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
Pechora Sea marginal sea
Big Mertens Falls waterfall
Lagos Harbour natural harbour
Yewa Lagoon lagoon
Wilde Lake (lake)
surface form: Wilde Lake
Fidalgo Bay bay
Lake Ballinger
Bastion Falls waterfall
Apponagansett Bay bay
Useless Bay bay
fountain of Hygieia
surface form: Fountain of Hygieia
fountain
Owase Bay bay
Port Gamble Bay bay
Zarwani Falls waterfall
Vyborg Bay bay
Szczecin inland waterway system inland waterway system
Worcester and Birmingham Canal inland waterway
Achterwasser lagoon
surface form: Achterwasser
lagoon
Little Peconic Bay bay
Hauraki Gulf coastal inlet
Appalachia Bay bay
Tokopah Falls waterfall
Ngeremeduu Bay bay
Neshobe River falls waterfall
Lake Sausalito
Coffs Creek coastal waterway
Butuan Bay bay
Banias Waterfall waterfall
Gulf of Venice
Lake Pergusa
Laguna Grande bioluminescent bay lagoon
Basaseachic Falls waterfall
río Putumayo cuerpo de agua dulce
Uwa Sea sea
Nueces Bay bay
West Branch Susquehanna Water Trail recreational waterway
Babitonga Bay bay
Toachel Mid Channel
Vitória Bay bay
Valparaíso Bay bay
Balandra Beach bay
L’Anse Bay bay
Andree Clark Bird Refuge lagoon
Crinan Canal ship canal
Sapian Bay bay
Asik-Asik Falls waterfall
Fal Estuary natural harbour
Falmouth Bay bay
Portage Canal man-made waterway
Torch Lake (Houghton County, Michigan) natural water body