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Vanishing Point (BH145)

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

RDF: bh145.ttl

Name

VanishingPoint

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

The location at which a watercourse disappears into the terrain.

Synonyms

River Vanishing Point; Stream Vanishing Point

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point

Subtype of

ZI028 Feature Entity

Attributes

• WDA Average Water Depth — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureIntervalMeta
• DOF Direction of Flow — multiplicity 0..1; datatype AngleMeasureMeta
• WVA Predominant Average Water Velocity — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureIntervalMeta
• WDH Predominant Maximum Water Depth — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureIntervalMeta
• WVH Predominant Maximum Water Velocity — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureIntervalMeta
• PWA Predominant Water Depth — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureIntervalMeta
• WST Watercourse Sink Type — multiplicity 0..1; datatype VanishingPoint_watercourseSinkTypeMeta; values: WST_1 Dissipating, WST_2 Disappearing, WST_3 Sinkhole, WST_4 Hole

Associations

• VanishingPointWaterResourceInfo → ZI024 Water Resource Information (0..1)

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_00998 Disappearing Stream Point
• RWO_01007 Dissipating Stream Point
• RWO_03124 River Vanishing Point
• RWO_03981 Vanishing Point

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