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 |
|---|---|
| Lake Carolyn | artificial lake |
| Gaborone Dam | reservoir |
| George Wyth Lake | recreational lake |
| Tagilsky Pond | reservoir |
| Robin Lake | — |
| Millerton Lake | reservoir |
| Lake Wallenpaupack | reservoir |
| Powai Lake | artificial lake |
| Tellico Lake | reservoir |
| Lee Valley reservoirs | man-made lakes |
| Edersee | reservoir |
| Joe Pool Lake | reservoir |
| Beaver Lake | reservoir |
| Vihar Lake | artificial lake |
| Hoover Reservoir | reservoir |
| Barker Dam | reservoir |
| Allegheny Reservoir | reservoir |
| Lake Granbury | reservoir |
| Llyn Trawsfynydd | reservoir |
| Kama Reservoir | reservoir |
| Votkinsk Reservoir | reservoir |
| Yuba Reservoir | reservoir |
| Beaver Lake | artificial lake |
| Moscow Sea | reservoir |
| Benoni Lake | artificial lake |
| Merimere Reservoir | reservoir |
| Nizam Sagar Dam | reservoir |
|
Nolin River Dam
surface form:
Nolin River Lake
|
reservoir |
| Lake Ouachita | reservoir |
| Llyn Brenig | reservoir |
| Carshalton Ponds | ornamental lake |
| Lake Vyrnwy | reservoir |
| Lake Pichola | artificial freshwater lake |
| Keswick Reservoir | reservoir |
| Errwood Reservoir | reservoir |
| Watauga Lake | reservoir |
| Westhampton Lake | campus lake |
| Upper Volga Reservoir | reservoir |
| Palisade Reservoir | reservoir |
| Bayano Lake | reservoir |
| Lake Housatonic | reservoir |
| Rajsamand Lake | artificial lake |
| Crowley Lake | reservoir |
| Lake Texoma | reservoir |
| Jaisamand Lake | artificial lake |
|
Pentland Hills
surface form:
Glencorse Reservoir
|
reservoir |
| Pine Flat Lake | reservoir |
| Marathon Reservoir | artificial lake |
| Boonton Reservoir | reservoir |
| Wyangala Dam | reservoir |