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
Potholes Reservoir reservoir
Guntersville Lake reservoir
Robertville Lake reservoir
Escaba Reservoir reservoir
Rhodhiss Lake reservoir
Irkutsk Reservoir reservoir
West Branch Reservoir reservoir
Maharana Pratap Sagar reservoir
Bratsk Reservoir reservoir
Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon man-made lagoon
La Mesa Watershed reservoir
Topchanchi Lake (nearby)
surface form: Topchanchi Lake
artificial lake
Colebrook River Lake reservoir
Hogback Reservoir reservoir
Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir reservoir
Okerstausee Artificial lake
Cherokee Lake reservoir
Taylorville Lake reservoir
Pymmes Park Lake ornamental lake
Sau Reservoir reservoir
Stowe ornamental lake ornamental lake
Brantley Lake reservoir
Drayton Reservoir reservoir
Lac de Sarrans artificial lake
Pawnee Lake reservoir
Oderteich reservoir reservoir
Pichola Lake artificial lake
Ludlow Reservoir reservoir
Rusape Dam reservoir
Blåsjø artificial lake
Ada Hayden Heritage Park Lake reservoir
Silver Lake Reservoir reservoir
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
surface form: Lac de Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
artificial lake
White River Lake reservoir
Freeman Lake reservoir
Mavrovo Lake artificial lake
Hayward Lake reservoir
Lac de Serre-Ponçon artificial lake
Kiri Muhuda artificial lake
Sea of Milk artificial lake
Lac de Vouglans artificial lake
Dillon Reservoir reservoir
Phillips Lake reservoir
Raystown Dam
surface form: Raystown Lake
reservoir
Røssvatnet reservoir
Xantener Nordsee artificial lake
Xantener Südsee recreational lake
Kráľová Dam reservoir
Beebe Lake artificial lake
Kapshagay Reservoir reservoir