# waterpointdescriptionvalue

This code list is used in association with the Description attribute which is present within the Water Point Feature Type. The code list describes the type of interaction at a water point (for example, culvert entrance).

| Label                           | Definition                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Culvert Entrance                | The entrance or exit to a pipe or conduit for the flow of water under the ground.                                                                                                   |
| Culvert Entrance And Issues     | The entrance or exit to a pipe or conduit for the flow of water under the ground that also acts as an Issues (the source of a stream or river).                                     |
| Culvert Entrance And Outfall    | The entrance or exit to a pipe or conduit for the flow of water under the ground that is coincident with an Outfall.                                                                |
| Culvert Entrance And Spring     | The entrance or exit to a pipe or conduit for the flow of water under the ground that is coincident with a Spring.                                                                  |
| Ford                            | A location where a road, track or path passes through a watercourse which for at least some part of the year passes over and/or along the communication route.                      |
| Issues                          | The source of a stream which is a natural emission from an agricultural drain, or where the stream re-emerges from underground. Please see also Culvert Entrance As Issues.         |
| Memorial Open Well              | A Well commemorating a person or event.                                                                                                                                             |
| Mineral Spring                  | A place where water, containing mineral deposits, naturally wells up from below the ground.                                                                                         |
| Sinks                           | A natural hole, shaft or funnel shaped hollow where a stream disappears underground.                                                                                                |
| Source Of Watercourse           | The origin to which a river or stream may be traced.                                                                                                                                |
| Spring                          | A place where water naturally wells up from below the ground. OR A place where water naturally wells up from below the ground, being of historical interest.                        |
| Spring As Source Of Watercourse | A place where water, containing iron, naturally wells up from below the ground that is the origin to which a river or stream may be traced.                                         |
| Tidal Ford                      | An established surface part of a tidal or inter tidal area that extends from one area above MHW(S) to another that can be used as a crossing point for pedestrians and/or vehicles. |
| Waterfall                       | A steep fall of river or stream water, where its course is markedly and suddenly interrupted, that extends for less than 2.0m.                                                      |