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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
Anchialine pool — Anchialine Ponds in Waikaloa Beach, Hawaii An anchialine pool or pond is a landlocked body with a subterranean connection to the ocean. Anchialine pools are a feature of coastal aquifers which are density stratified, with the water near the… … Wikipedia
Coffee ring — In physics, a coffee ring is a pattern left by a puddle of particle laden liquid after it evaporates. The phenomenon is named for the characteristic ring like deposit along the perimeter of a spill of coffee. It is also commonly seen after… … Wikipedia
Puddle — This article is about the liquid phenomenon. For other uses, see Puddle (disambiguation). A seep puddle in a forest clearing A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on … Wikipedia
Brine pool — These craters mark the formation of brine pools, from which salt has seeped through the seafloor and encrusted the nearby substrate … Wikipedia
Bakki shower — Bakki showers are a type of trickle filtration. Contents 1 Origins 2 Advantages 3 Filter media choices 4 External links 5 … Wikipedia
