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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:

Reference:

[SUFN, page 2-1, sub-paragraph I-B]

Supplemental references:

Enumerants (presented in a natural order)

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Status	Attribute label	Enumerant label ▾	Concept definition	Code	Ref type	Reference	Supplemental references
STD 2005/06/07	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 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	GUYOT_SET	A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<GUYOT>>>s in close proximity.	22	IR	[SUFN, "guyot"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	HILL	An isolated elevation, smaller than a <<<SEAMOUNT>>>; hill.	23	PR	[SUFN, "hill"]	[S32, "hill"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	HILL_SET	A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<HILL>>>s in close proximity.	24	IR	[SUFN, "hill"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	HOLE	A small local <TERRAIN_DEPRESSION>, often steep-sided; hole.	25	PR	[SUFN, "hole"]
STD 2005/06/07	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 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	KNOLL_SET	A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<KNOLL>>>s, clustered, in close proximity.	27	IR	[SUFN, "knoll"]
STD 2005/06/07	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 2005/06/07	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 2005/06/07	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"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	MOAT	An annular <TERRAIN_DEPRESSION> that may not be continuous, located at the base of many isolated elevations (for example: <SEAMOUNT> and/or an <ISLAND>); moat.	31	PR	[SUFN, "moat"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	MOUNTAIN_SET	A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <MOUNTAIN>s, in close proximity.	32			[SUFN]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	PASSAGE	A narrow break in a <<<RIDGE>>> or a <<<RISE>>>; passage.	33	PR	[SUFN, "passage"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	PEAK	A prominent elevation either pointed or of a very limited extent across the summit; peak.	34	PR	[SUFN, "peak"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	PINNACLE	Any high tower or spire-shaped pillar of <ROCK> or <CORAL>, alone or cresting a summit; pinnacle.	35	PR	[SUFN, "pinnacle"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	PLAIN	An extensive, flat, gently sloping or nearly level <TERRAIN_PLAIN>.	36	IR	[SP35, "plain"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	PLATEAU	A <PLATEAU>, one or more sides of which drop off abruptly.	37	PR	[SUFN, "plateau"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	PROMONTORY	A major protrusion, resembling a <<<SPUR>>>, of the <<<CNTNTL_SLOPE>>> extending to the deep <OCEAN_FLOOR>; promontory. Characteristically, the crest deepens seaward.	38	PR	[SUFN, "promontory"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	PROVINCE	<WATERBODY_FLOOR_PROVINCE>.	39			[SUFN, "province"]
STD 2005/06/07	OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME- _TYPE	REEF	<REEF>.	40			[SUFN, "reef"]

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Group membership:

WATERBODY_FLOOR

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