]> 2009/04/07 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2009 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. 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. Mappings between OpenCyc terms and Wikipedia article names provided by Olena Medelyan and Catherine Legg, University of Waikato, NZ under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. 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. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams. Stream watercourse streams watercourses stream

Stream

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-stream-noun-1 A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a> is a natural stream of water with a comparatively smaller amount of flow than a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>. (Note that the distinction between a creek and a river is difficult to specify with any precision.) creek Creek (IntermittentBodyOfWaterFn Stream) intermittent watercourse stream-canalized A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rd8KghqoEEdqAAAAOpmP6tw" class="cyc_term">Stream_Canalized</a> is a natural stream of water which has been significanly modified by deepening, straightening, or installing dikes. Stream-Canalized tidal creek A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a> is a meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>. TidalCreek Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rdEqJ-K62EdqAAAAOpjlAWA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyUndergroundStream</a> is a stream or river which for one or more sections does not flow above ground, but flows below the surface, possibly reappearing further downstream, possibly not. lost river PartiallyUndergroundStream A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a> is a natural stream of water, normally of a large volume. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjANZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ColoradoRiverOfArizona</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj5qJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YangtzeRiver</a>, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViHb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ThamesRiver</a>. For smaller streams, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>. river River An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rgQuFAV2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Geography_Topic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a> which (in some significant sense) has to do with the topic of geography. Geography-Topic geography-topic <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rummjkLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">NaturalFeatureType</a> is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgD8VZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mesa</a>. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WaterReservoir</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rT2uByCTVQdeVZZaE0030Zg" class="cyc_term">Airfield</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ru-8ymLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">ArtifactualFeatureType</a>, the corresponding collection for feature types which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s. natural feature type NaturalFeatureType Wikipedia Article URL (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rNv0nbm4TTjOp7yhmnzOyqg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL seeAlsoURI <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4riWVFR6HJSpaEaHrcWS3MSA" class="cyc_term">seeAlsoURI</a> THING URI)</code> means that a description of the resource identified by URI is likely to contain information pertinent to THING. This predicate is roughly equivalent to rdfs:seeAlso. See Also URI The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> that are long and thin. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rh5fAaHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">LongThinObject</a> is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rTiUyOHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleTypeByPhysicalStructuralFeature</a> that characterizes a tangible object which has one dimension whose length exceeds that of each of the other two dimensions by at least a factor of three. E.g., pencils, straws, telephone wire, submarines, skyscrapers. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjG1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SheetShapedObject</a>. long thin object LongThinObject A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams. Stream watercourse A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams. Stream watercourse natural obstacle NaturalObstacle A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> is a natural body of water that flows when it is not frozen. A stream can either be a great river (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>) or a tiny creek (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViptpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Creek</a>). Most often, streams are filled with fresh water, but can in certain cases be filled with saline or brackish water (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r0Ie75iTfQdeUedu47vi82g" class="cyc_term">TidalCreek</a>). Every non-frozen stream flows in (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi8V5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">in_ContOpen</a>) some conduit (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjZOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidConduit</a>) such as a streambed or riverbed. Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjR_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmazonRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi_yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LittleMissouriRiver</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi9JZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WoundedKnee_Creek</a>. Note that riverbanks are not streams nor are they parts of streams, but rather they mark the edges of streams. Stream watercourse BT broaderTerm <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/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 natural inanimate object InanimateObject-Natural An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a> and a specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkF6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NaturalTangibleStuff</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvakVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InanimateObject_Natural</a> is an inanimate object that was not created by an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> in a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>. Thus, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjWEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoonOfEarth</a>, human <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjJtZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sweat</a> staining a shirt, and most footprints left by people in the snow belong to this collection; but wood chips left around a tree being chopped down, tailings left from a mine, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwP1lTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcDeTriomphe</a> do not. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjORZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/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/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>; see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rBuSs-tSsQdaVn6xwikTZ7w" class="cyc_term">basinOfBodyOfWater</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rPWOuxhQEEdqAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">waterOfBodyOfWater</a>. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi4IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lake</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjNz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Harbor</a>. Note that relatively small, purely artificial containers of water (such as swimming pools or tanks of water) are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Moreover, topographical features such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgD8xJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Glacier</a>s or snowfields, which contain a large volume of water primarily in solid form, are also not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. BodyOfWater body of water Watercourse A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViVVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowPath</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4riEuTsLqNEdqAAAACs6hnmQ" class="cyc_term">Watercourse</a> is either a natural channel produced by flowing water (for example, each instance of the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Stream</a>), or an artifact designed to carry flowing water (for example, some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>). watercourse A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code>COPY</code> of (say) "Moby Dick" is still a copy of "Moby Dick". (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially object-like: if we take a scalpel and slice <code>COPY</code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of "Moby Dick". So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object A few examples of customary paths path traversal topic AFewExamplesOfCustomaryPaths-PathTraversal-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ret7qgOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a> (q.v.). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/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. WaterBodyConcept concept related to bodies of water wikipediaArticleName (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rTv-jk9SPTXa991kk5mAvHg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleName</a> THING NAME) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article with the title NAME Wikipedia Article Name A collection of geographical regions. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjKJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EcologicalRegion</a> is a region having one or more characteristic ecosystems. From knowledge of those ecosystems, we can posit whether certain organisms can forage, reproduce, and live successfully there. Information about ecological regions typically also includes what kinds of organisms are in fact found there. In theory, any arbitrary continuous region could be analyzed as an ecological region, but most regions identified in practice have some kind of sameness or systematic interconnection in their topology, climate, and biology. Examples: the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBnu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternDesertOfEgypt</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvr5ZE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GreatBarrierReef</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEX1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Amazon_Region</a>. EcologicalRegion ecological region