Western Australia Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping, Version 2 (1:100 000 scale digital data)

This dataset maps the geomorphic habitat environments (facies) for 103 Western Australia coastal waterways. The classification system contains 11 easily identifiable and representative environments: Barrier/back-barrier, 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. Western Australia has a diverse range of Estuaries due to different climates. Ranging from mostly "near pristine" and tide influenced estuaries in the north to "near pristine" wave dominated estuaries in the southwest region.

本数据集为103条西澳大利亚沿海水道绘制了地貌生境相（facies）的分布图。该分类体系包含11种易于识别且具有代表性的生境类型：障壁/障后环境（Barrier/back-barrier）、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）及潮汐沙坝（及未分类项）（Tidal Sand Banks (and Unassigned)）。上述类型覆盖了澳大利亚所有沿海系统中的各类生境。西澳大利亚因气候差异拥有种类丰富的河口（Estuary）系统，北部区域多为“接近原生状态”且受潮汐影响的河口，西南部则以“接近原生状态”且受波浪主导的河口为主。