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
Düden River
surface form: Düden Waterfalls
waterfall
Falls of Dochart waterfall
Falls of Leny waterfall
Gøtuvík fjord
Gásadalur waterfall waterfall
Tugela Falls waterfall
Danube River in Budapest river section
North Sea at Tynemouth sea area
Sample Meadow natural feature
Berlin Falls waterfall
Lisbon Falls waterfall
Weymouth Bay bay
Beauharnois Canal ship canal
Lake Kamo lagoon
Kinzua Bay bay
Antarctic Coastal Current geophysical phenomenon
Duart Bay bay
Gulf of Oristano coastal inlet
Matagorda Bay bay
Lyme Bay bay
Cibeles Fountain fountain
Volga Delta river delta
Fife Brook to Zoar Gap run recreational waterway
Laubeuf Fjord fjord
Brandywine Falls waterfall
Ledges area natural feature
A’ Mhuir-thìr (Scottish Gaelic, less common)
surface form: A’ Mhuir-thìr
Rainbow Falls
surface form: Rainbow Falls (Mammoth Lakes)
waterfall
Little Harbor coastal inlet
Ronne Entrance
Jimmy Angel
surface form: Angel Falls
waterfall
Blue Hen Falls waterfall
Bala Lake
Baía dos Porcos bay
Yeong River
Lake Buchanan
Lagoa do Paraíso lagoon
Soroa
surface form: Salto de Soroa waterfall
waterfall
Soroa waterfall waterfall
Marovo Lagoon lagoon
Weller Pond (connected bay often treated as separate pond)
surface form: Weller Pond
bay
Baie des Saintes bay
Zenn
Ryōtsu Bay bay
Kalmarsund
Gairsay Sound
Loch na Lathaich
Port Hacking bay
Figure Eight Pools natural feature
Drakolimni Smolika natural feature