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
Lake Polyfytos reservoir
Otis Reservoir reservoir
Lake Shawnee reservoir
Glen Echo Lake recreational lake
Ivanhoe Reservoir reservoir
Hoyt Lake
Toktogul Reservoir reservoir
Lake Nasser reservoir
Lake Manawa recreational lake
Lake Gaston reservoir
Kurpsai Reservoir reservoir
John H. Kerr Reservoir reservoir
Lago Pellegrini artificial lake
Tash-Kumyr Reservoir reservoir
Victoria Reservoir reservoir
Hopkinton Reservoir reservoir
Mayfield Lake reservoir
Lake Murray (city recreation areas)
surface form: Lake Murray (San Diego)
reservoir
Amawalk, New York
surface form: Amawalk Reservoir
reservoir
Uch-Kurgan Reservoir reservoir
Zhinvali Dam
surface form: Zhinvali Reservoir
reservoir
Banner Creek Reservoir reservoir
The Hussain Saagar
surface form: Hussain Sagar
artificial lake
Lakha Banjara Lake artificial lake
Bodmin Moor
surface form: Colliford Lake
reservoir
Lakes of Walt Disney World
surface form: Lago Dorado
Lake Tanuki artificial lake
Dinosaur Lake reservoir
Spreckels Lake artificial lake
Samanalawewa Reservoir reservoir
Lac Manicouagan reservoir
Mookerplas recreational lake
Alster
surface form: Binnenalster
artificial lake
Croton Dam Pond reservoir
Silent Valley Reservoir reservoir
Canning Dam water supply reservoir
Hardy Dam Pond reservoir
Lake Wildwood (reservoir) reservoir
Lake Keowee reservoir
Ptuj Lake reservoir
Lake Conroe reservoir
Lake Frank reservoir
Revelstoke Lake reservoir
Brent Reservoir reservoir
Brent Reservoir (Welsh Harp)
surface form: Brent Reservoir
reservoir
Lake Jocassee reservoir
Brinker Lake recreational lake
Kabini River
surface form: Kabini Reservoir
reservoir
Camanche Reservoir reservoir
Pardee Reservoir reservoir