featureclasses_layers.json

[
  {
    "featureclass": "archipelago",
    "layer": "islands",
    "definition": "An archipelago is a group of islands",
    "wikidata": "Q33837"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "basin",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "here a basin is a depression on land (seawater covered basins are found in the sea file)",
    "wikidata": "Q190429"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "coast",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "a coastal land area",
    "wikidata": "Q93352"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "continent",
    "layer": "continents",
    "definition": "large landmass as recognized by cultural convention",
    "wikidata": "Q5107"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "delta",
    "layer": "waterrelated",
    "definition": "a river delta, a landform at the mouth of a river",
    "wikidata": "Q43197"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "desert",
    "layer": "deserts",
    "definition": "a landscape with little precipitation",
    "wikidata": "Q8514"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "foothills",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "hilly transition zone between plains and higher mountains or hills",
    "wikidata": "Q1354045"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "geoarea",
    "layer": "geoareas",
    "definition": "a geographic region",
    "wikidata": "Q82794"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "gorge",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "a narrow and deep ravine between cliffs, a canyon",
    "wikidata": "Q150784"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "island",
    "layer": "islands",
    "definition": "an island: land completely surrounded by water and smaller than a continent",
    "wikidata": "Q23442"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "isthmus",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas",
    "wikidata": "Q93267"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "lake",
    "layer": "waterrelated",
    "definition": "a body of relatively still water located in a basin",
    "wikidata": "Q23397"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "lowland",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "plains which are located close to the sea level (not above ~150m)",
    "wikidata": "Q193071"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "mountainrange",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "an area with several geologically related mountains",
    "wikidata": "Q46831"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "peninsula",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "a landform which is surrounded more than half but not completely by water",
    "wikidata": "Q34763"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "plain",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "a flat geographic region (see also lowland and plateau)",
    "wikidata": "Q160091"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "plateau",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "a flat geographic region which is higher than the surrounding",
    "wikidata": "Q75520"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "tundra",
    "layer": "biomes",
    "definition": "a biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short grow seasons",
    "wikidata": "Q43262"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "valley",
    "layer": "terrain",
    "definition": "low area between hills, often with a river running through it",
    "wikidata": "Q39816"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "wetlands",
    "layer": "waterrelated",
    "definition": "land area that is permanently or seasonally saturated with water",
    "wikidata": "Q170321"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "bay",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "body of water connected to an ocean or lake, formed by an indentation of the shoreline",
    "wikidata": "Q39594"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "channel",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "type of landform; confined river; strait",
    "wikidata": "Q1210950"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "fjord",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "long, narrow inlet of the ocean created in a valley carved by glacial activity",
    "wikidata": "Q45776"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "generic",
    "layer": "marine"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "gulf",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "large inlet that is an arm of an ocean or sea",
    "wikidata": "Q1322134"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "inlet",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "an indentation of a shoreline that often leads to an enclosed body of salt water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon, or marsh",
    "wikidata": "Q1172599"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "lagoon",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "shallow body of water separated from larger body of water by a barrier",
    "wikidata": "Q187223"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "ocean",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "very large body of saline water",
    "wikidata": "Q9430"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "reef",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "feature lying beneath the surface of the water",
    "wikidata": "Q184358"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "river",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "larger natural watercourse",
    "wikidata": "Q4022"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "sea",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "large body of saline water",
    "wikidata": "Q165"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "sound",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "long, relatively wide body of water, connecting two larger parts of the sea",
    "wikidata": "Q491713"
  },
  {
    "featureclass": "strait",
    "layer": "marine",
    "definition": "naturally formed, narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water",
    "wikidata": "Q37901"
  }
]