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Evaporation pond — Evaporation ponds are artificial ponds with very large surface areas that are designed to efficiently evaporate water by sunlight and exposure to the ambient temperatures. Uses Evaporation ponds have several uses. Salt evaporation ponds produce… … Wikipedia
evaporation pond — /əvæpəˈreɪʃən pɒnd/ (say uhvapuh rayshuhn pond) noun an artificial pond that is designed to evaporate water by means of sunlight and ambient temperature, as in the production of salt from seawater …
Salt evaporation pond — Salt evaporation ponds are shallow man made ponds designed to produce salt from sea water. The seawater is fed into large ponds and water is drawn out through natural evaporation which allows the salt to be subsequently harvested. The ponds also… … Wikipedia
pond — 1. noun /pɒnd,pɑnd/ a) An inland body of standing water, either natural or man made, that is smaller than a lake. b) The Atlantic Ocean. Especially in across the pond. Syn: polynya, tarn 2 … Wiktionary
Cooling pond — Not to be confused with Spent fuel pool. Mount Storm Lake is a 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) cooling pond for a power plant in Grant County, West Virginia. A cooling pond is a man made body of water primarily formed for the purpose of supplying… … Wikipedia
Dew pond — Typical example of downland dew pond near Chanctonbury Ring, West Sussex. 50°53′47″N 0°23 … Wikipedia
Waste pond — A waste pond or chemical pond is a small impounded water body used for the disposal of water pollutants, and sometimes utilized as a method of recycling or decomposing toxic substances. Such waste ponds may be used for regular disposal of… … Wikipedia
Duck pond — A duck pond in the Queen Elizabeth Park A duck pond is a pond for ducks and other water fowl. Duck ponds provide habitats for water fowl and other birds, who use the water to bathe in and drink. Typically, such ponds are round, oval or kidney… … Wikipedia
Melt pond — As ice melts, the liquid water collects in depressions on the surface and deepens them, forming these melt ponds in the Arctic. These fresh water ponds are separated from the salty sea below and around it, until breaks in the ice merge the two.… … Wikipedia
Garden pond — A garden pond is a water feature constructed in a garden, normally either for aesthetic purposes or to provide wildlife habitat. The UK charity Pond Conservation [http://www.pondconservation.org.uk] has estimated that there are about two million… … Wikipedia
