classify the various types of lakes.How they are helpful to us
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1. Organic Lakes- Organic lakes are formed by the action of flora or fauna. These lakes are relatively small in size and quite rare in occurrence. Wide range of flora and fauna found here
2. Volcanic Lakes- Volcanic lakes are formed in volcanic craters or calderas when the rate of precipitation is higher than the rate of loss of water via evaporation or drainage through an outlet. Can be a source of humidity for a region (contributes to rainfall).
3. Glacial Lakes- Glacial lakes are formed from a melted glacier. Source of new forms of rocks.
4. Tectonic Lakes- Tectonic lakes often result in the formation of some of the deepest and largest lakes in the world. As the name suggests, such lakes are formed by the tectonic movements of the Earth’s crust like tilting, folding, faulting, etc. Source for fishing.
5. Meteorite Lakes- Meteorite lakes are formed in the depressions made on land by the impact of a meteor or asteroid crashing on to the Earth’s surface. Over the years, precipitation accumulates in the natural depression, creating a lake. Maybe a source of wide range of birds and reptiles due to distinct water source.
6. Fluvial Lake- The flow of a river is usually not straight but the river bends and meanders throughout its course due to the uneven and non-uniform topography of the land. As the river flows, a number of lakes are formed by the running water and are called the fluvial lakes. Give rise to new water bodies.