EA: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
EE: BASIN_SWAMP
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
3
EA label:
WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
Concept definition:
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.
Reference type:
IR
Reference:
[
ECORC
, Wetland Surface Forms, S04]
Supplemental references:
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