GeoDataSource World Water Features Database (Premium Edition) January.2009

GeoDataSource World Water Features Database (Premium Edition) January.2009 is designed as a professional program that contains water feature names in original language and English, feature type classifications, country names in FIPS and ISO, regions and sub-regions. Database in text format suitable for applications requiring a complete list of city names.

Moreover, It is a subset of the GeoDataSource Structural Features Database Premium and Gold Editions. Please visit http://www.geodatasource.com for more information.Stream, Intermittent stream, Lake, Wadi, Well, Bay, Spring, Reservoir, Cove, Reef, Shoal, Marine channel, Waterhole, Canal, Pond, Marsh, Ravine, Water tank, Waterfall, Fjord, Harbor, Inlet, Irrigation canal, Wells, Rapids, Glacier, Tidal creek, Channel, Lagoon, Strait, Swamp, Pool, Sabkha, Ditch, Underground irrigation canal, Bank, Distributary, Lakes, Intermittent lake, Wetland, Salt lake, Stream mouth, Seamount, Intermittent pond, Navigation canal, Anchorage, Bog, Sound, Gulf, Anabranch, Section of stream, Basin, Drainage canal, Canyon, Canalized stream, Sea, Bight, Stream bend, Bank, Roadstead, Reef, Intermittent wetland, Ridge, Moor, Lake bed, Tidal flat, Mud flat, Section of intermittent stream, Section of lake, Oxbow lake, Docking basin, Trough, Valley, Tablemount, Ponds, Seamounts, Headwaters, Reach, Knoll, Lake channel, Trench, Rise, Wadies, Plain, Fracture zone, Plateau, Navigation channel, Narrows, Abandoned well, Crater lake, Salt, Section of wadi, Lost river, Aqueduct, Fishing area, Shoal, Spur, Abandoned canal, Reefs, Escarpment, Icecap, Wadi mouth, Abandoned watercourse, Seachannel, Fishponds, Wadi junction, Intermittent salt lake, Terrace, Irrigation ditch, Current, Dock, Estuary, Gap, Ocean, Intermittent ponds, Fan, Hill, Section of canal, Intermittent lakes, Confluence, Salt pond, Banks, Intermittent pool, Hot spring, Slope, Irrigation system, Hole, Salt evaporation ponds, Cordillera, Mound, Mangrove swamp, Section of reef, Streams, Section of harbor, Intermittent oxbow lake, Saddle etc.

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Major Features:

