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)

• Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias via concept surface "natural feature"
• Makgadikgadi Pans region via concept surface "wetland ecosystem"
• Laguna San Rafael
• Scapa Flow via concept surface "natural harbour"
• Saint Anthony Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Grand Canal d’Alsace via concept surface "artificial waterway"
• Feall Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Govetts Leap via concept surface "waterfall"
• Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal via concept surface "man-made waterway"
• Cal-Sag Channel via concept surface "man-made waterway"
• Ichetucknee Springs via concept surface "natural feature"
• Gulf of Paria via concept surface "inland sea"
• Crossapol Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Bridalveil Fall via concept surface "waterfall"
• Buckingham Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Sognefjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Torastan Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Hardangerfjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Harlem River via concept surface "tidal strait"
• Gravesend Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Geirangerfjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Makassar Strait via concept surface "sea passage"
• Nordfjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Samson Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Chess Mountain Cascade via concept surface "fountain"
• Philippine Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Rialto Beach via concept surface "natural feature"
• Lynn Harbor via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Ebro Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Po Delta via concept surface "river delta"
• Lysefjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Eve Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Ruby Beach via concept surface "natural feature"
• Bristol Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Hjørundfjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Arafura Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Flushing Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Massachusetts Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Gulf of Carpentaria via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Nærøyfjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Little Traverse Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Gulf of Honduras via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Halcyon Lake
• Black Sea via concept surface "inland sea"
• Panama Canal via concept surface "artificial waterway"
• Green Bay (the arm of Lake Michigan) via concept surface "bay"
  surface form: Green Bay (arm of Lake Michigan)
• Zwickauer Mulde near Wechselburg via concept surface "river section"
• Tysfjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Lough Mahon
• Waquoit Bay via concept surface "bay"