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A body of water is any geographical feature composed of water including oceans, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, bays, straits and inlets.

• Oceans, seas, gulfs and bays (e.g. Pacific Ocean, Baltic Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Bay of Biscay)

• Rivers, streams, brooks and creeks (e.g. Ganges River, Pleasant Stream, Meers Brook)

• Co-type with River.

• Springs (e.g. Juniper Springs, Deildartunguhver, Tamagawa Hot Spring)

• Waterfalls (e.g. Skogafoss, Humboldt Falls, Aughrabies Falls)

• Co-type with Waterfall

• Lakes, ponds and reservoirs (e.g. Lake Vostok, Lake Fryxell, Rozmberk Pond, Dovestones Reservoir)

• Co-type with Lake.

• Straits, channels and canals (natural and man-made) (e.g. Strait of Gibraltar, Skagerrak, Rambler Channel, Calbuco Channel, Panama Canal, Canal du Midi)

• Fjords, inlets and coves (e.g. Flensburg Fjord, Ekmanfjorden, Richard Collinson Inlet, Lulworth Cove)

• Lagoons (e.g. Marovo Lagoon, Vistula Lagoon, Curonian Lagoon)

• Frozen bodies of water (e.g. Lake Bonney, Jackson Pond, Anvil Pond)

• Bodies of ice that were formed from compacted fallen snow such as glaciers and ice shelves (e.g. Tazlina Glacier, Kaliakra Glacier, Nordre Folgefonna, Ross Ice Shelf)

• Use the Glacier type for these.

• Wetlands, marshes, swamps and bogs (e.g. Okefenokee Swamp, Biebrza Marshes, Strumpshaw Fen, Sifton Bog)

• Use the Geographical feature type for these.

• Places situated near bodies of water such as beaches and bay areas (e.g. Ke’e Beach, Galveston Bay Area, Boston Beach)

• Aqueducts (e.g. Cesse Aqueduct, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Mathur Aqueduct)

• Use the Structure type for these.

• Man-made structures built on or near bodies of water such as dams, spillways and breakwaters (e.g. Three Gorges Dam, Morganza Spillway, Plymouth Breakwater)

• Use the Structure type for these.

• Body of Water Identity Criteria