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
Triberg Waterfalls waterfall
South Bay
surface form: South Bay (Livingston Island)
bay
Hero Bay bay
Bash Bish Falls waterfall
Kingsgate Bay bay
Doubtful Sound / Patea fiord
Crescent Bay bay
Hopkinton Reservoir
Cardigan Bay bay
Academy Bay bay
Pelješac Peninsula
surface form: Mali Ston Bay
bay
Bahía de Cienfuegos bay
Carnarvon Bay bay
Llyn Tegid
Stockholm coastal waters coastal water body
Ural River delta river delta
Sakonnet River tidal strait
Port Erin Bay bay
Dunraven Bay bay
Laut Nusantara marine area
Laut Flores marginal sea
Moon Bay bay
Aqueduct Canal man-made waterway
Neptune’s Bellows sea passage
Telefon Bay bay
Ala Wai Canal man-made waterway
Lake Skadar wetland ecosystem
Bopath Ella Falls waterfall
Lachine Canal industrial waterway
Husarviken bay
Herceg Novi Bay bay
Risan Bay bay
Corio Bay bay
Mediterranean
surface form: Mediterranean Sea
Te Moana a Toi
Rhine River in Düsseldorf river section
Dusky Sound fiord
Mystic River estuary coastal water body
Greenland Dock (via lock system historically)
surface form: Greenland Dock
San Juan River (Colorado section) river section
Kivalina Lagoon lagoon
St Donat’s Bay bay
Great Sound bay
Baglan Bay bay
Shannon Falls waterfall
Milford Harbor coastal inlet
Murray River (part) river section
Bay of Vlora bay
Wolfeboro Bay bay
Loch Goil sea loch