Administrative
Physical
200 NM zone beyond the coastline
Feature representing a 200 nautical mile geodesic buffer calculated from the coastline.
Abyssal Plain
Abyssale Vlakte
An extensive, flat, gently sloping or nearly level region at abyssal depths.
Een uitgestrekt, vlak, zacht glooiend onderzees gebied op abyssale diepte.
Abyssal Provinces
The abyssal provinces are separated by mid-ocean ridges and other bathyal topography creating deep basins and/or are distinguished by varying levels of POC flux to the seafloor.
Anchorage
where a ship lies at anchor
Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic Region
Apron
A gently dipping surface, underlain primarily by sediment, at the base of any steeper slope. ACUF defines it as 'a gentle slope with a generally smooth surface of the sea floor, characteristically found around groups of islands or seamounts.'
Een zacht hellend oppervlak, aan de basis van een steilere helling.
Aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well.
Archipelagic waters
Waters falling within archipelagic baselines
Archipelago
Group of nearby lying islands that form a geographical entity.
Aantal bij elkaar gelegen eilanden die geografisch min of meer een geheel vormen.
Arctic Marine Area
There are many ways to divide the Arctic marine region—by ecosystem/ecological characteristics, by administrative criteria, or by some combination of the two. However, effective monitoring of biodiversity requires that an ecosystem-based approach be used for choosing areas. http://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/dcd5c12f-3acb-4101-8e1a-bba0aec50582
Area
Arm
A part, usually narrow and elongate, of a feature projecting from the main body, e.g. arm of the sea
Arrondissement
The administrative unit in Belgium that lies between 'Gemeente' and Province.
De administratieve eenheid in België die ligt tussen Gemeente en Provincie
Atoll
Autonomous Region
Autonome Regio
Part of a country that has certain autonomy.
Deel van een land dat een zekere autonomie heeft.
Bank
An elevation of the sea floor, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow, but sufficient for safe surface navigation.
Een verhoging van de zeebodem, waarboven de waterdiepte relatief klein is, maar voldoende voor veilige navigatie.
Bar
Intertidal flats in an estuary that have no connection with the mainland. A bar in a river is an elevated region of sediment (such as sand or gravel) that has been deposited by the flow.
Base
The bottom supporting part of a structure
Basin
Bekken
A depression, in the sea floor, more or less equidimensional in plan and of variable extent.
Een depressie in de zeebodem van variabele grootte.
Bay
Baai
Round indentation of the sea in the continent.
Ronde inham van de zee in het land.
Beach
Strand
Flat strip of gravel or sand bordering the sea or an inland water.
Vlakke strook kiezel- of zandgrond dicht langs de zee of een binnenwater.
Beacon
a fixed artificial navigation mark
Bight
Golf
Bird Directive Area
Vogelrichtlijngebied
Bluff
a steep hill or small cliff (often of limestone) next to a river
Boat lift
A boat lift, ship lift, or lift lock is a machine for transporting boats between water at two different elevations, and is an alternative to the canal lock and the canal inclined plane. It may be either vertically moving, like the ship lifts in Germany, Belgium, the lift at "Les Fontinettes" in France or the Anderton boat lift in England, or rotational, like the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland.
Borderland
Overgangsgebied
A region adjacent to a continent, normally occupied by or bordering a shelf and sometimes emerging as islands, that is irregular or blocky in plan or profile, with depths well in excess of those typical of a shelf.
Borough
A medium-level administrative unit that is used in a lot of countries.
Een midden-schalige administratieve eenheid die gebruikt wordt in een groot aantal landen.
Breakwater
Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defense or to protect an anchorage from the effects of both weather and longshore drift.
Bridge
Building, ranch
Buttress
structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall, or rather its geographical equivalent
Caldera
A collapsed or partially-collapsed seamount, commonly of annular shape.
Een gedeeltelijk of geheel ingestorte zeeberg, gewoonlijk ringvormig.
Camping
Canal
Kanaal
Man-made waterway.
Kunstmatig gegraven waterweg.
Canton
Kanton
A medium-level administrative unit that is used in France.
Een midden-schalige administratieve eenheid die gebruikt wordt in Frankrijk.
