lakes

That approach has the downside that you can't have water jets or multiple layers of caves with lakes above each other.

Not of children under 14 - around 700 children under 14[1] die from drowning in swimming pools, lakes, etc (non-boating accidents).

Similarly, inland dry lakes (places like mono, great salt lake, salton etc) are not acidic.

Usually greatest output potential is far from people, be it offshore wind, desert solar, or even nuclear near large lakes for cooling.

You may live near the great lakes, but you undoubtedly consume water from California.

Nearly all drinking water in New York City comes from reservoirs & lakes upstate.

Specifically, the long-form census, the fresh water lakes project, the muzzling of scientists...

And yet Titan has methane lakes, and we've discovered giant clouds of methanol in space.[1] Boy am I confused.

Then consider the fact that the boreal has a high density of bogs and lakes means the wood is frequently waterlogged, so the chance of boreal wildfires being ignited gradually become slim-to-none, especially if it was a cold period in the climatic cycles.

For comparison, the Great Lakes are about 60 m above sea level (Kingston, at the junction of Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence, is at 200 ft).

Their maps product was steering people into lakes.

How sterile are water reservoirs and lakes?

Ships would "drag" in very little salt water because the lakes are above sea level.

I once got "trapped" under one of those big diving rafts they put in lakes[1].

For example the old Amoco had its clerical, business, and "regular" engineering workers in the Chicago loop [1], but the PhDs in the research division were on a separate campus, with lakes and stuff, out in Naperville [2].

Many waterways in North America is probably cleaner than it was 30 years ago, (think of the Great Lakes, and around NYC.