#body_of_water__water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
supertype: physical_object__object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
substance: water
part of: hydrosphere Earth's_surface
subtype: bay an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than an gulf
subtype: Abukir_Bay__Abukir a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt
subtype: Andaman_Sea part of the Bay of Bengal west of the Malay Peninsula
subtype: bight.bay a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"
subtype: Bight_of_Benin a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa
subtype: Cape_Cod_Bay the southern part of Massachusetts Bay
subtype: Galveston_Bay an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas south of Houston
subtype: Galway_Bay a bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland
subtype: James_Bay the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario
subtype: Massachusetts_Bay an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south
subtype: Minamata_Bay a bay on the west coast of Kyushu Island; in the 1950s industrial wastes caused mercury poisoning among the Japanese people who ate fish from the Bay
subtype: Monterey_Bay an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in western California
subtype: Osaka_Bay a bay of the western Pacific in Japan
subtype: Penobscot_Bay an inlet of the Atlantic in eastern Maine
subtype: Tampa_Bay an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida
instance: Bay_of_Bengal Bay_of_Biscay Bay_of_Campeche Bay_of_Fundy Biscayne_Bay Chesapeake_Bay Delaware_Bay Mobile_Bay Narragansett_Bay New_York_Bay Prudhoe_Bay San_Diego_Bay San_Francisco_Bay Sea_of_Azov__Sea_of_Azof
subtype: channel__sound a relatively narrow body of water linking two larger bodies; "the ship went aground in the channel"
subtype: canal.channel (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
subtype: English_Channel an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain
subtype: Hampton_Roads.channel__hamptonroad a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay
subtype: rill a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)
subtype: strait a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
subtype: Golden_Gate a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake
subtype: Menai_Strait a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland
subtype: narrow a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
instance: Verrazano_Narrows
instance: Dardanelles__Hellespont East_River Bering_Strait Bosporus Korean_Strait__Korea_Strait the_Solent__Solent Strait_of_Georgia Strait_of_Gibraltar Strait_of_Hormuz__Strait_of_Ormuz Strait_of_Magellan Strait_of_Messina Strait_of_Dover__Strait_of_Calais__Pas-de-Calais
subtype: tideway a channel in which a tidal current runs
subtype: watercourse natural or artificial channel through which water flows
instance: Harlem_River
subtype: drink.body_of_water (informal) any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"
subtype: estuary the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
subtype: firth a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
subtype: Firth_of_Forth a large firth on the east coast of Scotland; location of Edinburgh
subtype: Solway_Firth a large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland
subtype: Para_River__Para an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
instance: Rio_de_la_Plata__La_Plata__Plata_River
subtype: ford__crossing a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
subtype: gulf an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
subtype: Gulf_of_Aden arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea
subtype: Gulf_of_Alaska an gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago
subtype: Gulf_of_Antalya a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey
subtype: Gulf_of_Finland an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Finland and Estonia
subtype: Gulf_of_Saint_Lawrence__Gulf_of_St._Lawrence an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada
subtype: Gulf_of_Sidra wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya
subtype: Gulf_of_Tehuantepec an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico
subtype: Gulf_of_Thailand__Gulf_of_Siam an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula
instance: Gulf_of_Aqaba__Gulf_of_Akaba Gulf_of_Bothnia Gulf_of_California__Sea_of_Cortes Gulf_of_Corinth__Gulf_of_Lepanto Gulf_of_Guinea Gulf_of_Mexico__Golfo_de_Mexico Gulf_of_Oman Gulf_of_Suez Persian_Gulf
subtype: high_sea__international_waters the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation
subtype: inlet__recess an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
subtype: Bristol_Channel__bristolchannel an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England
subtype: cove a small inlet
subtype: lough.cove a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
subtype: fjord__fiord a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