Canyon(s)
A relatively narrow, deep depression (or group of depressions) with steep sides, the bottom of which generally deepens continuously, developed characteristically on some continental slopes.
Een relatief smalle, diepe depressie (of groep depressies) tussen steile hellingen, waarvan de bodem doorgaans continu verdiept, die typisch gevormd wordt op de continentale helling.
Cape
Carysfort Reef
Cave
Grot
Channel
A narrow, natural connection between seas.
Een smalle, natuurlijke verbinding tussen zeeën.
City
Stad
Cliffs
a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure
Coast
Kust
Part of the land that is adjacent to the sea.
Deel van het land dat aan de zee grenst.
Col
mountain pass or low point between two hills
Commune
Gemeente
The lowest administrative unit in a lot of countries.
De laagste administratieve eenheid in een groot aantal landen.
Contiguous zone
Aansluitende zone
A band of water extending from the outer edge of the territorial sea to up to 24 nautical miles (44.4 km; 27.6 mi) from the baseline
Continent
The highest subdivision of the world. There are 7 continents distinguished: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America.
De hoogste onderverdeling van de wereld. In VLIMAR zijn 7 continenten onderscheiden: Afrika, Antarctica, Azië, Europa, Noord-Amerika, Oceanië, Zuid-Amerika.
Continental Margin
Continentale Rand
The zone, generally consisting of shelf, slope and continental rise, separating the continent from the deep sea floor or abyssal plain. Occasionally a trench may be present in place of a continental rise.
De zone, meestal bestaande uit de shelf, helling en continentale helling, die het continent scheidt van de diepzeebodem of abyssale vlakte.
Continental Shelf (Physical)
Continentale Shelf
A zone adjacent to a continent (or around an island) and extending from the low water line to a depth at which there is usually a marked increase of slope towards oceanic depths.
De zone grenzend aan het continent (of rond een eiland) die zich uitstrekt van de laagwaterlijn tot een diepte waarop een duidelijke toename in helling kan waargenomen worden.
Continental Slope
Contourite Depositional System
Clustered drifts in a local area
Controlled flood zone
Gecontroleerd Overstromingsgebied
Cordillera
An entire mountain system including the subordinate ranges, interior plateaus and basins.
Country
Land
A high-level administrative unit that only has been used for the four divisions of the United Kingdom.
Een groot-schalige administratieve indeling die enkel is gebruikt voor de 4 onderverdelingen van het Verenigd Koninkrijk.
County
Cove
Kreek - inham
part of a coast which partly encloses an area of water
smalle diepe inham
Crag
A Cliff or vertical rock exposure in mountainous areas
Creek
a inlet of the sea, narrower than a cove
Current
Stroom
A moving watermass.
Een zich voortbewegende watermassa.
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water.
Deelgemeente
The subdivision of a 'Gemeente' in Belgium and the Netherlands.
De onderverdeling van een gemeente in België en Nederland.
Deep
Diepte
A small depression in the seafloor.
Een kleine depressie in de zeebodem.
Delta
Branching river mouth.
Zich vertakkende riviermonding.
Department
Departement
A high-level administrative unit that is used in a lot of countries.
Een groot-schalige administratieve eenheid die gebruikt wordt in een groot aantal landen.
Dependency
Afhankelijkheid
Dependent State
Afhankelijke Staat
A state that is dependent on another nation.
Een staat die afhankelijk is van een andere natie.
Depression
A poorly defined sunken area, not indicated by contours
Dike
Dijk
Discordance
Disputed Territory
Betwist Territorium
District
Diving spot
Duikplaats
Division
major administrative regions (o.a. Bangladesh & New Zealand)
Dock
Dok
Drift
Contourites are sedimentary units which are deposited or substantially reworked by alongslope bottom currents. They refer to the lithological unit and the terminology reflects the grainsize of the sediment. While drifts refer to the same sedimentary unit as a contourite, drifts are the morphological appearance of the sedimentary unit.
Dunes
Duinen
Ecological district
A particular geographical region that has a characteristic landscape and range of biological communities.
EEZ
In international maritime law, an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a seazone extending from a state's coast over which the state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources. Generally a state's EEZ extends 200 nautical miles out from its coast, except where resulting points would be closer to another country.
