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
Calgary Bay bay
IJ Bay area bay
Black Bay bay
Sargasso Sea sea
Canaima lagoon
surface form: Canaima Lagoon
lagoon
Stock Ghyll Force waterfall
Loch Seaforth sea loch
Kingston harbour
surface form: Kingston Harbour
natural harbour
Montlake Cut man-made waterway
Lake Volta
Brough of Birsay cliffs natural feature
Sodwana Bay bay
Poucha Pond
Amur Bay bay
Nile Delta river delta
Fontana dei Dioscuri fountain
Jamaica Pond urban park water body
Fountain of Rings fountain
Gulf of San Jorge
Lingayen Gulf bay
Ussuri Bay bay
Youngs Bay bay
Carmarthen Bay bay
Witham Navigable Drains artificial waterway
Nipigon Bay bay
Ribbon Fall waterfall
Spring Bayou natural inlet
East Basin water body
James Scott Memorial Fountain fountain
St James’s Park Lake
Vilkitsky Strait Arctic waterway
Waimea Canyon natural feature
Visayan Sea sea
Union Bay bay
Bering Sea marginal sea
Gänseliesel fountain fountain
North Bay bay
Barnes Sound coastal water body
Fontana del Moro fountain
Bohol Sea sea
Sannikov Strait Arctic waterway
Swansea Channel tidal waterway
Baie des Anges bay
Kvarner Gulf bay
Sasanhaya Bay bay
Thermaic Gulf
Bronx Kill tidal strait
Gulf of Batabanó
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal inland waterway
Tidal Basin