A shallow pond, especially an artificial one made on downs where the water supply from springs or surface drainage is inadequate.
〈英〉露池（尤指人工浅塘，多见于泉水水源不足或地表排水不畅的丘陵草地）
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She works to protect hayfields, hedgerows, streams, dew ponds, and their wildlife.
So, the team has constructed a dew pond, an artificial reservoir traditionally favoured by farmers of chalky landscapes such as those in which the wood is situated.
In Wiltshire, on the clay above the chalk there are a number of ponds, sometimes known as ‘dew ponds’, which generally do not dry out in the summer.
Between a third and half of the dew ponds, unique to the limestone dales in the White Peak, have also disappeared.
However there is only one roadside dew pond out in the countryside - and it is this one which is in my garden.
She has worked to conserve and restore many ‘middle landscapes’ like hay fields, hedgerows, dew ponds, and countryside streams.