In het internationale maritiem recht, een exclusieve economische zone is het zeegebied voor de kust van een land waarover het speciale rechten geniet betreffende de exploratie en het gebruik van mariene bronnen. Doorgaans strekt een EEZ zich 200 nautische mijlen uit voor de kust, behalve wanneer deze zone in conflict komt met de zone van een ander land.
EMODnet Biology Reporting Areas
Sea regions used internally by EMODnet Biology for reporting purposes on the seven areas defined by EMODnet: Artic Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Other Seas. They are a modified version of the European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) regions and subregions available at: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ds_resolveuid/0a93718db6f541eaa565ba86d6f9ac85
Entrance
Escarpment
Steile Helling
An elongated, characteristically linear, steep slope separating horizontal or gently sloping sectors of the sea floor in non-shelf areas. Also abbreviated to scarp.
Een langgerekte, lineaire, steile helling die horizontale of zacht hellende sectoren van de zeebodem in niet-shelfgebieden scheidt.
Estuary
Estuarium
River mouth under tidal influence.
Riviermond die onder invloed staat van het getij.
Extended Continental Shelf (Area of Common Interest)
A designated maritime region where Portugal and Spain have overlapping claims to the continental shelf but no established bilateral maritime boundary. Portugal and Spain have agreed to present their submissions for this area separately yet in a coordinated manner. This collaboration involves shared efforts in data acquisition, data sharing, and the implementation of a unified legal and technical framework for extending their continental shelves.
Extended Continental Shelf (CLCS Recommendation)
Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles as recommended by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)
Extended Continental Shelf (CLCS Submission)
Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles as submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)
Extended Continental Shelf (DOALOS Deposit)
Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles as deposited to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS)
Extended Continental Shelf (Joint CLCS Recommendation)
Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles as recommended by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) for two or more countries
Extended Continental Shelf (Joint CLCS Submission)
Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles as submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) by two or more countries
Extended Continental Shelf (Joint DOALOS Deposit)
Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles as deposited to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) by two or more countries
Extended Continental Shelf (Non-UNCLOS Claim)
Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles as claimed by (a) a Non-Party State to UNCLOS or (b) a Party State to UNCLOS through mechanisms other than a submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) or a deposit to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS)
FADA Faunistic Regions
http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/data/shapefiles/ AT : AfroTropical ANT : ANTarctic AU : AUstralasian NA : NeArctic NT : NeoTropical OL : OrientaL(Indomalaya) PAC : PACific(Oceania) PA : PalaeArctic
Fan
Puinwaaier
A relatively smooth, fan-like, depositional feature normally sloping away from the outer termination of a canyon or canyon system. Also called cone.
FAO Divisions
FAO fishing area
FAO visgebied
Sea areas that have been designated as fishing areas by FAO.
FAO Major Marine Fishing Areas
FAO Subareas
FAO Subdivisions
Federate state
A federated state (which may be referred to as a state, a province, a canton, a Land, etc.) is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federal union.[1] Such states differ from sovereign states, in that they have transferred a portion of their sovereign powers to a federal government.[2] Importantly, when states choose to federate, they lose their standing as persons of international law. Instead, the federal union as a single entity becomes the sovereign state, the person of international law.[3] A federated state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory and is a form of regional government.
Field
Veld
Firth
Zeearm
Riviermond (voornamelijk in Schotland)
Fjord
Narrow, deep inlet in a mountainous coast that came into being during the ice age.
Smalle, diepe inham in een bergachtige zeekust, ontstaan in de ijstijden.
Flat
Nonspeciefic 'flat' marine area.
Floristic Region
A Floristic Region or Phytochorion, in phytogeography, is a geographic area with a relatively uniform composition of plant species. Adjacent phtyochoria do not usually have a sharp boundary, but rather a soft one, a transitional area in which many species from both regions overlap.
Forest
Bos
Former administrative division
Former Nation
Gewezen Natie
A nation that doesn't exist anymore.
Een natie die niet meer bestaat.
Fort
a defensive structure or earthworks
Fracture Zone
Breukzone
An extensive linear zone of irregular topography, mountainous or faulted, characterized by steepsided or asymmetrical ridges, clefts, troughs or escarpments.
