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
El Carrizal Dam reservoir
Alcova Reservoir reservoir
Guernsey Reservoir reservoir
Blessington Lake reservoir
Lake Livingston (parts)
surface form: Lake Livingston
reservoir
Ali Sagar Lake reservoir
Lake Livingston reservoir
Hillebachsee recreational lake
El Vado Lake reservoir
Mendums Pond recreational lake
Zaza Reservoir reservoir
Yesa Dam reservoir
Lake LaSalle artificial lake
Eagle Valley Reservoir reservoir
Boksburg Lake artificial lake
Vicente Guerrero Dam reservoir
Hallett Lake reservoir
Embalse Carraízo reservoir
Georgetown Lake reservoir
Lady Bird Lake reservoir
Dongjiang Lake reservoir
Trawsfynydd Lake reservoir
West Branch Reservoir reservoir
Cheatham Dam
surface form: Cheatham Lake
reservoir
Lac d’Orient artificial lake
Llyn Ystradau reservoir
Tanygrisiau reservoir
surface form: Tanygrisiau Reservoir
reservoir
Lake Red Rock reservoir
Rend Lake reservoir
Lake Weatherford reservoir
Pittock Reservoir reservoir
Round Pond
surface form: Round Pond (Christchurch Park, Ipswich)
ornamental lake
Rozkoš Reservoir reservoir
Lake Dardanelle reservoir
Klyazminskoye Reservoir reservoir
Pocharam Reservoir reservoir
Bartlett Lake reservoir
Lake Burton reservoir
King George V Reservoir artificial lake
“Holly Lake” in English
surface form: Holly Lake
reservoir
Presa de Proserpina reservoir
Spanish Oaks Reservoir reservoir
Ruislip Lido reservoir
Horseshoe Lake reservoir
Banbury Reservoir reservoir
Branched Oak Lake reservoir
High Maynard Reservoir reservoir
Lower Manair Dam (nearby)
surface form: Lower Manair Dam
reservoir
Istrinskoye Reservoir reservoir
Island Lake Reservoir reservoir