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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. Estuary estuary A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjI85wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Estuary</a> an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river, where tide meets outflow, usually associated with a widening of the river channel. <p/> Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Delta</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">riverEndTopography</a>. estuaries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary DelawareBay Delaware Bay bay on heavy industrialized NE U.S. coast EastRiver-NewYork East River major harbor in heavily populated and industrialized area of eastern U.S. Hampton Roads HamptonRoads-Estuary the Rio de la Plata RioDeLaPlata SanFranciscoBay California inlet of Pacific San Francisco Bay major bay in heavily populated and industrialized area of eastern U.S. Chesapeake Bay ChesapeakeBay concept related to bodies of water WaterBodyConcept A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ret7qgOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a> (q.v.). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rrwTJ-v7BEdmAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">WaterBodyConcept</a> are collections and relations having to do with bodies of water. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, and relations used for describing the parts, sizes, locations, uses, and other features of various types of water-bodies are instances of this collection. NaturalThing The notoriously hard to define collection of &quot;natural&quot; things. An individual is an instance of this collection if it is itself an individual or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYjIS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Situation</a> that occurs in nature, i.e., not as a result of an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>'s (or group thereof) intentions to modify the environment, or else is an individual that is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWStbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">outputsCreated</a> of an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a> that is itself natural. natural thing BodyOfWater A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjORZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a> is a natural or artificial topographical feature consisting of a relatively large volume of water primarily in liquid form, contained by an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Basin_Topographical</a>. Both the basin and the water are considered parts of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>; see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBuSs-tSsQdaVn6xwikTZ7w" class="cyc_term">basinOfBodyOfWater</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rPWOuxhQEEdqAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">waterOfBodyOfWater</a>. <p/> Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi4IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lake</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjNz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Harbor</a>. <p/> Note that relatively small, purely artificial containers of water (such as swimming pools or tanks of water) are <i>not</i> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Moreover, topographical features such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgD8xJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Glacier</a>s or snowfields, which contain a large volume of water primarily in solid form, are also <i>not</i> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. body of water estuary Estuary A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjI85wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Estuary</a> an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river, where tide meets outflow, usually associated with a widening of the river channel. <p/> Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Delta</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">riverEndTopography</a>. A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). <p/> Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code><b>COPY</b></code> of (say) &quot;Moby Dick&quot; is still a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially <i>object-like</i>: if we take a scalpel and slice <code><b>COPY</b></code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object estuary Estuary A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjI85wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Estuary</a> an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river, where tide meets outflow, usually associated with a widening of the river channel. <p/> Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Delta</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">riverEndTopography</a>. natural feature type NaturalFeatureType <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rummjkLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">NaturalFeatureType</a> is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6-wc8BKxEdeIXwCgydofLQ" class="cyc_term">CartographicFeatureType</a>s which naturally occur on the surface of the Earth. Positive examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgD8VZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mesa</a>. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WaterReservoir</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rT2uByCTVQdeVZZaE0030Zg" class="cyc_term">Airfield</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ru-8ymLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">ArtifactualFeatureType</a>, the corresponding collection for feature types which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s. estuary Estuary A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjI85wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Estuary</a> an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river, where tide meets outflow, usually associated with a widening of the river channel. <p/> Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Delta</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">riverEndTopography</a>. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString estuary Estuary A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjI85wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Estuary</a> an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river, where tide meets outflow, usually associated with a widening of the river channel. <p/> Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Delta</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">riverEndTopography</a>. estuary Estuary A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjI85wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Estuary</a> an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river, where tide meets outflow, usually associated with a widening of the river channel. <p/> Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjvCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Delta</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIspwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">riverEndTopography</a>.