Een uitgestrekte lineaire zone van grillige topografie, gekarakteriseerd door steile of asymmetrische ruggen, spleten, troggen of steile wanden.
Freshwater Ecoregion of the World (FEOW)
The freshwater ecoregion map encompasses 426 units, whose boundaries generally - though not always - correspond with those of watersheds (also known as drainage basins or catchments). Within individual ecoregions there will be turnover of species, such as when moving up or down a river system, but taken as a whole an ecoregion will typically have a distinct evolutionary history and/or ecological processes. Ecoregions are delineated based on the best available information, but data describing freshwater species and ecological processes are characterized by marked gaps and variation in quality, and improved information in the future may warrant map revisions.
Front
The dividing line between different water masses.
Het scheidingsvlak tussen verschillende watermassa's.
Furrow
A closed, linear, narrow, shallow depression.
Gap
Gas Field
Gasveld
Sea area where gas is drilled.
Gebied waar naar gas geboord wordt.
Gate
an opening in a wall or fence, in this case stone walls or an entry between vertical surrounding concretions
General Region
Algemene Regio
Area with a specific name that can't be classified otherwise.
Streek met een specifieke naam die niet als een ander type te classificeren valt.
General Sea Area
Zeegebied
Sea area with a specific name that can't be classified otherwise.
Zeegebied met een specifieke naam die niet als een ander type te classificeren valt.
Glacier
Gletsjer
slowly collapsing field of ice
langzaam neerschuivend ijsveld
Governorate
administrative division in several countries
Ground
Gulf
A large bay.
Een grote baai.
Gully
a landform created by running water eroding sharply into a hillside. Gullies resemble large ditches or small valleys, but are metres to tens of metres in height and width
Guyot
A seamount having a comparatively smooth flat top. Also called tablemount.
Een zeeberg met een betrekkelijk gladde, vlakke top. Wordt ook een tafelberg genoemd.
HAB monitoring grid
Hamlet
hamlet is a type of settlement. The definition of hamlet varies by country. It usually refers to a small settlement in a rural area, or a component of a larger settlement or municipality.
Harbour
Haven
Head
Headland
Heights
series of points (usually on the terrain surface, such as a mountain top) vertically above a reference surface such as mean sea level
High Seas
In International Law, all parts of the sea that are not included in the exclusive economic zone, in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State, or in the archipelagic waters of an archipelagic State.
Hill(s)
Heuvel(s)
An isolated (or group of) elevation(s), smaller than a SEAMOUNT.
Een geïsoleerde (of groep van) verhoging(en), kleiner dan een zeeberg.
Historical fishing areas
Map of the (historical) fishing areas of Belgian sea fisheries: http://www.vliz.be/cijfers_beleid/zeevisserij/map.php
Historical undersea feature
An undersea feature whose existence has been subsequently disproved.
Hole
Holte
A small local depression, often steep sided, in the sea floor.
Een kleine lokale depressie, meestal met steile hellingen, in de zeebodem.
Hydro-electric power station
Hydrothermal vent
Hydrothermal Field
Ice Sheet
A mass of ice and snow of considerable thickness and large area. Ice sheets may be resting on rock or floating. Ice sheets of less than about 50,000 square km resting on rock are called ice caps
Ice Shelf
A floating ice sheet of considerable thickness attached to a coast. Ice shelves are usually of great horizontal extent and have a level or gently undulating surface. They are nourished by the accumulation of snow and often by seaward extension of land glaciers. Limited areas may be aground. The seaward edge is termed an ice front
Icefall
a portion of some glaciers characterized by rapid flow and a chaotic crevassed surface
ICES Areas
The ICES Statistical Areas delineates the divisions and subdivisions of FAO Major Fishing area 27. The ICES Statistical Areas are used as bounding areas for calculation of fish statistics, e.g. catch per unit effort (CPUE) and stock estimates.
ICES Ecoregion
ICES EcoRegions are largescale management units that are used in ICES advisory reports and were first referenced in the ACFM/ACME report of 2004 (now ACOM) [http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/updates/DC_update.htm?WT.mc_id=DCeNews_March_2009].
