lakes can develop naturally when a river becomes blocked small ponde can develop when rainwater settles into a low area of land sometimes water from a stream or groundwater flows into a pond the pond can evetually grow larger and deeper and become a lake
Imagine walking through mud and then looking back at the depressions your footprints have made Some lakes have formed in a similar way whan glaciers moved slowly through an area, they cut deep gouges in the land After the glaciers melted the gouges filled with water and became lakes
Volcanoes can also foem lakes Sometimes lava from a vocano blocks a river and causes a buildup of water that becomes a lake A lake may also form in a volcano's empty crater
lakes change over time If you go to a lake that you have not seen in many years , it may look significantly different Sometimes a long period without rain reduces the size of a lake , or a lake fill with sediment and eventually become dry land Other parts of a lake may flood the shape and size of a lake can change drastically over time