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EA: SOIL_WETNESS_CATEGORY

Status:

STD 2005/06/07

Code:

1291

Concept definition:

A category describing the content of liquid and solid <WATER> in the <SOIL> of a <TERRAIN_SURFACE_REGION>; soil wetness category.

Attribute value type:

ENUMERATION

Reference type:

Reference:

[FACC, Annex B: SWC]

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	SOIL_WETNESS_CATEGORY	FROZEN	Frozen.	1	IR	[FACC, Annex B, SWC:4]	[SOED, "freeze", I.1]
STD 2005/06/07	SOIL_WETNESS_CATEGORY	FROZEN_OR_PERMAFROST	<<<FROZEN>>> and/or <<<PERMAFROST>>>.	2	IR	[FACC, Annex B, SWC:4]
STD 2005/06/07	SOIL_WETNESS_CATEGORY	MOIST	Moist <SOIL>, generally characterized as well-drained <SOIL> with no restricting layers or pans; fair to good internal and external drainage. Slope may be flat to steep.	3	IR	[SMSP]
STD 2005/06/07	SOIL_WETNESS_CATEGORY	PERENNIALLY_DRY	Perennially dry.	4	IR	[SMSP]
STD 2005/06/07	SOIL_WETNESS_CATEGORY	PERMAFROST	<PERMAFROST>.	5
STD 2005/06/07	SOIL_WETNESS_CATEGORY	SATURATED	Waterlogged or flooded at least part of the year; saturated. May be bottomlands subject to frequent overflow or upland flats with poor internal drainage or shallow pans.	6	IR	[SMSP]
STD 2005/06/07	SOIL_WETNESS_CATEGORY	WATERLOGGED	Perennially waterlogged with no change in the content of <WATER> or strength of the <SOIL> over time.	7	IR	[SMSP]
STD 2005/06/07	SOIL_WETNESS_CATEGORY	WET	Wet and not well drained, where restricting layers or deep pans may be present. May occur at the base of slopes, on terraces, in upland flats, or bottomlands.	8	IR	[SMSP]

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