Waste deposits

English name: Waste deposits

Description (English)

Tips, landfill sites and slurries produced as byproducts, usually unwanted, of human activity.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code J6

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
CORINE Land Cover 1.3.2. Dump sites n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 I2 Artifical rock exposure and waste overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 I Rock exposure and waste overlap
Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK) 16 Inland rock overlap
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 9.1 Décharges, dépôts same
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 A440000 Haldy a skladky odpadového materiálu n/a
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 A441000 Banské haldy n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 J6 Waste deposits same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 J6 Waste deposits same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 J6 Waste deposits same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 J6 Waste deposits same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 J6 Waste deposits same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 J5 Waste organic material same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 86.433 Rubble and detritus tips narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 86.42 Includes Slag heaps and other detritus heaps narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 86.42   narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 86.42   narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 86.42   narrower
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