reservoir
Artificial lake supply
A reservoir is a large natural or artificial lake used to store water for human use—drinking, irrigation, or generating electricity.
The word extends to any container or space that holds a supply of something: a reservoir of talent, the body's reservoir of fat.
In medicine, a reservoir host harbors a pathogen that can spread to other species.
Groundwater-bearing geological formation
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
freshwater · hydrology · evaporation · inflow · outflow · riparian · tributary · siltation
Large storage vessel
- cisternWater storage chamber
- vatLarge liquid container
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
canister · flask · vessel · receptacle · basin · holding tank · storage tank · pressure vessel
Dam's water release structure
- floodgateWater-controlling barrier mechanism
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- weirLow river barrier
barrage · hydroelectric · irrigation · canal · lock · culvert · catchment · sluice
Accumulated reserve supply
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- storeRetail establishment
- depotVehicle storage facility
supply · accumulation · backlog · surplus · buffer · holding · retention · capacity
Primary source of something
- fontCharacter style set
- troveAccumulated valuable collection
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- storehouseBuilding for stored goods
abundance · repository · source · pool · mine · treasury · fount · supply
Slippery viscous fluid
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- oilfieldUnderground hydrocarbon reserve area
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- depositPlace for safekeeping
gas · extraction · drilling · trap · subsurface · seep · shale · bitumen
aquifer
Groundwater-bearing geological formation
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
precipitation · freshwater · hydrology · evaporation · inflow · outflow · riparian · tributary · siltation · eutrophication
tank
Large storage vessel
barrel · canister · flask · vessel · receptacle · basin · holding tank · storage tank · pressure vessel · chamber
spillway
Dam's water release structure
- floodgateWater-controlling barrier mechanism
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- leveeRiver flood barrier
weir · barrage · hydroelectric · irrigation · canal · lock · culvert · catchment · sluice · aqueduct
stockpile
Accumulated reserve supply
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- storeRetail establishment
depot · supply · accumulation · backlog · surplus · buffer · holding · retention · capacity · inventory
wellspring
Primary source of something
storehouse · abundance · repository · source · pool · mine · treasury · fount · supply · resource
oil
Slippery viscous fluid
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- oilfieldUnderground hydrocarbon reserve area
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
deposit · gas · extraction · drilling · trap · subsurface · seep · shale · bitumen · formation
host
One receiving guests
- pathogenDisease-causing microorganism
- carrierOne that transports
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
disease · vector · zoonotic · endemic · transmission · spillover · wildlife · animal · viral · bacterial
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
- land usesfarm, ranch, orchard, vineyard, plantation
- water storagecistern, cisterns, water tank, rainwater tank, storage tank
- hydropowerhydropower, water turbine, dam, turbine, hydroelectricity
- frog habitatspond, swamp, marsh, stream, river
- water reservoirArtificial lake for storage
- Reservoir Dogs
- man-made reservoirEngineered water storage basin
- oil reservoirUnderground petroleum accumulation
- artificial reservoirConstructed water storage basin
- mountain reservoirWater supply at elevation