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GT-Polygon

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:44699  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
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Summary

Abstract

In north-central and northwestern Puerto Rico is an area underlain mostly by Tertiary limestones, in which the topography is chiefly formed by solution (Monroe, 1976). This area comprises a physiographic province known as the karst belt. In this area, most of the drainage is underground except along the channels of those rivers that flow north across the belt from the mountains to the sea. Parts of two of the rivers mapped in this project, R\xEDo Camuy and R\xEDo Tanam\xE1 (a tributary of R\xEDo Grande de Arecibo), flow underground for part of their courses. Five additional rivers mapped, R\xEDo de la Plata, R\xEDo Cibuco (and its tributary R\xEDo Indio), R\xEDo Grande de Manat\xED, R\xEDo Guajataca, and R\xEDo Grande de Arecibo, also flow through the karst belt. Any river flowing across karst areas has the potential for losing a part of its flow to underground channels and caverns. Responders should be aware of the possibility of channel leakage and groundwater pollution during oil spills in these areas. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

Entity Information

Data Attribute / Type Description
WATER_CODE
VARCHAR 		Specifies a polygon as either water or land | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

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Item Identification

Title: GT-Polygon
Short Name: GT-Polygon
Status: Completed
Abstract:

In north-central and northwestern Puerto Rico is an area underlain mostly by Tertiary limestones, in which the topography is chiefly formed by solution (Monroe, 1976). This area comprises a physiographic province known as the karst belt. In this area, most of the drainage is underground except along the channels of those rivers that flow north across the belt from the mountains to the sea. Parts of two of the rivers mapped in this project, R\xEDo Camuy and R\xEDo Tanam\xE1 (a tributary of R\xEDo Grande de Arecibo), flow underground for part of their courses. Five additional rivers mapped, R\xEDo de la Plata, R\xEDo Cibuco (and its tributary R\xEDo Indio), R\xEDo Grande de Manat\xED, R\xEDo Guajataca, and R\xEDo Grande de Arecibo, also flow through the karst belt. Any river flowing across karst areas has the potential for losing a part of its flow to underground channels and caverns. Responders should be aware of the possibility of channel leakage and groundwater pollution during oil spills in these areas. | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
Notes:

Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 WATER_CODE VARCHAR Specifies a polygon as either water or land | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.

Attribute Details

WATER_CODE

CC ID: 556431
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Specifies a polygon as either water or land | Description Source: Research Planning, Inc.
Allowed Values: L: Land | W: Water |

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 44699
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:44699
Metadata Record Created By: Tyler Christensen
Metadata Record Created: 2017-04-06 11:42+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-08-07
Owner Org: ORR
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-08-07
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-08-07