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
Upper Lake artificial lake
Lake Loramie reservoir
Lake St. Lawrence reservoir
Smithville Lake reservoir
Tivoli Pond ornamental lake
Hartwell Lake reservoir
Guelph Lake reservoir
Lake Holbrook reservoir
Lake George
surface form: Lake George (Hobart, Indiana)
recreational lake
Rufus Woods Lake reservoir
Grapevine Lake reservoir
Broadwood Loch reservoir
Loch Lyon reservoir
Caballo Lake reservoir
Spitfire Lake recreational lake
Windsor Lake reservoir
Reid Park
surface form: Reid Park Lake
artificial lake
Wamplers Lake recreational lake
Clark Lake
surface form: Clark Lake (Jackson County, Michigan)
recreational lake
Carnegie Lake reservoir
Lake Kyle reservoir
Perry Lake reservoir
Clinton Lake reservoir
Mitchell Lake reservoir
Turquoise Lake reservoir
Town Lake reservoir
Nabnasset Lake recreational lake
Amistad Reservoir reservoir
Lake Joseph recreational lake
Iskar Reservoir reservoir
Kodaikanal Lake
star-shaped lake (Kodaikanal Lake)
surface form: Kodaikanal Lake
artificial lake
Lake Barton recreational lake
Otay Lakes
surface form: Upper Otay Lake
reservoir
Lac de Vesoul-Vaivre artificial lake
Lake Amistad reservoir
Toledo Bend Reservoir reservoir
Berijam Lake reservoir
Sweetwater Reservoir reservoir
Lake Rapel reservoir
Hussain Sagar artificial lake
New Melones Lake reservoir
Salto Grande Reservoir reservoir
Beacons Reservoir reservoir
Cahora Bassa Dam
surface form: Lake Cahora Bassa
reservoir
Hebgen Lake reservoir
Cantref Reservoir reservoir
Lake Hodges reservoir
Koronowo Dam
surface form: Koronowo Reservoir
reservoir
Ukai Dam reservoir