Introduction
Overview
Questions
Can people look up basic information about your lake(s)?
Objectives
Investigate some lake pages on Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a primary source of lake information for many people. Wikiproject Lakes is an informal collaboration is dedicated to improving the quality of this information.
Lets look at information about a local lake Elk Lake (British Columbia):
| name | Elk and Beaver Lakes |
| location | Saanich, British Columbia |
| primary_inflows | O'Donnel Creek |
| primary_outflows | Colquitz Creek |
| catchment_area | 11.5 km^2 |
| basin_countries | Canada |
| surface_area | 2.46 km^2 |
| max_depth | 17.9 m |
| residence_time | 4.4 years |
| lat | 48.52 |
| lon | -123.39 |
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