1. A body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land
2. A large inland body of standing water
3. A valley or ravine, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season becomes a watercourse; found primarily in North Africa and the Middle East
4. A cylindrical hole, pit, or tunnel drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface
5. A coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
6. A place where ground water flows naturally out of the ground
7. An artificial pond or lake
8. A small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay
9. A surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material
10. A surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material
11. That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable
12. A natural hole, hollow, or small depression that contains water, used by man and animals, especially in arid areas
13. An artificial watercourse
14. A small standing waterbody
15. A wetland dominated by grass-like vegetation
16. A small, narrow, deep, steep-sided stream channel, smaller than a gorge
17. A contained pool or tank of water at, below, or above ground level
18. A perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream
19. A long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arm of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts
20. A haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships
21. A narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water
22. A canal which serves as a main conduit for irrigation water
23. Cylindrical holes, pits, or tunnels drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface
24. A turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed
25. A mass of ice, usually at high latitudes or high elevations, with sufficient thickness to flow away from the source area in lobes, tongues, or masses
26. A meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents
27. The deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows
28. A shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature
29. A relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water
30. A wetland dominated by tree vegetation
31. A small and comparatively still, deep part of a larger body of water such as a stream or harbor; or a small body of standing water
32. A salt flat or salt encrusted plain subject to periodic inundation from flooding or high tides
33. A small artificial watercourse dug for draining or irrigating the land
34. A gently inclined underground tunnel bringing water for irrigation from aquifers
35. An elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation
36. A branch which flows away from the main stream, as in a delta or irrigation canal
37. Large inland bodies of standing water
38. An area subject to inundation, usually characterized by bog, marsh, or swamp vegetation
39. An inland body of salt water with no outlet
40. A place where a stream discharges into a lagoon, lake, or the sea
41. An elevation rising generally more than 1,000 meters and of limited extent across the summit
42. A watercourse constructed for navigation of vessels
43. An area where vessels may anchor
44. A wetland characterized by peat forming sphagnum moss, sedge, and other acid-water plants
45. A long arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands; or connecting two larger bodies of water
46. A large recess in the coastline, larger than a bay
47. A diverging branch flowing out of a main stream and rejoining it downstream
48. A depression more or less equidimensional in plan and of variable extent
49. An artificial waterway carrying water away from a wetland or from drainage ditches
50. A relatively narrow, deep depression with steep sides, the bottom of which generally has a continuous slope
51. A stream that has been substantially ditched, diked, or straightened
52. A large body of salt water more or less confined by continuous land or chains of islands forming a subdivision of an ocean
53. An open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline
54. A conspicuously curved or bent segment of a stream
55. An elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for safe surface navigation
56. An open anchorage affording less protection than a harbor
57. A surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material
58. A long narrow elevation with steep sides
59. An area of open ground overlaid with wet peaty soils
60. A dried up or drained area of a former lake
61. A large flat area of mud or sand attached to the shore and alternately covered and uncovered by the tide
62. A relatively level area of mud either between high and low tide lines, or subject to flooding
63. A crescent-shaped lake commonly found adjacent to meandering streams
64. A part of a harbor where ships dock
65. A long depression of the sea floor characteristically flat bottomed and steep sided, and normally shallower than a trench
66. A relatively shallow, wide depression, the bottom of which usually has a continuous gradient
67. A seamount having a comparatively smooth, flat top
68. Small standing waterbodies
69. Elevations rising generally more than 1,000 meters and of limited extent across the summit
70. The source and upper part of a stream, including the upper drainage basin
71. A straight section of a navigable stream or channel between two bends
72. An elevation rising generally more than 500 meters and less than 1,000 meters and of limited extent across the summit
73. That part of a lake having water deep enough for navigation between islands, shoals, etc.
74. A long, narrow, characteristically very deep and asymmetrical depression of the sea floor, with relatively steep sides
75. A broad elevation that rises gently, and generally smoothly, from the sea floor
76. Valleys or ravines, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season become watercourses; found primarily in North Africa and the Middle East
77. A flat, gently sloping or nearly level region
78. An extensive linear zone of irregular topography of the sea floor, characterized by steep-sided or asymmetrical ridges, troughs, or escarpments
79. A comparatively flat-topped feature of considerable extent, dropping off abruptly on one or more sides
80. A buoyed channel of sufficient depth for the safe navigation of vessels
81. A navigable narrow part of a bay, strait, river, etc.
82. A lake in a crater or caldera
83. A flat area, subject to periodic salt water inundation, dominated by grassy salt-tolerant plants
84. A surface stream that disappears into an underground channel, or dries up in an arid area
85. A conduit used to carry water
86. A fishing ground, bank or area where fishermen go to catch fish
87. A surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material
88. A subordinate elevation, ridge, or rise projecting outward from a larger feature
89. Surface-navigation hazards composed of consolidated material
