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
Norway Lake
Quill Lake
Lake Pend Oreille
Concourse Lake
Buttermere
Homestead Lake
Middle Lake
Korsman Lake
Ennerdale Water glacial lake
Hong Lake
Pine Lake
surface form: Pine Lake (Bristol, Connecticut)
Lake Lillinonah lake in Connecticut
Seboeis Lake
Cossayuna Lake
Wilson Lake
surface form: Wilson Lake (Maine)
Blue Lake
surface form: Blue Lake (Tongariro National Park)
natural lake
Squam Lake
Jones Lake
Singletary Lake natural lake
Bay Tree Lake
Lake Maspenock
Black Lake
surface form: Black Lake (Norton Shores, Michigan)
Lake Isabel
Gander Lake
Sørvágsvatn
Promissão Dam dam
Poynton Pool
Lake Frösjön
Lake Kamo
Oesterdam bridge dam
Somerset Dam dam
Laguna del Maule Dam dam
Lough Ennell
Lake Osceola
Aral Sea endorheic lake
Bala Lake natural lake
Lake Moossee
Brazo Campanario lake arm
Weller Pond (connected bay often treated as separate pond)
surface form: Weller Pond
Lough Owel
Lake Virginia
Loch na Lathaich loch
Copaean Lake ancient lake
Drakolimni Smolika
Blyde Dam dam
Machhu Dam dam
Sherman Dam dam
Sun Moon Lake
Laguna Cerro Castillo glacial lake
Großer Wannsee lake
surface form: Großer Wannsee