freshwater ponds
Still, unsalted basins
Freshwater ponds are small, still bodies of water fed by rain, springs, or streams rather than saltwater sources.
They're shallow enough for sunlight to reach the bottom, supporting plant growth throughout.
Ponds differ from lakes mainly by size—though the line is imprecise, ponds are generally small enough to wade across.
The freshwater pond behind the barn was thick with cattails and frogs.
- amphibiansVertebrates with aquatic larvae
- cattailsTall wetland reed
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- frogsLeaping, croaking amphibians
- frog eggsAmphibian reproductive cells
algae · plankton · croaking · aquatic insects · turtles · oxbow lakes · beaver dam · duckweed · eutrophication · quiet · aquatic plants · dragonflies · shoreline · dissolved oxygen · willows · turbidity · fish · ripples
- aquaculturefish farming, fish farms, aquaculture, salmon farming, shrimp farming
- pondscattails, lily pads, tadpoles, duckweed, reeds
freshwater pondsocean
Massive saltwater body
sea · marine environments · salt marshes · tidal pools · brackish water
freshwater pondsoceans
Vast saltwater bodies
rivers · seas · major rivers · streams · rapids
freshwater pondsdeserts
Abandons or barren lands
arid land · drought conditions · parched earth · Death Valley · salt flats