subtype: loch.inlet a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)
subtype: Saronic_Gulf__Gulf_of_Aegina a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece
instance: White_Sea
subtype: lake a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
subtype: artificial_lake__reservoir lake used to store water for community use
subtype: Lake_Balaton__Balaton__Plattensee a large shallow lake in western Hungary
subtype: bayou a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
subtype: Cayuga_Lake__Lake_Cayuga a lake in central New York
subtype: Great_Slave_Lake a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada; drained by the Mackenzie River
subtype: Lake_Kivu__Kivu a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda
subtype: lagoon__laguna__lagune a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
subtype: Lake_Champlain__Champlain a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812
subtype: Lake_Ilmen__Ilmen a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga
subtype: Lake_Ladoga__Ladoga a lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland
subtype: Lake_Nasser__Nasser lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan
subtype: Lake_Onega__Onega lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe
subtype: Lake_Tanganyika__Tanganyika the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo
subtype: loch Scottish word for a lake
subtype: Loch_Achray a lake in central Scotland
subtype: Loch_Ness a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain
subtype: lough Irish word for a lake
subtype: Lake_Okeechobee__Okeechobee a lake in southeast Florida north of the Everglades
subtype: oxbow_lake__oxbowlake a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel
subtype: pond__pool a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"
subtype: fishpond a freshwater pond with fish
subtype: horsepond a pond for watering horses
subtype: mere (British) a small pond of standing water
subtype: millpond a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel
subtype: swimming_hole a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming
subtype: water_hole__waterhole a natural hole or hollow containing water
subtype: tarn a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)
instance: Caspian_Sea__Caspian Dead_Sea Great_Lakes Great_Salt_Lake Lake_Aral__Aral_Sea Lake_Chad__Chad Lake_Erie__Erie Lake_Huron__Huron Lake_Michigan__Michigan Lake_Ontario__Ontario Lake_Superior__Superior Lake_Victoria__Victoria_Nyanza Lake_Winnipeg__Winnipeg
subtype: briny any very large body of (salt) water
subtype: mid-water__midwater the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom; "many marine fishes inhabit the mid-waters"
subtype: ocean a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
subtype: deep literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep"
instance: Antarctic_Ocean Arctic_Ocean Atlantic_Ocean__Atlantic Indian_Ocean Pacific_Ocean__Pacific
subtype: offing the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"
subtype: pool.body_of_water__puddle a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"
subtype: billabong.pool (Australian) a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
subtype: mud_puddle__mudpuddle a puddle of mud; "the children loved a mud puddle"
subtype: wallow.mud_puddle a puddle where animals go to wallow
subtype: sea a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
subtype: Barents_Sea the part of the Arctic Ocean north of Norway and Russia
subtype: Caribbean_Sea__Caribbean an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream
subtype: Irish_Sea an arm of the North Atlantic between Great Britain and Ireland
subtype: Labrador_Sea an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland
subtype: Ross_Sea an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica
subtype: Sargasso_Sea a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed
subtype: South_Sea any sea south of the equator (but especially the South Pacific)
instance: Adriatic_Sea__Adriatic Aegean_Sea__Aegean Arabian_Sea Baltic_Sea__Baltic Beaufort_Sea Bering_Sea Bismarck_Sea Black_Sea__Euxine_Sea Coral_Sea East_China_Sea Greenland_Sea Hudson_Bay Ionian_Sea Ligurian_Sea Sea_of_Marmara__Marmara__Marmora__Sea_of_Marmora Mediterranean_Sea__Mediterranean North_Sea Norwegian_Sea Red_Sea Sea_of_Japan Sea_of_Okhotsk South_China_Sea Tyrrhenian_Sea Yellow_Sea
subtype: seven_seas an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world; "the old salt had sailed the seven seas"
subtype: shallow__shoal a stretch of shallow water
subtype: sound.body_of_water a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"
instance: Long_Island_Sound Puget_Sound
subtype: stream__watercourse a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
subtype: branch.stream a stream or river connected to a larger one
subtype: billabong a branch of a river running to a dead end
subtype: distributary a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
