lake structure
2007-03-26 08:42:30 · 4 answers · asked by john c 1 in Environment
If you ask a limnologist (scientists who study inland waters), they will call pretty much any body of standing water a lake, even something that most people would call a pond, just like they will call all flowing waters streams (as opposed to rivers and brooks).
But I've heard a classification where ponds are bodies of water that has vegetation all across the bottom. I've also heard ponds are mixed evenly (no thermocline even in summer). This means that ponds are shallow.
Classification is a man-made thing. It's what you define it as, and there will inevitably be some that will not fit into either category.
2007-03-26 08:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. K. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL! According to Webster's online dictionary
A lake is a considerable inland body of standing water
and a pond is a body of water usually smaller than a lake.
That's a good question.
2007-03-26 08:58:38 · answer #2 · answered by llebanna99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lake is larger and usually has several sources of water repleniishment such as springs and streams. Ponds are usually smaller and are either filled by springs or drainage systems
2007-03-26 08:51:59 · answer #3 · answered by eric l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 is big 1 is small
2007-03-26 08:51:09 · answer #4 · answered by casey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