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This code list is used in association with the Description attribute which is present within the Water Feature Type. The code list describes the type of water area (for example, canal, spring, watercourse and drain).

Label	Definition
Buried Open Reservoir	A chamber embedded in the ground and uncovered containing water which may be used for irrigation, water supply, hydro electric power generation or flood control.
Buried Open Reservoir With Solar Panels	A chamber embedded in the ground and uncovered containing water which may be used for irrigation, water supply, hydro electric power generation or flood control that also includes panels for converting the energy of the sun to electricity or heat.
Buried Open Water Tank	A chamber embedded in the ground and uncovered containing water.
Canal	An artificial watercourse constructed specifically for the passage of boats or ships.
Canal And Reeds	An artificial watercourse constructed specifically for the passage of boats or ships that contains tall, stiff, marsh or water grass of various kinds.
Canal Feeder	A offshoot from a stream or small river that supplies water into a canal.
Cascade	A stepped series of small waterfalls, of an artificial ornamental character.
Collects	Where a bog or a marsh becomes a stream.
Coniferous Trees	An area of cone-bearing trees, for example, yews, pines, firs, larch and generally not more than 30m apart.
Cooling Pond	An artificial lake or pond in which water from industrial processes is allowed to cool naturally.
Dew Pond	A shallow artificial hollow with a waterproof bed (traditionally made from clay) filled with non tidal water principally from rainfall. Normally located in downland areas with little surface water and used to provide drinking water for livestock.
Drain	An artificial channel for carrying excess water from areas, they may connect to other drains, rivers or streams and bodies of water.
Fish Ladder	A structure on a watercourse consisting of a series of small pools each one slightly higher than the preceding one, which allows migrating fish to circumvent an obstacle such as a dam.
Fish Lock	A watertight structure that opens at either end into bodies of water at different levels. By opening and closing either end fish can negotiate weirs, dams or other obstacles along a watercourse.
Fish Trap	A fixed structure typically constructed of stakes or similar used to catch fish.
Leat	A watercourse, normally manmade or heavily modified that conveys water for a specific purpose; such as power generation, industrial cooling, mineral processing, water supply or similar.
Lock	An enclosure in a canal or navigable river with a movable gate and sluices at either end. Designed to allow vessels to move between sections of canal or navigable river at different levels by filling or draining the enclosure.
Mill Leat	An open watercourse, normally manmade or heavily modified that conveys water to a mill.
Mineral Spring	A place where water, containing mineral deposits, naturally wells up from below the ground.
Mixed Trees In Water	An area of trees generally not more than 30m apart that are in non tidal water.
Moat	A deep, wide ditch usually filled with water, that generally surrounds a structure.
Non-Coniferous Trees In Water	An area of trees that do not bear cones generally not more than 30m apart that are in non tidal water.
Open Reservoir	A body of water that has been created or modified to facilitate the storage of water for irrigation, water supply, hydro electric power generation, industrial processes and similar.
Open Reservoir And Reeds	A body of water that has been created or modified to facilitate the storage of water for irrigation, water supply, hydro electric power generation, industrial processes that contains tall, stiff, marsh or water grass of various kinds.
Open Reservoir With Solar Panels	A body of water that has been created or modified to facilitate the storage of water for irrigation, water supply, hydro electric power generation, industrial processes that also includes panels for converting the energy of the sun to electricity or heat.
Open Tank Reservoir	An open structure, usually metal in construction, that contains water, that has been created or modified to facilitate the storage of water.
Open Tank Reservoir With Solar Panels	An open structure, usually metal in construction, that contains water, that has been created or modified to facilitate the storage of water that also includes panels for converting the energy of the sun to electricity or heat.
Open Water Tank	An uncovered tank containing water.
Overflow	A watercourse, normally manmade, that allows excess water to flow from another watercourse, a body of water or a facility such as a factory or power station.
Oyster Pit	A man-made depression in the ground, designed to fill with water to allow the temporary storage of oysters.
Paddling Pool	A shallow artificial pool for children to play within often found in public parks.
Reed Bed For Waste Water	An area of reeds planted and maintained to remove impurities from water, typically as a result of an industrial process e.g. distilling or paper making.
Reeds In Water	An area of tall, stiff, marsh or water grass of various kinds within non tidal water.
Reeds In Watercourse	A body of water that is actively flowing, includes rivers and streams that includes tall, stiff, marsh or water grass of various kinds.
Scattered Coniferous Trees In Water	An area of cone-bearing trees, for example, yews, pines, firs, larch and generally more than 30m apart that are in non tidal water.
Scattered Coniferous Trees In Water And Reeds	An area including cone-bearing trees generally more than 30m apart that are in non tidal water and tall, stiff, marsh or water grass of various kinds.
Scattered Mixed Trees In Water	An area of trees generally more than 30m apart, that are in non tidal water.
Scattered Mixed Trees In Water And Reeds	An area including trees generally more than 30m apart, that are in non tidal water and tall, stiff, marsh or water grass of various kinds.
Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees In Water	An area of trees that do not bear cones generally more than 30m apart, that are in non tidal water.
Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees In Water And Reeds	An area including trees that do not bear cones generally more than 30m apart that are in non tidal water and tall, stiff, marsh or water grass of various kinds.
Sea	Permanent tidal water not within an estuary, harbour or sea loch.
Settling Pond	A lagoon where the flow rate of liquid waste is slowed to allow suspended materials to collect at the bottom, where they can later be removed.
Sinks	A natural hole, shaft or funnel shaped hollow where a stream disappears underground.
Spreads	A place where a stream diverges into multiple courses, dissipating into marsh, sand, shingle or rough grassland across a wide area.
Spring	A place where water naturally wells up from below the ground.
Spring And Trough	A long narrow container for the storage of water fed by water that is naturally welling up from the ground.
Spring As Source Of Watercourse	A place where water naturally wells up from below the ground that is the origin to which a river may be traced.
Static Water As Source Of Watercourse	The body of non flowing water, such as lakes & ponds that is the origin to which a river may be traced.
Still Water	A body of water not clearly flowing as part of an active watercourse. Includes lakes and ponds.
Still Water With Solar Panels	A body of water not clearly flowing as part of an active watercourse, that also includes panels for converting the energy of the sun to electricity or heat.
Swimming Pool	An artificially created, water-filled structure used for recreational or competitive swimming.
Watercourse	A body of water that is actively flowing. Includes rivers and streams.
Watercress Bed	An area set out for the commercial cultivation of watercress.
Waterfall	A steep fall of river or stream water, where its course is markedly and suddenly interrupted, that extends for more than 2.0m.