lakes articles needing attention

(Please post articles as you come across them and remove them as they are brought up-to-spec)

[edit] Cleanup listing

A listing is available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes/Cleanup listing.

A cleanup listing for this project is available, updated by WolterBot. More information...

[edit] Article alerts

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Categories for discussion
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[edit] Articles

All articles with the lake project talk page template are listed at:

[edit] Most popular

From Top 100,000 of February 2008:

[edit] Lists

See also Category: Lists of lakes

(Please add more as you find them)

Work lists:

[edit] Participants

[edit] Members

Everyone is welcome to join this project. If you wish to participate, simply add your name here:

[edit] Userbox

Placing {{User WikiProject Lakes}} on your user page will add this userbox to your page and add you to the Category:WikiProject Lakes participants.

Loch Earn2.jpg This user is a member of
WikiProject Lakes.

[edit] Naming

As of the first stages of development, no written-in-stone rules apply to lake articles; however, this may change. Please discuss this at the project's talk page.

[edit] Multiple lakes with the same name

Due to the fact that there are countless lakes in the world with the same name, the following method of disambiguation is proposed:

[edit] Lakes with multiple names

Some lakes have names with multiple spellings which vary with the different countries the lake borders. Occasionally, a lake can have several genuinely distinct names. The following rules are suggested for choosing a primary name for such a lake:

  • If the lake is particularly famous under one name, then choose that name.
  • If the portion of the lake that uses a particular name is much more distinct than other sections, then use that as the article's name.
  • If everything else is equal, then choose the name for the largest portion of the lake.

[edit] Article structure

[edit] Lead paragraph

The first paragraph should be a self-contained description including the most important things to know; name(s) - both historic and current - in bold, location (continent/countries/seaboards), and notable facts about the lake, such as largest port (see Wikipedia:Lead section for guidelines).

[edit] Hydrology

The narrative description of the lake should proceed from the main inflows of the lake downstream to its outflows, noting direction, major tributaries, human settlements and statistics. This should be at least a paragraph, maybe several paragraphs for famous lakes. This section would also include numerical data on length, volume, drainage basin, etc.

Info on water basins can be found at World resources Institute (site is down; archive). Antarctic water basin information can be researched using USGS maps.

[edit] Geology

The evolution of some lakes has been well explored. Such information should be placed here, with a suitable discussion of all POVs when possible.

[edit] Natural history

Mention distinctive plants and animals associated with any part of the lake.

[edit] History

Describe what is known about the different inhabitants along the river, along with a description of the scientific exploration expeditions/efforts.

[edit] Economy

Countless lakes have been used as means of transportation, fishing, power generation, etc, and are still used so today. All such information should be described here. Stylistically, this can be a good segue from history, connecting past uses of the lake to present-day uses.

[edit] Lists

List the cities and towns around the lake, complete with identifiable info such as population. List the major flora and fauna such as species of interest.

[edit] References and external links

Preferably refer to history, ecology, public policy, books, websites, etc.

[edit] Infobox

The following may be used:

[edit] Images

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes/Galleries

There should be at least one picture, preferably a typical view. Important lakes should have additional pictures illustrating their notable features. Maps of the lake's drainage basin would be an asset.

Articles where the infobox doesn't include an image yet are listed at: Category:Wikipedia infobox lake articles without image (this category can be browsed by location through google maps)

[edit] Indexing

The article List of lakes is only for major lakes, ordered by continent.

[edit] Categories

The main subcategories of Category:Lakes are listed on the right:

Lakes
Lakes by continent
Lakes by type
Lakes by country
Lists of lakes
► Chains of lakes
Populated lakeshore places
Lake cryptids
► Fictional lakes
► Former lakes
Lake groups
Islands in lakes
Salt flats
Shipwrecks in lakes
Lake tributaries


[edit] Categorization by location

Lakes by continent
Lakes of Africa
Lakes of Antarctica
Lakes of Asia
Lakes of Europe
Lakes of North America
Lakes of Oceania
Lakes of South America


Every article should belong to a category. If the lake is restricted to one or more states/provinces in a country, use separate categories for each one, e.g. Lake Tahoe belongs in Category:Lakes of Nevada as well as Category:Lakes of California. If it is restricted to one country, list in Category:country lakes. If it exists within several countries, list in each country category and maybe Category: continent lakes.

Please use categories carefully to get the right one(s) linked on your page. It is fine to use more than one... in fact, it may be encouraged. However, don't categorize a lake where it doesn't belong. If there are any questions, please use the Talk page.

[edit] Categorization by type

If the category for the specific type of lake is available, please add it in addition to the category by location.

[edit] Templates

[edit] Talk page banner

The message box {{lake project}} or {{WikiProject Lakes|class=|importance=}} is available to add to talk pages of lake articles and gives:

WikiProject Lakes  
WikiProject icon Wikipedia:WikiProject Lakes is within the scope of WikiProject Lakes, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of lake-related articles on Wikipedia, using the tools on the project page. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. WikiProject icon
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[edit] Userboxes

Code Result Users
{{Template:User WikiProject Lakes}}
Loch Earn2.jpg This user is a member of
WikiProject Lakes.
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{{Template:User Lake}}
Roundtanglelake.JPG This user is interested in lakes and lacustrine processes.
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{{Template:User Sush/Lakes}}
Lake mapourika NZ.jpeg This user is interested in studying about lakes.
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{{subst:The Lacustrine Barnstar|message ~~~~}}

Lake barnstar.png The Lacustrine Barnstar
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