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Bodies of water often have a large amount of minerals and small organic compounds dissolved in them. This causes an effect known as freezing point depression that lowers the temperature required to freeze the water. This is why salt melts ice on roadways.

Another, and possibly more pertinent explanation is that large bodies of water have a much higher thermal mass which means that it takes a much longer period of time to remove the heat stored in the water. This is why the pond doesn't freeze over even on a 30 degree night if it's sitting in the sun on a winters day.

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