Vocabulary
Ramsar Classification System for Wetland Type
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M29/current/ |
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| Description | A collection of terms used to classify wetland habitat types, as specified by the Ramsar Convention's (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) Classification System for Wetland Type, approved by Recommendation 4.7 and amended by Resolutions VI.5 and VII.11 of the Conference of the Contracting Parties. |
| Creator | Ramsar Convention on Wetlands vocabulary governance |
| Modified | 2022-08-19 |
| Version Info | 1 |
| Identifier | M29 |
| Register Manager | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Register Owner | Ramsar Convention on Wetlands vocabulary governance |
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| ID ↑ | Preferred Label ↑ | Definition ↑ | Date ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Va | Alpine wetlands | Alpine wetlands; includes alpine meadows, temporary waters from snowmelt. | 2022-08-18 |
| 1 | Aquaculture ponds | Aquaculture (e.g., fish/shrimp) ponds. | 2022-08-18 |
| Ga | Bivalve (shellfish) reefs | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| 9 | Canals and drainage channels, ditches | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| J | Coastal brackish/saline lagoons | Coastal brackish/saline lagoons; brackish to saline lagoons with at least one relatively narrow connection to the sea. | 2022-08-18 |
| K | Coastal freshwater lagoons | Coastal freshwater lagoons; includes freshwater delta lagoons. | 2022-08-18 |
| C | Coral reefs | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| F | Estuarine waters | Estuarine waters; permanent water of estuaries and estuarine systems of deltas. | 2022-08-18 |
| 7 | Excavations | Excavations; gravel/brick/clay pits; borrow pits, mining. | 2022-08-18 |
| Xp | Forested peatlands | Forested peatlands; peatswamp forests. | 2022-08-18 |
| Y | Freshwater springs; oases. | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| Xf | Freshwater, tree-dominated wetlands | Freshwater, tree-dominated wetlands; includes freshwater swamp forests, seasonally flooded forests, wooded swamps on inorganic soils. | 2022-08-18 |
| Zg | Geothermal wetlands | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| I | Intertidal forested wetlands | Intertidal forested wetlands; includes mangrove swamps, nipah swamps and tidal freshwater swamp forests. | 2022-08-18 |
| H | Intertidal marshes | Intertidal marshes; includes salt marshes, salt meadows, saltings, raised salt marshes; includes tidal brackish and freshwater marshes. | 2022-08-18 |
| G | Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| 3 | Irrigated land | Irrigated land; includes irrigation channels and rice fields. | 2022-08-18 |
| Zk_c | Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems (human-made wetlands) | Zk Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems is divided into Zk_a marine/coastal, Zk_b inland and Zk_c human-made. | 2022-08-18 |
| Zk_b | Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems (inland wetlands) | Zk Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems is divided into Zk_a marine/coastal, Zk_b inland and Zk_c human-made. | 2022-08-18 |
| Zk_a | Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems (marine/coastal wetlands) | Zk Karst and other subterranean hydrological systems is divided into Zk_a marine/coastal, Zk_b inland and Zk_c human-made. | 2022-08-18 |
| B | Marine subtidal aquatic beds | Marine subtidal aquatic beds; includes kelp beds, seagrass beds, tropical marine meadows. | 2022-08-18 |
| U | Non-forested peatlands | Non-forested peatlands; includes shrub or open bogs, swamps, fens. | 2022-08-18 |
| O | Permanent freshwater lakes | Permanent freshwater lakes (over 8 ha); includes large oxbow lakes. | 2022-08-18 |
| Tp | Permanent freshwater marshes/pools | Permanent freshwater marshes/pools; ponds (below 8 ha), marshes and swamps on inorganic soils; with emergent vegetation water-logged for at least most of the growing season. | 2022-08-18 |
| L | Permanent inland deltas | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| M | Permanent rivers/streams/creeks | Permanent rivers/streams/creeks; includes waterfalls. | 2022-08-18 |
| Q | Permanent saline/brackish/alkaline lakes. | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| Sp | Permanent saline/brackish/alkaline marshes/pools. | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| A | Permanent shallow marine waters | Permanent shallow marine waters in most cases less than six metres deep at low tide; includes sea bays and straits. | 2022-08-18 |
| 2 | Ponds | Ponds; includes farm ponds, stock ponds, small tanks; (generally below 8 ha). | 2022-08-18 |
| D | Rocky marine shores | Rocky marine shores; includes rocky offshore islands, sea cliffs. | 2022-08-18 |
| 5 | Salt exploitation sites | Salt exploitation sites; salt pans, salines, etc. | 2022-08-18 |
| E | Sand, shingle or pebble shores | Sand, shingle or pebble shores; includes sand bars, spits and sandy islets; includes dune systems and humid dune slacks. | 2022-08-18 |
| P | Seasonal/intermittent freshwater lakes | Seasonal/intermittent freshwater lakes (over 8 ha); includes floodplain lakes. | 2022-08-18 |
| Ts | Seasonal/intermittent freshwater marshes/pools | Seasonal/intermittent freshwater marshes/pools on inorganic soils; includes sloughs, potholes, seasonally flooded meadows, sedge marshes. | 2022-08-18 |
| R | Seasonal/intermittent saline/brackish/alkaline lakes and flats. | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| Ss | Seasonal/intermittent saline/brackish/alkaline marshes/pools. | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| N | Seasonal/intermittent/irregular rivers/streams/creeks | Unavailable at time of submission. | 2022-08-18 |
| 4 | Seasonally flooded agricultural land | Seasonally flooded agricultural land (including intensively managed or grazed wet meadow or pasture). | 2022-08-18 |
| W | Shrub-dominated wetlands | Shrub-dominated wetlands; shrub swamps, shrub-dominated freshwater marshes, shrub carr, alder thicket on inorganic soils. | 2022-08-18 |
| Vt | Tundra wetlands | Tundra wetlands; includes tundra pools, temporary waters from snowmelt. | 2022-08-18 |
| 8 | Wastewater treatment areas | Wastewater treatment areas; sewage farms, settling ponds, oxidation basins, etc. | 2022-08-18 |
| 6 | Water storage areas | Water storage areas; reservoirs/barrages/dams/impoundments (generally over 8 ha). | 2022-08-18 |
