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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.

• The Miroir d'eau (Water mirror) on Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux, France, is the World's largest reflecting pool.^[1]
• The Mughal garden reflecting pools at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India
• The Al-Andalus era Moorish garden reflecting pool in the Patio de los Arrayanes courtyard, at the Alhambra of Granada, in Andalusian Spain
• Chehel Sotoun in Iran
• The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and Capitol Reflecting Pool, in Washington, D.C.
• The modernist Palácio do Planalto and Palácio da Alvorada in Brasília, Brazil
• The King Center in Atlanta, Georgia commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• The Oklahoma City National Memorial, at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing
• The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, a former reflecting pool was located in front of the stage, circa 1953 - 1972.^[2]
• The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, located in New York City, has two reflecting pools on the location where the Twin Towers stood.

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  Reflekterende basseng ved Taj Mahal i Agra, India
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  Reflekterende basseng i Patio de los Arrayanes, Alhambra i Granada, Spania
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  Reflekterende basseng ved den kinesiske paviljongen i Epcot, Disneyworld i Florida
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  Reflekterende basseng ved buddhisttempelet Kinkaku-ji i Kyoto, Japan

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  Reflekterende basseng i en persisk hage, Chehel Sotoun i Iran
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  Reflekterende basseng ved University of Western Australia
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  Reflekterende basseng utenfor Christchurch Arts Centre, i Christchurch, New Zealand
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  Reflekterende basseng ved Palácio do Planalto, i Brasils modernistiske hovedstad Brasília

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  Lincoln Memorial Reflecting PoolReflekterende basseng mellom Lincoln Memorial og Washington Monument i Washington, D.C..
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  Reflekterende basseng ved Christian Science Church i Boston, Massachusetts
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  Reflekterende basseng i Hermann Park i Houston, Texas
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  The North Reflecting Pool ved National September 11 Memorial and Museum i skumringen, World Trade Center, New York

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