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The World Has a Whopping 117 Million Lakes—For Now
here are a lot of lakes in the world. Big lakes, little lakes, red lakes, blue lakes. According to a new survey, there are roughly 117 million lakes on the planet. Using satellite images the survey team counted all the lakes in the world that were bigger than half an acre, says Uppsala University in a release. It's the first time we've ever had such a thorough census of the world's lakes, they say.
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