Of lakes and rivers....
Don't know Jazzo...seems to me every lake is part of a watershed that involves some kind of steady flow, and usually acts as the headwaters and/or basin for a river or rivers. In New Jersey our "Great Lake," Lake Hopatcong in Sussex County (NW corner of the state) is a glacial lake that becomes the Musconetcong River and also is the basin for numerous feeder streams. So there is some flow involved. This scenario holds forth for all other lakes I know from a long and vigorous fishing career. But, then, when I look at the map, it always does occur to me that Lake Erie is more a part of the St. Lawrence Seaway than a Great Lake. But water always moves from somewhere and to somewhere as part of a watershed. So I think that a lake, although defined as "standing water," is really just a slow and expansive river. Just as when a beaver dam obstructs a portion of a stream or river, the slow-moving body of "standing" water is said to be a pond...but it's really still a part of the river.
