What’s more, it is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of water volume and surface area. It is found at the northern end of the endorheic Altiplano basin - the most extensive high ...

“Three decades ago this lake covered 3,000 square kilometers. It’s going to be hard to recover.” Water that once spread across an expanse about the size of Rhode Island was gone. A pair of ...

When to Go: Warm lake water buttresses Grand Beach's 1.8-mile sandy strip, swelling with crowds in the summer months. In July and August, visit Patricia Beach to picnic in front of the sand dunes ...

In particular, erosion of gypsum deposits provides the groundwater with sulfate levels that are 100 times higher than Lake Huron water. Because venting groundwater is cold, oxygen-poor ...

Austinites might've noticed a striking green hue to Lady Bird Lake ... the water while swimming. The culprit, Cyanobacteria, is also called blue-green algae, but it has a visible texture unlike ...