former lake

C7890
concept

A former lake is a geographic area that once contained a standing body of water but has since dried up, drained, or been otherwise transformed, leaving behind distinct geological and ecological remnants of its past.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
former lake canonical 12
paleolake 4
ancient lake basin 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former lake
Generated description
A former lake is a geographic area that once contained a standing body of water but has since dried up, drained, or been otherwise transformed, leaving behind distinct geological and ecological remnants of its past.

Instances (32)

Instance Via concept surface
Leg of Mutton Lake (dry) former crater lake
Beemster Lake —
Lake Copais —
Pleistocene Lake Lahontan basin paleolake basin
Tulare Lake —
Sevier Lake terminal lake
Lake Xaltocan —
Sea of Islands —
South Aral Sea lake remnant
Eastern Basin of the Aral Sea former lake basin
Western Basin of the Aral Sea remnant lake
Lake Bonneville prehistoric pluvial lake
Lake Missoula basin paleolake basin
Lake Texcoco —
Κωπαΐδα λίμνη —
Kopaida —
former Lake Chalco —
former Lake Zumpango
surface form: Former Lake Zumpango
—
Lop Nur former salt lake
Aral Sea former large inland sea
Lake Lahontan pluvial lake
Lake Mulurulu paleolake
Lake Garnpung paleolake
Lake Arumpo paleolake
Lake Taronga ancient lake basin
Lake Leaghur ancient lake basin
Glacial Lake Iroquois —
Walker Lake (Nevada) terminal lake
Sevier Lake (dry lake bed)
surface form: Sevier Lake
terminal lake
Lake Zumpango remnant lake
Lake Chalco —
Lake Latanya ancient lake basin