Key:natural
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Natural physical landscape features, including those modified or created by humans. 
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| Documented values: 92 |
| Status: de facto |
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The natural key is used to describe a wide variety of physical geography, geological and landcover features, including ones that have been modified or created by humans.
Values
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| fell |
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Habitat above the tree line covered with grass, dwarf shrubs and mosses. | No, see #545. |  | |
| grassland |
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Areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae) and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants. For mown/managed grass see landuse=grass, for hay/pasture see landuse=meadow.
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| heath |
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A dwarf-shrub habitat, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, often dominated by plants of the Ericaceae. Note. This is not for parks whose name contains the word "heath". |
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| moor |
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Don't use, see wikipage. Upland areas, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils. | currently not rendered by OSM Carto |  | |
| scrub |
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Uncultivated land covered with shrubs, bushes or stunted trees. |  |
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| shrubbery |
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An area of shrubbery that is actively maintained or pruned by humans. A slightly wilder look is also possible | currently not rendered by OSM Carto |  | |
| tree |
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A single tree. |  |
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| tree_row |
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A line of trees. |  |
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| tree_stump |
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A tree stump, the remains of a cut down or broken tree. |  | ||
| tundra |
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Habitat above tree line in alpine and subpolar regions, principally covered with uncultivated grass, low growing shrubs and mosses and sometimes grazed. |  | ||
| wood |
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Tree-covered area (a 'forest' or 'wood'). Also see landuse=forest. For more detail, one can use leaf_type=* and leaf_cycle=*.
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| bay |
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An area of water mostly surrounded by land but with a level connection to the ocean or a lake. |  |
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| beach |
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landform along a body of water which consists of sand, shingle or other loose material |  |
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| blowhole |
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An opening to a sea cave which has grown landwards resulting in blasts of water from the opening due to the wave action |  | ||
| cape |
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A piece of elevated land sticking out into the sea or large lake. Includes capes, heads, headlands and (water) promontories. |  | ||
| coastline |
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The mean high water springs line between the sea and land (with the water on the right side of the way.) |  |
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| crevasse |
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A large crack in a glacier |  | ||
| geyser |
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A spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by steam. |  | ||
| glacier |
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A permanent body of ice formed naturally from snow that is moving under its own weight. |  |
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| hot_spring |
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A spring of geothermally heated groundwater |  | ||
| isthmus |
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A narrow strip of land, bordered by water on both sides and connecting two larger land masses. |  | ||
| mud |
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Area covered with mud: water saturated fine grained soil without significant plant growth. Also see =wetland + wetland=*.
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| peninsula |
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A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass, nearly surrounded by water |  | ||
| reef |
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A feature (rock, sandbar, coral, etc) lying beneath the surface of the water |  | ||
| shingle |
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An accumulation of rounded rock fragments on a beach or riverbed |  |
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| shoal |
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An area of the sea floor near the sea surface (literally, becomes shallow) and exposed at low tide. See =sand as well.
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| spring |
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A place where ground water flows naturally from the ground (Other languages). |  |
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| strait |
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A narrow area of water surrounded by land on two sides and by water on two other sides. |  |
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| water |
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Any body of water, from natural such as a lake or pond to artificial like moat or canal. Also see water=river
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| wetland |
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A natural area subject to inundation or with waterlogged ground, further specified with wetland=*
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| arch |
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A rock arch naturally formed by erosion, with an opening underneath. | currently not rendered by OSM Carto |  | |
| arete |
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An arête, a thin, almost knife-like, ridge of rock which is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. |  |
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| bare_rock |
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An area with sparse/no soil or vegetation, so that the bedrock becomes visible. |  |
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| blockfield |
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A surface covered with boulders or block-sized rocks, usually the result of volcanic activity or associated with alpine and subpolar climates and ice ages. | Currently not rendered by OSM Carto |  | |
| cave_entrance |
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The entrance to a cave: a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. |  |
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| cliff |
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A vertical or almost vertical natural drop in terrain, usually with a bare rock surface (leave the lower face to the right of the way). |  |
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| dune |
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A hill of sand formed by wind, covered with no or very little vegetation. See also =sand and =beach
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| earth_bank |
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Large erosion gully or steep earth bank | _1.jpg) | ||
| fumarole |
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A fumarole is an opening in a planet's crust, which emits steam and gases | .jpg) | ||
| gully |
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Small scale cut in relief created by water erosion |  | ||
| hill |
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A hill. | currently not rendered by OSM Carto |  | |
| peak |
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The top (summit) of a hill or mountain. |  |
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| ridge |
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A mountain or hill linear landform with a continuous elevated crest |  |
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| rock |
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A notable rock or group of rocks attached to the underlying bedrock. | currently not rendered by OSM Carto |  | |
| saddle |
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The lowest point along a ridge or between two mountain tops |  |
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| sand |
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An area covered by sand with no or very little vegetation. See =beach and =dune as well.
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| scree |
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Unconsolidated angular rocks formed by rockfall and weathering from adjacent rockfaces. | |
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| sinkhole |
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A natural depression or hole in the surface topography. | currently not rendered by OSM Carto |  | |
| stone |
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A single notable freestanding rock, which may differ from the composition of the terrain it lies in.; e.g., glacial erratic. | currently not rendered by OSM Carto |  | |
| valley |
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A natural depression flanked by ridges or ranges of mountains or hills | currently not rendered by OSM Carto |  | |
| volcano |
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An opening exposed on the earth's surface where volcanic material is emitted. |  |
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All commonly used values according to Taginfo | |||
This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.
Deprecated values
Please avoid use of:
=land: Use an appropriate other tag to describe the use to which the land has been put. See also: multipolygon and=coastline.=marsh: Use=wetlandinstead withwetland=marsh.
Possible tagging mistakes
See also
- Landcover
- Land use and areas of natural land
- Conservation
- Geological
- Category:Key descriptions for group "natural"
- Category:Tag descriptions for group "natural"
- OpenLandcoverMap: render many landuse and natural tags.