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 Boone recreational lake
Lake Saltonstall (Haverhill, Massachusetts) reservoir
Shadow Lake (Windham, New Hampshire) recreational lake
Edward MacDowell Lake (Peterborough, New Hampshire) reservoir
Pawtuckaway Lake (Nottingham, New Hampshire) reservoir
Tower Hill Pond (Auburn, New Hampshire) reservoir
Ayer Reservoir reservoir
Hopkinton-Everett Lake reservoir
Edward MacDowell Lake reservoir
Blackwater Reservoir reservoir
Mill Pond (Westborough, Massachusetts) reservoir
Foss Reservoir reservoir
Framingham Reservoir No. 1 reservoir
Forestville Basin reservoir
Framingham Reservoir No. 2 reservoir
Mill Pond (Ashland, Massachusetts) reservoir
Tioga Lake reservoir
Lake Mutirikwi reservoir
Dorney Lake artificial rowing lake
Framingham Reservoir No. 3 reservoir
Forge Pond (Littleton–Westford) reservoir
Artichoke Reservoir reservoir
Franklin Pierce Lake reservoir
Lake Mascuppic recreational lake
Lake Potanipo recreational lake
Franklin Falls Reservoir reservoir
Lake Gilead reservoir
Lake Clementine reservoir
Kelso Lake reservoir
Moore Reservoir reservoir
Croton Lake reservoir
Buffumville Lake reservoir
Grüntensee reservoir
McGovern Lake recreational lake
Lewiston Lake reservoir
Trinidad Lake reservoir
Williston Lake reservoir
Reseda Park Lake recreational lake
Whitehall Reservoir reservoir
Martin Lake reservoir
Lac de La Monnerie recreational lake
Lake Cumberland reservoir
Cheatham Lake reservoir
Horseshoe Lake
surface form: Horseshoe Lake (Lathrop State Park)
recreational lake
Lake Roxburgh reservoir
Międzybrodzie Lake artificial lake
Sahrij Swani basin
Kunming Lake artificial lake
Lake Pflugerville reservoir
Pirogovskoye Reservoir reservoir