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)

• Godavari Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• The Smoke that Thunders via concept surface "waterfall"
• Devil's Cataract via concept surface "waterfall"
• Crescent Lake
• River Cleddau via concept surface "natural harbour"
  surface form: Milford Haven Waterway
• Gulf of St. Lawrence via concept surface "sea"
• Bay of Biscay via concept surface "bay"
• Savo Sound
• Hell Gate via concept surface "tidal strait"
• Volga Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Rainbow Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
  surface form: Rainbow Falls (Mammoth Lakes)
• Bala Lake
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway via concept surface "inland waterway system"
• St. Andrews Bay via concept surface "bay"
• East Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Laccadive Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Gulf of Trieste
• Iddefjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Jellyfish Lake via concept surface "marine lake"
• Manneken Pis via concept surface "fountain"
• Pacific Ocean
• Champlain Canal via concept surface "artificial waterway"
• Grassy Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Havana Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Dead Horse Bay via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Horsetail Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Bridal Veil Falls (Oregon) via concept surface "waterfall"
• Saldanha Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Dhuandhar Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Keoladeo National Park via concept surface "wetland ecosystem"
• Ribble estuary via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Latourell Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• New York Bight via concept surface "coastal water body"
• Wahkeena Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Kiel Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Benya Lagoon
• Oneonta Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Mona Passage via concept surface "sea passage"
• Wahclella Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• River Mawddach
• Orinoco Llanos floodplains via concept surface "wetland ecosystem"
• Elowah Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Raritan Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Saronic Gulf
• Orinoco Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Starvation Creek Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Punch Bowl Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Charleston Harbor
• Harima-nada Sea via concept surface "sea area"
• Gulf of Khambhat via concept surface "coastal water body"