constr. (Small artificial body of shallow water with controllable water supply and drain outlet. In contrast to a ►lake 1, water and nutrients are homogeneously mixed; ►fish pond, ►fire suppression pond [US]/fire pond [UK], ►natural pond); syn. artificial pond [n]; s estanque [m] (artificial) (Pequeño cuerpo de agua construido con suministro controlable de agua y salida de drenaje. Al contrario que en un ►lago, los nutrientes están repartidos homogéneamente. El término charco [m] denomina una pequeña superficie cubierta de agua temporalmente, sea de origen natural o artificial; ►estanque natural, estanque ornamental, ►estanque de reserva, ►estanque de vivero [de peces]); f étang [m] artificiel (Petit plan d’eau calme, à fond peu profond, à niveau d’eau variable provenant de l’activité humaine comme p. ex. l’►étang piscicole, l’étang de jardin, le ►point d’eau de défense contre l’incendie. Il se distingue du ►lacpar l’homogénéité de ses eaux et des substances nutritives qu’elles...
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(2010). 3442 man-made pond [n]. In: Evert, KJ., Ballard (deceased), E.B., Elsworth, D.J., Oquiñena, I., Schmerber, JM., Stipe (deceased), R.E. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76435-9_7827
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