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)

• Seurasaarenselkä via concept surface "bay"
• Gulf of California via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Puget Sound via concept surface "inland sea"
• Banda Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Volga–Don Canal via concept surface "ship canal"
• Blackwater Bay via concept surface "bay"
• The Lake
  surface form: The Lake (Central Park)
• Mekong Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Rivanna River near Charlottesville via concept surface "recreational waterway"
• Diana the Huntress Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Island via concept surface "bay"
  surface form: Kealakekua Bay
• Gulf of Panama
• Turtle Pond
• Dublin Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Gloucester and Sharpness Canal via concept surface "ship canal"
• Commencement Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Bohai Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Bartholdi Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Liverpool Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Welland Canal via concept surface "ship canal"
• Santa Rosa Sound via concept surface "coastal water body"
• Walden Pond (Lynn)
• Montmorency Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Broad Sound via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Spuyten Duyvil Creek via concept surface "tidal strait"
• Silver Lake
  surface form: Silver Lake (Lynn, Massachusetts)
• Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park)
• Sutherland Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Choctawhatchee Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Pago Pago Harbor via concept surface "bay"
• Mosquito Bay via concept surface "natural feature"
• East River via concept surface "tidal strait"
• Lake Nasser
• Doubtful Sound / Patea via concept surface "fiord"
• Cardigan Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Carnarvon Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Llyn Tegid
• Dusky Sound via concept surface "fiord"
• Murray River (part) via concept surface "river section"
• Kings Creek Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Fort Point Channel
• King Fahd Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Ligeia Mare via concept surface "hydrocarbon sea"
• Mill Creek Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Hamilton Harbour via concept surface "bay"
• Nevada Fall via concept surface "waterfall"
• Manila Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Northern Pacific via concept surface "region of the Pacific Ocean"
• Swann Memorial Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• middle Don River via concept surface "river section"