A body of water or waterbody is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of the earth. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as
The Aubach, a watercourse in Germany
A fjord (Lysefjord) in Norway.
Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales
The Canal Grande in Venice, one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. View from the Accademia bridge.
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie co
Lake Idro, an Italian prealpine lake of glacial origin situated largely within the province of Brescia (Lombardy) and in part in Trentino.
Sunset over Lake Michigan at Nordhouse Dunes in Manistee National Forest, Michigan, United States
Lake Trasimeno, Italy, has volcanic origin
The crater lake of Mount Rinjani, Indonesia