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 |
| recreational lake | 154 |
| ornamental lake | 37 |
| hydroelectric reservoir | 24 |
| water supply reservoir | 6 |
| artificial lake system | 4 |
| man-made lagoon | 4 |
| Artificial lake | 3 |
| reservoir lake | 3 |
| artificial lagoon | 2 |
| artificial rowing lake | 2 |
| water storage reservoir | 2 |
| artificial freshwater lake | 1 |
| artificial reservoir | 1 |
| campus lake | 1 |
| dammed lake | 1 |
| industrial lake | 1 |
| man-made freshwater lake | 1 |
| man-made lakes | 1 |
| man-made loch | 1 |
| model boating lake | 1 |
| privately managed lake | 1 |
| recreational reservoir | 1 |
| urban lagoon | 1 |
| water storage lake | 1 |
| 城市景观湖 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Montsouris Lake | artificial lake |
| Lake Carnegie | reservoir |
| Ruza Reservoir | reservoir |
|
Pitlochry, Scotland
surface form:
Loch Faskally
|
reservoir |
|
Bog Brook
surface form:
Bog Brook Reservoir
|
reservoir |
| Shasta Lake | reservoir |
| Lake Almanor | reservoir |
| Watts Bar Lake | reservoir |
| Wachusett Reservoir | reservoir |
| IJsselmeer | artificial lake |
| Lago Dorado | artificial lake |
|
Enguri River
surface form:
Enguri Reservoir
|
reservoir |
| Burj Khalifa Lake | artificial lake |
| Foziling Reservoir | reservoir |
| Meishan Reservoir | reservoir |
| Ladybower Reservoir | reservoir |
| Prospect Park Lake | artificial lake |
| Malta Lake | artificial lake |
| Grevelingenmeer | artificial lake |
| Vouglans Reservoir | reservoir |
| Derwent Reservoir | reservoir |
| Carsington Water | reservoir |
| Lower Saranac Lake | recreational lake |
| Maschsee | artificial lake |
| Hofvijver | artificial lake |
| Lake Francis Case | reservoir |
| Hollywood Reservoir | reservoir |
| Union Valley Reservoir | reservoir |
| Ice House Reservoir | reservoir |
| Lake Volta | reservoir |
| Little River Reservoir | reservoir |
|
Shivpuri
surface form:
Sakhya Sagar Lake
|
artificial lake |
| Fort Peck Lake | reservoir |
| Big Creek Lake | reservoir |
| Solina Lake | artificial lake |
| St James’s Park Lake | ornamental lake |
| Whiskeytown Lake | reservoir |
| Paranoá Lake | artificial lake |
| Czorsztyn Lake | artificial lake |
| Pickwick Lake | reservoir |
| Don Pedro Reservoir | reservoir |
| Rożnów Lake | artificial lake |
| Lake Norman | reservoir |
| Lake of the Ozarks | reservoir |
| Pampulha Lake | artificial lake |
| Wilson Lake | reservoir |
| Wheeler Lake | reservoir |
| Czchów Lake | artificial lake |
|
Eastern Region
surface form:
Volta Lake
|
reservoir |
| Nickajack Lake | reservoir |