Water bodies

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Water bodies

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Surface waters of the Earth. Use of a narrower term is recommended

Alternative terms

UF↸ Surface water bodies

More specific terms

NT1 ↓ Coastal waters ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Coastal inlets ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Bays
  - NT3 ↓ Drowned valleys
  - NT3 ↓ Estuaries ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Partially-mixed estuaries
    - NT4 ↓ Salt-wedge estuaries
  - NT3 ↓ Fjords
  - NT3 ↓ Inlets (waterways)
  - NT3 ↓ Tidal inlets
- NT2 ↓ Straits
NT1 ↓ Inland waters ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Canals ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Interocean canals
  - NT3 ↓ Ship canals
- NT2 ↓ Inland lagoons
- NT2 ↓ Inland seas
- NT2 ↓ Lakes ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Artificial lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Dystrophic lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Eutrophic lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Freshwater lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Glacial lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Meromictic lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Oligotrophic lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Oxbow lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Relict lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Salt lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Strip mine lakes
  - NT3 ↓ Tropical lakes
- NT2 ↓ Ponds ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Cooling ponds
  - NT3 ↓ Fish ponds ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Breeding ponds
    - NT4 ↓ Growing ponds ►
    - NT4 ↓ Stocking ponds
  - NT3 ↓ Sewage ponds
  - NT3 ↓ Temporary ponds
  - NT3 ↓ Temporary waters
- NT2 ↓ Rivers ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Distributaries
  - NT3 ↓ Tributaries
- NT2 ↓ Water reservoirs
- NT2 ↓ Wetlands ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Marshes ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Salt marshes
  - NT3 ↓ Swamps ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ and its communities
    - NT4 ↓ Mangrove swamps
NT1 ↓ Lagoons ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Atoll lagoons
- NT2 ↓ Coastal lagoons
- NT2 ↓ Inland lagoons
NT1 ↓ Oceans ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Marginal seas ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Semi-enclosed seas
  - NT3 ↓ Shelf seas

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Date of creation

07-Jan-2014

Accepted term

07-Jan-2014

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