When is a pond considered big enough to become a lake?

The answer to this question is that it is completely arbitrary. Most fish biologists and pond and lake managers use either a 5 or 10 acre threshold. read more

Most fish biologists and pond and lake managers use either a 5 or 10 acre threshold. On the other end of the spectrum ther there are bodies of water in Maine that are called ponds that approach 1,000 acres in size (like Webbers Pond —almost 700 acres I think). read more

A. Suppose you keep pond as it is, then due to conglomeration of waste(Degradable or nondegradable) or soil dumping, the overall depth of pond might decrease so eventually Pond will become more like Pond rather than Lake. B. There is a chance to lake becoming Pond as explained earlier. read more

Researchers for the British charity Pond Conservation have defined a pond to be 'a man-made or natural waterbody which is between 1 m 2 and 20,000 m 2 in area (2 ha or ~5 acres), which holds water for four months of the year or more.' Other European biologists have set the upper size limit at 5 ha (12 acres). read more