Phenomena and Processes

Ponds

Inland bodies of standing FRESHWATER usually smaller than LAKES. They can be man-made or natural but there is no universal agreement as to their exact size. Some consider a pond to be a small body of water that is shallow enough for sunlight to reach the bottom.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Inland bodies of standing FRESHWATER usually smaller than LAKES. They can be man-made or natural but there is no universal agreement as to their exact size. Some consider a pond to be a small body of water that is shallow enough for sunlight to reach the bottom.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Ponds, Freshwater
  • Freshwater Pond
  • Freshwater Ponds
  • Pond
  • Pond, Freshwater

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings analysis, chemistry, microbiology, parasitology, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not use for salt ponds

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History Note

2012

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Tree Numbers

  1. G01w.311.718w
  2. G16.500.275w.280w.625w
  3. N06.230w.232w.625w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ponds. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D061005. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D061005
  2. Ponds. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_pond
  3. Ponds. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3253281