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Concept definition
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Supplemental references
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_FLOOR_SONAR- _RETURN |
A detectable active sonar return signal, from an <OBJECT> on a <WATERBODY_FLOOR>. |
1365 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: BE029] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_FLOOR_TOPOGRAPHIC- _CONFIGURATION |
A significant configuration of the topography of a <WATERBODY_FLOOR>; waterbody floor topographic configuration. |
1366 |
PR |
[FACC, Annex A: BF011] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TURBULENCE |
A disturbance of <WATER> caused by the interaction of any combination of <WATER_WAVE>s, <WATER_CURRENT>s, <EDDY>s, tidal streams, <WIND>, <SHOAL>s, and obstructions; water turbulence. |
1391 |
PR |
[FACC, Annex A: BG012] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_WAVE |
One of a succession of undulations that travel over a <WATERBODY_SURFACE>; water wave [SOED, "wave", I.1.a]. |
1392 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: BG012] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_CURRENT_PROPERTY- _SET |
A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the mean <<WATER_CURRENT_SPEED>> within a <REGION> of a <WATERBODY> as a function of time. |
1380 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: BG040] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_INTAKE |
A place where <WATER> is taken into a channel or <PIPE> from a <WATERBODY>; water intake [DFDD, Feature Dictionary: BH011]. The purpose of a water intake may be to supply an <AQUEDUCT> or <WATER_TREATMENT_FACILITY>. |
1384 |
PR |
[FACC, Annex A: BH011] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TREATMENT_BED |
A <TRACT> for the treatment of <WATER> that consists of a bed of <MATERIAL> where <WATER> is aerated or filtered; water treatment bed. |
1388 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: BH040] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERING_PLACE |
A <REGION> where supplies of <WATER> can be replenished; watering place. EXAMPLES <SPRING>, <WELL> of <WATER>, <WATERING_HOLE>. |
1396 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: BH170] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_GATE |
A <BARRIER> that may be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or passageway on a <WATERBODY> (e.g., on a <WATERCOURSE>); water gate [DFDD, Feature Dictionary: BI041]. |
688 |
PR |
[FACC, Annex A: BI041] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_INTAKE_TOWER |
A <TOWER> associated with a <WATER_INTAKE>; water intake tower. |
1385 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: BI050] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_DATA_COLLECTION- _DEVICE |
A <DEVICE> used for the collection of hydrographic and oceanographic data; water data collection device. |
1381 |
PR |
[FACC, Annex A: BK030] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WOODY_GRASSLAND |
A <TRACT> covered by woody and/or tree-like grasses of the tropical or temperate <REGION>s that have jointed hollow stems with solid nodes (for example: <BAMBOO> and/or sugar cane); woody grassland. |
1424 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: EC010] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEAPONS_RANGE |
A <FACILITY> designated for the purpose of discharging firearms or detonating <MUNITION>s; weapons range. A weapons range is also known as a firing range or gunnery range. |
1404 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: FA015] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_GATHERING_REGION |
A protected (restricted use) <TERRAIN_SURFACE_REGION> incorporating facilities for the collection of <WATER>, so designated in order to protect the <WATER> on and beneath the <TERRAIN> from being contaminated; water gathering region. |
1383 |
PR |
[FACC, Annex A: FA082] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_PARTITION |
A solid <MAN_MADE_OBJECT> subdividing a <WATERBODY>; waterbody partition [DFDD, Feature Dictionary: FC035]. EXAMPLES An artificial earthen <EMBANKMENT> subdividing a pond or rice paddy. |
1368 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: FC035] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_ROUTE |
A <TRANSPORTATION_ROUTE> on a <WATERBODY> established for the safe passage of <VESSEL>s; waterbody route. |
709 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: FC165] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND_INDICATOR |
A <WIND>-actuated <DEVICE> indicating visually <<WIND_DIRECTION>> and/or <<WIND_SPEED>> information for the surface <WIND>; wind indicator [DFDD, Feature Dictionary: GB080]. |
1414 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex A: GB080] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_DRIVEN_GRISTMILL |
A <STRUCTURE> equipped with water-driven <EQUIPMENT> for grinding grain into flour or meal; water driven gristmill. |
1382 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex B, BFC:22] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TREATMENT_STRUCTURE |
A <STRUCTURE> containing layers of <MATERIAL> used to filter or aerate <WATER>; water treatment structure. |
1390 |
IR |
[FACC, Annex B, BFC:84] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEATHER_STATION |
An <OBSERVATION_STATION> where meteorological data are gathered, recorded, and released; weather station. |
1405 |
IR |
[GMET, "weather station"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WELL_HEAD |
<EQUIPMENT> (for example: casing heads, lowermost and intermediate tubing heads, Christmas tree equipment with valves and fittings, and/or casing and tubing hangers) used on the <TERRAIN> to maintain control of an oil <WELL>; well-head. |
1407 |
IR |
