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
Llyn y Fan Fawr glacial lake
Wedge Pond
Lac de Saint-Mandé (in Bois de Vincennes nearby)
surface form: Lac de Saint-Mandé
Loch of the Lowes (Scottish Borders)
Lake Blackshear
Atco Lake
Lake Victoria
Great Moose Lake
Saheb Bandh
Wood Lake
Allamuchy Pond
George Lake
El Capitan Dam dam
Deer Park Pond natural body of water
Glen Lake
West Fork River Dam dam
Lake George
surface form: Lake George (Hobart, Indiana)
Esthwaite Water
Rufus Woods Lake
East Loch Tarbert loch
Elk Lake
Third Connecticut Lake glacial lake
Jemez Canyon Dam dam
Waddell Dam dam
Village Lake
Castle Lake
Eagle Lake
Baldwin Lake
Square Lake
surface form: Square Lake (Orion Township, Michigan)
Indianwood Lake
St. Regis Lake
Spitfire Lake
Vandercook Lake
Wamplers Lake
Lake Greifen
Clark Lake
surface form: Clark Lake (Jackson County, Michigan)
inland lake
Waldo Lake
Loch Dhu
Silver Lake
surface form: Silver Lake (Wilmington, Massachusetts)
Río Huaracha
surface form: Lake Chapala
Crean Lake
Nabnasset Lake
Vernonia Lake
Mill Loch
surface form: Mill Loch (Eday)
Phander Lake
Helen Lake glacial lake
Thumsee
Laguna Piedra natural lake
Lake Wingra
Lake Joseph