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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:

Reference:

[S57A, Attribute: CATSEA]

Supplemental references:

Enumerants (presented in a natural order)

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Status	Attribute label	Enumerant label ▾	Concept definition	Code	Ref type	Reference
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	RISE	A broad elevation that rises gently and generally smoothly from the <WATERBODY_FLOOR> forming a <<<RIDGE>>>; rise.	41	IR	[S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:43]
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	SADDLE	A broad pass, resembling in shape a riding saddle, in a <<<RIDGE>>> or between contiguous <<<SEAMOUNT>>>s.	42	PR	[S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:23]
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	SEAMOUNT	<SEAMOUNT>.	44
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	SEAMOUNT_CHAIN	A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<SEAMOUNT>>>s in linear or arcuate alignment; seamount chain.	45	PR	[S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:45]
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	SEA_CHANNEL	A continuously sloping <TERRAIN_CHANNEL> commonly found in <<<FAN>>>s or <<<ABYSSAL_PLAIN>>>s and customarily bordered by <<<LEVEE>>>s on one or both sides; sea channel.	43	PR	[S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:44]
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	SHELF	A <WATERBODY_FLOOR_REGION> adjacent to a continent (or around an <ISLAND>) and extending from the <LOW_WATER_LINE> to a depth at which there is usually a marked increase of downward slope; shelf.	46	PR	[S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:21]
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	SHELF_EDGE	A narrow <REGION> at the seaward margin of a <<<SHELF>>> along which is a marked increase of slope; shelf edge.	47	PR	[S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:46]
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	SHOAL	<SHOAL>.	48
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	SILL	A <WATERBODY_FLOOR_REGION> of relatively shallow depth restricting the movement of <WATER> between <<<BASIN>>>s; sill.	49	PR	[S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:47]
STD 2005/06/07	WATERBODY_FLOOR_MORPHOLOGY	SLOPE	The slope seaward from the <<<SHELF_EDGE>>> to the upper edge of a <<<CNTNTL_RISE>>> or where there is a general reduction in slope.	50	PR	[S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:48]

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