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
Portage Lake glacial lake
Loch Morlich
Lake Barton
Abbeystead Dam dam
Lake Iliamna
Lake Chelan
Central Park lake
surface form: Central Park lake (Bidhannagar)
urban lake
Taylor Pond
Lake Sevan
Berijam Lake
Lac La Belle
Big Muskego Lake
Hell Roaring Lake glacial lake
Thale Luang
Lac Vieux Desert
Wausau Dam dam
TKQ
surface form: Lake Tanganyika
Lake Båven
Phewa Lake
Silver Lake (the lake)
surface form: Silver Lake (Kenosha County, Wisconsin)
Ayub National Park Lake
Wakeby Pond
The Loch
Loch Vale Lake glacial lake
Lonar
surface form: Lonar Crater Lake
impact crater lake
Hebgen Lake
Begnas Lake
Lake Zurich
Udomlya Lake
Lake Monate
Lake Comabbio
Laguna del Otún glacial lake
Koronowo Dam dam
Sevier Lake (dry lake bed)
surface form: Sevier Lake
endorheic lake
Ukai Dam dam
Lake Pusiano
Chief Waramaug
surface form: Lake Waramaug
East Lake volcanic lake
Yambo Lake crater lake
Poopó Lake endorheic lake
Pakim Pond
Lake Waconia
Copeton Dam dam
Upper Phantom Lake
Snowmass Lake glacial lake
Davos Lake
Owens Lake endorheic lake
Lower Phantom Lake
Nashville Dam (historic) dam
Ada Dam dam