subtype: tributary__feeder__affluent a branch that flows into the main stream
subtype: brook__creek a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
subtype: Aegospotamos__Aegospotami a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
subtype: river a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
subtype: Aare_River__Aare__Aar a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine
subtype: Alabama_River__Alabama a river in Alabama that flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River
subtype: Allegheny_River__Allegheny a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
subtype: Araguaia_River__Araguaia__Araguaya__Araguaya_River a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River
subtype: Aras__Araxes a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes
subtype: Arauca a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela
subtype: Arkansas_River__Arkansas a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River
subtype: Upper_Avon__Avon a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
subtype: Avon.river__avon a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
subtype: Cape_Fear_River a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear
subtype: Chao_Phraya a river in Thailand formed by the confluence of the Nan and Ping Rivers; flows southward past Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand
subtype: Charles_River__Charles a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
subtype: Chattahoochee_River__Chattahoochee a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
subtype: Colorado_River__Colorado a river in southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; an important source of water in the southwestern United States
subtype: Colorado_River.Texas__coloradoriver__Colorado a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
subtype: Columbia_River__Columbia a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring
subtype: Congo_River__Congo a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic
subtype: Connecticut_River__Connecticut a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound
subtype: Cumberland_River__Cumberland a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
subtype: Delaware_River__Delaware a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
subtype: Dnieper_River__Dnieper a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
subtype: Don_River__Don a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov
subtype: Elizabeth_River a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads
subtype: Flint_River__Flint a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
subtype: Gan_Jiang__Kan_River a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang north of Nanchang
subtype: Garonne_River__Garonne a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay
subtype: Green_River__Green a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
subtype: Housatonic_River__Housatonic a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound
subtype: Hudson_River__Hudson a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century
subtype: Illinois_River a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River
subtype: Irrawaddy_River__Irrawaddy the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea
subtype: James_River__James a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
subtype: James__James_River a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
subtype: Kansas_River__Kansas__Kaw_River a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
subtype: Kasai_River__Kasai__River_Kasai a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo
subtype: Klamath_River__Klamath a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean
subtype: Mackenzie_River__Mackenzie a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea
subtype: Merrimack_River__Merrimack a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean
subtype: Mississippi_River__Mississippi a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico
subtype: Missouri_River__Missouri the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis
subtype: Mobile_River__Mobile a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
subtype: Monongahela_River__Monongahela a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River
subtype: Murray_River__Murray an Australian river; flows into the Indian Ocean
subtype: Namoi_River__Namoi a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River
subtype: Nan_River__Nan a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya
subtype: Neva_River__Neva a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland
subtype: Niger_River__Niger an African river; flows into the South Atlantic
subtype: North_Platte_River__North_Platte a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River
subtype: Ohio_River__Ohio a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River
subtype: Orange_River__Orange a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
