Highly artificial non-saline standing waters

English name: Highly artificial non-saline standing waters

Description (English)

Artificial watercourses and basins, together with their associated containers, holding fresh water with no perceptible flow. Includes ponds and lakes with completely man-made substrate, water storage tanks, intensively managed fish ponds, and standing waterbodies of extractive industries.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code J5.3

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 89.2 Fresh water industrial lagoons and canals wider
CORINE Land Cover 5.1.2. Water bodies n/a
Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK) 13 Standing open water and canals wider
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 9.2.4.2 Réservoir, piscine wider
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 8150000 Kanál n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 J5.3 Highly artificial non-saline standing waters same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 J5.3 Highly artificial non-saline standing waters same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 J5.3 Highly artificial non-saline standing waters same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 J5.3 Highly artificial non-saline standing waters same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 J5.2 Highly artificial non-saline waters same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 J4.2 Very artificial freshwater industrial lagoons and canals same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 89.2 Part of Fresh water industrial lagoons and canals narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 89.2 Part of Fresh water industrial lagoons and canals narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 89.2   narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 89.2   narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 89.2   narrower
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