{"thcode":62,"term":{"code":"GC-C051","name":"Physiographic Setting","parent":"GC-C005","scope":null},"uf":[],"bt":[{"code":"GC-C005","name":"Geoform","parent":"root","scope":null},{"code":"root","name":"CMECS","parent":null,"scope":"Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Category terms encompassing waters from the head of tide or inland incursion of ocean salinity to the splash zone of the coasts to the deepest portions of the oceans and the deep waters of the Great Lakes."}],"nt":[{"code":"GC-039","name":"Abyssal\/Submarine Fan","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: A low, outspread, relatively flat-to-gently sloping mass of loose material?shaped like an open fan or a segment of a cone?deposited by a flow of water at the place where it issues from a narrower or steeper-gradient area into a broader area, valley, flat, or other feature. ..."},{"code":"GC-040","name":"Barrier Reef","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: A long, narrow coral reef, roughly parallel to the shore and separated from it by a lagoon of considerable depth and width. ..."},{"code":"GC-041","name":"Bight","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: A broad bend or curve in a generally open coast. ..."},{"code":"GC-042","name":"Borderland","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: An area of the continental margin (between the shoreline and the continental slope) that is topographically more complex than the continental shelf. ..."},{"code":"GC-043","name":"Continental\/Island Rise","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: An area that lies at the deepest part of a continental or island margin between the continental slope and the abyssal plain. ..."},{"code":"GC-044","name":"Continental\/Island Shelf","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: That part of the continental margin that is between the shoreline and the continental slope (or a depth or 200 meters when there is no noticeable continental slope); it is characterized by its very gentle slope of 0.1\u00c2\u00b0. ..."},{"code":"GC-045","name":"Continental\/Island Shore Complex","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: This feature includes the land-water interface zone and contains geoforms across a diversity of scales. ..."},{"code":"GC-046","name":"Continental\/Island Slope","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: That part of the continental margin that is between the continental shelf and the continental rise (if there is one); it is characterized by its relatively steep slope of 1.5 - 6\u00c2\u00b0. ..."},{"code":"GC-047","name":"Embayment\/Bay","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: A water body with some level of enclosure by land at different spatial scales. ..."},{"code":"GC-048","name":"Fjord","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: A long, narrow, glacially eroded inlet or arm of the sea. ..."},{"code":"GC-049","name":"Inland\/Enclosed Sea","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: A large, water body almost completely surrounded by land. ..."},{"code":"GC-050","name":"Lagoonal Estuary","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: This class of estuary tends to be shallow, highly enclosed, and have reduced exchange with the ocean. ..."},{"code":"GC-051","name":"Major River Delta","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: The nearly flat, alluvial tract of land at the mouth of a river, which commonly forms a triangular or fan-shaped plain. ..."},{"code":"GC-052","name":"Marine Basin Floor","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: Basin floors refer broadly to the areas of the seafloor between the base of the continental margin (usually the foot of the continental rise) and the mid-ocean ridge. ..."},{"code":"GC-053","name":"Ocean Bank\/Plateau","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: A mound-like or ridge-like elevated area on the seafloor; it may have a modest-to-substantial extent. Although submerged, this feature can reach close to sea level (e.g., Bahama Banks)."},{"code":"GC-054","name":"Riverine Estuary","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: This class of estuary tends to be linear and seasonally turbid (especially in upper reaches), and it can be subjected to high current speeds. ..."},{"code":"GC-055","name":"Shelf Basin","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: Basins occurring on the continental shelf formed by offshore faulting activity."},{"code":"GC-582","name":"Shelf Break","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: The slope discontinuity (rapid change in gradient) of 3\u00c2\u00b0 or greater that occurs at the outer edge of the continental shelf. ..."},{"code":"GC-056","name":"Sound","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: (a) A relatively long, narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water (or two parts of the same water body), or an arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island (e.g., Puget Sound, WA). ..."},{"code":"GC-057","name":"Submarine Canyon","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: A general term for all linear, steep-sided valleys on the seafloor. These canyons can be associated with terrestrial or nearshore river inputs, such as in the Hudson or Mississippi canyons."},{"code":"GC-058","name":"Trench","parent":"GC-C051","scope":"Physiographic Setting: Trenches in the physiographic setting subcomponent occur at a smaller spatial scale than the hemispheric-sized trenches in the tectonic setting. ..."}],"rt":[]}