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EA: OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE
EE: ESCARPMENT

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 18
EA label: OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE
Concept definition: An elongated, characteristically linear, steep slope separating horizontal or gently sloping sectors of the <OCEAN_FLOOR> in non-shelf <WATERBODY_FLOOR_REGION>s; escarpment. An escarpment is also called a scarp.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [SUFN, "escarpment"]
Supplemental references: [S32, "escarpment" (slope)]

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