Thread: Lakes or ponds?
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Old 23-01-2004, 11:43 PM
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Default Lakes or ponds?

Nick Maclaren23/1/04 9:54

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Sacha wrote:
John Rouse23/1/04 7:16

Frivolous question but - I was told once that the definition of a lake was
that it covered an acre of land. In discussing this with someone, I saw an
internet definition giving 0.25 of a hectare as a lake. Anyone got any
other ideas/sources/definitions?

Pond: small body of still water esp as made for watering cattle or other
purposes.

Lake: large body of water surrounded by land

So, it would appear size is everything!


Okaaaaaay. So if we create a 1 acre (or thereabouts) body of water which
will be used partly as ornament and partly to water the nursery, what shall
we call that? ;-)


A reservoir :-)

Oh Nicholas, prosaic is thy name. ;-))
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