Beach (BA050)

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

Name

Beach

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

On a shore, the area on which the waves break and over which shore debris (for example: sand, shingle, and/or pebbles) accumulate.

Description

A beach includes backshore and foreshore.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid

Subtype of

ZI028 Feature Entity

Subtypes

Attributes

BEC Beach Configuration — multiplicity 0..1; datatype Beach_beachConfigurationMeta; values: BEC_1 Concave, BEC_2 Convex, BEC_3 Irregular, BEC_4 Straight
ZVH Highest Elevation — multiplicity 0..1; datatype ElevationMeasureMeta
STP Soil Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype Beach_soilTypeMeta; values: STP_1 GW: Well-graded Gravel, STP_10 CL: Lean Clay, STP_11 OL: Organic Silt and Clay, STP_12 CH: Fat Clay, STP_13 Micaceous, STP_14 OH: Organic Clay, STP_15 PT: Peat, STP_17 ML-CL: Silt, Fine Sand and Lean Clay, STP_18 Evaporite, STP_2 GP: Poorly-graded Gravel, STP_3 GM: Silty Gravel Sand, STP_4 GC: Clayey Gravel, STP_5 SW: Well-graded Sand, STP_6 SP: Poorly-graded Sand, STP_7 SM: Silty Sand, STP_8 SC: Clayey Sand, STP_9 ML: Silt and Fine Sand, STP_99 Not Evaluated
STG Soil Wet Trafficability Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype Beach_soilWetTrafficabilityTypeMeta; values: STG_1 A, STG_2 B, STG_3 C, STG_4 D, STG_5 E, STG_6 X
SGC Surface Slope — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureIntervalMeta

Associations

RWOI terms naming it

Mappings