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Preferred term

pond

Definition

  • [MESH] 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.

Broader concept

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • بركة

Bulgarian

  • Езерце, водоем

Croatian

  • ribnjak

Czech

  • rybník

Danish

  • dam

Dutch

  • vijver

Estonian

  • tiik

Finnish

  • lampi

French

  • étang

German

  • Weiher

Greek

  • δεξαμενή

Hungarian

  • mesterséges tó

Italian

  • stagno

Latvian

  • dīķis

Lithuanian

  • tvenkinys

Norwegian

  • pytt

Polish

  • jezioro

Portuguese

  • tanques

Romanian

  • iaz

Slovak

  • rybník

Slovenian

  • ribnik

Spanish

  • estanque

Swedish

  • damm

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21792

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