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Reservoir

Reservoir is a direct BodyOfWater subtype for artificial lakes typically created by dams: drinking-water reservoirs, hydroelectric reservoirs, flood-control reservoirs. For natural lakes, use LakeBodyOfWater.

Full example of schema.org/Reservoir json-ld markup

The markup is verified as valid with Rich Results Test from Google.

schema.org/Reservoir
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Reservoir",
  "name": "Pocono Reservoir",
  "description": "Drinking-water reservoir serving Dunmore and the Lackawanna Valley, formed by the 1952 Pocono Dam on a Susquehanna tributary.",
  "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": 41.4712, "longitude": -75.5188 },
  "containedInPlace": { "@type": "AdministrativeArea", "name": "Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania" }
}
</script>

Minimal valid version

The smallest markup that still produces a valid Reservoir entity. Use it as the floor. Reach for the advanced example above when you want search engines and AI agents to understand more about your content.

schema.org/Reservoir (minimal)
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Reservoir",
  "name": "Pocono Reservoir",
  "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": 41.4712, "longitude": -75.5188 }
}
</script>

Google rich results this unlocks

Reservoir is a structural type. It does not produce a rich result on its own.

Its value comes from combining it with a primary type whose markup earns a rich result (Article, Product, Event, and so on). Reservoir becomes the trunk that the primary type branches off viamainEntityorbreadcrumb. Include it on every page as the backbone of your markup.

Common Reservoir mistakes

Mistakes that pass validation but silently fail to earn rich results or mislead consumers walking the graph. Avoid these and your markup will be ahead of most sites in the wild.

  1. 01

    Reservoir for a natural lake

    Wrong
    Reservoir on a naturally-formed lake
    Right
    LakeBodyOfWater for natural lakes; Reservoir for dam-created artificial ones

    Reservoir implies human engineering. Natural lakes are a different category.

Schema properties in this example

ReservoirBodyOfWaterLandformPlacenamedescriptiongeoGeoCoordinateslatitudelongitudecontainedInPlaceAdministrativeAreaLakeBodyOfWater

Also mentioned in 2 other examples

Reservoir also appears in BodyOfWater, and LakeBodyOfWater. See the full Reservoir schema page for every reference.

About the example data

Fictional "Pocono Reservoir", a drinking-water reservoir serving Dunmore.

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