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
Eyrie Bay bay
Tsemess Bay bay
Sprat Bay bay
Clew Bay bay
Joseph Bonaparte Gulf
Celebes Sea marginal sea
Meadows of California wetland ecosystem
Atlantic Ocean (via Sheepshead Bay inlet)
surface form: Atlantic Ocean
Sea of Åland sea
Fraser River Delta river delta
Kara Sea marginal sea
Sumba Strait
Aialik Bay bay
Severn Sound bay
Roaring River Falls waterfall
Shoshone Falls waterfall
Departure Bay bay
Magé Inlet coastal inlet
Don River near Kalach-na-Donu river section
Bay of Varna bay
Argolic Gulf bay
Lake Sharpe
Gaillard Cut artificial waterway
Ago Bay bay
Kiel Canal artificial waterway
Lincoln Sea marginal sea
Red Sea sea
Chatham Sound coastal inlet
Bristol Channel
Emerald Pools natural feature
Nachvak Fjord fjord
Hanauma Bay bay
Grande Havre Bay bay
Crystal Forest natural feature
Escambray Mountains
surface form: Salto del Caburní
waterfall
Cascatinha Taunay waterfall
Screw Auger Falls waterfall
Perdido Pass coastal waterway
Queen Charlotte Sound
Burgas Bay bay
Dili Bay bay
Aljezur River coastal waterway
Keehi Lagoon lagoon
Trinity Bay bay
Wellfleet Bay coastal embayment
Red Hook Bay bay
Rummelsburg Bay bay
Ornamental Lake water feature
Key West Harbor
Dnieper–Bug estuary lagoon