The Caspian Sea, the Dead Sea, and the Great Salt Lake are all landlocked
bodies of salt water. There are other salt lakes around the world, plus various
brackish bodies of water (of an intermediate degree of saltiness). The Sea of
Galilee is fresh water. Language is imprecise.
On November 5, 2014 5:20:57 AM CST, Martin Koppenhoefer
<[email protected]> wrote:
>2014-11-05 12:11 GMT+01:00 Richard Z. <[email protected]>:
>
>> how is that clean, Lake Eerie is a lake, Caspian sea is a sea, Baikal
>> lake...
>>
>
>
>Yes, Caspian Sea should be mapped as coastline, Baikal and Eerie not.
>If
>they aren't like this at the moment, then it might change (there is
>some
>fluctuation I have noticed in the past years, retagging forth and back)
>
>
>>
>> Even worse, some cross-broder water-bodies can be a lake in one
>language
>> and
>> sea in the other language on the other sea/lake-shore.
>>
>
>
>typical distinction: freshwater. There might be some exceptions but I
>guess
>they are very rare.
>
>
>
>>
>> From a practical pov I would prefer
>> * no distinction at all - or
>> * distinction based on approximate size and complexity
>>
>
>
>then you should probably aim at the introduction of a different tag to
>describe them (e.g. shoreline).
>
>cheers,
>Martin
>
>
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