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Waterbody Morphology (SEA)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: sea.ttl

Name

waterbodyMorphology

Datatype

Enumeration

Definition

The shape and/or configuration of a waterbody as a whole or in a localized area.

Description

Generally used to describe relatively large bodies of water, for example those that are characterized by tidal conditions, swells, and/or high heavy wave action, whether containing fresh or salt water.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Defined by

DFDD

Values

SEA_10 Mud Flats
SEA_100 Strait
SEA_101 Tongue
SEA_102 Caldera
SEA_103 intertidalCay
SEA_106 Basin-and-Range Province
SEA_107 Deeper Landward Trench Wall
SEA_108 Deep-sea Trench
SEA_109 Deformation Zone
SEA_11 Reef
SEA_110 Insular Platform
SEA_111 Landward Slope Apron
SEA_112 Landward Slope Canyon
SEA_113 Landward Upper Slope
SEA_114 Marginal Escarpment
SEA_115 Marginal Plateau
SEA_116 Marginal Trench
SEA_117 Mid-ocean Ridge
SEA_118 Mid-slope Terrace
SEA_119 Ocean Trench
SEA_12 Ledge
SEA_120 Ocean-Basin Hills
SEA_121 Platform Upper Slope
SEA_122 Ridges and Valleys
SEA_123 Ridge-Valley Complex
SEA_124 Rift Valley
SEA_125 Slope Basin
SEA_126 Slump
SEA_127 Trench Floor
SEA_128 Upper Trench Slope
SEA_129 icefjord
SEA_13 Canyon
SEA_14 Narrows
SEA_15 Shoal
SEA_16 Knoll
SEA_17 Ridge
SEA_18 Seamount
SEA_19 Pinnacle
SEA_2 Gat
SEA_20 Abyssal Plain
SEA_21 Plateau
SEA_22 Spur
SEA_23 Shelf
SEA_24 Trough
SEA_25 Saddle
SEA_26 Abyssal Hills
SEA_27 Apron
SEA_28 Archipelagic Apron
SEA_29 Borderland
SEA_3 Bank
SEA_30 Continental Margin
SEA_31 Continental Rise
SEA_32 Escarpment
SEA_33 Fan
SEA_34 Fracture Zone
SEA_35 Gap
SEA_36 Guyot
SEA_37 Hill
SEA_38 Hole
SEA_39 Levee
SEA_4 Deep
SEA_40 Median Valley
SEA_41 Moat
SEA_42 Mountains
SEA_43 Peak
SEA_44 Province
SEA_45 Rise
SEA_46 Sea Channel
SEA_47 Seamount Chain
SEA_48 Shelf-edge
SEA_49 Sill
SEA_5 Bay
SEA_50 Slope
SEA_51 Terrace
SEA_52 Valley
SEA_60 Estuary
SEA_63 Fault Line
SEA_7 Basin
SEA_70 Spring(s)
SEA_75 Arch
SEA_76 Arrugado
SEA_77 Bight
SEA_78 Bench
SEA_79 Cordillera
SEA_8 Tidal Flat
SEA_80 Channel
SEA_81 Cove
SEA_82 Fjord
SEA_83 Flat
SEA_84 Fork
SEA_85 Furrow
SEA_86 Gully
SEA_87 Gulf
SEA_88 Inlet
SEA_89 Mesa
SEA_9 Trench
SEA_90 Mound
SEA_91 Ocean
SEA_92 Platform
SEA_93 Plain
SEA_94 Ravine
SEA_95 Ramp
SEA_96 Range
SEA_97 Sound
SEA_98 Sea
SEA_99 Shelf Valley

Used by

FC046 Waterbody Area
FC047 Waterbody Morphology Area