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EA:  SHORELINE_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1244

Concept definition: The type of physical characteristics of a <SHORELINE>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [FACC, Annex B: SLT]
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
SHORELINE_TYPE CORAL Consisting of a <REEF> often of large extent, composed chiefly of <CORAL> and its derivatives; coral. 1 IR [S57A, Attribute, CATCOA:9] [FACC, Annex B, SHO:16]
STD
2005/06/07
SHORELINE_TYPE ICE Consisting of a vertical <CLIFF> forming the seaward edge of an <ICE_SHELF>, ranging in height from 2 metres to 50 metres or more above MSL; ice. 2 IR [S57A, Attribute, CATCOA:10] [FACC, Annex B, SHO:17]
STD
2005/06/07
SHORELINE_TYPE MANGROVE Consisting of one of several genera of tropical <TREE>s or <SHRUB>s which produce many prop roots and grow along low-lying <COAST>s into shallow <WATER>; mangrove. 3 IR [S57A, Attribute, CATCOA:7] [FACC, Annex B, SHO:6]
STD
2005/06/07
SHORELINE_TYPE MARSHY Consisting of spongy <LAND> saturated with <WATER>, which may have a shallow covering of <WATER>, usually with a considerable amount of vegetation appearing above the <SURFACE>; marshy. 4 IR [S57A, Attribute, CATCOA:8]  
STD
2005/06/07
SHORELINE_TYPE ROCKY Consisting of fragments of <ROCK>, ranging in size from pebbles and gravel to <BOULDER>s and large masses; rocky. 5 IR [S57A, Attribute, CATCOA:4]  
STD
2005/06/07
SHORELINE_TYPE RUBBLE Consisting of <RUBBLE>. 6 IR [FACC, Annex B, SLT:11]  
STD
2005/06/07
SHORELINE_TYPE SANDY Consisting of <SAND>; sandy. 7 IR [S57A, Attribute, CATCOA:3]  
STD
2005/06/07
SHORELINE_TYPE SHELLY Consisting of the shells of marine <ANIMAL>s; shelly. 8 IR [S57A, Attribute, CATCOA:11]  
STD
2005/06/07
SHORELINE_TYPE SHINGLY Consisting of rounded, often flat, water-worn fragments of <ROCK> larger than approximately 16 millimetres; shingly. 9 IR [S57A, Attribute, CATCOA:5]  
STD
2005/06/07
SHORELINE_TYPE STONY Consisting of fragments of <ROCK>, ranging in size from pebbles and gravel to small masses; stony. 10 IR [S57A, Attribute, CATCOA:4]  

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