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
Gulf of Riga
Apollo Fountain fountain
Clarence Strait
Oslofjord fjord
Straits of Johor
Ishikari Bay bay
Ceram Sea marginal sea
Morne Rouge Bay bay
Broken Bay bay
Indus River delta river delta
Galathea Bay region marine area
Barachukki Falls waterfall
Blue Lagoon
surface form: Blue Lagoon (Jamaica)
lagoon
Boston Bay bay
Somerset Falls waterfall
Bellingham Bay bay
Frenchman Bay bay
Tunulliarfik Fjord fjord
Wangi Falls waterfall
Llandudno Bay bay
Llandudno Bay (anchorage rather than major port) coastal water body
Pisco Bay bay
St. George's Harbour natural harbour
Pittwater coastal waterway
Woy Woy Inlet coastal waterway
Gulf of Almería coastal inlet
Hvalseyfjorden fjord
Grand Cascade
surface form: Grand Cascade (Saint-Cloud)
fountain
Upper Falls of the Genesee River waterfall
Lake Merritt tidal lagoon
Ofotfjord fjord
Neptune Fountain fountain
Grandes Eaux water feature
The Pool water body
Zambezian flooded grasslands wetland ecosystem
Yalta Bay bay
St. Clair Flats river delta
Truk lagoon
Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta river delta
Tucker Bayou coastal inlet
Boknafjorden fjord
Middle Falls of the Genesee River waterfall
Kashima-nada sea area
Hamelin Bay bay
Reggae Falls waterfall
Uhuru Falls waterfall
Fajã dos Cubres lagoon
less developed than Victoria Falls
surface form: Ngonye Falls
waterfall
Ragay Gulf
Lagonoy Gulf