Tag:water=pond
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A small body of standing water, man-made in most cases  
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A pond: a body of standing water, man-made in most cases, that is usually smaller than a water=lake.
This tag is non-specific. Check if there is another more specific tag which could be used instead:
- Natural or semi-natural areas of still water are usually tagged with water=lake or water=oxbow
- Salt evaporation ponds should be tagged with landuse=salt_pond
- Other evaporation ponds should be tagged with basin=evaporation
- Open-air man-made swimming pools are tagged with leisure=swimming_pool
- Artificial lakes and ponds are also tagged with water=reservoir or landuse=reservoir if they are formed by a dam across a valley or natural depression
- water=basin and landuse=basin are used for an area of land artificially graded to hold water
- water=reflecting_pool - a water feature found in gardens, parks, and at memorial sites which consists of a shallow pool of water, undisturbed by fountain jets, for a calm reflective surface.
- water=wastewater - A clarifier/settling basin of a wastewater treatment plant.
- water=fountain - the water area of a decorative or recreational fountain.
How to Map
Draw the outline 
of the pond and add natural=water + water=pond.
Useful combinations
- name=*
- intermittent=yes
Possible Tagging Mistakes
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Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!