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Descriptor English: Ponds
Descriptor Spanish: Estanques
Descriptor estanques
Entry term(s) laguna de agua dulce
lagunas de agua dulce
Scope note: Masas de AGUA DULCE estancada continentales, por lo general más pequeñas que los LAGOS. Pueden ser hechos por el hombre o naturales, pero no hay acuerdo universal en cuanto a su tamaño exacto. Algunos lo consideran una pequeña masa de agua suficientemente superficial como para que la luz solar llegue al fondo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Lagoas
Descriptor French: Étangs
Entry term(s): Pond
Ponds, Freshwater
Tree number(s): G01.311.718
G16.500.275.280.625
N06.230.232.625
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D061005
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: do not use for salt ponds
Allowable Qualifiers: AN analysis
CH chemistry
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Related: Coastal Lagoon DeCS
Water Reservoirs DeCS
Water Storage DeCS
DeCS ID: 25177
Unique ID: D061005
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Ponds - Preferred
Concept UI M0556090
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Ponds
Entry term(s) Pond
Ponds, Freshwater



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