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Coastal shingle

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English name Coastal shingle Key navigation    Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   B2 Level   2
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Beaches of the oceans, of their connected seas and of their associated coastal lagoons, covered by pebbles, or sometimes boulders, usually formed by wave action.

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 B2 Coastal shingle same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 B2 Coastal shingle habitats same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 B2 Coastal shingle habitats same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 B2 Coastal shingle habitats same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 B2 Coastal shingle habitats same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B6 Coastal shingle habitats same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 17 Shingle beaches same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 17 Shingle beaches same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 17 Shingle beaches same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 17   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 17   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 17   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 17   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.3.1. Beaches, dunes, and sand plains n/a
Barcelona Convention 199812 I.3. (SUPRALITTORAL) STONES AND PEBBLES same
HELCOM Baltic Sea Marine and Coastal Biotopes 1998 03.03.02 Beach ridges: beach ridges consisting of gravel pebbles and/or boulders narrower
Ramsar Wetland Types E Sand, shingle or pebble shores wider
Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK) 19 Supralittoral sediment wider
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