A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet’s surface. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles.

The smallest body of water is the brook, a natural stream of water that is found aboveground and is often called a creek as well. A brook is usually a tributary (a small body of water that naturally flows into a large one) of a river, but this is not always the case.

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A small area of land that is surrounded by water is called an island.

A peninsula is a landform that can be described as a strip of land surrounded by water on three sides. The word ‘peninsula’ comes from the Latin words…

Smaller than a bay or gulf. Run – a small smoothly flowing stream. Sea – a large expanse of salt water that is enclosed by land.

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How do you differentiate between a sea and a lake? Sea has a direct outlet to the ocean, whereas, lakes do not. Lakes may be above or below sea level. Lakes are man-made water bodies, whereas a sea is natural.

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Geographers divide the ocean into five major basins: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern. Smaller ocean regions such as the Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the Bay of Bengal are called seas, gulfs, and bays.

They will learn to identify the four major oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic) and the seven continents (Asia, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, North America, and South America).