body of water

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.

Observed surface forms (65)

• bay ×112
• sea ×54
• waterfall ×53
• marginal sea ×51
• fountain ×24
• natural feature ×22
• river delta ×19
• coastal inlet ×18
• coastal water body ×14
• fjord ×13

• inland sea ×12
• natural harbour ×12
• ship canal ×8
• tidal strait ×8
• lagoon ×7
• sea area ×7
• sea passage ×7
• water body ×7
• river section ×6
• artificial waterway ×5
• coastal waterway ×5
• man-made waterway ×5
• reflecting pool ×5
• wetland ecosystem ×5
• Atlantic Ocean current ×3
• arm of the Atlantic Ocean ×3
• coastal embayment ×3
• geophysical phenomenon ×3
• hydrocarbon sea ×3
• region of the Pacific Ocean ×3
• Arctic sea ×2
• coastal body of water ×2
• fiord ×2
• inland waterway system ×2
• marine area ×2
• ocean basin ×2
• paleogeographic water body ×2
• recreational waterway ×2
• tidal waterway ×2
• brackish sea ×1
• coastal waterfall ×1
• freshwater system ×1
• industrial waterway ×1
• inland waterway ×1
• inlet of the sea ×1
• marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean ×1
• marine bay ×1
• marine embayment ×1
• marine geographic region ×1
• marine habitat ×1
• marine lake ×1
• natural inlet ×1
• ornamental body of water ×1
• part of Atlantic Ocean ×1
• part of the Atlantic Ocean ×1
• part of the Seto Inland Sea ×1
• sea in Japan ×1
• sea loch ×1
• sea of the Pacific Ocean ×1
• seawater inlet ×1
• semi-enclosed sea ×1
• shallow sea ×1
• tidal lagoon ×1
• tropical sea ×1
• urban park water body ×1

Instances (516)

• Tyrrhenian Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Humboldt Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Ligurian Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Balearic Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Central Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Alboran Sea via concept surface "sea"
• English Channel via concept surface "sea"
• North Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Andaman Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Raíces Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Laguna del Condado
• Baltic Sea via concept surface "inland sea"
• Tokyo Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Strait of Dover via concept surface "sea passage"
• Yoldia Sea via concept surface "paleogeographic water body"
• Weddell Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• North Sea Canal via concept surface "ship canal"
• Paradise Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Vernal Fall via concept surface "waterfall"
• Ross Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Provincetown Harbor
• Skagerrak via concept surface "sea area"
• Amundsen Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Erie Canal via concept surface "man-made waterway"
• Gulf of Ancud
• Solomon Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• South Equatorial Current via concept surface "geophysical phenomenon"
• Sydney Harbour via concept surface "natural harbour"
• Magens Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Jet d'Eau via concept surface "fountain"
• Western Mediterranean via concept surface "sea area"
• Bothnian Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Luzon Strait
• Bali Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Casco Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Bali Strait
• Gastineau Channel via concept surface "tidal waterway"
• Wadden Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Melton Hill Lake
• The Wash via concept surface "bay"
• Gulf of Bothnia
• Santa Rosa Sound (via nearby bridges and causeways) via concept surface "coastal water body"
  surface form: Santa Rosa Sound
• Madura Strait
• Bransfield Strait
• Gulf of Finland
• Kill Van Kull via concept surface "tidal strait"
• The Pond
  surface form: The Pond (Central Park)
• Scotia Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Gulf of Riga
• Oslofjord via concept surface "fjord"