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flat - headed frog : see Myobatrachidae . Flathead Lake , freshwater lake in north- western Montana , U.S. , marks the southern limit of the Rocky Mountain Trench , a struc- tural depression extending northward to the Liard Plain ...
flat - headed frog : see Myobatrachidae . Flathead Lake , freshwater lake in north- western Montana , U.S. , marks the southern limit of the Rocky Mountain Trench , a struc- tural depression extending northward to the Liard Plain ...
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... lake bed , al- lowing drainage into subterranean rivers , and the area reverts to pastureland . The lake was discovered and explored in 1820 by Joseph Wild , an ex - convict settler . It was named by Lachlan Macquarie , governor of New ...
... lake bed , al- lowing drainage into subterranean rivers , and the area reverts to pastureland . The lake was discovered and explored in 1820 by Joseph Wild , an ex - convict settler . It was named by Lachlan Macquarie , governor of New ...
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... Lake , largest natural freshwater lake in Australia , lies on Tasmania's central pla- teau at an elevation of 3,380 ft ( 1,030 m ) . It has an area of 55 sq mi ( 142 sq km ) , measures 15 mi ( 24 km ) by 7 mi , and fills a shallow ...
... Lake , largest natural freshwater lake in Australia , lies on Tasmania's central pla- teau at an elevation of 3,380 ft ( 1,030 m ) . It has an area of 55 sq mi ( 142 sq km ) , measures 15 mi ( 24 km ) by 7 mi , and fills a shallow ...
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