These things are fairly subjective, but I did find a great discussion of the difference between a pond and a lake
My personal opinion of a puddle is it is temporary as in it dries up on a regular basis. I think for a puddle to be a pond, you should be able to float a small row boat in it and it should maybe be at least waist deep. That sort of puts plastic landscape ponds in the puddle range unless they are large.
My personal opinion of a puddle is it is temporary as in it dries up on a regular basis. I think for a puddle to be a pond, you should be able to float a small row boat in it and it should maybe be at least waist deep. That sort of puts plastic landscape ponds in the puddle range unless they are large.