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
Deerfield Reservoir reservoir
Inland Sea
surface form: Lake Norman
reservoir
Lake Horace recreational lake
Stew Pond artificial lake
Embalse de Arcos reservoir
Cheshire Reservoir reservoir
Lake Forest Beach and Tennis Club Lake artificial lake
Sun and Sail Club Lake artificial lake
Occoquan Reservoir reservoir
Bluestone Lake reservoir
Canopus Lake recreational lake
Eleven Mile Reservoir (via South Platte headwaters system)
surface form: Eleven Mile Reservoir
reservoir
Tawa River
surface form: Tawa Reservoir
reservoir
Volta Lake artificial lake
Lake Dunstan artificial lake
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir reservoir
Slano Lake artificial lake
Stillwater Lake recreational lake
Ternopil Lake artificial lake
Nam Van Lake artificial lake
Riffe Lake reservoir
Bornos Dam reservoir
Lake Veere recreational lake
Norman Atwater Cocke
surface form: Lake Norman
reservoir
Felbrigg Hall lake ornamental lake
Diamond Valley Lake reservoir
Haditha Reservoir reservoir
Occoquan Dam
surface form: Occoquan Reservoir
reservoir
Chats Lake reservoir
Pandoh Lake reservoir
Lake Massabesic reservoir
Gouthwaite Reservoir reservoir
Lincoln
surface form: Logan Martin Lake
reservoir
Lake Holiday reservoir
Lunker Lake recreational lake
Lake Whitney reservoir
Pistakee Lake recreational lake
Kachess Lake reservoir
Roundhill Reservoir reservoir
Zeya Reservoir reservoir
Lake Poway reservoir
Greenbooth Reservoir reservoir
Polyphyto Lake reservoir
Alouette Lake reservoir
Ashworth Moor Reservoir reservoir
Belleville Lake reservoir
Chatfield Reservoir reservoir
Capitol Lake reservoir
Blue Springs Lake reservoir
Verona Lake reservoir