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That doesn’t seem right, or I’m missing something. If I dam a stream and create a 12’ diameter pool, but the incoming water flows over the spillway, that’s a la
by D13Fd 4y ago
That doesn’t seem right, or I’m missing something. If I dam a stream and create a 12’ diameter pool, but the incoming water flows over the spillway, that’s a lake?
- xattt 4y agoYes! Lake Tamblyn at Lakehead University is one such small-diameter artificial “lake”. Of course, to confuse matters, a lake becomes a pond if damming was done by beavers. (1) https://goo.gl/maps/pwescdqRHeEAgrr37 https://goo.gl/maps/pwescdqRHeEAgrr37
- brasic 4y agoDefinitely. See Lady Bird Lake or Lake Travis in Austin: basically just parts of the Colorado River.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoLake Travis might be better characterized as a river, but if we call it a lake that still has nothing to do with the objection in your parent comment. Lake Travis's surface area is 19,000 acres. A 12'-diameter pool cannot be called a "lake" because it is far, far too small to qualify. Inflow and outflow don't enter into it. Note that by the proposed definition, all rivers and all segments of any river are lakes; outflow is always equal to inflow for any persistent body of water. Personally, I'd be more comfortable choosing whether to call Lake Travis a "river" or a "lake" based on whether there's a current on the surface. If yes, it's a river. If not, why not call it a lake.