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
Hereford Inlet coastal waterway
Lewes and Rehoboth Canal man-made waterway
Kiloran Bay bay
Balnahard Bay bay
Chimney Rock natural feature
Loch Oich
Murray Canal man-made waterway
Catskill Mountains
surface form: Kaaterskill Falls
waterfall
South Bay
surface form: South Bay (Humboldt Bay)
bay
Cache Bay bay
Bressay Sound natural harbour
Hulopoʻe Bay bay
Suyeong Bay bay
The Narrows tidal strait
Foveaux Strait
Hope Bay bay
Bone Bay bay
Rushcutters Bay bay
Altın Boynuz
Loch Linnhe sea loch
Pillings Pond
Mobile Bay bay
Nugget Falls waterfall
Mosquito Falls waterfall
Gulf of Aden sea area
Discovery Bay
surface form: Discovery Bay (Greenwich Island)
bay
Hilo Bay bay
Watsons Bay bay
Miners Falls waterfall
Dark Hollow Falls waterfall
Mosman Bay bay
Iberá Wetlands wetland ecosystem
Lake Pontchartrain lagoon
Nuka Bay bay
Long Island Sound
Fildes Bay bay
fountain of praise
surface form: Fountain of Praise
water feature
Waterloo Lake
Chapel Falls waterfall
Untere Aller river section
Acapulco Bay bay
Yankee Harbour natural harbour
Amoskeag Falls waterfall
International Fountain fountain
Kailua Bay bay
Ludlam Bay bay
Blackwattle Bay bay
Rombaken fjord
Valley Water
Edsviken Bay bay