Sunday, August 7, 2011

Beach Lake

We live in the land of over a million lakes (by the way I looked it
up--we had more than one discussion about this last month:
From a regulatory viewpoint there is no distinction between a lake and
a pond. Both are surface waters of the state and subject to the same
water quality standards. From a naming convention there is no precise
difference between a lake and pond, although waterbodies named "lakes"
are generally larger and/or deeper than waterbodies named "ponds."
From an ecological or limnological perspective, there is a difference
between the two. The difference, however, is somewhat arbitrary and
not consistent or precise.)

Back to Alaska Lakes. . .

Several weeks ago as part of a Friday hike we ended at Beach Lake.
Isn't it beautiful?

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