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
Burleigh Falls waterfall
Mobiloil Inlet coastal inlet
Oosteinderpoel water area
Bettone Canal man-made waterway
Gulf of Martaban coastal water body
Puerto Yankee natural harbour
Cam Ranh
surface form: Cam Ranh Bay
bay
Mumbai Harbour natural harbour
Hideki Shimizu
surface form: International Fountain
fountain
Manning River estuary coastal waterway
Whirlwind Inlet coastal inlet
Hilton Inlet coastal inlet
Rodeo Lagoon lagoon
Ngonye Falls waterfall
Rivers of America
Fire Island Inlet tidal strait
Medici Fountain fountain
Nestuca Bay bay
Bass Strait
Queensway Bay bay
Pacific Ocean (via Long Beach Harbor)
surface form: Pacific Ocean
Bay of Annaba bay
Conservatory Water
The Pool (Central Park) water body
Månafossen waterfall
surface form: Månafossen
waterfall
Lillebælt
Gulf of Poets bay
Chavuma Falls waterfall
Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge wetland ecosystem
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge wetland ecosystem
Kinder Downfall waterfall
surface form: Kinder Downfall
waterfall
San River near Dębno river section
Lule River estuary river delta
Halmahera Sea marginal sea
Danube Delta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: Danube Delta
river delta
Corran Narrows tidal strait
Goosenecks of the San Juan natural feature
Südwinsen Canal artificial waterway
Togiak Bay bay
Nestucca Bay bay
Guánica Bay bay
Shaws Bay coastal inlet
Miyazu Bay bay
Sawusea sea
Jog Falls waterfall
Flint’s Pond
Mobile Bay estuary coastal inlet
Molos Gulf coastal inlet
Mendenhall Glacier Falls waterfall