NWI PLUS CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTIONS


LANDSCAPE POSITION


(ES) Estuarine

(LE) Lentic

(LR) Lotic River

(LS) Lotic Stream

(MA) Marine

(TE) Terrene


LANDFORM


(BA) Basin

(FL) Flat

(FP) Floodplain

(FR) Fringe

(IL) Island

(SL) Slope

(IF) Interfluve

(DE) Delta


WATER FLOW PATH


(PA) Paludified

(IN) Inflow

(OU) Outflow

(OA) Outflow-artificial*

(OP) Outflow-perennial

(OI) Outflow-intermittent

(TH) Throughflow

(TA) Throughflow-artificial*

(TI) Throughflow-intermittent*

(TN) Throughflow-entrenched

(BI) Bidirectional-Nontidal

(BT) Bidirectional-Tidal

(IS) Isolated

(MI) Microtidal

(ME) Mesotidal

(MC) Macrotidal


WATERBODY TYPE


(RV) River

(ST) Stream

(LK) Lake

(EY) Estuary

(OB) Ocean or Bay

(PD) Pond


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