World Data - Page 7

Shows a barricade that protects an aircraft, equipment, and/or facility from hostile action.

Show an embankment or wall for protection against waves or tidal action along a shore or water front.

Show a seasonally flooded, poorly drained wetland with more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog.

Show a soft, poorly drained wetland that is characterized by the growth of only non-woody plants (for example: grasses) and often forms a transition region between a waterbody and land.

Shows a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level to form a reservoir or to prevent flooding.

Show an assemblage of cages, nets, rafts and floats or posts where fish, including shellfish, are artificially cultivated.

Shows a structure that protects a waterbody region (for example: a shore, a harbour, and/or an anchorage) from water waves by preventing them from reaching the protected region or reducing their magnitude.

Shows a site for the collection and/or deposition of refuse or discarded material.

Show an open-air excavation created by removal of stone by blasting or cutting.

Show on a shore, the area on which the waves break and over which shore debris (for example: sand, shingle, and/or pebbles) accumulate. A beach includes backshore and foreshore. See also Features: 'Nearshore', 'Backshore', and 'Foreshore'.