River or pond

[Ciary]

I'm sorry if this has been asked before:
Exactly what qualifies as a pond and what qualifies as a river? I was just fishing in what I thought was a pond on my Island, but then I caught a black bass. A river fish.
I would like to know what I can do to turn this body of water into an actual pond

 

[seliph]

i'm not sure if the size requirements have been found out yet but if the water starts flowing, it's a river. you can check by casting out your rod, if the bobber moves you're fishing in a river.

i'm pretty sure anything you can build a bridge across will count as a river as well.

 

[Le Ham]

From what I understand it's not so much size as the ratio of length to width. If one dimension is so many tiles longer than the other (I'm guessing 3 or more tiles) it becomes a river. I have a 9x7 pond and two 8x4 "ponds" the game is treating as a river. When I cut them down to 7x4 they are still rivers.

(edit to clarify: all of these are landlocked bodies of water)

 

[Variety.Gamer 4438]

Wouldn't it also count as a pond if its just a little circular shape or simply a body of water that doesn't actually connect to the ocean?

This is how I always thought about it anyway.

So, if you terraformed land to disconnect a body of water from the ocean, it would turn into a pond. At least I think that is how it could work.

 

[QueenOpossum]

Wouldn't it also count as a pond if its just a little circular shape or simply a body of water that doesn't actually connect to the ocean?

This is how I always thought about it anyway.

So, if you terraformed land to disconnect a body of water from the ocean, it would turn into a pond. At least I think that is how it could work.

I have multiple river sections that don't connect to the ocean.

Ocean is part of it, but many other factors effect it.

OP - connecting to a waterfall will make something a river, being too much wider than it is tall (or too much taller than it is wide) will make something a river...It would be helpful if you could share a picture or at least the dimensions.

 

[Ciary]

Pond:

River:

Post automatically merged: Jun 28, 2020

I am thinking that, maybe, if it has no waterfalls or isn't connected to the ocean, that it is a pond if there is at least 1 space that is a minimum of 2 away from every shore