Introduction and aim
Hutchinson (1957) has discussed all major lake types, their origen, morphometric characteristics, and distribution on Earth. He differentiated among 11 major lake types that were divided into 76 subtypes. The 11 major lake types are summarized in Table 1. Most lakes on Earth appear in glacial landscapes. The aim of this short paper is to summarize the main characteristics of these major lake types, and most of these descriptions emanate from Håkanson (1981) (Table 2).
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Håkanson, L., 1981. A Manual of Lake Morphometry. Springer, Berlin, 78 p.
Hutchinson, G. E., 1957. A Treatise on Limnology. I. Geography, Physics, and Chemistry. New York: Wiley. 1015 p.
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Håkanson, L. (2012). Lakes on Earth, Different Types. In: Bengtsson, L., Herschy, R.W., Fairbridge, R.W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4410-6_202
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