Single Word Requests – Term for the Land Area Around a Pond

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Usually "shore" and "beach" are used when talking about a large body of water. But what if we talk about a pond? Is the area around it still called a beach/shore?

Best Answer

Bank

The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.

-Oxford Living Dictionary

From Farming Fresh Water Prawns: A Manual...

The banks of the pond (sometimes referred to as embankments or bunds)...

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Also:

In geography, the word bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as banks in different fields of geography...The shoreline of ponds, swamps, estuaries, reservoirs, or lakes are also of interest in limnology and are sometimes referred to as banks.

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