Code Descriptions
featureClass | featureCode | longDescription | places | shortDescription |
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country, state, region, ... | ADM1 | a primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States | View relation | first-order administrative division |
stream, lake, ... | OVF | an area of breaking waves caused by the meeting of currents or by waves moving against the current | View relation | overfalls |
country, state, region, ... | ADM1H | a former first-order administrative division | View relation | historical first-order administrative division |
stream, lake, ... | CNFL | a place where two or more streams or intermittent streams flow together | View relation | confluence |
country, state, region, ... | PCLH | a former political entity | View relation | historical political entity |
country, state, region, ... | ADMDH | a former administrative division of a political entity, undifferentiated as to administrative level | View relation | historical administrative division |
country, state, region, ... | ZNB | a zone recognized as a buffer between two nations in which military presence is minimal or absent | View relation | buffer zone |
country, state, region, ... | ADM5H | a former fifth-order administrative division | View relation | historical fifth-order administrative division |
stream, lake, ... | GYSR | a type of hot spring with intermittent eruptions of jets of hot water and steam | View relation | geyser |
country, state, region, ... | PCLS | View relation | semi-independent political entity | |
stream, lake, ... | DPRG | a comparatively depressed area on an icecap | View relation | icecap depression |
stream, lake, ... | GULF | a large recess in the coastline, larger than a bay | View relation | gulf |
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, ... | INLTQ | an inlet which has been filled in, or blocked by deposits | View relation | former inlet |
stream, lake, ... | LKSNI | View relation | intermittent salt lakes | |
stream, lake, ... | AIRS | a place on a waterbody where floatplanes land and take off | View relation | seaplane landing area |
stream, lake, ... | CNL | an artificial watercourse | View relation | canal |
country, state, region, ... | ADM3H | a former third-order administrative division | View relation | historical third-order administrative division |
country, state, region, ... | ADM2 | a subdivision of a first-order administrative division | View relation | second-order administrative division |
country, state, region, ... | PCLIX | View relation | section of independent political entity | |