90. An elongated and comparatively steep slope separating flat or gently sloping areas
91. A dome-shaped mass of glacial ice covering an area of mountain summits or other high lands; smaller than an ice sheet
92. The lower terminus of a wadi where it widens into an adjoining floodplain, depression, or waterbody
93. A former stream or distributary no longer carrying flowing water, but still evident due to lakes, wetland, topographic or vegetation patterns
94. A continuously sloping, elongated depression commonly found in fans or plains and customarily bordered by levees on one or two sides
95. Ponds or enclosures in which fish are kept or raised
96. A place where two or more wadies join
97. 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 steep descending slope on the opposite side
98. A ditch which serves to distribute irrigation water
99. A horizontal flow of water in a given direction with uniform velocity
100. A waterway between two piers, or cut into the land for the berthing of ships
101. A funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences
102. A narrow break in a ridge or rise
103. One of the major divisions of the vast expanse of salt water covering part of the earth
104. A relatively smooth feature normally sloping away from the lower termination of a canyon or canyon system
105. An elevation rising generally less than 500 meters
106. A place where two or more streams or intermittent streams flow together
107. A small standing body of salt water often in a marsh or swamp, usually along a seacoast
108. Elevations, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for safe surface navigation
109. A place where hot ground water flows naturally out of the ground
110. The slope seaward from the shelf edge to the beginning of a continental rise or the point where there is a general reduction in slope
111. A network of ditches and one or more of the following elements: water supply, reservoir, canal, pump, well, drain, etc.
112. A small depression of the sea floor
113. Diked salt ponds used in the production of solar evaporated salt
114. An entire mountain system including the subordinate ranges, interior plateaus, and basins
115. A low, isolated, rounded hill
116. A tropical tidal mud flat characterized by mangrove vegetation
117. Bodies of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land
118. A low part, resembling in shape a saddle, in a ridge or between contiguous seamounts
119. Long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arms of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts
120. A zone adjacent to a continent (or around an island) that extends from the low water line to a depth at which there is usually a marked increase of slope towards oceanic depths
121. A place on a waterbody where floatplanes land and take off
122. Inland bodies of salt water with no outlet
123. A surface-navigation hazard composed of coral
124. A sloping margin of a stream channel which normally confines the stream to its channel on land
125. Shallow coastal waterbodies, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature
126. A ditch which serves to drain the land
127. A rocky projection or outcrop, commonly linear and near shore
128. A channel formed as a result of a stream cutting through a meander neck
129. A localized deep area within the confines of a larger feature, such as a trough, basin or trench
130. A comparatively elevated area on an icecap
131. Elevations rising generally less than 500 meters
132. Elevations rising generally more than 500 meters and less than 1,000 meters and of limited extent across the summits
133. A turbulent, rotating movement of water in a stream
134. A natural, well-defined channel produced by flowing water, or an artificial channel designed to carry flowing water
135. An area of breaking waves caused by the meeting of currents or by waves moving against the current
136. Hazards to surface navigation composed of unconsolidated material
137. Relatively narrow, deep depressions with steep sides, the bottom of which generally has a continuous slope
138. Continuously sloping, elongated depressions commonly found in fans or plains and customarily bordered by levees on one or two sides
139. A valley on the shelf, generally the shoreward extension of a canyon
140. The low part of a gap or saddle separating basins
141. Coastal indentations between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
142. Seamounts having a comparatively smooth, flat top
143. A type of hot spring with intermittent eruptions of jets of hot water and steam
144. A conspicuously curved or bent segment of a wadi
145. A closed, linear, narrow, shallow depression
146. Small standing bodies of salt water often in a marsh or swamp, usually along a seacoast
147. Long narrow elevations with steep sides
148. An elongate (tongue-like) extension of a flat sea floor into an adjacent higher feature
149. A gentle slope, with a generally smooth surface, particularly found around groups of islands and seamounts
150. An area where a drainage ditch enters a lagoon, lake or bay
151. A place where sulphur ground water flows naturally out of the ground
152. A region adjacent to a continent, normally occupied by or bordering a shelf, that is highly irregular with depths well in excess of those typical of a shelf
153. A comparatively depressed area on an icecap
154. A line along which there is a marked increase of slope at the outer margin of a continental shelf or island shelf
155. An inlet which has been filled in, or blocked by deposits
156. A region identifiable by a group of similar physiographic features whose characteristics are markedly in contrast with surrounding areas
157. A conspicuously curved or bent section of a canal
158. Lakes in a crater or caldera
159. An annular depression that may not be continuous, located at the base of many seamounts, islands, and other isolated elevations
160. A prominent elevation, part of a larger feature, either pointed or of very limited extent across the summit
161. A low bulge around the southeastern end of the island of Hawaii
162. An area of subdued corrugations off Baja California
163. An area drained by a stream
164. A deep, narrow valley with steep sides cutting into a plateau or mountainous area
165. A small level or nearly level area
166. A standing body of water in a cave
167. An isolated, extensive, flat-topped elevation on the shelf, with relatively steep sides
168. A high tower or spire-shaped pillar of rock or coral, alone or cresting a summit
169. A long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest
170. A linear elevation on an icecap
171. A conspicuous, isolated rocky mass
172. The low part of an underwater gap or saddle separating basins, including a similar feature at the mouth of a fjord
173. A tunnel through which a canal passes
174. A relatively shallow, wide depression, the bottom of which usually has a continuous gradient 

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