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

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
Lac d’Orédon reservoir lake
Montbel
surface form: Lac de Montbel
artificial lake
Polyphytos Reservoir reservoir
Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir
Lac de Payolle artificial lake
Lafayette Reservoir reservoir
Lake Kerkini reservoir
Intake Two Lake reservoir
Hollingworth Lake reservoir
surface form: Hollingworth Lake
reservoir
Lake Bonham reservoir
Chesuncook Lake reservoir
Srah Srang reservoir
Bisalpur Dam reservoir
Sheksna Reservoir reservoir
Candlewood Lake reservoir
Twain Harte Lake reservoir
Grimselsee reservoir
Räterichsbodensee reservoir
Oberaarsee reservoir lake
Lake Catherine reservoir
Loch Faskally reservoir
Century Lake reservoir
Round Oval lake ornamental lake
Orankesee recreational lake
Green River Lake reservoir
Lavon Lake reservoir
Ward's Lake artificial lake
Lauderdale Lakes (Wisconsin) recreational lake
Pong Reservoir reservoir
Liujiaxia Reservoir reservoir
Clywedog Reservoir reservoir
Gala Water (lake in Delaware Park) artificial lake
Rainow
surface form: Lamaload Reservoir
reservoir
Moondarra Dam reservoir
Wheeler Reservoir reservoir
Lac de Montalbot recreational lake
Belvedere Lagoon man-made lagoon
Gobind Sagar Lake reservoir
Kráľová dam reservoir
Simly Lake reservoir
Lac de la Plage recreational lake
Briones Reservoir reservoir
Whitewater Lake (Wisconsin) recreational lake
Bratsk
surface form: Bratsk Reservoir
reservoir
Chew Reservoir reservoir
Watergrove Reservoir reservoir
Lac de Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave artificial lake
Otter Creek
surface form: Otter Creek Reservoir
reservoir
Clear Creek Reservoir reservoir
Ropsha ponds artificial lake system