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 |
|---|---|
|
Catskill Mountains
surface form:
Ashokan Reservoir
|
reservoir |
| Chestnut Hill Reservoir | reservoir |
| Fairview Lake | recreational lake |
| C. J. Brown Reservoir | reservoir |
| Lake Anne | — |
| Lake Pleasant | reservoir |
| Artificial Lake of Tirana | artificial lake |
| Lake Hunt | recreational lake |
| Harperrig Reservoir | reservoir |
| Knott Creek Reservoir | reservoir |
| Folsom Lake | reservoir |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri Sagar | reservoir |
| Stocks Reservoir | reservoir |
| Lake Natoma | reservoir |
| Abbeystead Reservoir | reservoir |
| South Lake (Bishop area) | reservoir |
| Lake Travis | reservoir |
| Betania Dam | reservoir |
| Watson Lake | reservoir |
| Crane Prairie Reservoir | reservoir |
| John Martin Reservoir | reservoir |
| Central Park Reservoir | reservoir |
| Smallwood Reservoir | reservoir |
| Sale Water Park lake | artificial lake |
| Yeoman Hey Reservoir | reservoir |
| Quabbin Reservoir | reservoir |
| Lake Austin | reservoir |
| Almatti Reservoir | reservoir |
|
Silver Lake
surface form:
Silver Lake (Blackwell Forest Preserve)
|
recreational lake |
| Grand Basin | ornamental lake |
|
Taf Fechan
surface form:
Taf Fechan Reservoir
|
reservoir |
| Lac Inférieur | artificial lake |
| Wright’s Pond | recreational lake |
| Gadisar Lake | artificial lake |
| Wickiup Reservoir | reservoir |
|
Lake Rayburn (Sam Rayburn Reservoir)
surface form:
Sam Rayburn Reservoir
|
reservoir |
| Tominé Reservoir | reservoir |
| Mozingo Lake | reservoir |
| Loch Katrine | reservoir |
| Blue Marsh Lake | reservoir |
| Lymm Dam | reservoir |
| Echo Lake Reservoir | reservoir |
| Spot Pond | reservoir |
| Greenfield Reservoir | reservoir |
| Lake Cushman | reservoir |
|
Mendip Hills
surface form:
Chew Valley Lake
|
reservoir |
| Ujjani Dam | reservoir |
| Kamyshin Reservoir | reservoir |
| Tualatin Lake of the Commons | artificial lake |
|
Lechquellen Mountains
surface form:
Spullersee
|
reservoir |