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What is the difference between a lake and a pond, river, stream, and brook?
- Lake
- an inland body of water occupying a depression
in the earth's surface, generally of appreciable
size
- Pond - a natural body of standing water,
occupying a small surface depression, usually
smaller than a lake.
- River - a natural freshwater surface
stream of considerable volume and a permanent
or seasonal flow.
- Stream - any
body of moving water that moves
under gravity to progressively lower levels, in a relatively
narrow but clearly defined channel on the surface of the ground.
- Brook - a small stream or rivulet, commonly
swiftly flowing in rugged terrain,
of lesser length and volume than
a creek. A term used in England and New England for any tributary
to a small river or to a larger
stream.
Source: Glossary of Geology, R.L. Bates and J.A. Jackson (eds.), 1987, American Geological Institute, Third Edition.
What do the township abbreviations in Maines unorganized towns stand for?
- BKP Binghams Kennebec Purchase
- BPP Binghams Penobscot Purchase
- ED East Division
- EKR East of the Kennebec River
- MD Middle Division
- NBKP North of Binghams Kennebec Purchase
- NBPP North of Binghams Penobscot Purchase
- ND North Division
- NWP North of the Waldo Patent
- PLT Plantation
- SD South Division
- TS Titcomb Survey
- TWP Township
- WELS West of the Easterly Line of the State
- WBKP West of Binghams Kennebec Purchase
- WKR West of the Kennebec River
Source: Length and Breadth of Maine, by S.B. Attwood, 1977, University of Orono Press, Orono, Maine.
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