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Photo Gallery: Fresh Water
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Photo: Talus slopes of Crowfoot Mountain sweep to Bow Lake
Photo: Twilight view of cattails growing on the banks of a freshwater lagoon in South Carolina's Huntington Beach State ParkPhoto: Talus slopes of Crowfoot Mountain sweep to Bow LakePhoto: Fisherman and buffalo share water space in Yellowstone RiverPhoto: Towers of calcium carbonate called tufa stand above the lake's surfacePhoto: Sunset on Seagrove Lake, a freshwater prairie in Okefenokee National Wildlife RefugePhoto: water lily pads growing in the waters of Chesser Prairie, a freshwater wetland in Okefenokee National Wildlife RefugePhoto: Ethiopian boy drinks water
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Crowfoot Mountain sweeps into Bow Lake.
Photograph by George F. Mobley

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