Rivers..Ocean..Sea... Lake...Pond..Creek

[leftcoastescapee]

Originally Posted by Lake Junkie

Plains 10...I think you're a lake snob. But U still RK.

This coming from LJ!

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by leftcoastescapee

This coming from LJ!

No, honey, I'm not a lake snob. I'll dip my toes in big ones, small ones, glacial ones, human-made ones...makes no nevermind to me!

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by Lake Junkie

According to the US Government's Environmental Protection Agency, lakes come in many types. Reservoirs are also lakes. They are all lentic systems regardless of the source:


Lentic systems generally include lakes and ponds. A lake's structure has a significant impact on its biological, chemical, and physical features. Some lentic systems may be fresh water bodies, while others have varying levels of salinity (e.g., Great Salt Lake). Most basin-type wetlands are also generally grouped within lentic systems; these are areas of constant soil saturation or inundation with distinct vegetative and faunal communities. Lakes and ponds are almost always connected with streams in the same watershed, but the reverse is not nearly as often true.
The method of lake formation is the basis for classifying different lake types. Natural processes of formation most commonly include glacial, volcanic, and tectonic forces while human constructed lakes are created by dams or excavation of basins. In his classic review of lake types, Hutchinson (1957) describes 76 different types of lakes.

They form into groups: Glacial lakes, Tectonic lakes, Volcanic lakes, Landslide lakes, Solution lakes, Plunge pools, Oxbow lakes & Beaver/Human-made lakes.

You can find out more at Watershed Ecology.

As to when a pond becomes a lake, I'm cool with the 5 acre thing.


Plains 10...I think you're a lake snob. But U still RK.

I just like natural geographical features that are not influenced by man. Reservoirs do serve a purpose, but they are not a natural feature on the geographic landscape I highly recommend the glacial lakes of Minnesota and Wisconsin if you have not visitied that area. It is a good nordic kind of experience, especially in the summer.
I will admit that Table Rock covers a huge area.

[GraniteStater]

I think one of the reasons I like lakes is because of my Norwegian hertiage.

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by Plains10

I just like natural geographical features that are not influenced by man. Reservoirs do serve a purpose, but they are not a natural feature on the geographic landscape I highly recommend the glacial lakes of Minnesota and Wisconsin if you have not visitied that area. It is a good nordic kind of experience, especially in the summer.
I will admit that Table Rock covers a huge area.

Originally Posted by Plains10

I think one of the reasons I like lakes is because of my Norwegian hertiage.

Sounds sexy, Plains. Natural, nordic, Norwegian....

[leftcoastescapee]

Originally Posted by Lake Junkie

No, honey, I'm not a lake snob. I'll dip my toes in big ones, small ones, glacial ones, human-made ones...makes no nevermind to me!

Got it, LJ not LS

[Northwoods Voyager]

Many homeowners around here have their own definition concerning whether their hole in the ground with water is a pond or lake. Size appears to have nothing to do with it. And some have smaller water filled depressions that are a few feet deep as well as a few yards across, and insist it is a 'lake'.

Most farmers around here refer to what they have as 'ponds'. Guess it also has to do with the usage of this body of water. Even tho' some ponds are not for cattle, livestock, so much as for aesthetic purposes. Such as a gold fish pond.

[Boof]

I'm sooooooo confused!!!!!!!! LOLOLOL

[GraniteStater]

Just think of it this way:
Missouri has a lot of water.
Kansas has little water.

People want to move to Missouri from many parts of the country. (postive net in-migration, and slow population increases even in rural counties.)
People want to leave Kansas and few move in from other parts of the country. ( net out-migration of young people is a huge problem in most areas of the state).