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Bottom Characteristic Region (BF010)

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

RDF: bf010.ttl

Name

BottomCharacterRegion

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A region of a waterbody bottom that is homogeneous with respect to a measurement (for example: consistency, color, and/or composition).

Synonyms

Seabed Area; Quality of the Bottom

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point, curve, surface

Subtype of

ZI028 Feature Entity

Attributes

• WLE Water Level Effect — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BottomCharacterRegion_waterLevelEffectMeta; values: WLE_1 Partly Submerged At High Water, WLE_3 Always Submerged, WLE_4 Covers and Uncovers, WLE_5 Awash at Low Water, WLE_9 Awash at Chart Datum
• VEG Vegetation Characteristic — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BottomCharacterRegion_vegetationCharacteristicMeta; values: VEG_61 Algae, VEG_62 Sea Grass

Associations

• BottomCharacterRegionInfo → BC011 Maritime Bottom Characteristic (0..1)

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_00476 Bottom Characteristic Region

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