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)

• Bight of Benin via concept surface "bay"
• Anchorage Bay via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Quiberon Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Waimea Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Middle River via concept surface "river section"
• Bight of Biafra via concept surface "bay"
• Beagle Gulf via concept surface "coastal water body"
• Atlantic Ocean proper by Martha's Vineyard
• White Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Neva Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Chao Phraya River delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Aboukir Bay, Egypt via concept surface "bay"
  surface form: Aboukir Bay
• Freshwater via concept surface "bay"
  surface form: Freshwater Bay
• Sulu Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Great Australian Bight via concept surface "bay"
• Savin Hill Cove via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Victoria Harbour via concept surface "natural harbour"
• Atlantic Ocean via Boston Harbor via concept surface "coastal waterway"
• Indian River Lagoon via concept surface "lagoon"
• American Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Popponesset Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Solent
• Kaveri River Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Gulf of Guayaquil via concept surface "coastal water body"
• Nyanga Highlands via concept surface "waterfall"
  surface form: Mutarazi Falls
• Lake Mohave
• Crescent Meadow via concept surface "natural feature"
• Perekop Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Reflecting Pool via concept surface "reflecting pool"
• Van Diemen Gulf
• Sandwich Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Irish Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Hogenakkal Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Rhône delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Portsmouth Harbour via concept surface "natural harbour"
• Mumbai Harbour via concept surface "natural harbour"
• Ngonye Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Bass Strait
• Chavuma Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
• Danube Delta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site via concept surface "river delta"
  surface form: Danube Delta
• Plymouth Sound via concept surface "bay"
• Sandwich Harbor via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Bay of Haifa via concept surface "bay"
• Gulf Stream via concept surface "Atlantic Ocean current"
• Gare Loch via concept surface "sea loch"
• Danube Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Dorset via concept surface "natural harbour"
  surface form: Poole Harbour
• Fontaine du Soleil via concept surface "fountain"
• Somali Sea region via concept surface "sea area"