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EA:  OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 918

Concept definition: The type of a named <REGION> of the <OCEAN_FLOOR> that has measurable relief or is delimited by relief.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: PR
Reference: [SUFN, page 2-1, sub-paragraph I-B]
Supplemental references:  

Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
GUYOT A <<<SEAMOUNT>>> having a comparatively smooth flat top; guyot. A guyot is also called a tablemount. 21 PR [SUFN, "guyot"] [S32, "tablemount"]
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
GUYOT_SET A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<GUYOT>>>s in close proximity. 22 IR [SUFN, "guyot"]  
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
HILL An isolated elevation, smaller than a <<<SEAMOUNT>>>; hill. 23 PR [SUFN, "hill"] [S32, "hill"]
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
HILL_SET A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<HILL>>>s in close proximity. 24 IR [SUFN, "hill"]  
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
HOLE A small local <TERRAIN_DEPRESSION>, often steep-sided; hole. 25 PR [SUFN, "hole"]  
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
KNOLL An elevation somewhat smaller than a <<<SEAMOUNT>>> and of rounded profile, characteristically isolated or as a cluster on the <OCEAN_FLOOR>; knoll. 26 PR [SUFN, "knoll"] [S32, "knoll"]
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
KNOLL_SET A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<KNOLL>>>s, clustered, in close proximity. 27 IR [SUFN, "knoll"]  
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
LEVEE A depositional natural embankment bordering a <<<CANYON>>>, <<<VALLEY>>>, or <<<SEA_CHANNEL>>>; levee. 28 PR [SUFN, "levee"] [S32, "levee"]
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
MEDIAN_VALLEY The axial <TERRAIN_DEPRESSION> of a <SYSTEM> of <MOUNTAIN>s forming part of a <<<MID_OCEANIC_RIDGE>>>; median valley. 29 PR [SUFN, "median valley"]  
STD
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OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE
MID_OCEANIC_RIDGE The linked major mid-oceanic <SYSTEM>s of <MOUNTAIN>s, where such <SYSTEM>s are of global extent; mid-oceanic ridge. 30 PR [SUFN, "mid-oceanic ridge"]  

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