2007-01-17 04:24:00 · 6 answers · asked by duckyshe 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
10 acres, or shallow enough for a person to walk accross w/out being completely submerged, or shallow enough for light to reach the bottom-there are exceptions so it's pretty much subjective.
In Louisiana we have ponds only 5-6 ft. deep that I know light doesn't reach bottom and ponds that are too deep to walk accross. Also, have shallow lakes that water flows in and out of.
Good ques. though. BTW, in Texas a pond is a "tank".
2007-01-17 04:37:20 · answer #1 · answered by lkrhtr70 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When ever you wish to call it a pond, or call it a lake.
Usually after 7 acreas we refer to it as a lake. Of course many people refer to the Atlantic as the big pond also.
Scientifically, a pond is any body of water where light is found in the entire body of water. A lake is any body of water that has a profundal zone; there is as limit of effective light penetration for organisms. Hence, Lake Superior can theoretically be defined as Pond Superior because light does extend to the bottom of the "lake".
2007-01-17 04:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference - While larger body's of water tend to be called lakes, there is no defined difference with respect to size, depth or water supply, spring or tributary. Pond and Lake are naming conventions and are arbitrary.
2007-01-17 04:29:51 · answer #3 · answered by Tim H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Km squared pond is a lake
2007-01-17 04:26:39 · answer #4 · answered by zippo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would say at least a few acre's. 2 or 3 or maybe 4. It may be based on gallons of water. The dictionary says it is a body of water of considerable size surrounded by land.
2007-01-17 04:30:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
idk...pretty big i guess...
2007-01-17 04:27:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