<div dir="ltr">I was looking for examples of large pools, to try to get a sense of what the upper limit would be for calling something a "pool".<div><br></div><div>I encountered a few links [1,2] which seem to indicate that entire stretches of the Mississippi River between subsequent dams/locks are referred to as "pools".  We're talking stretches of the river 10s of miles long!  From what I gather, this is quite a different thing from *stream* pools, so probably important to draw that distinction.</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Mississippi_River#List_of_pools_and_locks">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Mississippi_River#List_of_pools_and_locks</a></div><div>[2] <a href="https://www.ifishillinois.org/profiles/Mississippi.php">https://www.ifishillinois.org/profiles/Mississippi.php</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 7:19 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></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 dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 25 Dec 2020 at 04:10, Joseph Eisenberg <<a href="mailto:joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com" target="_blank">joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></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 dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">a</span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><b style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">stream pool</b><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">: a small but relatively deep collection of fresh water, occurring along a narrow stream.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'd go along with small, but not "relatively deep", as they are often the same depth, or only marginally deeper than the stream itself. They are though, often wider than the stream, which should probably be mentioned?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div><br></div></div>
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