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Melincué Lake

Melincué Lake is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Melincué Lake rather than just read about it. In short: The Laguna Melincué is an endorheic lake located in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, in the General López Department, next to the town of Melincué, at approximately 33°42′24″S 61°29′4″W. It covers a surface area of about 120 km2, and its top water level lies at around 86 m above mean sea level (c. 2003).

Key takeaways

Melincué Lake belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Melincué Lake to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Melincué Lake from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Laguna Melincué is an endorheic lake located in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, in the General López Department, next to the town of Melincué, at approximately 33°42′24″S 61°29′4″W. It covers a surface area of about 120 km2, and its top water level lies at around 86 m above mean sea level (c. 2003). The lake forms part of a wetland ecosystem, noted for its large population of waterfowl and other birds, which is protected as a nature reserve. In times of drought the lake's waters became saline. In 2008 an area of 920 km2 has been listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar convention. For decades the water level of the Melincué Lake have varied considerably, often flooding parts of its basin, and over time this has seriously affected the prosperity of the nearby towns and the maintenance of roads around it. According to a study by the Faculty of Engineering of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, in 1968 the top water level stood at 82.5 m AMSL, more than 3 m below its current height. In 1998–2000 the provincial government passed legislation creating a Strategic Environmental Planning Area covering the surrounding districts (Melincué, Carreras, Hughes, Elortondo and Labordeboy) with the goal of promoting its sustainable development, but major concrete actions have failed to materialize.

References

Government of Santa Fe. Law 11634 — Área de Planificación Estratégica Ambiental y Reserva Natural del Humedal de la Laguna de Melincué. El Santafesino. Aves y naturaleza protegidas. Wetlands International. Los Humedales de América del Sur, Chapter 12, Las Pampas. Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Engineering and Surveying. Propuesta para la planificación del manejo sustentable de la cuencia hidrográfica y de aporte directo de la Laguna Melincué. (in English) Fundación del Gran Rosario & ECOSUR. Laguna Melincué Natural Reserve

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Melincué Lake

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Melincué Lake claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Melincué Lake before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Melincué Lake ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Melincué Lake

In research: Melincué Lake appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Melincué Lake in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Melincué Lake is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Argentina geography stubs, Endorheic lakes of South America, Lake stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Melincué Lake outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Melincué Lake in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Melincué Lake means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Melincué Lake out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Melincué Lake in simple terms?

Why does Melincué Lake matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Melincué Lake?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Melincué Lake.