Circle Lake is a lake in
Rice County
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, in the
U.S. state
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of
Minnesota
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.
Circle Lake was so named for the fact part of the lake forms a rough circle around a
lake island
A lake island is any landmass within a lake. It is a type of inland island. Lake islands may form a lake archipelago.
Formation
Lake islands may form in numerous ways. They may occur through a build-up of sedimentation as shoals, and become t ...
.
References
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Lakes of Minnesota
Lakes of Rice County, Minnesota