prairie lake

noun

A type of lake that has no inlet, which is fed by rainfall and runoff, and preserved by high water tables, which dries out when water tables drop in dry weather.

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Meanings

nounprairie lake (plural prairie lakes)

plural prairie lakes

  1. geographyA type of lake that has no inlet, which is fed by rainfall and runoff, and preserved by high water tables, which dries out when water tables drop in dry weather.

Origin

When such a lake dries out, its bed becomes a grassland like a prairie.

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prairie lake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20lake

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“prairie lake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20lake. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prairie lake,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prairie%20lake.

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