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Pond formation through seeping groundwater in South Tufa, California. Any depression in the ground which collects and retains a sufficient amount of water can be considered a pond, and such, can be formed by a variety of geological, ecological, and human terraforming events. Ornamental pond with waterfall in Niagara Falls Rock Garden
The Asbill Pond Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period. See also. Earth sciences portal;
Satellite image of kettle lakes in Yamal Peninsula (Northern Siberia), adjacent to the Gulf of Ob (right). The lake colors indicate amounts of sediment or depth. A kettle (also known as a kettle hole, kettlehole, or pothole) is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters.
A sag pond is a body of fresh water [1] collected in the lowest parts of a depression formed between two sides of an active strike-slip, transtensional or normal fault zone. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Formation
Mamelon – Rock formation created by eruption of relatively thick or stiff lava through a narrow vent; Mid-ocean ridge – Basaltic underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonic spreading; Pit crater – Depression formed by a sinking or collapse of the surface lying above a void or empty chamber
A dew pond is an artificial pond usually sited on the top of a hill, intended for watering livestock. Dew ponds are used in areas where a natural supply of surface water may not be readily available. The name dew pond (sometimes cloud pond or mist pond) is first found in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1865. [1]
It was made up of the Brigus Formation, Chamberlain's Brook Fm, Manuels River Fm, Chapel Island Formation, Burnt Island Formation and the Random Formation [1] The inlet group term is no longer used as it was considered redundant to terminology used elsewhere on the island.
Verdi Lake in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn ("a small mountain lake without tributaries") meaning pond. In parts of Northern England – predominantly Cumberland and Westmorland (where there are 197), [2] but also areas of North Lancashire and North Yorkshire – 'tarn' is widely used as the name for small lakes or ponds, regardless of their ...