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)

• Lake Calumet
• North Pool via concept surface "reflecting pool"
• Gulf of Corinth
• Kursunlu Waterfall via concept surface "waterfall"
• Schwarzer Brücker Pfuhl islands (small islets) via concept surface "natural feature"
  surface form: Schwarzer Brücker Pfuhl islands
• Arctic Ocean
• Suez Canal via concept surface "artificial waterway"
• Caen Canal via concept surface "man-made waterway"
• South Pool via concept surface "reflecting pool"
• Gulf of Naples via concept surface "bay"
• Victoria Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Ironbottom Sound
• Gran Lago
• Chuuk Lagoon via concept surface "lagoon"
• Outer Harbor via concept surface "water body"
• Fountain of Energy via concept surface "fountain"
• Manchester Ship Canal via concept surface "ship canal"
• Mahanadi Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Gulf of Guinea
• Fontana del Tritone via concept surface "fountain"
• Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system via concept surface "inland waterway system"
• Melville Bay via concept surface "bay"
• King Center Reflecting Pool via concept surface "reflecting pool"
• Rumford Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Osaka Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Gulf of Tunis via concept surface "coastal water body"
• Stage Harbor via concept surface "bay"
• Fountain of the Four Rivers via concept surface "fountain"
• Kaaterskill Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Drake Passage via concept surface "sea passage"
• Strait of Magellan via concept surface "sea passage"
• Hauraki Gulf via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Tokopah Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Basaseachic Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Valparaíso Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Crinan Canal via concept surface "ship canal"
• Lena River Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Reef Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Fontana dell'Acqua Paola via concept surface "fountain"
• Gulf of Fonseca
• Adam Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Upper Lake
• Reloncaví Sound via concept surface "coastal body of water"
• The Narrows
• Toronto Harbour via concept surface "natural harbour"
• Neptune Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
  surface form: Neptune Fountain (Trento)
• Lough Neagh via concept surface "natural feature"
• Sea of Azov via concept surface "inland sea"
• Three Cliffs Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Langland Bay via concept surface "bay"