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EA: MARINE_REGION_TYPE
EE: CONTINENTAL_SHELF

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 20
EA label: MARINE_REGION_TYPE

Concept definition: A zone adjacent to a continent and extending from the <LOW_WATER_LINE> to a <<WATER_DEPTH>> at which there is usually a marked increase of slope towards the depths of the <OCEAN>; continental shelf.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [S57A, Attribute, CATSEA:21]
Supplemental references: [FACC, Annex B, MAC:118]

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