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
Shadwell Basin
Bohai Sea marginal sea
Lake Bonham
Pineapple Fountain fountain
Outer Harbour
Fitz Hugh Sound coastal waterway
Dean Channel fjord
Buor-Khaya Gulf bay
Penobscot Bay bay
Palouse Falls waterfall
Middle Falls waterfall
West Bay
surface form: West Bay (Texas)
bay
NAFO Division 9 marine area
Manasquan River coastal waterway
Provideniya Bay bay
Palk Bay bay
Bartholdi Fountain fountain
Parchers Pond natural feature
Liverpool Bay bay
Bømlafjorden fjord
Upper Falls (Letchworth State Park) waterfall
Burke Channel coastal waterway
Shaker Mill Pond
Wyrley and Essington Canal inland waterway
St. George's Bay bay
Altafjorden fjord
Whaleshead Beach natural feature
Tin Can Bay bay
Loch Striven sea loch
Savusavu Bay bay
Langer See
Hellemofjorden fjord
Milbanke Sound coastal body of water
Hjeltefjorden fjord
East Bay
surface form: East Bay (Texas)
bay
Welland Canal ship canal
Vågsfjorden fjord
Natuna Sea marginal sea
Morto Bay bay
Kames Bay bay
Alum Rock Canyon natural feature
Santa Rosa Sound coastal water body
Drac à Grenoble river section
Lyngenfjord fjord
Walden Pond (Lynn)
Balsfjord fjord
Coronation Gulf Arctic waterway
Queen Maud Gulf Arctic waterway
Truk Atoll lagoon
Lapataia Bay bay