rivers etc. but not lakes?

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Dec 15, 2014 at 16:01	comment	added	Francis Davey		When I was at school we had the Gambia, the Ukraine and so on. Monmouth University is (perhaps) being a little over-simplistic. Use of "the" with countries is on the way out perhaps, but still persists. The Hague is still standard British English. Also "the Matterhorn" etc, suggests it is wrong about mountains.
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Jun 28, 2012 at 7:15	comment	added	bee.catt		Those who live in The Hague never stopped using an old-fashioned name that described the place according to its medieval use. We get the official name Den Haag from Des Graven Hage, which means "the counts' hedge" and refers to the fact that Dutch noblemen once used the land for hunting. Many other place names started off as descriptions with definite articles. For example, the city of Bath, England, famous for its purportedly health-supporting natural spring, was referred to as "The Bath" until the 19th century. Etc...
Jun 28, 2012 at 7:07	comment	added	Barrie England		It's 'The Hague' because the Dutch is 'den Haag'.
Jun 28, 2012 at 6:56	comment	added	bee.catt		There is also The Hague, an archaic reference that stuck around.
Jun 28, 2012 at 6:52	comment	added	Andrew Leach♦		There is, of course, the Yemen, the Sudan and the Lebanon, although it seems those forms are in the process of becoming archaic.
Jun 28, 2012 at 4:32	comment	added	bee.catt		yes, I realized that shortly after answering, and subsequently found the correct answer.
Jun 28, 2012 at 4:30	history	edited	bee.catt	CC BY-SA 3.0	found a better answer
Jun 28, 2012 at 4:08	comment	added	user10893		The fact that "Falls" is plural makes no difference. Same construction works for lake Michigan.
Jun 28, 2012 at 4:04	history	answered	bee.catt	CC BY-SA 3.0