lake

C216
concept

A lake is a sizable, inland body of standing water, typically surrounded by land and fed by rivers, streams, precipitation, or groundwater.

All labels observed (100)

Label Occurrences
lake canonical 1,916
dam 428
glacial lake 259

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: lake
Generated description
A lake is a sizable, inland body of standing water, typically surrounded by land and fed by rivers, streams, precipitation, or groundwater.

Instances (2,884)

Instance Via concept surface
Lake Seliger
Moraine Lake
surface form: Moraine Lake (Oregon)
natural lake
Lake Pichola lake in India
Popovo Lake glacial lake
Teesta Barrage dam
Lake Palvajärvi
Mooselookmeguntic Lake
Endless Lake
Tenaya Lake natural lake
Sand Pond
surface form: Sand Pond (Norway, Maine)
Lake Valdai
Schönenbodensee
Swartvlei Lake
Westhampton Lake
Avalanche Lake (Adirondacks) glacial lake
Lake Hopatcong
Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora
Lac Pavin meromictic lake
Lac Chambon
Llyn Peris glacial lake
Lake Housatonic
Rainbow Lake
surface form: Rainbow Lake (Overton Park)
Moosehead Lake
Lac de Guéry
Broad Water lagoon
Te Wai ā-moe crater lake
Yunlong Lake
Rano Kau crater lake crater lake
Loch Lubnaig
Lake Pátzcuaro
Darra-e-Nur Dam dam
Miage Lake proglacial lake
Lake Cochituate
Loch Ness
Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam
Lake Horton
Norrviken Lake
Lough Corrib
Koprinka Dam dam
Glaslyn glacial lake
Llyn Teyrn
Oldambtmeer
Stölpchensee
Lough Mask
Lake Drummond natural lake
Lake Whatcom
Lake Müritz
Lough Conn
Oguta Lake natural lake
Lago General Carrera glacial lake