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Types of water resource |
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| Code | Name | Description |
| AIRS | Seaplane landing area | A place on a waterbody where floatplanes land and take off |
| ANCH | Anchorage | An area where vessels may anchor |
| BAY | Bay | A coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf |
| BAYS | Bays | Coastal indentations between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf |
| BGHT | Bight(s) | An open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline |
| BNK | Bank(s) | An elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation |
| BNKR | Stream bank | A sloping margin of a stream channel which normally confines the stream to its channel on land |
| BNKX | Section of bank | |
| BOG | Bog(s) | A wetland characterized by peat forming sphagnum moss, sedge, and other acid-water plants |
| CAPG | Icecap | A dome-shaped mass of glacial ice covering an area of mountain summits or other high lands; smaller than an ice sheet |
| CHN | Channel | The deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows |
| CHNL | Lake channel(s) | That part of a lake having water deep enough for navigation between islands, shoals, etc. |
| CHNM | Marine channel | That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable |
| CHNN | Navigation channel | A buoyed channel of sufficient depth for the safe navigation of vessels |
| CNFL | Confluence | A place where two or more streams or intermittent streams flow together |
| CNL | Canal | An artificial watercourse |
| CNLA | Aqueduct | A conduit used to carry water |
| CNLB | Canal bend | A conspicuously curved or bent section of a canal |
| CNLD | Drainage canal | An artificial waterway carrying water away from a wetland or from drainage ditches |
| CNLI | Irrigation canal | A canal which serves as a main conduit for irrigation water |
| CNLN | Navigation canal(s) | A watercourse constructed for navigation of vessels |
| CNLQ | Abandoned canal | |
| CNLSB | Underground irrigation canal(s) | A gently inclined underground tunnel bringing water for irrigation from aquifers |
| CNLX | Section of canal | |
| COVE | Cove(s) | A small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay |
| CRKT | Tidal creek(s) | A meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents |
| CRNT | Current | A horizontal flow of water in a given direction with uniform velocity |
| CUTF | Cutoff | A channel formed as a result of a stream cutting through a meander neck |
| DCK | Dock(s) | A waterway between two piers, or cut into the land for the berthing of ships |
| DCKB | Docking basin | A part of a harbor where ships dock |
| DOMG | Icecap dome | A comparatively elevated area on an icecap |
| DPRG | Icecap depression | A comparatively depressed area on an icecap |
| DTCH | Ditch | A small artificial watercourse dug for draining or irrigating the land |
| DTCHD | Drainage ditch | A ditch which serves to drain the land |
| DTCHI | Irrigation ditch | A ditch which serves to distribute irrigation water |
| DTCHM | Ditch mouth(s) | An area where a drainage ditch enters a lagoon, lake or bay |
| ESTY | Estuary | A funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences |
| FISH | Fishing area | A fishing ground, bank or area where fishermen go to catch fish |
| FJD | Fjord | A long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arm of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts |
| FJDS | Fjords | Long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arms of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts |
| FLLS | Waterfall(s) | A perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream |
| FLLSX | Section of waterfall(s) | |
| FLTM | Mud flat(s) | A relatively level area of mud either between high and low tide lines, or subject to flooding |
| FLTT | Tidal flat(s) | A large flat area of mud or sand attached to the shore and alternately covered and uncovered by the tide |
| GLCR | Glacier(s) | A mass of ice, usually at high latitudes or high elevations, with sufficient thickness to flow away from the source area in lobes, tongues, or masses |
| GULF | Gulf | A large recess in the coastline, larger than a bay |
| GYSR | Geyser | A type of hot spring with intermittent eruptions of jets of hot water and steam |
| HBR | Harbor(s) | A haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships |
| HBRX | Section of harbor | |
| INLT | Inlet | A narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water |
| INLTQ | Former inlet | An inlet which has been filled in, or blocked by deposits |
| LBED | Lake bed(s) | A dried up or drained area of a former lake |
| LGN | Lagoon | A shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature |
| LGNS | Lagoons | Shallow coastal waterbodies, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature |
| LGNX | Section of lagoon | |
| LK | Lake | A large inland body of standing water |
| LKC | Crater lake | A lake in a crater or caldera |
| LKI | Intermittent lake | |
| LKN | Salt lake | An inland body of salt water with no outlet |
| LKNI | Intermittent salt lake | |
| LKO | Oxbow lake | A crescent-shaped lake commonly found adjacent to meandering streams |
| LKOI | Intermittent oxbow lake | |
| LKS | Lakes | Large inland bodies of standing water |
| LKSB | Underground lake | A standing body of water in a cave |
| LKSC | Crater lakes | Lakes in a crater or caldera |
| LKSI | Intermittent lakes | |
| LKSN | Salt lakes | Inland bodies of salt water with no outlet |
| LKSNI | Intermittent salt lakes | |
| LKX | Section of lake | |
| MFGN | Salt evaporation ponds | Diked salt ponds used in the production of solar evaporated salt |
| MGV | Mangrove swamp | A tropical tidal mud flat characterized by mangrove vegetation |
