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Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-117-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-117-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
Data description article
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06 Jan 2026
Data description article |  | 06 Jan 2026

The German Small Lake and Pond Inventory

Alexander Wachholz, Susanne I. Schmidt, Jens Arle, and Jeanette Völker

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Small lakes and ponds provide many functions for the environment. Because of their size they are often not considered in scientific studies. We collected all the information on those lakes and ponds for Germany and combined it to a database. We described the ponds in detail, for example how deep they might by, how much water they can store or if they are connected to rivers. We found more than 260.000 lakes and ponds in Germany.
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