Snow or ice-dominated habitats

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• Altitude zones (terrestrial and marine) (no records)
• Marine depth zones, more detailed than altitude zones (no records)
• Climate zones (no records)
• Geomorphology typesHabitat type other information (5 records)

  Name	Description
  Glaciers and glacial formations	General code for all glacial formations
  Glacier	Slowly moving river mass of ice formed by the accumulation of snow on high ground
  Moraine	Debris which has been carried down and deposited by a glacier
  Snow pack	More or less permanent complete snow cover (névé, Firn)
  Rock glacier	A glacier whose motion and behaviour is characterized by a large amount of embedded or overlying rock material

  
  
• Substrate typesHabitat type other information (2 records)

  Name	Description
  Snow	Snow as a substrate
  Ice	Ice as a substrate, whether of freshwater origin, originating from a glacier or frozen seawater

  
  
• Dominant life forms (no records)
• Percentage cover by vegetationHabitat type other information (1 records)

  Name	Description
  Vegetation <30%	Vegetation cover below 30%

  
  
• Characteristics of wetness/dryness (no records)
• Characteristics of water flow, source and quality (no records)
• Salinity values, for marine habitats only (no records)
• Exposure types (no records)
• Acidity, salinity, trophic status (no records)
• Characterising temperature (no records)
• Light intensity (no records)
• Spatial parameters of size and shape (no records)
• Temporal parameters (no records)
• Human activities and impacts (no records)
• Levels of habitat usage (no records)