Plunge pool or waterfall lake is a deep depression in the stream bed at the base of the waterfall. It is created by the erosional force of the cascading water. They occur at the youthful stage of the river development.
Mesa is an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. Mesa is exclusively used to refer to landforms built of flat lying strata.
The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The name roughly translates as “Sea of Islands”, referring to over 1,100 islands that had dotted its waters.