Andre Engels <andreeng...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:56 PM, John F. Eldredge > <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: > > > English almost always refers to a large body of fresh water as a > lake; the only exception that comes to mind is the Sea of Galilee, and > that is probably a direct translation from Latin. > > Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Aral Sea >
However, the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea are brackish, and the Dead Sea is considerably more saline than the ocean. I was specifically referring to fresh-water bodies. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
