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• vernal pond — a pond occurring for short period in the spring …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Vernal pool — Vernal pools, also called ephemeral pools, are temporary pools of water. They are devoid of fish, and thus allow the safe development of natal amphibian and insect species.CharacteristicsMost pools are dry for at least part of the year and fill… …   Wikipedia

• vernal-autumnal pond — a pond containing water in the spring, drying up in the summer, and filling up with water in the autumn …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• vernal pool —    A natural, seasonal pond in a small closed depression (micro low) which supports a semi aquatic or aquatic ecosystem adapted to annual cycles of standing water in the springtime followed by drying in the summer / autumn; commonly recognized in …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Cooling pond — Not to be confused with Spent fuel pool. Mount Storm Lake is a 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) cooling pond for a power plant in Grant County, West Virginia. A cooling pond is a man made body of water primarily formed for the purpose of supplying… …   Wikipedia

• Dew pond — Typical example of downland dew pond near Chanctonbury Ring, West Sussex. 50°53′47″N 0°23 …   Wikipedia

• Duck pond — A duck pond in the Queen Elizabeth Park A duck pond is a pond for ducks and other water fowl. Duck ponds provide habitats for water fowl and other birds, who use the water to bathe in and drink. Typically, such ponds are round, oval or kidney… …   Wikipedia

• Waste pond — A waste pond or chemical pond is a small impounded water body used for the disposal of water pollutants, and sometimes utilized as a method of recycling or decomposing toxic substances. Such waste ponds may be used for regular disposal of… …   Wikipedia

• Melt pond — As ice melts, the liquid water collects in depressions on the surface and deepens them, forming these melt ponds in the Arctic. These fresh water ponds are separated from the salty sea below and around it, until breaks in the ice merge the two.… …   Wikipedia

• Menunkatuck Trail — This topic is about a footpath in Connecticut. Menunkatuck Trail Vernal pond along the Menunkatuck Trail near the Iron Stream in the Timberlands town forest. Guilford, Connecticut. Length …   Wikipedia

• Loch Lomond, California — Loch Lomond is an unincorporated village in Lake County, California, USA. It is located on State Route 175north of the village of Cobb and north of Whispering Pines at an elevation of convert|2800|ft|m. The ZIP Code is 95461. The community is… …   Wikipedia