man-made lake
C377
concept
A man-made lake is an artificial body of standing water created by human intervention, typically through damming rivers or excavating land, for purposes such as water supply, recreation, irrigation, or hydroelectric power.
All labels observed (28)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| reservoir | 1,287 |
| artificial lake | 500 |
| man-made lake canonical | 218 |
| recreational lake | 154 |
| ornamental lake | 37 |
| hydroelectric reservoir | 24 |
| water supply reservoir | 6 |
| artificial lake system | 4 |
| man-made lagoon | 4 |
| Artificial lake | 3 |
| reservoir lake | 3 |
| artificial lagoon | 2 |
| artificial rowing lake | 2 |
| water storage reservoir | 2 |
| artificial freshwater lake | 1 |
| artificial reservoir | 1 |
| campus lake | 1 |
| dammed lake | 1 |
| industrial lake | 1 |
| man-made freshwater lake | 1 |
| man-made lakes | 1 |
| man-made loch | 1 |
| model boating lake | 1 |
| privately managed lake | 1 |
| recreational reservoir | 1 |
| urban lagoon | 1 |
| water storage lake | 1 |
| 城市景观湖 | 1 |
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: man-made lake
Generated description
A man-made lake is an artificial body of standing water created by human intervention, typically through damming rivers or excavating land, for purposes such as water supply, recreation, irrigation, or hydroelectric power.
Instances (1,658)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Harangi Reservoir | reservoir |
| Hillsborough River Reservoir | reservoir |
| O’Neill Forebay | artificial lake |
| Saugatuck Reservoir | reservoir |
| Bowood Lake | ornamental lake |
| Lake Del Valle | reservoir |
| Upper Pond | ornamental lake |
| Echo Lake, Hopkinton, Massachusetts | reservoir |
| Lake Kariba | reservoir |
| Blenheim Lake | ornamental lake |
| Upper Lake Cohasset | reservoir |
| Dovestones Reservoir | reservoir |
| Orathuppalayam Dam | reservoir |
| Rawal Lake | artificial lake |
|
East Harptree
surface form:
Chew Valley Lake
|
reservoir |
| Lake Jindabyne | reservoir |
| Spavinaw Lake | reservoir |
| Fresh Pond | reservoir |
| Lake Turano | artificial lake |
|
Monti della Laga
surface form:
Campotosto Lake
|
artificial lake |
|
Lake Burrendong (nearby)
surface form:
Lake Burrendong
|
reservoir |
| Saguaro Lake | reservoir |
| Lake Barkley | reservoir |
| Lake Audubon | reservoir |
| Oswego Lake | reservoir |
| Lac Daumesnil | artificial lake |
| Lac des Minimes | artificial lake |
| Meadowbank Lake (impounded section) | reservoir |
| Lake Salto | artificial lake |
| Lake Newport | reservoir |
|
the Serpentine
surface form:
The Serpentine
|
recreational lake |
| Lac de Gravelle | artificial lake |
| St Margaret’s Loch | artificial lake |
| Patterson Reservoir | reservoir |
| Gandipet Lake | reservoir |
| Osman Sagar Dam | reservoir |
|
Czorsztyn
surface form:
Czorsztyn Reservoir
|
artificial lake |
| Lake Rhodhiss | reservoir |
| Lake Gordon | reservoir |
| Lake Berryessa | reservoir |
| Kerr Lake | reservoir |
| Himayat Sagar Dam | reservoir |
| Veerse Meer | recreational lake |
| Shisanling Reservoir | reservoir |
| Lake Burrendong | reservoir |
| Lake Sebago | recreational lake |
| North Fork Reservoir | reservoir |
| Arlington Mill Reservoir | reservoir |
| Killingworth Lake | artificial lake |
| Lake Plastiras | reservoir |