Saline 4 Hyposaline <1 Mesosaline 1 Hypersaline <1 Unknown 9 5.8 Summary of Victorian wetland classification attributes The attributes at each level of the Victorian wetland classification framework are summarised in Table 36. Table . Summary of the Victorian classification framework attributes, categories and subcategories. National landform, climate and hydrology regions National region Landscape groupings within national landform, climate and hydrology regions and (can be attributed as required from existing geospatial coverages) 2 & landscape 1 LEVELS Victoria Victorian wetland landscapes (can be attributed as required from the wetland landscapes dataset) Wetland Lacustrine Palustrine Marine Estuarine system (<30% cover of (>=30% cover of (intertidal wetlands (semi-enclosed emergent emergent in embayments) tidal wetlands vegetation) vegetation) and supratidal wetlands) Wetland origin Wetland origin Naturally occurring Naturally occurring Human-made Human-made aquaculture pond aquaculture pond farm dam salt works salt works excavation pond water storage stormwater treatment 3 excavation pond pond sewage treatment pond stormwater treatment LEVEL pond Dominant vegetation Dominant vegetation Forest/woodland Mangrove Shrub/fern Saltmarsh Wetland habitat Sedge/grass/forb No emergent vegetation Moss/heath No emergent vegetation Water source Water source Groundwater Groundwater River River Tidal Tidal Artificial Artificial
Saline 4 Hyposaline <1 Mesosaline 1 Hypersaline <1 Unknown 9 5.8 Summary of Victorian wetland classification attributes The attributes at each level of the Victorian wetland classification framework are summarised in Table 36. Table . Summary of the Victorian classification framework attributes, categories and subcategories. LEVELS 1 & 2 National region and landscape National landform, climate and hydrology regions Landscape groupings within national landform, climate and hydrology regions (can be attributed as required from existing geospatial coverages) Victoria Victorian wetland landscapes (can be attributed as required from the wetland landscapes dataset) LEVEL 3 Wetland system Lacustrine (<30% cover of emergent vegetation) Palustrine (>=30% cover of emergent vegetation) Marine (intertidal wetlands in embayments) Estuarine (semi-enclosed tidal wetlands and supratidal wetlands) Wetland habitat Wetland origin Naturally occurring Human-made aquaculture pond farm dam salt works water storage excavation pond sewage treatment pond stormwater treatment pond Wetland origin Naturally occurring Human-made aquaculture pond salt works excavation pond stormwater treatment pond Dominant vegetation Forest/woodland Shrub/fern Sedge/grass/forb Moss/heath No emergent vegetation Dominant vegetation Mangrove Saltmarsh No emergent vegetation Water source Groundwater River Tidal Artificial Water source Groundwater River Tidal Artificial
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