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
Passamaquoddy Bay bay
Harlem River Ship Canal ship canal
Laizhou Bay bay
Grand Traverse Bay bay
Calcinara Valley natural feature
North Aral Sea water body
Sea of Islands
Peconic Bay bay
Baltic Sea inland sea
Allegheny Reservoir
marine waters of Dry Tortugas National Park
Agate Passage tidal strait
equatorial Atlantic Ocean part of the Atlantic Ocean
Lake Lothing
Strymonian Gulf bay
Winding Stair Cavern natural feature
Ponkapoag Pond freshwater body of water
North Creek coastal inlet
Bushkill Falls natural feature
Tokyo Bay bay
Strait of Dover sea passage
Padilla Bay bay
Yoldia Sea paleogeographic water body
Moscow Sea water body
balancing rocks natural feature
Lagos Lagoon lagoon
Kilmez River
Roebuck Bay bay
Magic Fountain of Montjuïc fountain
Achterwasser lagoon
Dziwna
Merimere Reservoir
Bay of Gibraltar bay
Gibraltar Harbour natural harbour
Weddell Sea marginal sea
North Sea Canal ship canal
Hobbs Pond freshwater body of water
Padam Talao water body
Quincy Bay bay
Western Basin of the Aral Sea water body
Paradise Bay bay
Gardiners Bay bay
Davao Gulf
upper Don River river section
Vernal Fall waterfall
Pool of Reflection water feature
Archibald Fountain fountain
Kāneʻohe Bay bay
Crabtree Falls, Virginia waterfall
Ross Fountain fountain