Bras d’Or Lake
Bras d'Or Lake is an irregular estuary in the centre of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. It has a connection to the open sea, and is tidal. It also has inflows of fresh water from rivers, making the brackish water a very productive natural habitat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Derek Hatfield, CC BY 2.0.
Bras d’Or Lake
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Venetian—“Bras d’Or Lake” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бра д’Ор”
- Catalan: “Bras d’Or Lake”
- Cebuano: “Bras d’Or Lake (lanaw sa Nova Scotia)”
- Cebuano: “Bras d’Or Lake”
- Chinese: “布拉多尔湖”
- Chuvash: “Бра-д’Ор”
- Dutch: “Bras d’Or Lake”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره براس دور”
- French: “lac Bras d’Or”
- French: “Lac Bras d’or”
- French: “Lac Bras d’Or”
- German: “Bras d’Or Lake”
- German: “Bras d’Or Lakes”
- German: “Bras d’Or-Seensystem”
- German: “Bras d’Or”
- Irish: “Loch Bras d’Or”
- Italian: “Bras d’Or Lake”
- Italian: “Bras d’Or”
- Italian: “Lac Bras d’Or”
- Italian: “lago Bras d’Or”
- Italian: “Lago Bras d’Or”
- Japanese: “ブラスダー湖”
- Polish: “Bras d’Or Lake”
- Polish: “Bras d’Or”
- Polish: “Jezioro Bras d’Or”
- Russian: “Бра-д’Ор”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Bras d’Or”
- Spanish: “Lago Bras d’Or”
- Swedish: “Bras d’Or Lake”
- Ukrainian: “Бра-д’Ор (озеро)”
- Ukrainian: “Бра-д’Ор”
- Venetian: “lago Bras d’Or”
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