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EA:  WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1558
Concept definition: The morphology of a <WATERBODY_FLOOR>.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: PR
Reference: [S57A, Attribute: CATSEA]
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		 WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY ABYSSAL_HILLS A <WATERBODY_FLOOR_REGION>, on occasion extensive, of low (100 to 500 metres) elevations in an <ABYSS>; abyssal hills. 1 PR [S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:24]  
STD
2005/06/07		 WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY ABYSSAL_PLAIN An extensive, flat, gently sloping or nearly level <TERRAIN_PLAIN> in an <ABYSS>; abyssal plain. 2 PR [S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:18]  
STD
2005/06/07		 WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY APRON A gently dipping <SURFACE> without <WATERBODY_FLOOR_TOPOGRAPHIC_CONFIGURATION>s, underlain primarily by <SEDIMENT>, at the base of any steeper slope; apron. 3 PR [S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:25]  
STD
2005/06/07		 WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY ARCHIPELAGIC_APRON A gentle slope with a generally smooth <SURFACE>, characteristically found around groups of <ISLAND>s or <<<SEAMOUNT>>>s; archipelagic apron. 4 PR [S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:26]  
STD
2005/06/07		 WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY BANK An elevation over which the <<WATER_DEPTH>> is relatively shallow, but normally sufficient for safe navigation on the <WATERBODY_SURFACE>; bank. 5 PR [S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:3]  
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