[GOFP, "wellhead"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WAYPOINT |
A <LOCATION> used to define a <ROUTE>; waypoint. |
1397 |
IR |
[IAN11] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_SHELTER_BASIN |
A sheltered <WATERBODY> available for port operations and connecting with another <WATERBODY> (for example: an outer <MARINE_PORT> and/or a <SEA>) sometimes by means of a <HYDROGRAPHIC_LOCK> or passage; waterbody shelter basin. |
1371 |
PR |
[S32, "basin" (sheltered)] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_FLOOR_CANYON |
A deep, steep-sided <TERRAIN_CHANNEL> in a <WATERBODY_FLOOR> the bottom of which grades continuously downward; waterbody floor canyon. |
1360 |
PR |
[S32, "canyon: submarine"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_CHANNEL |
That part of a <WATERBODY>, sometimes dredged, that is deep enough for navigation through a <WATERBODY_REGION> that would otherwise not be navigable; water channel. It is usually marked by a single or double line of <MARINE_AID_TO_NAVIGATION>s. |
1377 |
PR |
[S32, "channel"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_CURRENT |
A large <WATERBODY_REGION> containing a <WATER_CURRENT> that is relatively homogenous with respect to <<WATERBODY_TEMPERATURE>> or <<PRACTICAL_SALINITY>> and that differs from that of the adjacent <REGION>s; waterbody current. |
1357 |
IR |
[S32, "current"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WET_DOCK |
A <DOCK> in which <WATER> can be maintained at any level by closing a <WATER_GATE> when the <WATER> is at the desired level; wet dock. |
1408 |
PR |
[S32, "dock: wet"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_FLOOR_RIDGE |
A <RIDGE> with steep sides and either irregular or smooth topography in a <WATERBODY_FLOOR>; waterbody floor ridge. A waterbody floor ridge in an <OCEAN> often separates <OCEAN_BASIN>s. |
1364 |
IR |
[S32, "oceanic ridge"] |
[S32, "ridge", a/b], [SP35, "ridge"], [SUFN, "RIDGE"] |
STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_FLOOR_PINNACLE |
A <WATERBODY_FLOOR_TOPOGRAPHIC_CONFIGURATION> of reduced depth at its centre; waterbody floor pinnacle. It is generally round in shape as viewed from above. |
1361 |
IR |
[S32, "pinnacle"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TRAFFIC_SEPARATION- _SCHEME |
A measure for organizing a <TRANSPORTATION_ROUTE> that separates opposing streams of <VESSEL>s by appropriate means, including the establishment of <ROUTE_LANE>s; water traffic separation scheme. |
1264 |
IR |
[S32, "traffic separation scheme"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERCOURSE |
An artificial or natural channel for the conveyance of <WATER>; watercourse. |
1393 |
PR |
[S32, "watercourse"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WHARF |
A <STRUCTURE> serving as a berthing place for <VESSEL>s; wharf. |
1412 |
PR |
[S32, "wharf"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_FLOOR_TRENCH |
A significant long, narrow, and characteristically very deep and asymmetrical <TERRAIN_CHANNEL> in a <WATERBODY_FLOOR>, with relatively steep sides; waterbody floor trench. |
1367 |
PR |
[S57A, Attribute: CATSEA:6] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_CURRENT |
A <CURRENT> in a <WATERBODY>. |
1379 |
IR |
[S57A, Object: CURENT] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERFALL |
A vertical or nearly vertical descent of a <WATERCOURSE>; waterfall. |
1394 |
IR |
[S57A, Object: WATFAL] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_BASIN |
A delimited, principal division of a <WATERBODY>; waterbody basin. EXAMPLE <OCEAN_BASIN>. |
1353 |
IR |
[SP35, "basin"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_SURFACE_SLICK |
A <WATERBODY_SURFACE_REGION> that is variable in size and markedly different in appearance (for example: in colour and/or oiliness) from adjacent <WATERBODY_SURFACE_REGION>s; waterbody surface slick. |
1375 |
IR |
[SP35, "sea slick"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATERBODY_FLOOR_PROVINCE |
A <WATERBODY_FLOOR_REGION> identifiable by shared physiographic characteristics that are markedly in contrast with those in the adjacent <WATERBODY_FLOOR_REGION>s; waterbody floor province. |
1362 |
PR |
[SUFN, "province"] |
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STD 2014/02/14 |
WALL_STUD |
A slender, upright <STRUCTURAL_MEMBER> of wood or metal that is part of a series of such members forming the structural frame of a <WALL>; wall stud. |
1472 |
IR |
[VDARCH, "stud"] |
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STD 2014/02/14 |
WATER_MAIN |
A main <PIPE> or conduit forming a <COMPONENT> of a public or community <SYSTEM> of <PIPE>s and <VALVE>s conveying non-waste liquid <WATER> to all service connections. |
1479 |
IR |
[VDARCH, "water main"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WARM_FRONT |
An <ATMOSPHERIC_FRONT> between warm and cold <AIR_MASS>s that moves so that the warmer <AIR> replaces the colder <AIR>; warm front. |
1345 |
PR |
[WMO182, W0100, "warm front"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND |
A <CURRENT> of <AIR> moving relative to a <PLANETARY_SURFACE>; wind. Unless otherwise specified, usually only the horizontal component is considered. |
1413 |
PR |
[WMO182, W0930, "wind"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND_ROSE_PROPERTY_SET |
A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the relative frequency of the <<WIND_DIRECTION>>, and sometimes the frequencies of the <<WIND_SPEED>>s for different directions, experienced at a given <LOCATION> over a defined period of record; wind rose property set. |
1416 |
PR |
[WMO182, W1120, "wind rose"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND_VANE |
A visual <DEVICE> used to indicate or measure <<WIND_DIRECTION>>; wind vane. |
1418 |
PR |
[WMO182, W1240, "wind vane"] |
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