| MOOR | Moor(s) | An area of open ground overlaid with wet peaty soils |
| MRSH | Marsh(es) | A wetland dominated by grass-like vegetation |
| MRSHN | Salt marsh | A flat area, subject to periodic salt water inundation, dominated by grassy salt-tolerant plants |
| NRWS | Narrows | A navigable narrow part of a bay, strait, river, etc. |
| OCN | Ocean | One of the major divisions of the vast expanse of salt water covering part of the earth |
| OVF | Overfalls | An area of breaking waves caused by the meeting of currents or by waves moving against the current |
| PND | Pond | A small standing waterbody |
| PNDI | Intermittent pond | |
| PNDN | Salt pond | A small standing body of salt water often in a marsh or swamp, usually along a seacoast |
| PNDNI | Intermittent salt pond(s) | |
| PNDS | Ponds | Small standing waterbodies |
| PNDSF | Fishponds | Ponds or enclosures in which fish are kept or raised |
| PNDSI | Intermittent ponds | |
| PNDSN | Salt ponds | Small standing bodies of salt water often in a marsh or swamp, usually along a seacoast |
| POOL | Pool(s) | A small and comparatively still, deep part of a larger body of water such as a stream or harbor; or a small body of standing water |
| POOLI | Intermittent pool | |
| RCH | Reach | A straight section of a navigable stream or channel between two bends |
| RDGG | Icecap ridge | A linear elevation on an icecap |
| RDST | Roadstead | An open anchorage affording less protection than a harbor |
| RF | Reef(s) | A surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material |
| RFC | Coral reef(s) | A surface-navigation hazard composed of coral |
| RFX | Section of reef | |
| RPDS | Rapids | A turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed |
| RSV | Reservoir(s) | An artificial pond or lake |
| RSVI | Intermittent reservoir | |
| RSVT | Water tank | A contained pool or tank of water at, below, or above ground level |
| RVN | Ravine(s) | A small, narrow, deep, steep-sided stream channel, smaller than a gorge |
| SBKH | Sabkha(s) | A salt flat or salt encrusted plain subject to periodic inundation from flooding or high tides |
| SD | Sound | A long arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands; or connecting two larger bodies of water |
| SEA | Sea | A large body of salt water more or less confined by continuous land or chains of islands forming a subdivision of an ocean |
| SHOL | Shoal(s) | A surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material |
| SILL | Sill | The low part of an underwater gap or saddle separating basins, including a similar feature at the mouth of a fjord |
| SPNG | Spring(s) | A place where ground water flows naturally out of the ground |
| SPNS | Sulphur spring(s) | A place where sulphur ground water flows naturally out of the ground |
| SPNT | Hot spring(s) | A place where hot ground water flows naturally out of the ground |
| STM | Stream | A body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land |
| STMA | Anabranch | A diverging branch flowing out of a main stream and rejoining it downstream |
| STMB | Stream bend | A conspicuously curved or bent segment of a stream |
| STMC | Canalized stream | A stream that has been substantially ditched, diked, or straightened |
| STMD | Distributary(-ies) | A branch which flows away from the main stream, as in a delta or irrigation canal |
| STMH | Headwaters | The source and upper part of a stream, including the upper drainage basin |
| STMI | Intermittent stream | |
| STMIX | Section of intermittent stream | |
| STMM | Stream mouth(s) | A place where a stream discharges into a lagoon, lake, or the sea |
| STMQ | Abandoned watercourse | A former stream or distributary no longer carrying flowing water, but still evident due to lakes, wetland, topographic or vegetation patterns |
| STMS | Streams | Bodies of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land |
| STMSB | Lost river | A surface stream that disappears into an underground channel, or dries up in an arid area |
| STMX | Section of stream | |
| STRT | Strait | A relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water |
| SWMP | Swamp | A wetland dominated by tree vegetation |
| SYSI | Irrigation system | A network of ditches and one or more of the following elements: water supply, reservoir, canal, pump, well, drain, etc. |
| TNLC | Canal tunnel | A tunnel through which a canal passes |
| WAD | Wadi | A valley or ravine, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season becomes a watercourse; found primarily in North Africa and the Middle East |
| WADB | Wadi bend | A conspicuously curved or bent segment of a wadi |
| WADJ | Wadi junction | A place where two or more wadies join |
| WADM | Wadi mouth | The lower terminus of a wadi where it widens into an adjoining floodplain, depression, or waterbody |
| WADS | Wadies | Valleys or ravines, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season become watercourses; found primarily in North Africa and the Middle East |
| WADX | Section of wadi | |
| WHRL | Whirlpool | A turbulent, rotating movement of water in a stream |
| WLL | Well | A cylindrical hole, pit, or tunnel drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface |
| WLLQ | Abandoned well | |
| WLLS | Wells | Cylindrical holes, pits, or tunnels drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface |
| WTLD | Wetland | An area subject to inundation, usually characterized by bog, marsh, or swamp vegetation |
| WTLDI | Intermittent wetland | |
| WTRC | Watercourse | A natural, well-defined channel produced by flowing water, or an artificial channel designed to carry flowing water |
| WTRH | Waterhole(s) | A natural hole, hollow, or small depression that contains water, used by man and animals, especially in arid areas |