Lake Classification and Types - INI

[item.crater-lake]
code=01
slug=crater-lake
name=Crater Lake
description=A lake formed in the crater of a volcano.
examples=[{"name":"Goshikinuma","location":"Fukushima, Japan"},{"name":"Okama","location":"Miyagi, Japan (Mount Zao)"},{"name":"Onami-ike","location":"Kagoshima, Japan (Kirishima)"},{"name":"Heaven Lake","location":"China-North Korea border"}]
formation=Volcanic Activity

[item.caldera-lake]
code=02
slug=caldera-lake
name=Caldera Lake
description=A lake formed in a caldera created by volcanic eruption.
examples=[{"name":"Lake Mashu","location":"Hokkaido, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Towada","location":"Aomori/Akita, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Shikotsu","location":"Hokkaido, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Tazawa","location":"Akita, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Kussharo","location":"Hokkaido, Japan"},{"name":"Crater Lake","location":"Oregon, USA"},{"name":"Lake Toba","location":"Indonesia"}]
formation=Volcanic Activity (Caldera Collapse)

[item.tectonic-lake]
code=03
slug=tectonic-lake
name=Tectonic Lake (Fault Lake)
description=A lake formed in a depression created by crustal movements.
examples=[{"name":"Lake Biwa","location":"Shiga, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Suwa","location":"Nagano, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Chuzenji","location":"Tochigi, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Baikal","location":"Russia"},{"name":"Lake Tanganyika","location":"Africa (Tanzania, DRC, etc.)"}]
formation=Crustal Movement (Faulting/Folding)

[item.dammed-lake]
code=04
slug=dammed-lake
name=Dammed Lake
description=A lake formed when a river valley is dammed.
examples=[{"name":"Fuji Five Lakes","location":"Yamanashi, Japan","subtype":"Volcanic Dammed Lake"},{"name":"Lake Chuzenji","location":"Tochigi, Japan","subtype":"Volcanic Dammed Lake"},{"name":"Lake Inawashiro","location":"Fukushima, Japan","subtype":"Volcanic Dammed Lake"},{"name":"Lake Aoki","location":"Nagano, Japan","subtype":"Collapse Dammed Lake"}]
formation=Damming Action

[item.oxbow-lake]
code=05
slug=oxbow-lake
name=Oxbow Lake (Crescent Lake)
description=A lake formed when a river meander is cut off.
examples=[{"name":"Lake Kasumigaura","location":"Ibaraki, Japan"},{"name":"Oxbow Lakes (China)","location":"China (Yangtze River basin)"},{"name":"Loktak Lake","location":"India (Manipur)"}]
formation=Fluvial Action

[item.glacial-lake]
code=06
slug=glacial-lake
name=Glacial Lake
description=A lake formed by glacial action.
examples=[{"name":"Great Lakes","location":"USA/Canada"},{"name":"Lake Vanern","location":"Sweden"},{"name":"Lake Titicaca","location":"Peru/Bolivia"}]
formation=Glacial Action

[item.lagoon]
code=07
slug=lagoon
name=Lagoon (Coastal Lake)
description=A lake formed when a sea is enclosed by sandbars or spits.
examples=[{"name":"Lake Saroma","location":"Hokkaido, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Hamana","location":"Shizuoka, Japan"},{"name":"Hachirogata","location":"Akita, Japan"},{"name":"Chilika Lake","location":"India"}]
formation=Coastal Landforms (Sandbars/Spits)

[item.karst-lake]
code=08
slug=karst-lake
name=Karst Lake (Solution Lake)
description=A lake formed by solution of limestone.
examples=[{"name":"Lakes on Minami-Daito and Kita-Daito Islands","location":"Okinawa, Japan"},{"name":"Caohai Lake","location":"China (Guizhou)"}]
formation=Solution Process

[item.aeolian-lake]
code=09
slug=aeolian-lake
name=Aeolian Lake
description=A lake formed by wind erosion.
examples=[{"name":"Lakes of Inner Mongolia","location":"China"}]
formation=Wind Erosion

[item.artificial-lake]
code=10
slug=artificial-lake
name=Artificial Lake (Reservoir)
description=A lake formed by artificial structures such as dams.
examples=[{"name":"Kurobe Lake","location":"Toyama, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Okutama","location":"Tokyo, Japan"},{"name":"Lake Mead","location":"USA"}]
formation=Artificial Structures