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EA:  TERRAIN_MORPHOLOGY_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1418
Concept definition: The type of the morphology of the <TERRAIN> within a delineated <TERRAIN_SURFACE_REGION>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [FACC, Annex B: SRD]
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		 TERRAIN_MORPHOLOGY_TYPE HIGHLY_DISSECTED A relatively level <TRACT>, the <SURFACE> of which is covered mainly (greater than 50 percent) by <GULLY>s; highly dissected [DFDD, Feature Attribute Dictionary, SRD:55]. 10 IR [FACC, Annex B, SRD:55]  
STD
2005/06/07		 TERRAIN_MORPHOLOGY_TYPE MOD_DISSECTED A relatively level <TRACT>, the <SURFACE> of which is covered partially (between 20 to 50 percent) by <GULLY>s; moderately dissected [DFDD, Feature Attribute Dictionary, SRD:52]. 33 IR [FACC, Annex B, SRD:52]  
STD
2005/06/07		 TERRAIN_MORPHOLOGY_TYPE TALUS_SLOPE A scree slope, consisting of disintegrated <MATERIAL> that has fallen from the face of the <CLIFF> above; talus slope [SOED, "talus", 2a]. 61 IR [FACC, Annex B, SRD:19]  
STD
2005/06/07		 TERRAIN_MORPHOLOGY_TYPE MANY_CREVASSES An <ICE_FIELD> containing an appreciable quantity of nearly vertical <SURFACE_FISSURE>s; many crevasses [DFDD, Feature Attribute Dictionary, SRD:70]. 22 IR [FACC, Annex B, SRD:70]  
STD
2005/06/07		 TERRAIN_MORPHOLOGY_TYPE IRREGULAR_SURFACE_DEEP-
_FRACTURES		 An uneven <TERRAIN_SURFACE_REGION> with deep cracks caused by separation between layers of <EXPOSED_BEDROCK>; irregular surface deep fractures [DFDD, Feature Attribute Dictionary, SRD:35]. 14 IR [FACC, Annex B, SRD:35]  
STD
2005/06/07		 TERRAIN_MORPHOLOGY_TYPE NO_SURFACE_ROUGHNESS No surface roughness. 35 IR [FACC, Annex B, SRD:1]  
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