Ponds/Wetland

Pond: Inland bodies of standing freshwater usually smaller than lakes. They can be man-made or natural but there is no universal agreement as to their exact size. Some consider a pond to be a small body of water that is shallow enough for sunlight to reach the bottom.

Wetland: Area habitually saturated with water. It may be partly or wholly covered permanently, occasionally or periodically, by fresh or salt water up to a depth of 6 metres. Wetlands include bogs, fens, wood meadows, marshland and salt marshes, shallow ponds, river estuaries, and intertidal mudflats, but exclude rivers, streams, lakes and oceans.

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