Coastal Physiographic Features - Embayment

This is a shapefile of the coastal physiographic feature 'embayment'. Th polygons in this shapefile represent the boundaries of embayments of the UK. Where, embayment is defined using the Annex I definition: An enclosed area of coast in which the entrance provides shelter from onshore winds for the major part of the coast inside, but which is not a sealoch, voe, ria, estuary or lagoon.

本数据集为海岸地貌特征「湾形凹地（embayment）」的形状文件（shapefile）。该形状文件中的多边形要素代表英国（UK）各类湾形凹地的边界。其中，湾形凹地采用附件一的定义：即海岸范围内的封闭区域，其入口可庇护湾内大部分海岸免受向岸风影响，但该区域不属于峡湾（sealoch）、沃埃湾（voe）、溺谷湾（ria）、河口湾（estuary）或泻湖（lagoon）。