ICES Statistical Rectangles
IHO Sea Area
Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA)
Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) are defined as discrete portions of habitat, important to marine mammal species, that have the potential to be delineated and managed for conservation. IMMAs consist of areas that may merit place-based protection and/or monitoring. ‘Important’ in the context of the IMMA classification refers to any perceivable value, which extends to the marine mammals within the IMMA, to improve the conservation status of those species or populations.
Inhabited Place
Bewoonde Plaats
Place with permanent or temporary habitation.
Plaats met permanente of tijdelijke bewoning.
Inlet
Inham
Small indentation of the sea in the continent.
Kleine insnijding van de zee in het land.
Internal waters
Waters on the landward side of the baseline of a nation's territorial waters, except in archipelagic states. It includes waterways such as rivers and canals, and sometimes the water within small bays.
IOS region
Pacific and Arctic Regions
ISA Area of Particular Environmental Interest (APEI)
ISA Environmental Management Area
Island
Eiland
A land mass that is totally enclosed by water and that doesn't form a continent.
Een stuk land dat aan alle zijden door water omringd is en geen continent vormt.
Island Group
Eilandengroep
Isthmus
landengte
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses and bordered by water
Italian marine biogeographic sector
Subdivision of Italian seas in 9 biogeographic sectors as proposed in Bianchi, C.N. (2004). Proposta di suddivisione dei mari italiani in settori biogeografici. Notiziario S.i.B.M. 46: 57-59.
Joint regime (EEZ)
A geographical area delimited by agreement between two or more countries where with specific arrangements in relation to the exploration and exploitation of natural marine resources.
Knoll(s)
Heuvel
An elevation somewhat smaller than a SEAMOUNT and of rounded profile, characteristically isolated or as a cluster on the sea floor.
Een verhoging van de zeebodem die kleiner is dan een zeeberg en met een ronde vorm,
Lagoon
Lagune
A small lake that is separated from the sea by a long and narrow tongue of land.
Een klein meer dat van de zee gescheiden is door een lange smalle landtong.
Lake
Meer
A basin filled with water that is totally enclosed by water.
Geheel door land omsloten, met water gevuld bekken.
The three traditional parts, essentially three collectives of provinces, in Sweden
Land basin
Landkreis
Landscape Protection Area
Large Marine Ecosystem
Groot Marien Ecosysteem
Ledge(s)
A relatively flat projection of rock usually extending from a shoreline.
Levee
Ophoging
A depositional natural embankment bordering a canyon, valley or seachannel on the ocean floor.
Een sedimentaire natuurlijke wal die een canyon, vallei of diepzeekanaal op de zeebodem begrenst.
Light(house)
Vuurtoren
Tower with a light serving for navigation.
Toren als drager van een tot oriëntatie dienend licht.
Lobe
A protuberance of bathymetric contours having a broad tonguelike or lobate plan.
Lock
Sluis
Longhurst Province
Lower Bathyal Provinces
The lower bathyal includes both the slopes of continents as well as ridges, island slopes, and several thousand seamounts, about half of which extend upward into the bathyal zone (Clark et al., 2011).
Lowland
Laagvlakte
is any broad expanse of land with a general low level
Maar
Een maar is een doorgaans cirkelvormig bassin ontstaan door de freatomagmatische explosie. Vaak zijn maaren gevuld geraakt met water, dat niet kan wegzakken doordat de bodem bestaat uit stollingsgesteente zoals graniet of basalt en ondoordringbaar is. De bekendste en dichtstbijzijnde voorbeelden van maaren zijn de maaren in de Eifel, Duitsland. Deze maaren, waarvan de Dauner Maaren de bekendste zijn, zijn van Tertiaire ouderdom.
Mangrove
Man-made structure
Marine Bioregion
Canada’s marine protected areas network is being advanced in five priority marine bioregions: the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Scotian Shelf, the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves, the Western Arctic, and the Northern Shelf.
Marine Ecoregion of the World (MEOW)
Spalding, et al. 2007. Marine ecoregions of the world: a bioregionalization of coastal and shelf areas. Bioscience 57(7):573-582.
