Pond facts for kids

A small pond

A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake. Ponds support wide range of wildlife: ducks, turtles, swans, small fish, and frogs can live in a pond. Usually, in most ponds sunlight can reach to bottom. In some cases ponds do not last all year round. This type of pond is called a vernal pond, or ephemeral, seasonal, or temporary wetlands. These types of ponds do not have any fish. Some ponds are now getting polluted because of humans.

Images for kids

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  Pond at Cornjum, Netherlands

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  A man made pond at sunset in Montgomery County, Ohio.

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  Stereoscopic image of a pond in Central City Park, Macon, GA, circa 1877.

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  Vegetated pond within the sand dunes of the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil

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  The Pond in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City

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  Pond formation through seeping groundwater in South Tufa, California

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  Ornamental pond with waterfall in Niagara Falls Rock Garden

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  A small agricultural retention pond in Swarzynice, Poland

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  Siddha Pokhari, a reservoir pond in Bhaktapur, Nepal

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  Common freshwater fish species include the Large Mouth and Small Mouth Bass, Catfish, Bluegill, and Sunfish such as the Pumpkinseed Sunfish shown above

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  A pond in winter experiencing inverse stratification

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  Artificial pond in front of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

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  During the last thirty years of his life, the main focus of Claude Monet's artistic production was a series of about 250 oil paintings depicting the lily pond in his flower garden.

See also

In Spanish: Estanque para niños