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EA: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
EE: SHORE_MARSH

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 15
EA label: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
Concept definition: A <MARSH> occupying the <REGION> between high and low water marks bordering semi-permanent or permanent <LAKE>s; shore marsh. The <MARSH>, usually found along protected <SHORELINE>s, behind barrier <BEACH>s in <LAGOON>s, on <ISLAND>s, or in embayments, is subject to flooding by a rise in the level of the <LAKE>, <WIND_WAVE>s, or <RUN_OFF>.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [ECORC, Wetland Surface Forms, M14]
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