featureClass | featureCode | longDescription | places | shortDescription |
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stream, lake, ... | AIRS | a place on a waterbody where floatplanes land and take off | View relation | seaplane landing area |
stream, lake, ... | ANCH | an area where vessels may anchor | View relation | anchorage |
stream, lake, ... | BAY | a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf | View relation | bay |
stream, lake, ... | BAYS | coastal indentations between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf | View relation | bays |
stream, lake, ... | BGHT | an open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline | View relation | bight(s) |
stream, lake, ... | BNK | an elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation | View relation | bank(s) |
stream, lake, ... | BNKR | a sloping margin of a stream channel which normally confines the stream to its channel on land | View relation | stream bank |
stream, lake, ... | BNKX | View relation | section of bank | |
stream, lake, ... | BOG | a wetland characterized by peat forming sphagnum moss, sedge, and other acid-water plants | View relation | bog(s) |
stream, lake, ... | CAPG | a dome-shaped mass of glacial ice covering an area of mountain summits or other high lands; smaller than an ice sheet | View relation | icecap |
stream, lake, ... | CHN | the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows | View relation | channel |
stream, lake, ... | CHNL | that part of a lake having water deep enough for navigation between islands, shoals, etc. | View relation | lake channel(s) |
stream, lake, ... | CHNM | that part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable | View relation | marine channel |
stream, lake, ... | CHNN | a buoyed channel of sufficient depth for the safe navigation of vessels | View relation | navigation channel |
stream, lake, ... | CNFL | a place where two or more streams or intermittent streams flow together | View relation | confluence |
stream, lake, ... | CNL | an artificial watercourse | View relation | canal |
stream, lake, ... | CNLA | a conduit used to carry water | View relation | aqueduct |
stream, lake, ... | CNLB | a conspicuously curved or bent section of a canal | View relation | canal bend |
stream, lake, ... | CNLD | an artificial waterway carrying water away from a wetland or from drainage ditches | View relation | drainage canal |
stream, lake, ... | CNLI | a canal which serves as a main conduit for irrigation water | View relation | irrigation canal |