<p>Seasonal ponds are ponds that only exist for part of the year. Jamesqf covered it well in his comment. There is just a wide variety of terms explaining the same thing. The terms were originally used more for streams (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_water" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Perennial water</a>), but it has slid into broader usage. </p>

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<p>I stumbled upon these terms in a text related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_farming" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pisciculture</a> (fish farming).<br />
I've looked on Google and Google-books but I couldn't find any type of definition.</p>

<p>P.S. Please let me know if I posted it in the right community.</p>

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Do you mean natural ponds, or (since you reference Pisciculture) artifical ones?  For natural ponds, there are many hereabouts (Sierra Nevada) that are filled by rain & snow melt in the spring, but evaporate during the summer.  Searching for "vernal pool" or "vernal pond" might get you more info.
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What are seasonal and perennial ponds?
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# What are seasonal and perennial ponds?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-13)

I stumbled upon these terms in a text related to [Pisciculture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_farming) (fish farming).  
I've looked on Google and Google-books but I couldn't find any type of definition.

P.S. Please let me know if I posted it in the right community.

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> **username_1**: Do you mean natural ponds, or (since you reference Pisciculture) artifical ones?  For natural ponds, there are many hereabouts (Sierra Nevada) that are filled by rain & snow melt in the spring, but evaporate during the summer.  Searching for "vernal pool" or "vernal pond" might get you more info.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-12-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Seasonal ponds are ponds that only exist for part of the year. username_1 covered it well in his comment. There is just a wide variety of terms explaining the same thing. The terms were originally used more for streams ([Perennial water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_water)), but it has slid into broader usage.


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