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
Rana Pratap Sagar Lake reservoir
Lake Henry reservoir
Kemnader See reservoir
Lake Centro Cadore reservoir
Tri An Reservoir reservoir
Adršpach Lake reservoir
Lake Chatuge reservoir
Dobczyce Reservoir reservoir
Reschensee reservoir
Rudyard Lake reservoir
Lake Qaraoun reservoir
Lockwood Reservoir reservoir
Lake Musconetcong recreational lake
Ridgewood Reservoir (nearby)
surface form: Ridgewood Reservoir
reservoir
Aydar-Arnasay system of lakes artificial lake
Mankwe Dam reservoir
Clopper Lake reservoir
Olympic Canal of Catalonia artificial lake
Kinzua Lake reservoir
Uglich Reservoir reservoir
Lake J. B. Thomas reservoir
Cedar Lake recreational lake
Lake Accotink reservoir
Laurel Hill Lake reservoir
O. H. Ivie Lake reservoir
Quincy Reservoir reservoir
Loyalhanna Lake, Pennsylvania
surface form: Loyalhanna Lake
reservoir
Inks Lake reservoir
Shadow Mountain Lake reservoir
The Serpentine lake
surface form: The Serpentine
artificial lake
Ross River Dam reservoir
Aguada Blanca reservoir reservoir
Lake Scugog reservoir
Decker Lake reservoir
Lac du Salagou artificial lake
King George VI Reservoir reservoir
Lake Granby reservoir
Furman Lake artificial lake
Aurora Reservoir reservoir
Štiavnica Mountains
surface form: Počúvadlo Lake
artificial lake
Lake Tawakoni reservoir
Tryweryn Reservoir reservoir
Hope Mills Lake reservoir
Georgiaville Pond reservoir
Carter Lake reservoir
Lac de Saint-Ferréol artificial lake
Carol Lake reservoir
Lake Senftenberg artificial lake
Mansfield Hollow Lake reservoir
Votkinsk Dam
surface form: Votkinsk Reservoir
reservoir