The most prominent dead lake is called, appropriately, Deadvlei.

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The home of cable channels Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel is tucked between the old Brown Squirrel Furniture Store and the Dead Horse Lake Golf Course at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains in Knoxville, Tenn.

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The "Lady in the Lake" killer found dead in his cell had previously seen a report into the prison suicide of Harold Shipman, an inquest has heard.

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The children, who were from Ashland, Missouri, about 60 miles north of the scene of the accident, were taken to Lake Regional Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

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Those policies led to a drastic algae drop-off in Lake Erie, which had been declared all but dead.

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Saad al-Hilli, 50, from Claygate in Surrey, was shot dead along with his wife, mother-in-law and a cyclist near Chevaline, Lake Annecy, on 5 September.

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At least 100 fish found dead in a stream off the River Usk in Powys died following the draining of a private fishing lake, say investigators.

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