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EA: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM

Status:

STD 2005/06/07

Code:

1600

Concept definition:

The type and/or structure of a <WETLAND>; wetland surface form.

Attribute value type:

ENUMERATION

Reference type:

Reference:

[FACC, Annex B: BOC]

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	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	ATLANTIC_PLATEAU_BOG	A <BOG> with a flat to undulating <SURFACE> raised above the surrounding <LAND>; Atlantic plateau bog. The edges of the <BOG> commonly slope steeply downwards to the mineral soil <LAND>. Large pools scattered on the <BOG> reach depths of 2 to 4 metres.	1	IR	[ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, B09]
STD 2005/06/07	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	BASIN_BOG	A <BOG> situated in a basin with essentially closed drainage that receives <WATER> from <PRECIPITATION> and <RUN_OFF> from the immediate surroundings; basin bog. The <SURFACE> of the <BOG> is flat with peat generally deepest at the centre.	2	IR	[ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, B13]
STD 2005/06/07	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	BASIN_SWAMP	A <SWAMP> developed in a topographically defined basin where <WATER> derived locally may be augmented by drainage from other parts of the watershed; basin swamp. Accumulation of well-decomposed peat is shallow (less than 0,5 metre) at the edge but may reach 2 metres at the centre.	3	IR	[ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, S04]
STD 2005/06/07	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	BLANKET_BOG	A <BOG> consisting of extensive peat deposits that occur more or less uniformly over gently sloping hills and valleys; blanket bog.	4	IR	[ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, B16]
STD 2005/06/07	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	DOMED_BOG	A large <BOG> (<<OUTSIDE_DIAMETER>> usually greater than 500 metres) with a convex <SURFACE> rising several metres above the surrounding <LAND>; domed bog. The centre usually drains in all <DIRECTION>s, and small crescentic pools commonly form around the highest point. A concentric pattern is formed if the highest point is in the centre, while an eccentric pattern is formed if the highest point is off-centre. Peat development is usually greater than 3 metres deep.	5	IR	[ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, B04]
STD 2005/06/07	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	FLAT_BOG	A <BOG> having a flat, featureless <SURFACE> and occurring in broad, poorly defined <TERRAIN_DEPRESSION>s; flat bog. The depth of peat is generally uniform.	6	IR	[ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, B14]
STD 2005/06/07	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	HORIZONTAL_FEN	A fen with a gently sloping, featureless <SURFACE>; horizontal fen. Occupies broad, often ill-defined <TERRAIN_DEPRESSION>s and may interconnect with other fens. Peat accumulation is generally uniform.	7	IR	[ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, F13]
STD 2005/06/07	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	LOWLAND_POLYGON_BOG	A <BOG> with flat-topped or convex peat <SURFACE>s (often referred to as "high-centre polygons") separated by <TRENCH>s over wedges of <ICE> that form a polygonal pattern when viewed from above; lowland polygon bog. The peat was deposited in a permafrost environment as shown by internal structures.	8	IR	[ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, B20]
STD 2005/06/07	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	NORTHERN_RIBBED_FEN	A fen with parallel, low peat <RIDGE>s ("strings") alternating with wet hollows or shallow pools, oriented across the major slope at right angles to water movement; northern ribbed fen. The depth of peat is greater than 1 metre.	9	IR	[ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, F01]
STD 2005/06/07	WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM	PALSA_BOG	Boggy <TUNDRA> with a core of frozen peat, in which ground <ICE> is partly responsible for the formation of palsas; palsa bog [DECOL, "palsa bog" and "palsa"].	10	IR	[FACC, Annex B, BOC:1]

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