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)

• Straits of Johor
• Indus River delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Lake Merritt via concept surface "tidal lagoon"
• Ofotfjord via concept surface "fjord"
• The Pool via concept surface "water body"
• Yalta Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• western Pacific Ocean via concept surface "region of the Pacific Ocean"
• San Juan Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Pearl River Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Kattegat via concept surface "sea area"
• Echo Lake, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
• Atlantic Ocean
• Fresh Pond
• Pensacola Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Bay of Gdańsk via concept surface "bay"
• Everglades National Park via concept surface "wetland ecosystem"
• Persian Gulf
• Bothnian Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Delaware Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Georgian Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Gloucester Harbor
• San Diego Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Straits of Florida
• Crown Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Elliott Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Pools of ʻOheʻo via concept surface "natural feature"
• Buzzards Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Bethesda Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Georgia Strait via concept surface "coastal waterway"
• Chelsea Creek via concept surface "tidal waterway"
• Gulf of Tonkin
• Waimoku Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Littorina Sea via concept surface "paleogeographic water body"
• Labrador Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• River Dee (part) via concept surface "river section"
• Gulf of Thailand via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Leyte Gulf
• Gulf of Cádiz via concept surface "coastal water body"
• Marquette Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Kraken Mare via concept surface "hydrocarbon sea"
• Punga Mare via concept surface "hydrocarbon sea"
• Gulf of Tadjoura
• IJ Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Placentia Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Harlem Meer
• Hecate Strait
• Lake Mead
• Guanabara Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Timor Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"