On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:27:14 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

I still think the definition of a lake is to do with size.

http://www.babineefmpp.com/glossary/L.html

(A Canadian site) says

Lake: a naturally occurring static body of water greater than 2 m in
depth and greater than 1 ha in size, or a licensed reservoir.

A US EPA (Environment Protection Agency) site also uses a 1 hectare
definition for some purposes. Dictionary entries say a lake is larger
than a pond (and a pond is smaller than a lake). OTOH, people who've
named "lakes" and "ponds" probably didn't measure.

This post is from across the Pond. :-)