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
Euboean Gulf
Malian Gulf coastal inlet
La Fortuna Waterfall waterfall
Santa Rosa Sound (via nearby bridges and causeways)
surface form: Santa Rosa Sound
coastal water body
Outer Forth marine area
Indian Chair rock formation natural feature
Atlantic Ocean via Cape Cod Bay body of water connection
English Harbour natural harbour
Lugard Falls waterfall
Little Bay de Noc bay
Bay of Green Bay bay
Coldingham
surface form: Coldingham Bay
bay
Iruppu Falls waterfall
Glen Park Falls waterfall
Pelham Bay Park Lagoon lagoon
Castro Bay bay
St Andrews Bay bay
Arno Lagoon lagoon
Kilange Lagoon lagoon
Bay of Fort-de-France bay
Guayas River delta region river delta
Mutarazi Falls waterfall
Madura Strait
Bransfield Strait
Presque Isle Bay bay
Grand Canyon of the East natural feature
Putrid Sea hypersaline water body
Gulf of Finland
Angra Bay bay
Rivers of America (Disneyland version)
surface form: Rivers of America (Disneyland)
artificial waterway
Neptune Grotto water feature
North Bay
surface form: North Bay (Cape Cod)
bay
The Long Water
Toccoa Falls waterfall
Tanon Strait
Inneman Lagoon lagoon
Augrabies Falls waterfall
Shivanasamudra Falls waterfall
Kuang Si Falls (nearby attraction)
surface form: Kuang Si Falls
waterfall
Jambelí Channel coastal waterway
Big Lagoon lagoon
Kill Van Kull tidal strait
The Pond
surface form: The Pond (Central Park)
Aysgarth Falls waterfall
Seeadler Harbor bay
Latona Fountain fountain
Woodside Bay bay
Widgeon Pond natural water body
Lac des Deux Montagnes natural water body
Scotia Sea marginal sea