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
Choachí waterfalls natural feature
Tysfjord fjord
Lake Sanford natural feature
Randers Fjord fjord
Lough Mahon
Khatanga Gulf bay
Gulf of Sirte
Kitimat Harbour coastal inlet
Start Bay coastal embayment
Jonathan Run natural feature
Langeland Belt
Stamford Harbor coastal inlet
Broughton Bay bay
Waquoit Bay bay
Zerkalnyi Strumin fountain
Blue Basin Waterfall waterfall
Gardner Bay bay
Tomonoura bay
surface form: Tomonoura Bay
bay
Sooke Basin coastal inlet
Lake Mendocino
Kerama Blue waters
Fauna Nui lagoon lagoon
Seto Inland Sea inland sea
Apponaug Cove coastal inlet
Porsangerfjorden fjord
Tanner Fountain, Harvard University fountain
Krishna River delta river delta
Hooker Falls waterfall
Westcott Cove coastal inlet
Warner’s Pond
Nakskov Fjord fjord
Barnstaple Bay bay
Mejillones Bay bay
Lake Guzianka natural water body
Pelican Bay
surface form: Pelican Bay (Alabama)
bay
Gulf Coast wetlands wetland ecosystem
Chocorua Lake natural feature
Brush Creek Falls waterfall
Grassy Creek Falls waterfall
Llavorsí–Sort section river section
Old Woman Creek estuary wetland ecosystem
Malin Sea marginal sea
Sugar Run
surface form: Sugar Run Falls
waterfall
northeast passage
surface form: Northeast Passage
Arctic waterway
“Bus Fountain” by Ned Kahn
surface form: Bus Fountain
fountain
Old Forge Pond
Canal de la Somme inland waterway
Baie de Somme bay
Atlantic Ocean via Biscayne Bay marine water body
Matavai Bay bay