Concept: Liquid Water Bodies in the eagle vocabulary

Concept URI https://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/landcover/eagle/LCC-liquid-water-bodies
Preferred label Liquid Water Bodies
Definition Water surfaces in fluent state. Includes: rivers, streams, creeks, channels, waterways. Special case Estuary: Estuaries is not represented within the EAGLE model as an explicit LCC. It is more a geographical term than a LCC, and moreover rather difficult to delineate. Also, how to categorize an estuary as coastal water / transitional water / marine water depends somehow on the users perspective. However, the EAGLE group suggests to describe an estuary with LCC water course in combination with water characteristics (salinity, tidal influence). Basically, the water course is the primary source and reason for the existence of an estuary. Therefore it is considered reasonable to use LCC water course.
Notation LCC-liquid-water-bodies
Status Valid
Status Modified 2023-11-29
Accepted Date 2023-11-29
Not Accepted Date
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  • false
isHeader
  • false
code
  • LCC-3_1
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LC/LU Relevance
  • LC