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  2. Category:Forms of water - Wikipedia

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    This category is for articles describing the forms that water naturally takes, ranging from the molecular scale to the macroscopic. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.

  3. Body of water - Wikipedia

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    There are types that can be either. For example, most reservoirs are created by engineering dams, but some natural lakes are used as reservoirs. Similarly, most harbors are naturally occurring bays, but some harbors have been created through construction. Bodies of water that are navigable are known as waterways. Some bodies of water collect ...

  4. Category:Bodies of water - Wikipedia

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    Compare to Category:Landforms and Category:Wetlands Bodies of water may exist within land areas or within other bodies of water and may be natural, human-made or a combination. Contents Top

  5. Water - Wikipedia

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    The earliest life forms appeared in water; nearly all fish live exclusively in water, and there are many types of marine mammals, such as dolphins and whales. Some kinds of animals, such as amphibians , spend portions of their lives in water and portions on land.

  6. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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    Sound – A long, relatively wide body of water, connecting two larger bodies of water; Spit – Coastal bar or beach landform deposited by longshore drift; Spring – A point at which water emenges from an aquifer to the surface; Stack – Geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock and stump

  7. Pond - Wikipedia

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    In practice, a body of water is called a pond or a lake on an individual basis, as conventions change from place to place and over time. In origin, a pond is a variant form of the word pound, meaning a confining enclosure. [12] In earlier times, ponds were artificial and utilitarian, as stew ponds, mill ponds and so on. The significance of this ...

  8. Fresh water - Wikipedia

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    Water scarcity (closely related to water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two types of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity. [20]: 560 Physical water scarcity is where there is not enough water to meet all demands.

  9. Lake - Wikipedia

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    The slow-moving river forms a sinuous shape as the outer side of bends are eroded away more rapidly than the inner side. Eventually a horseshoe bend is formed and the river cuts through the narrow neck. This new passage then forms the main passage for the river and the ends of the bend become silted up, thus forming a bow-shaped lake.