Editing Reflecting pool

{{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 gardens|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 [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] stood

==Gallery==
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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 [[modern architecture|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 Center|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 (2001–present)|World Trade Center]], New York
Image:ChristchurchArtsCentrePond gobeirne.jpg|Reflecting pond at the [[Christchurch Arts Centre]] in New Zealand
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Bodies of water]]
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[[Category:Islamic architectural elements]]
[[Category:Persian gardens]]