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Crater (DB185)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: db185.ttl
- Name
Crater- Kind
- FeatureType
- Definition
- A bowl-shaped depression in the terrain, usually round and with steep sides.
- Description
- Craters commonly are created by the removal of material by explosions, either natural (for example: the eruption of a volcano) or artificial (for example: a bomb), originating at or below the Earth's surface, or by the impact of an object with the Earth (for example: a meteorite).
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Geometry
- point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid
- Subtype of
- ZI028 Feature Entity
- Attributes
- DZP Deepest Depth Below Surface Level — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureMeta
- TSM Terrain Surface Material — multiplicity 0..*; datatype Crater_terrainSurfaceMaterialMeta; values: TSM_10 Mud, TSM_12 Rock, TSM_13 Sand, TSM_14 Soil, TSM_2 Bedrock, TSM_3 Boulders, TSM_5 Evaporite, TSM_6 Frozen Water, TSM_7 Gravel, TSM_8 Lava Flow, TSM_9 Loess
- RWOI terms naming it
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.