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?
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:24:41 +0000, Sacha
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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?

I always thought it was a lake if you could put a (full sized) boat on
it.


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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?
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Then there's the question of, when is a pond only a puddle. :-)

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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?

A lake is generally fed by a stream.

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:24:41 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

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?

I always thought it was a lake if you could put a (full sized) boat on
it.


But what is a full sized boat? A dinghy? The QE2?
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from Sacha contains these words:

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?

A lake is generally fed by a stream.

But so are many ponds
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from Sacha contains these words:

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?

A lake is generally fed by a stream.

But so are many ponds

True, so I still think the definition of a lake is to do with size.
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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. :-)

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. :-)

Frogleg22/1/04 11:11

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. :-)

Thank you. Perhaps we should re-name it The Lake. But at least we now know
that size *does* matter. ;-)
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Frogleg22/1/04 11:11

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. :-)

Thank you. Perhaps we should re-name it The Lake. But at least we now know
that size *does* matter. ;-)
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Frogleg22/1/04 11:11

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. :-)

Thank you. Perhaps we should re-name it The Lake. But at least we now know
that size *does* matter. ;-)
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The message
from Sacha contains these words:

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?

A lake is generally fed by a stream.

But so are many ponds

Small lakes?

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Kay Easton22/1/04 6:42

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The message
from Sacha contains these words:

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?

A lake is generally fed by a stream.

But so are many ponds

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

So where does a lakelet fit in? Something which is a bit too ponderous?

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.. .
snip Thank you. Perhaps we should re-name it The Lake. But at least we
now know
that size *does* matter. ;-)

According to the guiness world records web site -
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp

'The Caspian Sea' is a lake - the world's largest at 371800 sq km
'Don Juan Pond' is a lake - the saltiest lake in the world, remaining liquid
at -53 Celcius
'The Aral Sea' is a lake - has shrunk most - 80% since 1980

So, that's two seas and one pond which are 'officially' lakes. I guess you
can call it whatever you want.

I also found a reference elsewhere to Shenyang in China having the world's
smallest lake which might have helped but it didn't mention the size :-(

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