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)

• Seto Inland Sea via concept surface "inland sea"
• Porsangerfjorden via concept surface "fjord"
• Brush Creek Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Grey Mare’s Tail waterfall via concept surface "waterfall"
  surface form: Grey Mare’s Tail
• Cape Poge Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Escambia Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Edgartown Harbor
• Silver Apron via concept surface "natural feature"
• Zwönitz
• Lake Calhoun (Bde Maka Ska)
  surface form: Lake Calhoun
• Black Mountain via concept surface "natural feature"
• Iceland Sea via concept surface "marginal sea"
• Thunder Bay (bay on Lake Superior) via concept surface "bay"
• Wentworth Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Outer Harbor via concept surface "coastal water body"
• Subic Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Jamaica Bay via concept surface "bay"
• Nanhai Lake via concept surface "water body"
• Cape Cod Canal via concept surface "man-made waterway"
• Libyan Sea via concept surface "sea"
• Gulf of Boni
• Al-Furāt
• Jøssingfjord via concept surface "fjord"
• Yosemite Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Scarpe
• Indian Ocean
• Forth estuary via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Sitka Sound via concept surface "coastal inlet"
• Jaffna Lagoon
• Schöner Brunnen via concept surface "fountain"
• Batticaloa Lagoon
• Fern Canyon via concept surface "natural feature"
• Plum Island Sound via concept surface "coastal water body"
• Saint Thomas Harbor via concept surface "bay"
• Darling River (part) via concept surface "river section"
• Cook Strait
• Maderno Fountain via concept surface "fountain"
• Pirogovskoye Reservoir via concept surface "water body"
• Havasu Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Navajo Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Sea of Ice via concept surface "natural feature"
• Strait of Bonifacio via concept surface "sea passage"
• Corinth Canal via concept surface "ship canal"
• Truk Lagoon via concept surface "lagoon"
• North Atlantic Equatorial Current via concept surface "Atlantic Ocean current"
• Forfar Loch
• Lake Nokomis
• Düden Waterfalls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Mooney Falls via concept surface "waterfall"
• Southampton Water