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
Grimnitzsee
Beihai Lake
Arrow Lakes
Lake Malawi African Great Lake
Lake Kakumanbuchi crater lake
Lac de Narlay
Talyllyn Lake glacial lake
Raystown Dam dam
Keeler Pond natural lake
Ratti Gali Lake glacial lake
Assiut Barrage on the Nile
surface form: Assiut Barrage
dam
Røssvatnet
Werbellinsee
Nangal Dam dam
Zandkreekdam dam
Villarrica Lake glacial lake
Warragamba Dam dam
Kráľová Dam dam
Loch Muick
Lianhua Lake
Lacs de Maclu
surface form: Grand Maclu
Chitta Katha Lake glacial lake
Lake Towuti ancient lake
Lake Matano
Lake Mahalona
Grassy Nook Pond lake or pond in Massachusetts
Spirit Lake natural lake
Parsteiner See
Tso Lhamo Lake glacial lake
Lake Maggiore
Lake Hallwil
Lake Vegoritida
Dayet Aoua
Aguelmame Aziza natural lake
Lake Sempach
Loch Tay
Panguipulli Lake glacial lake
Lake Athabasca
Lake Murten
Lesser Slave Lake
Riñihue Lake glacial lake
Columbia Lake
Osgood Pond
Calafquén Lake glacial lake
Veerse Gatdam dam
Lake Winnipesaukee
Florentino Ameghino Dam dam
IJsselmeer
Lake Chad
Great Slave Lake