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Disused chalk and limestone quarries

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English name Disused chalk and limestone quarries Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   H3.2F Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Permanently or temporarily unworked sites or parts of sites of open-sky extractive activities.

Source

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

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Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 H3.2F Disused chalk and limestone quarries same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 H3.2F Disused chalk and limestone quarries same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 H3.2F Disused chalk and limestone quarries same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 H3.2F Disused chalk and limestone quarries same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 H3.2F Disused chalk and limestone quarries same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 H3.1F Disused chalk and limestone quarries same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 86.41 Abandoned quarries wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 86.41 Part of Quarries wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 86.41 Part of Quarries wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 86.41   wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 86.41   wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 86.41   wider
CORINE Land Cover 1.3.1. Mineral extraction sites n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 X COMPLEXE n/a
  H Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  H3 Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  H3.2 Basic and ultra-basic inland cliffs    Parent
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