Has anyone designed a pond that extends beyond its surface perimeter?
Example cross section:
brown - existing surface (or brought to grade) black - designed pond blue - capacity
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where have you looked? – Solar Mike Sep 09 '17 at 22:58
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I would describe this negative incline portion of the pond as a "shelf". They are common and need to be self-supporting with a material that has compression and tensile strength; concrete and rebar, rock, fiberglass, etc.
There are lots of examples of this:
- covered irrigation canals
- dam water turbine intakes
- water diversion intakes
- zoo habitats
- natural shelf under waterfalls
- naturally in water caves
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