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
Boorangoora perched lake
Hellefoss dam
Storholmen
surface form: Lake Femunden
Stadtsee
surface form: Stadtsee (Bad Waldsee)
Lake Rotoiti
Lake Okataina volcanic lake
Lake Boomanjin perched lake
Seljord
surface form: Seljordsvatnet
Lago Fagnano glacial lake
Mount Zao
surface form: Okama
crater lake
Schlosssee
Lake Oscawana
Lake Peekskill
Lake Rotomahana
Lake Matthews
Duck Lake
surface form: Duck Lake (Chain O’Lakes)
Devils Lake, Oregon
Wallowa Mountains
surface form: Wallowa Lake
glacial lake
Lake Catherine
Seddinsee
Intake Two Lake
Sword Lake
Lake Rerewhakaaitu
Lago Roca glacial lake
Lake Skanatati
Loch Enoch
Aursunden
Øyeren
Lake Waiau
Gjende
Lungernsee
Lake Rotokawau
Mula Dam dam
Lake Todos los Santos glacial lake
Slotssøen
Nam Ou 1 Dam dam
Lake Pihkva
Loch Neldricken
Vangsmjøse
Nam Ou 2 Dam dam
Chesuncook Lake
Lake Lämmi
Peck Lake
Bisalpur Dam dam
Lake Puyehue
Pine Lake
surface form: Pine Lake (Fulton County, New York)
Cassadaga Lakes glacial lakes
Bavarian Alps
surface form: Königssee
Mljet
surface form: Veliko Jezero
saltwater lake
Nam Ou 4 Dam dam