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11. A Lake is a smaller collection of deep standing waters entirely surrounded with land and having no visible or immediate communication with the sea.

12, A River is a considerable stream of fresh water issuing out of one or various fountains, and continually gliding along in one or more channels, till it disgorgeth itself at last into the ocean.