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Water

Basin​

An artificial water control or storage area.

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Bay​

Area of water mostly surrounded by land but with a connection to an ocean or lake.

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Canal​

An artificial waterway used for transportation, hydropower, or irrigation, including fjords.

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Ditch​

An artificial drainage waterway.

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Drain​

An artificial waterway for carrying superfluous water.

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Fjord​

A long, narrow inlet with steep slides, created by a glacier.

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Lake​

A natural body of water surrounded by land.

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Ocean​

One of the large bodies of salt water into which the world ocean is divided.

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Playa​

A dry lake, or a desert basin that fills with water temporarily.

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Reef​

A feature (rock, coral, etc.) lying permanently beneath the surface of water.

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River​

A naturally flowing waterway, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake, or another river.

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Riverbank​

The water-covered area of a river.

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Sea​

A part of an ocean.

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Strait​

A narrow area of water surrounded by land on two sides and by water on two other sides.

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Stream​

A naturally flowing waterway that is too narrow to be a river.

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Water (kind)​

A broad category covering coastlines and marine environments.

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