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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
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SEAMOUNT_SET A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<SEAMOUNT>>>s, in close proximity. 52 IR [SUFN, "seamount(s)"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SEA_CHANNEL A continuously sloping <TERRAIN_CHANNEL> found in <<<FAN>>>s or <<<ABYSSAL_PLAIN>>>s and customarily bordered by <<<LEVEE>>>s on one or both sides; sea channel. 47 PR [SUFN, "sea channel"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SHELF A <<<ZONE>>> adjacent to a continent (or around an <ISLAND>) and extending from the <LOW_WATER_LINE> to a depth at which there is usually a marked increase of slope towards the depths of the <OCEAN>; shelf. 53 PR [SUFN, "shelf"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SHELF_EDGE The <LINE> along which there is marked increase of slope at the seaward margin of a <<<SHELF>>>; shelf edge. 54 PR [SUFN, "shelf edge"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SHOAL An <UNDERWATER_HAZARD> with substantially less clearance than the surrounding <WATERBODY_FLOOR_REGION> and composed of unconsolidated <MATERIAL>; shoal. 55 PR [SUFN, "shoal"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SHOAL_SET A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<SHOAL>>>s, in close proximity. 56 IR [SUFN, "shoal"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SILL A <BARRIER> of relatively shallow <<WATER_DEPTH>> restricting the movement of <WATER> between <<<BASIN>>>s; sill. 57 PR [SUFN, "sill"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SLOPE The deepening <OCEAN_FLOOR> out from a <<<SHELF_EDGE>>> to the upper limit of a <<<RISE>>>, or the <LOCATION> where there is a general decrease in steepness; slope. 58 PR [SUFN, "slope"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SOUND <MARINE_SOUND>. 59      
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SPUR A subordinate elevation or <RIDGE> protruding from a larger <WATERBODY_FLOOR_TOPOGRAPHIC_CONFIGURATION> (for example: a <<<PLATEAU>>> and/or the foundation of an <ISLAND>); spur. 60 PR [SUFN, "spur"]  
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