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Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes

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English name	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes

English name

Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes

EUNIS habitat type code	H6.17	Level	4
Edition	EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Gas vents, fumaroles, solfataras, mofettes, related to late Tertiary volcanism of the western Alpine system, its periphery, its satellite mountain complexes and its interior basins, including the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Carpathians, and, notably, the Eastern Carpathians, the Jura, the Dinarides, the Hellenides, the Hercynian ranges, the Iberian mountains, the Atlas, the Taurus. Included in particular are the extensive mofette systems of Bohemia and of the mountains constituting the Bohemian Quadrangle, in particular, those of the bogs of Soos, in the Cheb district of western Bohemia.

Source

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification	Code	Title	Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	H6.17	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	H6.17	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	H6.17	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	H6.37	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	H6.37	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	H6.37	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	66.67	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes	source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	66.67	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	66.67	Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	66.67		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	66.67		same
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.3.	Sparsely vegetated areas	n/a
	H	Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats	Ancestor
	H6	Recent volcanic features	Ancestor
	H6.1	Active volcanic features	Parent

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