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This tag is for questions about the definite article.

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Why use "the" for oceans/seas/rivers etc. but not lakes?

I'd say you are correct about the placement of the generic word being the reason for using (or not using) 'the' , and all your examples are phrased correctly. Notice that 'Falls' is different also in …
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