Marine Park
Marine Protected Area (MPA)
Marine Province
Marine Region
Marine Subregion
Part of the Marine Regions (union EEZ/IHO)
Marsh(es)
Moeras
a wetland dominated by grass-like vegetation
Mesa
An isolated, extensive, flat-topped elevation on the shelf, with relative steep sides.
Mesopelagic ecoregions
Military Domain
Mineral Rights Areas
Moat
An annular depression that may not be continuous, located at the base of many SEAMOUNTS, oceanic islands and other isolated elevations.
Mound
A low, isolated, rounded hill.
Mount
Berg
mountain
bodemverheffing
Mountain range
a series of mountains
Mountain(s)
Well-delineated subdivision(s) of a large and complex positive feature.
MSFD Marine regions
MSFD Marine subregions
Mud Flat
Slik
Mud Volcano
Municipality
Museum
NAFO Area
Nation
Natie
The highest administrative unit.
De hoogste administratieve eenheid.
National District
National Division
Nationale Divisie
A high-level administrative unit.
Een groot-schalige administratieve eenheid.
National Park
Natura 2000 Site of Community Importance (SCI, EU Habitats Directive)
administrative
Natura 2000 Special Protection Area (SPA, EU Birds Directive)
Natura 2000 Special Protection Area and Site of Community Importance (SPA and SCI, EU Birds and Habitats Directive)
Natural Reserve
Northwest Atlantic Hydrographic Regions
Nunatak
a mountain top that is not covered by land ice (see glaciation and ice age), and protrudes out of a surrounding glacier
Nunataks
a series of Nunatasks
Oblast
Type of country subdivision of Bulgaria, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine, and the now-defunct Soviet Union, ...
Bestuurlijke regio/provincie binnen de Russische federatie, Oekraïne, Wit-Rusland, Kazachstan, Kirgizië, Bulgarije, Slowakije, ...
Occupied Territory
Bezet Territorium
Ocean
Oceaan
Very large sea between different continents.
Zeer grote zee tussen verschillende continenten.
Oil Field
Olieveld
Oil field
Sea area where oil is drilled.
Gebied waar naar olie geboord wordt.
A geographic region (land or sea) with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (crude oil) from below ground.
OSPAR Boundary
OSPAR Region
Overlapping claim
An area where the EEZ claims of two or more coastal states overlaps
Overlapping claim (Extended Continental Shelf)
An area where the Extended Continental Shelf claims of two or more countries overlap
Overseas Territory
Overzees Territorium
Parish
Park
Pass
a low place in a mountain range allowing easier passage
Passage
A narrow break in a RIDGE or a RISE. Also called GAP.
Peak
A prominent elevation either pointed or of a very limited extent across the summit.
Peninsula
Schiereiland
Pingo(s)
A more or less conical mound of fine unconsolidated material generally containing an ice core
Pinnacle
Any high tower or spire-shaped pillar of rock, or coral, alone or cresting a summit.
Pit
Put
Small depression in a river bed.
Kleine depressie in een rivierbedding.
Plain
Vlakte
An extensive, flat, gently sloping or nearly level undersea region.
Een uitgestrekt, vlak, zacht glooiend onderzees gebied.
Plate
Plaat
Intertidal flats in an estuary that have no connection with the mainland.
Droogvallende gebieden in een estuarium die geen verbinding hebben met het vasteland.
Plateau
A flat or nearly flat elevation of considerable areal extent, dropping off abruptly on one or more sides.
Een vlakke of nagenoeg vlakke ophoging van vrij grote oppervlakte, die aan 1 of meerdere kanten steile randen heeft.
Point
Puntspits
Geographical
punt-spits
Polder
Pond
Possession
Bezitting
Prefecture
Prodelta
Newest, most aquatic-facing portion of a delta, featuring the finest sediment.
Promontory
A major SPUR-like protrusion of the continental SLOPE extending to the deep seafloor. Characteristically, the crest deepens seaward.
Protected Area
Province (administrative)
Provincie
Province (physical)
A region identifiable by a group of similar physiographic features whose characteristics are markedly in contrast with surrounding areas.
Realm
Reef
Rif
A mass of rock or other indurated material lying at or near the sea surface that may constitute a hazard to surface navigation.
