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ENTITE MARITIME SURFACE [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Oceanography
DEF

... an entity composed of one or more adjoining bodies of water, named and delineated as a single entity.

OBS

Bathymetric features, as well as rocks or islets which break the surface in low water conditions, are not surface maritime features.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Océanographie
DEF

[...] entité composée d'un plan d'eau ou de plusieurs plans d'eau contigus qui sont définis et délimités comme une seule entité.

OBS

Les caractéristiques bathymétriques, ainsi que les roches ou les îlots qui percent la surface en période de basses eaux ne sont pas des entités maritimes de surface.

Spanish

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