<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 at 13:12, Brian M. Sperlongano <<a href="mailto:zelonewolf@gmail.com">zelonewolf@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Is it actually desirable to distinguish a "lake" from a "pond"?  If so, what is the difference?  Is it just that a body of water is named "XYZ Pond" versus "XYZ Lake"?  If so, isn't water=pond versus water=lake derived from and redundant with name?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's possible to make the distinction.  It's not clear-cut.  There are several</div><div>definitions which are not entirely compatible with each other, but they</div><div>have more similarities than differences.  Edge cases are hard.</div><div><br></div><div>See, for example:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://lakes.grace.edu/ponds-vs-lakes-whats-the-difference/">https://lakes.grace.edu/ponds-vs-lakes-whats-the-difference/</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.lakemat.com/whats-the-difference-between-a-lake-and-a-pond/">https://www.lakemat.com/whats-the-difference-between-a-lake-and-a-pond/</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/pip/factsheets/bb/documents/bb-49.pdf">https://www.des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/pip/factsheets/bb/documents/bb-49.pdf</a></div><div><a href="https://www.lakescientist.com/lake-facts/how-lakes-differ/">https://www.lakescientist.com/lake-facts/how-lakes-differ/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Most of them agree that lakes have aphotic zones (deep areas that receive</div><div>no sunlight, preventing plants from growing there).  But wave height, uniformity</div><div>of temperature, and area of water may play a part.  And, of course, there's what</div><div> the locals call it.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Is there a conceivable scenario where a data consumer or renderer would care about the distinction between these two tags?<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Renderers will probably treat them identically  A limnologist would find the</div><div> distinction useful. <br></div><div><br></div><div>There is also a distinction between pools and ponds.  However, since pools</div><div>are supplied by a spring or a stream, most can be distinguished by other</div><div>water=* occurring in conjunction with them (a lot of the ponds I've mapped</div><div>are actually pools).</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.askdifference.com/pool-vs-pond/">https://www.askdifference.com/pool-vs-pond/</a></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>