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a water feature usually consisting of a shallow pool of water, undisturbed by fountain jets, for a reflective surface. Reservoir: a place to store water for various uses, especially drinking water, which can be a natural or artificial (see lake and impoundment). Rill: a shallow channel of running water. These can be either natural or human-made.
The water of the mere is then static through the summer, when the concentration of the calcium carbonate rises until it is precipitated on the bed of the mere. Even quite shallow lake water can develop a thermocline in the short term but where there is a moderately windy climate, the circulation caused by wind drift is sufficient to break this up.
Lagoon – Shallow body of water separated from a larger one by a narrow landform; Lake – Large inland body of relatively still water; Lava lake – Molten lava contained in a volcanic crater; Maar – Low-relief volcanic crater; Nivation hollow – Geomorphic processes associated with snow patches; Oxbow lake – U-shaped lake or pool
Slough (hydrology) A slough in Nebraska in the United States. A slough in Maxwell Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota in the United States. A slough ( / sluː / ⓘ [1] [2] or / slaʊ / ⓘ) [1] [2] [3] is a wetland, usually a swamp or shallow lake, often a backwater to a larger body of water. [4] Water tends to be stagnant or may flow ...
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or above it, which poses a danger to navigation. Shoals are also known as sandbanks, sandbars, or gravelbars.
Dry lake. Namak Lake, Qom Province, Iran. A dry lake bed, also known as a playa ( / ˈplaɪ - ə / ), is a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappears when evaporation processes exceed recharge. If the floor of a dry lake is covered by deposits of alkaline compounds, it is known as an alkali flat.
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into coastal lagoons (or barrier lagoons) and atoll lagoons. They have also been identified as occurring on mixed-sand and gravel coastlines.
Perennial lake is a lake that has water in its basin throughout the year and is not subject to extreme fluctuations in level. [36] [48] Playa lake is a typically shallow, intermittent lake that covers or occupies a playa either in wet seasons or in especially wet years but subsequently drying up in an arid or semiarid region. [36] [51]