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
Sahastradhara waterfall
Little Beach
surface form: Little Beach (New South Wales)
coastal inlet
Datteln-Hamm Canal artificial waterway
Ébrié Lagoon lagoon
Queensboro Lake
Nawakwa Lake natural feature
Lake Massawippa
Lake Wanoksink natural feature
Prickend Pond
Horgefjorden fjord
western Pacific Ocean region of the Pacific Ocean
San Juan Bay bay
Misol-Ha waterfall
Kremasto waterfall waterfall
Pearl River Delta river delta
Ariake Sea inland sea
Willamette Falls waterfall
Køge Bay bay
Kattegat sea area
Echo Lake, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Cawsand Bay bay
Czarny Staw pod Rysami natural water body
Rideau Falls waterfall
Guide Falls (near Burnie) waterfall
Duddon Estuary coastal inlet
Kafue Flats wetland ecosystem
Slaver's Bay bay
Bay of Dragons
Galathea Bay bay
Kents Bank Bay coastal inlet
Sarasota Bay bay
Corinthian Gulf
South Bay
surface form: South Bay (Scarborough)
bay
Moreton Bay bay
Loch Long sea loch
Clyde Sea area sea area
Sea of Crete sea
Morosini Fountain fountain
Laconian Gulf bay
The Narrow Sea
Pembroke River tidal waterway
Big Woods Lake
Plymouth Harbour natural harbour
Jade Sea body of water in Essos
Hai River Delta river delta
Atlantic Ocean
Disko Bay, Greenland
surface form: Disko Bay
bay
Fresh Pond
Mesopotamian Marshes wetland ecosystem
Jennycliff Bay bay