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
IJ Bay bay
Sipiso-piso Waterfall waterfall
Koosah Falls waterfall
Kune Falls (nearby)
surface form: Kune Falls
waterfall
Mimosa Rocks natural feature
Moon Bay bay
Lake Wallula
Suruga Bay bay
Wagonga Inlet coastal inlet
Glamorganshire Canal industrial waterway
Great South Bay lagoon
Danube–Black Sea Canal artificial waterway
Placentia Bay bay
Christchurch
surface form: Christchurch Harbour
natural harbour
Storfjorden fjord
Port Royal Sound coastal inlet
Nyangombe Falls waterfall
Southern Bight sea area
Otago Harbour natural harbour
Harlem Meer
Hecate Strait
Lake Celilo
Metter
Elephant Butte Reservoir
Rackwick Bay bay
D. W. Mooney
surface form: Mooney Falls
waterfall
Athabasca Falls waterfall
Bizerte Lagoon lagoon
Myrtoan Sea sea
Chapman’s Pool bay
Streets Beach lagoon
Lake Hazen natural feature
Nuup Kangerlua fjord
Bithry Inlet coastal inlet
Lake Mead
Hakodate Bay bay
Guanabara Bay bay
Maligne Lake natural feature
Sunwapta Falls waterfall
Bracelet Bay bay
Ambracian Gulf bay
Gulf of Orosei coastal inlet
Beppu Bay bay
Timor Sea marginal sea
Romsdalsfjorden fjord
North-East Atlantic Ocean part of the Atlantic Ocean
Virgin Valley Warm Springs natural feature
Iron Gates section of the Danube river section
Seurasaarenselkä bay
Hercules’ Mace natural feature