For more information contact the New Zealand National Topo/Hydro
Authority. Please note: the metadata presented here is prior to changes agreed with ICSM members and is
therefore subject to alteration. Please read the Explanatory Page
for explanations of the fields, abbreviations and symbols which have been used.
| Object_class | Entity_class | Additional entity class | Object Inheritance | |
| river_bdy | WATERCOURSE | Not applicable | simple_line | |
| Object description | ||||
| River boundary; a natural, flowing body of water emptying into an ocean, lake or other body of water and usually fed along it's course by converging tributaries. | ||||
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| See also river centreline, water-race, lake, swamp, pond, canal & lagoon. | ||||
| Entity Source | Classification | Seed class | Last updated | Edition number |
| US Standard Entity | 50k topo | river_seed | 23/11/2001 | 2 |
(Where applicable)
| floodgte_pnt |
| ford_pnt |
| river_poly |
| river_seed |
| river_cl |
| waterfal_bdy |
| waterfal_edg |
| waterfal_poly |
| waterfal_seed |
(Where applicable)
| Attribute | Data type | Attribute description | Attribute values | ||
| river definition | string | An indefinite entry is used where the position of the object being described cannot be placed within the usual accuracy tolerances |
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| water confluence | string | A water_confluence value of 'yes' is used to complete the object where the river meets another area of water, eg. a lake or the sea. |
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