Which of the following is the main difference between lakes and ponds?
Which of the following is the main difference between lakes and ponds? It may surprise you to know there is no technical difference between lakes and ponds, according to the National Park Service(Opens in a new window). However, a general rule of a thumb is if a body of water is large and deep it's a lake and if it's short and shallow it's a pond.
What are three differences between ponds and lakes?
Key Points: Ponds are small and enclosed, while lakes are large and open. Ponds are usually under twenty feet deep, while lakes can be 4,000 feet deep or more. Ponds are less than two hundred acres wide, while lakes are larger than that.
Can you swim in a pond?
Along with water quality, it is important that the physical characteristics of a pond are appropriate for swimming. The depth of the pond can often determine if it is safe to swim. In addition, sunken trees and submerged rocks can be invisible from the surface of the water and can pose a danger to swimmers.
Which characteristic differs the most between lakes and ponds?
Lakes are normally much deeper than ponds and have a larger surface area. All the water in a pond is in the photic zone, meaning ponds are shallow enough to allow sunlight to reach the bottom. This causes plants (sometimes too many) to grow at the bottom of ponds as well as on their surface.