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
Allagash Falls waterfall
Middlebury Falls waterfall
Le Bons Bay bay
Bay of Cannes bay
Atlantic Ocean proper by Martha's Vineyard
Awarua Bay bay
Apalachicola Bay
island of Jura
surface form: Gulf of Corryvreckan
tidal strait
Ettalong Creek coastal waterway
White Sea marginal sea
Sulphur Bay bay
Mac Mac Falls waterfall
Lone Creek Falls waterfall
Loch Deirgeirt (Irish)
surface form: Loch Deirgeirt
Kurskiy Zaliv lagoon
Cascais Bay bay
New River artificial waterway
Hagimit Falls waterfall
Horseshoe Falls waterfall
Portsbridge Creek tidal waterway
Orei Strait sea passage
Chincoteague Bay bay
Amsterdam–IJsselmeer shipping route inland waterway
Julian Bay bay
Guaratuba River coastal waterway
East Coast Inland Waterway inland waterway
Da Nang Bay bay
Neva Bay bay
Bonne Bay bay
Chao Phraya River delta river delta
McCovey
surface form: McCovey Cove
Kahaluʻu Bay bay
Bridal Veil Falls
surface form: Bridal Veil Falls (Sabie)
waterfall
Dongting Lake wetlands wetland ecosystem
Indonesia–Singapore border region sea area
Pakiputan Strait
Wielki Zalew water body
Looking Glass Falls waterfall
Sliding Rock waterfall
Whitewater Falls (upper section nearby in region) natural feature
Nevern estuary coastal inlet
Kalsoyarfjørður fjord
Aboukir Bay, Egypt
surface form: Aboukir Bay
bay
Bellmore Channel tidal waterway
Mayagüez Bay bay
Round Valley Reservoir
Eas a’ Chathaidh waterfall
surface form: Eas a’ Chathaidh
waterfall
Freshwater
surface form: Freshwater Bay
bay
Maeander River delta river delta
Bay of Descending Dragon bay