subtype: Parnaiba__Parnahiba a river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean
subtype: Penobscot_River__Penobscot a river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay
subtype: Ping_River__Ping a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
subtype: Rhine_River__Rhine__Rhein a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea
subtype: Ruhr_River__Ruhr a tributary of the Rhine
subtype: Saale_River__Saale a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River
subtype: Sacramento_River a river in northern California rising near Mount Shasta and flowing south to the San Francisco Bay
subtype: Sambre_River__Sambre a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Neuse at Namur
subtype: Savannah_River__Savannah a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic
subtype: Scheldt_River__Scheldt__scheldt a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea
subtype: River_Severn__Severn__Severn_River a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain
subtype: Severn__Severm_River a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay
subtype: Seyhan_River__Seyhan a Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean
subtype: Shari_River__Shari__Chari__Chari_River an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad
instance: Jordan_River__Jordan River_Acheron__Acheron River_Adige__Adige River_Aire__Aire Amazon_River__Amazon Amur_River__Amur__Heilong_Jiang Apalachicola_River__Apalachicola River_Arno__Arno Bighorn_River__Bighorn Brahmaputra_River__Brahmaputra Brazos_River__Brazos Canadian_River__Canadian Cimarron_River__Cimarron River_Cocytus__Cocytus Danube_River__Danube Darling_River__Darling Ebro_River__Ebro Elbe_River__Elbe Euphrates_River__Euphrates Ganges_River__Ganges Gila_River__Gila Huang_He__Hwang_Ho__Yellow_River Indus_River__Indus Irtish_River__Irtish__Irtysh__Irtysh_River Isere_River__Isere Kanawha_River__Kanawha Kura_River__Kura Lena_River__Lena River_Lethe__Lethe Limpopo__Crocodile_River Little_Bighorn_River__Little_Bighorn__Little_Horn Little_Missouri_River__Little_Missouri Loire_River__Loire Madeira_River__Madeira Mekong_River__Mekong Meuse_River__Meuse Milk_River__Milk Neckar_River__Neckar Neosho_River__Neosho Niagara_River__Niagara Nile_River__Nile Niobrara_River__Niobrara Ob_River__Ob Oder_River__Oder Orinoco_River__Orinoco Osage_River__Osage Ouachita_River__Ouachita Parana_River__Parana Pecos_River__Pecos Pee_Dee_River__Pee_Dee Platte_River__Platte Po_River__Po Potomac_River__Potomac Purus_River__Purus Red_River__Red Republican_River__Republican Rhone_River__Rhone Rio_Grande__Rio_Bravo Sabine_River__Sabine Saint_Francis_River__Saint_Francis__St._Francis__St._Francis_River Saint_Johns_River__Saint_Johns__St._Johns__St._Johns_River Saint_Lawrence_River__Saint_Lawrence__St._Lawrence__St._Lawrence_River Salmon_River__Salmon Saone_River__Saone Seine_River__Seine Snake_River__Snake South_Platte_River__South_Platte River_Styx__Styx Suriname_River__Surinam_River Susquehanna_River__Susquehanna Tagus_River__Tagus Tennessee_River__Tennessee Thames_River__Thames Tiber__Tevere Tigris_River__Tigris Tocantins_River__Tocantins Tombigbee_River__Tombigbee River_Tyne__Tyne Vistula_River__Vistula Volga_River__Volga Volkhov_River__Volkhov Wabash_River__Wabash White_River__White Willamette_River__Willamette Wisconsin_River__Wisconsin Yalu__Yalu_River Chang_Jiang__Chang__Yangtze__Yangtze_River__Yangtze_Kiang Yazoo_River__Yazoo Yellowstone_River__Yellowstone Yenisei_River__Yenisei__Yenisey__Yenisey_River Yukon_River__Yukon Zambezi_River__Zambezi Zhu_Jiangi__Canton_River__Chu_Kiang
subtype: rivulet__rill__run__runnel__streamlet a small stream
subtype: tidal_river__tidalriver__tidewater_river__tidewaterriver__tidal_stream__tidalstream__tidewater_stream__tidewaterstream a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
subtype: territorial_waters the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
instance: United_States_waters__U.S._waters
subtype: waterfall__falls__fall__cascade__cataract a steep descent of the water of a river
subtype: Niagara__Niagara_Falls waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
subtype: Takkakaw the highest waterfall in Canada
instance: American_Falls Angel_Falls__Angel Canadian_Falls__Horseshoe_Falls Cuquenan_Falls__Cuquenan__Kukenaam__Kukenaam_Falls Iguazu_Falls__Iguazu__Iguassu__Iguassu_Falls__Victoria_Falls Paulo_Afonso_Falls__Paulo_Afonso Sete_Quedas__Guaira__Guaira_Falls Tugela_Falls__Tugela Twin_Falls.Snake_River__twinfall__Twin Urubupunga_Falls__Urubupunga Victoria_Falls__Victoria Yosemite_Falls__Yosemite
subtype: waterway a navigable body of water
subtype: ditch.waterway any small natural waterway
subtype: mare_clausum (closed sea) a navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of a single nation
subtype: mare_liberum (free sea) a navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access
subtype: rapid a part of a river where the current is very fast
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