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
Mirror Lake
surface form: Mirror Lake (Hubbard Park)
Carshalton Ponds
Falmouth Harbour natural harbour
Portage Lake (Michigan) inland waterway
McCord Creek Falls (historical/alternative usage)
surface form: McCord Creek Falls
waterfall
Ross Sea sea
Kuskokwim Bay bay
Wexford Harbour natural harbour
Neptune Fountain
surface form: Neptune Fountain (Schönbrunn)
fountain
Caernarfon Bay bay
Lake Worth Lagoon lagoon
Provincetown Harbor
Victoria Nile Delta wetlands wetland ecosystem
Shinnecock Canal man-made waterway
Bunda Cliffs natural feature
Spencer Gulf
Investigator Strait
Vaajakoski–Tikkakoski waterway inland waterway
Mooselookmeguntic Lake natural feature
Gulf of Izmir bay
Starvation Creek waterfall
Skagit Bay bay
Whitefish Bay bay
Skagerrak sea area
Amundsen Sea marginal sea
Bridal Veil Falls waterfall
Otowa Waterfall waterfall
Rade de Brest natural harbour
Iroise Sea sea
Grand Lagoon lagoon
Hellfire Bay bay
Huangguoshu Waterfall waterfall
Cabin Creek Falls waterfall
Shinnecock Bay bay
Deans Pond
Temryuk Bay bay
Erie Canal man-made waterway
Gulf of Ancud
Rainbow Lake
surface form: Rainbow Lake (Overton Park)
Witpoortjie Falls waterfall
Solomon Sea marginal sea
Hole-in-the-Wall Falls waterfall
Wotje Atoll lagoon lagoon
Te Wai ā-moe natural feature
播磨灘 水域
Turnagain Arm fjord-like waterway
South Equatorial Current geophysical phenomenon
Lancaster Falls waterfall
Guinea Current Atlantic Ocean current
North Fiord fiord