Victorian Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping (1:100 000 scale digital data)

This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 52 Victorian coastal waterways. The classification system contains 12 easily identifiable and representative environments: Barrier/back-barrier, Bedrock, Central Basin, Channel, Coral, Flood- and Ebb-tide Delta, Fluvial (bay-head) Delta, Intertidal Flats, Mangrove, Rocky Reef, Saltmarsh/Saltflat, Tidal Sand Banks (and Unassigned). These types represent habitats found across all coastal systems in Australia. Most of the 52 coastal waterways have a "Modified" environmental condition (as opposed to "Near Pristine"), according to the National Land and Water Resources Audit definition.

本数据集针对52条维多利亚州沿海水道，绘制了其地貌栖息地相（facies）的分布图谱。该分类体系包含12种易于识别且具有代表性的生境类型：障壁/后障壁（Barrier/back-barrier）、基岩（Bedrock）、中央盆地（Central Basin）、水道（Channel）、珊瑚生境（Coral）、涨落潮三角洲（Flood- and Ebb-tide Delta）、河流（湾顶）三角洲（Fluvial (bay-head) Delta）、潮间带滩涂（Intertidal Flats）、红树林（Mangrove）、岩礁（Rocky Reef）、盐沼/盐滩（Saltmarsh/Saltflat）、潮流沙坝（Tidal Sand Banks）及未分类项（Unassigned）。上述生境类型覆盖了澳大利亚所有沿海系统中的典型栖息地。根据澳大利亚国家土地与水资源审计（National Land and Water Resources Audit）的定义，这52条沿海水道中的绝大多数均处于“受干扰”环境状态（与“近原始状态”相对）。