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.
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)
- West Wind Drift via concept surface "geophysical phenomenon"
- Bog River Flow via concept surface "recreational waterway"
- Simon Pond
- The Race via concept surface "tidal strait"
- Gulf of Cazones via concept surface "bay"
- Burney Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
- Galveston Bay via concept surface "bay"
- Salish Sea via concept surface "sea"
- Pettycur Bay via concept surface "bay"
- Tongass Narrows via concept surface "coastal waterway"
- Puck Bay via concept surface "bay"
- Baie de Seine via concept surface "bay"
- Gulf of Antalya via concept surface "bay"
- Rhossili Bay via concept surface "bay"
- Oxwich Bay via concept surface "bay"
- Nantucket Sound