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
Luga Bay bay
Dovercourt Bay bay
Berkeley North Basin bay
Laptev
surface form: Laptev Sea
sea
Pleasant Creek natural feature
Mikołajskie Lake natural water body
Middle Branch of the Patapsco River water body
Portuguese: Enseada de Inhaúma
surface form: Enseada de Inhaúma
coastal inlet
Grey Mare’s Tail waterfall
surface form: Grey Mare’s Tail
waterfall
Auke Bay bay
North Bay bay
Afon Menai tidal strait
Cape Poge Bay bay
Canche Bay bay
Escambia Bay bay
Anaheim Bay bay
Edgartown Harbor
Pillar Falls waterfall
Al Hoceima Bay bay
Pohnpei lagoon lagoon
Canal latéral à la Loire inland waterway
Cabo San Lucas Bay bay
Baydaratskaya Bay bay
Douglas Channel
Lake Ryńskie natural water body
Fossekallen waterfall waterfall
Granfossen waterfall
Maryhill Basin
Cushendun Caves natural feature
Silver Apron natural feature
Zwönitz
Mill Bay
surface form: Mill Bay (Stronsay)
coastal inlet
Cushendun Bay bay
Lake Calhoun (Bde Maka Ska)
surface form: Lake Calhoun
Black Mountain natural feature
Iceland Sea marginal sea
Broutona Bay bay
Harajiri Falls waterfall
Danube in Lower Austria river section
North Bay bay
Eckernförde Bay bay
Chain of Lakes near Kissimmee freshwater body of water
St. Cloud Canal man-made waterway
South Port Canal man-made waterway
Greenwich Bay bay
Walney Channel tidal waterway
Neptune fountain
surface form: Neptune fountain (Linderhof Palace)
fountain
Laguna Atascosa lagoon
Thunder Bay (bay on Lake Superior) bay
Sarangani Bay bay