body of water

any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface
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body of water

Summary

body of water is a feature type[1]. It draws 2,039 Wikipedia views per month (feature_type category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • body of water's instance of is recorded as feature type[3].
  • body of water is a type of region[4].
  • body of water is a type of physico-geographical object[5].
  • body of water is a type of habitat[6].
  • body of water's Commons category is recorded as Bodies of water[7].
  • body of water is the opposite of landmass[8].
  • body of water comprises depression[9].
  • body of water comprises liquid water[10].
  • body of water comprises water area[11].
  • body of water's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bodies of water[12].
  • body of water's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=water[13].
  • body of water's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox body of water[14].
  • body of water's has characteristic is recorded as liquid state of matter[15].
  • body of water's main Wikidata property is recorded as P206[16].
  • body of water's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/BodyOfWater[17].
  • body of water's equivalent class is recorded as https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/Q367[18].
  • body of water's different from is recorded as marsh[19].
  • body of water's different from is recorded as subaquaria[20].
  • body of water's different from is recorded as water surface[21].
  • body of water's different from is recorded as still waters[22].
  • body of water's different from is recorded as waterbody[23].
  • body of water's different from is recorded as body water[24].
  • body of water's different from is recorded as water[25].
  • body of water's properties for this type is recorded as P3020[26].
  • body of water's properties for this type is recorded as P3866[27].

Body

Definition and Type

body of water's instance of is recorded as feature type[3]. Recorded subclass of include region[4], physico-geographical object[5], and habitat[6]. It is the opposite of landmass[8].

Use and Application

Components include depression[9], a geological term[28]; liquid water[10], a solvent[29]; and water area[11], a concept[30].

Why It Matters

body of water draws 2,039 Wikipedia views per month (feature_type category, ranking #2 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Hirho · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Topic has template Template:Infobox body of water
    Has characteristic liquid state of matter
    Has parts
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1814]]: すいいき"
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