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Submarine Spring (BD015)

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

RDF: bd015.ttl

Name

SubmarineSpring

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A flow of underground water that emerges naturally from the seafloor.

Description

A submarine spring occurs when a water table or aquitard intersects with the ground surface offshore. A submarine spring is relatively cool in temperature and has far less salinity than the seawater it is entering, resulting in a brackish water condition.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

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

Subtype of

ZI028 Feature Entity

Attributes

AQN Aquifer Name — multiplicity 0..1; datatype CharacterStringMeta
DOF Direction of Flow — multiplicity 0..1; datatype AngleMeasureMeta

Associations

SubmarineSpringHydroVertPositioningInfo → ZI025 Hydrographic Vertical Positioning Information (0..1)
SubmarineSpringWaterResourceInfo → ZI024 Water Resource Information (0..1)

RWOI terms naming it

RWO_03623 Submarine Spring