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)

• Gulf of Aden via concept surface "sea area"
• Long Island Sound
• Orpheus Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Nieuwe Waterweg via concept surface "ship canal"
• Sea of Okhotsk via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Upper New York Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Tsugaru Strait
• Celtic Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Beaufort Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Hudson Bay via concept surface "bay"
• World Ocean
• Chukchi Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Port Stephens via concept surface "natural harbour"
• East Siberian Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• San Pablo Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Laptev Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Lake Macquarie
• Celebes Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Kara Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Lincoln Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Red Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Bristol Channel
• Hanauma Bay via concept surface "bay"
• East China Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Norwegian Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Nantucket Harbor
• James Bay via concept surface "bay"
• McWay Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Gulf of Maine via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Denmark Strait
• Biscayne Bay via concept surface "lagoon"
• Yellow Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Donuzlav via concept surface "lagoon"
• Suisun Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Cape Cod Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Vineyard Sound
• Sea of Marmara via concept surface "inland sea"
• Java Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Northport Harbor via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Adriatic Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Capitol Reflecting Pool via concept surface "reflecting pool"
• Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Trevi Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• San Pedro Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Tagus River
• Lower New York Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Inside Passage via concept surface "coastal waterway"
• Taiwan Strait
• Newark Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Lunan Bay via concept surface "bay"