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
Minnehaha Falls (name origin via poem’s popularity)
surface form: Minnehaha Falls
waterfall
Paraggi Bay bay
Crozon Bay bay
Guayanilla Bay bay
Columbia Bay bay
El Capitan Cave natural feature
Airlie Bay bay
St Catherine bay
High Falls of Cheat waterfall
Loch Scavaig sea loch
Bay of Nessebar bay
Erebus and Terror Gulf
Salto del Laja waterfall
Elbe-Lübeck Canal artificial waterway
Lüderitz Bay bay
Musi River delta river delta
Lake Mohave
West Loch Tarbert sea loch
Bahía de Naranjo bay
Crystal Reservoir
Butterfly Bay bay
Crescent Meadow natural feature
Baker Bay bay
Kaipipi Bay bay
Tuxpan River estuary coastal waterway
Flensburg Fjord fjord
Kin Bay bay
Aira Force waterfall
surface form: Aira Force
waterfall
Kettle Cove coastal inlet
Rozel Bay bay
Bay of St Malo bay
Ambon Bay bay
Adolphus Reach
Lake Mattoon
Perekop Bay bay
Bahía San Pedro bay
Jakarta Bay bay
Chapel Beach natural feature
Nachtigal Falls waterfall
Burleigh Falls, Ontario, Canada waterfall
Mackerel Bay bay
Falls of Clyde waterfall
Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin water body
Stillwater Cove bay
Waitangi Bay bay
Seram Sea marginal sea
Vodootvodny Canal artificial waterway
Hochstrahlbrunnen fountain
surface form: Hochstrahlbrunnen
fountain
Sawuse Sea sea
Tongue Bay bay