The Australian National Groundwater Data Transfer Standard

SLOPE

Domain for slope TYPE of SETTING              
References              
Kidston, L. & McDonald, W. 1997, pcSITES User Manual Version 1.2., ACLEP Technical Report No. 5, Australian Collaborative Land Evaluation Program              
Qualifier 1: minimum percentage gradient for slope category            
Qualifier 2: maximum percentage gradient for slope category            
Note:              
Attribute Code Parent Category Synonyms Description Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
slope LE   level   ground surface is level 0 1
slope VG   very gentle   ground surface is very gently inclined 1 3
slope GE   gentle   ground surface is gently inclined 3 10
slope MO   moderate   ground surface is moderately inclined 10 32
slope ST   steep   ground surface is steeply inclined 32 56
slope VS   very steep   ground surface is very steeply inclined 56 100
slope PR   precipitous   slope of ground surface is precipitous 100 100
slope UNK   unknown   slope of ground surface is unknown    

 

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