what’s the difference between a swamp, lagoon, pond, and lake?
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Lakes and ponds are a body of water of slow moving or still water in an inland basin. The difference between the two is their size, but the exact point of difference between the two isn’t clearly define. In general a lake would be big enough that it can be use for activities like swimming or using a boat, while a pond would be too small to do these, but that’s just a informal definition.
Lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform. For example, the Venetian Lagoon is shallower and separated from the Adriatic sea by 3 long Islands.
Swamp is a forested region permanently covered by water. Marshes is a forested region frequently flooded by nearby bodies of water. Both of those are considered wetland.
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