body of water

C291
concept

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.

All labels observed (105)

Label Occurrences
bay 1,242
waterfall 702
body of water canonical 648

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: body of water
Generated description
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.

Instances (4,341)

Instance Via concept surface
Bay of Matanzas bay
Grizzly Bay bay
Inner Niger Delta wetland ecosystem
Kiloran
surface form: Kiloran Bay
bay
Gouwzee bay
Bay of Cárdenas bay
Stora Värtan bay
Yoldiahavet (Swedish)
surface form: Yoldiahavet
paleogeographic water body
Kalmar Strait
Jimmie Angel
surface form: Angel Falls
waterfall
Lake Maxinkuckee natural feature
Mount Hope Bay bay
Hanalei Bay bay
Humber Bay bay
Bay of Bengal bay
Barents Sea marginal sea
The Wash estuary bay
Aganippe Fountain fountain
Kerepakupai Merú waterfall
Red River Delta river delta
Chesapeake Bay
Mediterranean Sea sea
Chichester Harbour natural harbour
St Brides Bay bay
Ross and Smith sandbar (access point from Diglipur) natural feature
Rainbow Falls waterfall
Loch of Graemeshall
Hoy
surface form: Scapa Flow
natural harbour
Lough Ree
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta river delta
Sound of Islay
Bay of Ireland bay
Nagaev Bay bay
Taui Bay bay
Rockaway Inlet tidal strait
Phang Nga Bay bay
Arabian Sea sea
North Euboean Gulf
Greenland Sea marginal sea
Peepee Falls waterfall
River Devon
Whisper Wave waterfall waterfall
Dąbie Lake natural water body
King George Bay bay
Gulf of Gonâve
Meeting of the Waters fountain
Farm Cove bay
Rangat Bay bay
Molucca Sea marginal sea
Sound of Iona