body of water

A body of water is a naturally or artificially formed, relatively distinct accumulation of water—such as a lake, sea, river, or pond—occupying a definable area on the Earth's surface.

Observed surface forms (65)

• bay ×112
• sea ×54
• waterfall ×53
• marginal sea ×51
• fountain ×24
• natural feature ×22
• river delta ×19
• coastal inlet ×18
• coastal water body ×14
• fjord ×13

• inland sea ×12
• natural harbour ×12
• ship canal ×8
• tidal strait ×8
• lagoon ×7
• sea area ×7
• sea passage ×7
• water body ×7
• river section ×6
• artificial waterway ×5
• coastal waterway ×5
• man-made waterway ×5
• reflecting pool ×5
• wetland ecosystem ×5
• Atlantic Ocean current ×3
• arm of the Atlantic Ocean ×3
• coastal embayment ×3
• geophysical phenomenon ×3
• hydrocarbon sea ×3
• region of the Pacific Ocean ×3
• Arctic sea ×2
• coastal body of water ×2
• fiord ×2
• inland waterway system ×2
• marine area ×2
• ocean basin ×2
• paleogeographic water body ×2
• recreational waterway ×2
• tidal waterway ×2
• brackish sea ×1
• coastal waterfall ×1
• freshwater system ×1
• industrial waterway ×1
• inland waterway ×1
• inlet of the sea ×1
• marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean ×1
• marine bay ×1
• marine embayment ×1
• marine geographic region ×1
• marine habitat ×1
• marine lake ×1
• natural inlet ×1
• ornamental body of water ×1
• part of Atlantic Ocean ×1
• part of the Atlantic Ocean ×1
• part of the Seto Inland Sea ×1
• sea in Japan ×1
• sea loch ×1
• sea of the Pacific Ocean ×1
• seawater inlet ×1
• semi-enclosed sea ×1
• shallow sea ×1
• tidal lagoon ×1
• tropical sea ×1
• urban park water body ×1

Instances (516)

• Great Falls of the Potomac via concept surface "waterfall"
• South China Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Sea of Japan via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Niger Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Gulf of Mexico via concept surface "marginal sea"
• South Pacific via concept surface "region of the Pacific Ocean"
• Niagara Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Ipswich Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Angel Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Korea Strait
• Emerald Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Coral Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Bering Strait via concept surface "sea passage"
• Boston Harbor
• Caribbean Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Arthur Kill via concept surface "tidal strait"
• Aegean Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Morecambe Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Bermuda Triangle via concept surface "sea area"
• Table Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Black Sea and Sea of Azov via concept surface "inland sea"
  surface form: Black Sea
• Multnomah Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Sargasso Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Poucha Pond
• Jamaica Pond via concept surface "urban park water body"
• Bering Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Krammer
• Channel via concept surface "sea"
• Mor Breizh via concept surface "sea"
• European continental shelf via concept surface "marine geographic region"
• San Francisco Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Caspian Sea via concept surface "inland sea"
• Baffin Bay via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Bay of Bengal via concept surface "bay"
• Barents Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Chesapeake Bay
• Mediterranean Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Hoy via concept surface "natural harbour"
  surface form: Scapa Flow
• Arabian Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Greenland Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Tasman Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Gulf of Alaska via concept surface "ocean basin"
• Ionian Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Azores Current via concept surface "Atlantic Ocean current"
• Higashi Shina Kai via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Stellwagen Bank via concept surface "marine habitat"
• Long Lake (Littleton, Massachusetts)
• Catskill Mountains via concept surface "waterfall"
  surface form: Kaaterskill Falls
• The Narrows via concept surface "tidal strait"