{{Short description|Type of water feature}} [[File:Madrid-Debod-TempleP1340709.jpg|thumbnail|upright=1.25|Temple of Debod (Madrid, Spain) in the reflecting pool of the garden of the Parque del Oeste]] A '''reflecting pool''', also called a '''reflection pool''', is a water feature found in gardens, parks and memorial sites. It usually consists of a shallow pool of water with a reflective surface, undisturbed by fountain jets.
==Design== Reflecting pools are often designed with the outer basin floor at the rim slightly deeper than the central area to suppress wave formation. They can be as small as a bird bath to as large as a major civic element. Their origins are from ancient Persian gardens.
==List of notable pools== [[File:Miroir d'eau place de la bourse à Bordeaux.jpg|thumb|270px|The Miroir d'eau by night in Bordeaux, France]] * The Miroir d'eau (Water mirror) on Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux, France. * The Mughal garden reflecting pools at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India * Chehel Sotoun in Iran * The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Capitol Reflecting Pool, in Washington, D.C. * Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool, Hermann Park, Houston, Texas, U.S. * The modernist Palácio do Planalto and Palácio da Alvorada in Brasília, Brazil * Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta, Georgia * The Oklahoma City National Memorial, at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing * The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, where a former reflecting pool was located in front of the stage, {{circa|1953}} – 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/about/history.cfm|title=Hollywood Bowl|access-date=18 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722114340/http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/about/history.cfm|archive-date=22 July 2010}}</ref> * The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, located at the World Trade Center site in New York City, with two reflecting pools on the location where the Twin Towers stood
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=160px> File:Taj Mahal 001.jpg|The reflecting pool of the Taj Mahal Image:WLM14ES - Patio de los Arrayanes, Alhambra. - julianrdc.jpg|The reflecting pool in the Patio de los Arrayanes, at the Moorish Alhambra of Granada, Spain Image:Chehel Sotoun 2.JPG|A World Heritage Persian garden site, Chehel Sotoun, in Iran Image:ReflectionPool UWA gobeirne.jpg|Reflecting Pool at the University of Western Australia File:Palacio do Planalto.jpeg|Reflecting pool of the Palácio do Planalto (Planalto Palace), in Brazil's modernist capital city Brasília Image:Water reflections of clouds in water (27327378883).jpg|Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. Image:USA_09562_Boston_Luca_Galuzzi_2007.jpg|Reflecting pool at Christian Science Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts Image:Hermann Park Texas.jpg|Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool in Hermann Park in Houston, Texas Image:12.6.11BerryBerensonPanelN-76ByLuigiNovi5.jpg|The North Reflecting Pool at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at dusk, World Trade Center, New York Image:ChristchurchArtsCentrePond gobeirne.jpg|Reflecting pond at the Christchurch Arts Centre in New Zealand </gallery>
==References== {{Commons category|Reflecting pools}} {{reflist}}
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