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Sabkha (BH160)

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

RDF: bh160.ttl

Name
Sabkha
Kind
FeatureType
Definition
A natural depression in arid or semi-arid regions whose bed is covered with salt encrusted clayey soil.
Description
Found especially in North Africa and Arabia.
Synonyms
Sebkha
Accepted
2013-10-18
Geometry
point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid
Subtype of
ZI028 Feature Entity
Associations
RWOI terms naming it

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