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
Salzgittersee
Lake Leelanau
Lake Quitman
Sturgeon Lake
Markonahalli Dam dam
Hinze Dam dam
Lake Manasarovar
Rakshastal
Pigeon Lake
surface form: Pigeon Lake (Kawartha Lakes)
Rainy Lake
Zola Dam dam
Baroon Pocket Dam dam
Crystal Lake
surface form: Crystal Lake (Benzie County, Michigan)
inland lake
Liuye Lake
Lake Shikaribetsu
Pangong Tso
Lake Joux
Harangi River
surface form: Harangi Dam
dam
Pigeon Lake
Pere Marquette Lake inland lake
Salhouse Broad
Otsego Lake glacial lake
Crystal Springs Dam dam
Ranworth Broad
Afsluitdijk dam
Zuiderzee Works
surface form: Afsluitdijk
dam
Lake Jyväsjärvi
Tso Moriri
Lago dos Amores
Los Banos Creek Detention Dam dam
Innerste Dam dam
Gougane Barra
The Lough
Doma Dam dam
Lake Heiligensee
Gornersee proglacial lake
Pyramid Lake
Tantangara Dam dam
Lake Mashu
Loch Machain lough
Lake Amboseli (seasonal lakebed)
surface form: Lake Amboseli
shallow lake
Naknek Lake glacial lake
Cultus Lake
surface form: Cultus Lake (Oregon)
natural lake
Lake Sils
Lake Winnebago inland lake
Wular Lake
Little Lava Lake
Chivero Dam dam
Lake Lindu
Lake Yalpuh