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
Porsáŋgguvuotna (Northern Sami)
surface form: Porsáŋgguvuotna
fjord
Lower Bode river section
Bantry Bay bay
Granvinfjorden fjord
Grey Mare’s Tail waterfall
Kendari Bay bay
Weston Bay bay
Loch Eatharna sea loch
Kvænangen fjord
Georgia Strait coastal waterway
Roaringwater Bay bay
Kafireas Strait
Chelsea Creek tidal waterway
Wineglass Bay bay
Gulf of Tonkin
Osafjorden fjord
Scorpion Anchorage bay
Waimoku Falls waterfall
Lake Quannapowitt
Littorina Sea paleogeographic water body
Belfast Lough natural harbour
Samuelsfjorden fjord
Bridal Veil waterfall waterfall
Labrador Sea marginal sea
River Dee (part) river section
Gulf of Thailand marginal sea
Lake Chivero water body
Leyte Gulf
Merimbula Lake recreational waterway
Gulf of Cádiz coastal water body
Horseshoe Bay
surface form: Horseshoe Bay (Kerrera)
bay
Cumbharjua Canal (as connecting channel)
surface form: Cumbharjua Canal
tidal waterway
Levantine Sea sea
Robina Town Centre Lake water feature
Marquette Bay bay
Neptune Fountain
surface form: Neptune Fountain (Frederiksborg Castle)
fountain
Red Brook natural feature
Atuona Bay bay
Ranfjorden fjord
southeastern Aegean Sea sea area
Gulf of Valinco bay
Malangen fjord
Guérande salt marshes wetland ecosystem
Amvrakikos Gulf (part)
surface form: Amvrakikos Gulf
coastal water body
Kraken Mare hydrocarbon sea
Punga Mare hydrocarbon sea
Sahalie Falls waterfall
Jefferson Lake
Ardantrive Bay bay
Gulf of Tadjoura