Een rotsmassa of ander hard materiaal dat nabij het wateroppervlak ligt en zo een gevaar vormt voor navigatie.
Region
Regio
Republic
Politic division in the Russian federation, Bosnia Herzegovina (Republika), Serbia and Montenegro
Research Station
Reservoir
Resort
Ridge
Rug
(a) An elongated narrow elevation of varying complexity having steep sides. (b) An elongated narrow elevation, often separating ocean BASINS. (c) The linked major mid-oceanic mountain systems of global extent. Also called MIDOCEANIC RIDGE.
(a) Een langwerpige smalle verhoging van varierende complexiteit met steile randen. (b) Een langwerpige smalle verhoging die dikwijls oceaanbekkens scheidt. (c) De grote mid oceanische bergsystemen, ook mid-oceanisch rug genoemd.
Rift
Rim
A rocky outer edge of a volcanic crater
Rise
(a) A broad elevation that rises gently and generally smoothly from the sea floor. (b) The linked major mid-oceanic mountain systems of global extent. Also called midoceanic ridge.
(a) Een brede ophoging die zacht en glad oploopt vanaf de zeebodem. (b) De gelinkte grote mid-oceanische bergsystemen van globale uitgestrektheid.
River
Rivier
A natural water current that always flows out in another river or stream but never in a sea.
Een natuurlijke waterstroom dat altijd uitstroomt in een andere rivier of een stroom maar nooit in een zee.
River Outlet
Roadstead
an open anchorage affording less protection than a harbor
Rock
Rots
Rocks
a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids
Saddle
A broad pass or col, resembling in shape a riding saddle, in a RIDGE or between contiguous elevations.
Salt Marsh
Schor
Sampling Station
Standard sampling sation
Sandbank
Zandbank
Shallow accumulation of sand that rises never above sealevel but alltough forms a substantial hazard for navigation.
Ondiepte van zand op de bodem van een water dat nooit boven water uitsteekt bij laag water maar wel een hindernis vormt voor normaal scheepvaartverkeer.
Sandbank System
Zandbanksysteem
The aggregate of adjoining sandbanks and swales.
Het geheel van bij elkaar liggende zandbanken en geulen.
Sea
Zee
A large surface salt water that covers a large part of the world
Een uitgestrekt oppervlak zout water dat een groot deel van de aarde bedekt
Sea floor
Zee bodem
bottom of the ocean
bodem van de zee
Seachannel
Zeegeul
A continuously sloping elongated discrete depression found in fans or abyssal plains and customarily bordered by levees on one or both sides.
Een continue, langgerekte, afzonderlijke depressie begrensd door een wal aan één of beide sites.
Seamount Chain
Zeebergketen
A linear or arcuate alignment of discrete seamounts, with their bases clearly separated.
Een lineaire of boogvormige opeenvolging van afzonderlijke zeebergen.
Seamount Province
Seamount(s)
Zeeberg
A discrete (or group of) large isolated elevation(s), greater than 1,000m in relief above the sea floor, characteristically of conical form.
Een afzonderlijke (of groep van) grote geïsoleerde verhogingen van meer dan 1000 meter boven de zeebodem, over het algemeen met een conische vorm.
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Shelf
The flat or gently sloping region adjacent to a continent or around an island that extends from the low water line to a depth, generally about 200m, where there is a marked increase in downward slope.
Shelf Edge
The line along which there is marked increase of slope at the seaward margin of a CONTINENTAL (or island) SHELF. Also called SHELF BREAK.
Shoal
An offshore hazard to surface navigation with substantially less clearance than the surrounding area and composed of unconsolidated material.
Sill
A sea floor barrier of relatively shallow depth restricting water movement between BASINS.
Slope
Helling
The deepening sea floor out from the shelfedge to the upper limit of the continental rise, or the point where there is a general decrease in steepness.
De zeebodem van de rand van de shelf tot de bovengrens van de continentale helling, of het punt waar er een duidelijke vermindering in steilte is.
