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High Water Line (BA005)

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

RDF: ba005.ttl

Name

HighWaterLine

Kind

Type

Definition

The line dividing the backshore and foreshore along a coast or beach as defined by the National Authority.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Attributes

• VDC Sounding Datum — multiplicity 0..1; datatype HighWaterLine_soundingDatumMeta; values: VDC_10 Mean Higher High Water, VDC_24 Mean Higher High Water Springs, VDC_28 Highest High Water, VDC_30 Indian Spring High Water, VDC_7 Mean High Water, VDC_9 Mean High Water Springs, VDC_90 Lowest Low Water
• VDR Sounding Datum Name — multiplicity 0..1; datatype CharacterStringMeta

Associations

• BackshoreHighWaterLine → BA022 Backshore (0..*)
• ForeshoreHighWaterLine → BA023 Foreshore (0..*)

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_01592 High Water Line

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.