>>2456
In Florida these are called "retaining ponds". They dot the landscape down there because the water table is so close to the surface. So every time they build a new kuso McDonalds they have to dig a hole to build up a foundation.

When I lived down there most of them were devoid of wildlife for the first several years. After awhile someone would stock them with fish so they could sport fish in them. Then they'd get invaded by gators. Which is where I came in. I'd have to come catch the gators and relocate them.

Where I live now a lot of small bodies of water are artificially created like this because it's technically considered a "wet land" for migrating birds. Every time they build a kuso mcdonalds at the coast they have to buy an equal amount of land somewhere inland and flood it. Lots of land owners donate small plots of land for this purpose because the state will pay them thousands of dollars a year for it. It's a big scam.

>>2457
Not sure if it's the same thing, but we have "retention ponds" that are mostly there to give water a place to run off to when we get heavy rain. They're dry 90% of the time and double as grassy parks, often with a walking track around the rim.

Are they level with the scenery or does it look like the area was dug out? I think it makes sense that they could be retaining areas, but there's also crops that are grown in such environments. Oh, and fish.
I actually read a thing where some farmers (I think this story was based somewhere in Asia?) have transformed their rice paddies into fish farms. They're a bit worried about the possible environmental impact, however.

There's a bunch of those retaining ponds around the business complex I work; sometimes you will see delivery drivers killing time by fishing in them, and the egrets seem to enjoy camping them as well, but I would never eat a fish from there after seeing just how thick a layer of road salt can accumulate on the surface after a snow or ice event.

>>2485
Hard to tell since there's never any piles of dirt or anything, but they're definitely not for farming I don't think. I actually passed some paddies. Unsure for what since it was in the middle of Arkansas.

>>2457
you're a... gator relocator?

see you later alligator

>>2499
When I ended up living in Florida by mistake for 8 months I got a job with a landscaping company. The pay was bad. We always had to weedeat around ponds and every pond had gators in it. I met the guys that had the job of removing gators. They got paid a lot better than us. It seemed like fun and more importantly they were my people. So I ended up working for them.