body of water, by damming a source. Often used for flood control, as a drinking water supply (reservoir), recreation, ornamentation (artificial pond), or other purpose or combination of purposes. Note that the process of creating an "impoundment" of water is itself called "impoundment." Inlet – a body of water, usually seawater, which has characteristics of one or more of the following: bay, cove, estuary, firth, fjord, geo, sea loch, or sound. Kettle (or kettle lake) – a shallow, sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. Kill – used in areas of Dutch influence in New York, New Jersey and other areas of the former New Netherland colony of Dutch America to describe a strait, river, or arm of the sea. Lagoon – a body of comparatively shallow salt or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature. Lake – a body of water, usually freshwater, of relatively large size contained on a body of land. Lick — a small watercourse or an ephemeral stream Loch – (Scottish) a body of water such as a lake, sea inlet, firth, fjord, estuary or bay. Mangrove swamp – a saline coastal habitat of mangrove trees and shrubs. Marsh – a wetland featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. See also salt marsh. Mediterranean sea (oceanography) – a mostly enclosed sea that has a limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds Mere – a lake or body of water that is broad in relation to its depth. Mill pond – a reservoir built to provide flowing water to a watermill. Moat – a deep, broad trench, either dry or filled with water, surrounding and protecting a structure, installation, or town. Mud puddle Ocean – a major body of salty water that, in totality, covers about 71% of the Earth's surface. Oxbow lake – a U-shaped lake formed when a wide meander from the mainstem of a river is cut off to create a lake. Phytotelma – a small, discrete body of water held by some plants. Plunge pool – a depression at the base of a waterfall. Pool – various small bodies of water such as a swimming pool, reflecting