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
Halifax River lagoon
Tasman Sea sea
Lake Flower
Raquette Pond
Curonian Lagoon lagoon
Mounts Bay bay
Bay of Firth bay
Bay of Houton bay
Leverett Pond urban park water body
Gulf of Ajaccio bay
Sōya Strait sea passage
Bay of Evie bay
Bahía de Banderas bay
Szczecin Lagoon lagoon
Walter F. George Lake
Avacha Bay bay
Court Square Fountain, Montgomery
surface form: Court Square Fountain
fountain
Livingstone Falls waterfall
Ha Long Bay bay
Calder and Hebble Navigation inland waterway
Bridal Veil Falls
surface form: Bridal Veil Falls (Manitoulin Island)
waterfall
SavU Sea
surface form: Savu Sea
sea
McMurdo Sound
Shark Bay bay
Gulf of Alaska ocean basin
Bay of Kirkwall bay
Bay of Fersness bay
Bay of Meil bay
Pomeranian Bay bay
Willow Pond
King’s Fountain fountain
Ionian Sea sea
Gulf of Patras bay
IJ
Lake Roosevelt
Cook's Bay bay
Portage Bay bay
Canal de l’Est inland waterway
Tumon Bay bay
Oder River delta river delta
Saint Mary’s Falls waterfall
Bay of Skaill bay
Bay of Hoxa Sound bay
Pamlico Sound lagoon
Rose Bay bay
High Rhine river section
Tanda Falls waterfall
Windham Falls waterfall
Onondaga Lake
Bay of Orphir bay