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Lakes or ponds?
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? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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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. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Email is sallydogthompsonatbtinternetdogcom, replacing dog with dot Reply To address is spam trap |
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"Sacha" wrote in message 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? -- Then there's the question of, when is a pond only a puddle. :-) -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars 364 data units completed. |
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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. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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In article , Sally Thompson
writes 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? -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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In article , Jaques d'Alltrades
writes 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 -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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Kay Easton22/1/04 6:42
In article , Jaques d'Alltrades writes 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. -- Sacha (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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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. :-) |
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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. :-) |
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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. ;-) -- Sacha (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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Lakes or ponds?
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. ;-) -- Sacha (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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Lakes or ponds?
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. ;-) -- Sacha (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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from Kay Easton contains these words: In article , Jaques d'Alltrades writes 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? -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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from Sacha contains these words: Kay Easton22/1/04 6:42 In article , Jaques d'Alltrades writes 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? -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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Lakes or ponds?
"Sacha" wrote in message
.. . 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 :-( -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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