# Can a River be Connected to a Lake?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-river-be-connected-to-a-lake/220598 "2003-12-23T04:04:33Z")\
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One way of looking at it is that most lakes are just a part of a river that we’ve given a special name to. A deep and wide part certainly, but just a part.

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