7. Ocean is a vast collection of water, environing a considerable part of the Continent.
8. The Sea is a smaller body of water, intermixed with Islands, and for the most part environed with land.
9. A Gulf is a part of the Sea, every where encompassed with land, except only one passage, whereby it communicates with the main ocean.
10. A Strait is a narrow passage, either joining a Gulf to the neighbouring Sea or Ocean, or one part of the Sea or Ocean to another.
11. A Lake is a small collection of deep standing water, surrounded by land, and having no visible communication with the Sea.
12. A River is a considerable stream of fresh water, rising out of one, or various fountains, continually gliding along in one or more currents, till it empties itself into the sea or ocean.