Sluice
Snowfield
an extensive terrain covered by a smooth surface of snow. Normally the term is applied to mountainous and glacial terrain
Sound
Zee-engte
Spit
Landtong
A spit is a deposition landform found off coasts. A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs. Spits are formed by the movement of sediment along a shore by a process known as longshore drift (wikipedia).
Spring
Spur
A subordinate elevation or ridge protruding from a larger feature, such as a plateau or island foundation.
Een ondergeschikte verhoging of rug die deel uitmaakt van een groter geheel zoals een plateau of eilandfundering.
Stack(s)
High and precipitous detached pillar of rock near shore
State
Staat
Station
A place where there is permanent human habitation and infrastructure serving as a base for scientific research
Storm surge barrier
Stormvloedkering
A specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the protected area behind the barrier.
Een waterbouwkundige constructie die bij stormvloed of springtij moet verhinderen dat er grote hoeveelheden water de monding van een rivier of zeearm instromen en stroomopwaarts tot overstromingen leiden.
Strait
Straat
Stream
A river that flows out in the sea.
Een rivier die uitmondt in een zee.
Subglacial basin
Subglacial: a term meaning 'beneath the ice'. Basin: a very large depression occupied by sea water, ie. an ocean basin
Submarine lava tube
Submarine valley(s)
A sea valley is a linear depression on the seafloor with a broader cross-section and gentler slopes than a submarine canyon. It crosses the continental shelf as an extension of an estuary or as the seaward portion of a drowned valley, and may be kept open by submarine currents or a tidal scour. An elongated depression that generally widens and deepens down-slope. Also called SEA VALLEY.
Sub-Province
Sub-Provincie
A medium-level administrative unit that is used in the Netherlands.
Een midden-schalige administratieve eenheid die gebruikt wordt in Nederland.
Sunker
A submerged rock over which the sea breaks.
Swale
Geul
Depression between two sandbanks.
Depressie tussen twee zandbanken.
Swamp
moeras
a wetland dominated by tree vegetation
Tablemount
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Terrace
A relatively flat horizontal or gently inclined surface, sometimes long and narrow, which is bounded by a steeper ascending slope on one side and by a steeper descending slope on the opposite side.
Territorial Sea
Territoriale zee
A belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships (both military and civilian) are allowed innocent passage through it; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below.
Territory
Territorium
Tongue
A projection of the ice edge up to several km in length caused by wind and current
Tower
Toren
Town
The lowest administrative unit in Belgium and the Netherlands.
De laagste administratieve eenheid in België en Nederland.
Trench
A long narrow, characteristically very deep and asymmetrical depression of the sea floor, with relatively steep sides.
Een lange, smalle, typisch zeer diepe en asymmetrische depressie in de zeebodem, met relatief stijle randen.
Tributary
zijrivier
A tributary is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean.
Een zijrivier is een rivier die uitmondt in een grotere rivier of in een meer. Een zijrivier vloeit nooit uit in een zee of oceaan.
Trough
Trog
A long depression of the sea floor characteristically flat bottomed and steep sided and normally shallower than a trench.
Een lange depressie in de zeebodem, smaller dan een geul, met een vlakke bodem en steile hellingen.
Undersea arch
A low bulge around the southeastern end of the island of Hawaii
Undersea arrugado
An area of subdued corrugations off Baja California
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
Union Territory
Territiorium
Unitary Authority
Valley
Vallei
A relatively shallow, wide depression, the bottom of which usually has a continuous gradient. This term is generally not used for features that have canyon-like characteristics for a significant portion of their extent. Also called SUBMARINE VALLEY or SEA VALLEY.
Een relatief ondiepe, brede depressie waarvan de bodem meestal een continue gradient heeft.
Village
Dorp
Volcano
Vulkaan
Ward
The lowest administrative unit in the United Kingdom.
De laagste administratieve eenheid in het Verenigd Koninkrijk.
Water mass
Water massa
A large amount of water.
Een grote hoeveelheid water.
Waterfall
Watermill
Watsonian vice-county
Watsonian vice-counties are subdivisions of Great Britain and Ireland used largely for the purposes of biological recording and other scientific data-gathering.
Wetland
Mixture of swamps and marshes
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Convention)
Wharf
World
Wereld
The world
World Marine Heritage Site
Wreck
Zone