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a body of comparatively shallow salt or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature. a body of water, usually freshwater, of relatively large size contained on a body of land. a body of water such as a lake, sea inlet, firth, fjord, estuary or bay.
Any large body of water with "Sea" in the name, including lakes. River – a narrow strip of water that flows over land from a higher elevation to a lower one; Tributary – a small river that flows into a larger one; Estuary – the piece of a river that flows into the sea or ocean
Category:Bodies of water. Category. : Bodies of water. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bodies of water. Compare to Category:Landforms and Category:Wetlands Bodies of water may exist within land areas or within other bodies of water and may be natural, human-made or a combination.
List of lakes named Timber Lake. List of lakes of Albania. List of lakes of Argentina. List of lakes of Australia. List of lakes of Western Australia, A–C. List of lakes of Western Australia, D–K. List of lakes of Western Australia, L–P. List of lakes of Western Australia, Q–Z. List of lakes of Austria.
The Adriatic Sea (/ ˌeɪdriˈætɪk /) is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to the northwest and the Po Valley. The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania ...
List of bodies of water by salinity. List of waterbodies in Saxony-Anhalt. List of seas on Earth. List of sounds (geography) List of straits.
Earth's approximate water volume (the total water supply of the world) is 1.386 billion cubic kilometres (333 million cubic miles). [23] Liquid water is found in bodies of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, river, stream, canal, pond, or puddle. The majority of water on Earth is seawater.
The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency published a map of surface water bodies in the Netherlands in 2010. [1] The map distinguishes over 20 different types of water bodies, including those with salty, brackish and fresh water. These water bodies encompass natural and artificial lakes of varying sizes, peat puddles and fens.