canal

C3383
concept

A canal is a man-made waterway constructed to facilitate transportation, irrigation, drainage, or water management between different locations.

All labels observed (25)

Label Occurrences
canal canonical 490
irrigation canal 51
canal system 27

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: canal
Generated description
A canal is a man-made waterway constructed to facilitate transportation, irrigation, drainage, or water management between different locations.

Instances (651)

Instance Via concept surface
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
Negombo Dutch Canal
North Western Canal irrigation canal
Cumbharjua Canal (as connecting channel)
surface form: Cumbharjua Canal
Hamilton Canal
Rapenburg canal
surface form: Rapenburg
Herengracht
Singel
Glamorganshire Canal
Danube–Black Sea Canal
Llanymynech
surface form: Montgomery Canal
Seine–Nord Europe Canal
Canal du Thiou
Maas-Waal canal
surface form: Maas-Waal Canal
Ypres–Comines Canal
river Dokkumer Ee
surface form: Dokkumer Ee
Dokkumer Ee
Ladoga Canal
Telemark Canal
Stadskanaal canal
Hammarbyleden shipping canal
Keizersgracht
Mons–Condé Canal
Big Pine Canal irrigation canal
Canal de Roanne à Digoin
Carentan Canal
Barkley Canal
Lake Okeechobee Waterway canal system
Trollhätte Canal shipping canal
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Douglas Navigation canalised waterway
Trieste, Italy
surface form: Canal Grande
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Schie waterway
surface form: Schie
Walsall Canal
Mariinsk Canal System canal system
Wyrley and Essington Canal
Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal canal branch
Welland Canal
Oude Delft canal
surface form: Oude Delft
formed western boundary of medieval Amsterdam
surface form: Singel
Müritz–Elde Waterway
Newry Canal
Ghent–Terneuzen Canal shipping canal
Potholes Canal irrigation canal
Frenchman Hills Wasteway irrigation canal
Hartelkanaal kanaal
Hartel Canal near Spijkenisse
Cheshire Ring canal cruising ring
Tbilisi Sea Canal