Global Seafloor Geomorphic Features - Blue Habitats
type: Dataset
description: Conservation International, GRID-Arendal and Geoscience Australia recently collaborated to produce a map of the global distribution of seafloor geomorphic features. The global seafloor geomorphic features map represents an important contribution towards the understanding of the distribution of blue habitats. Certain geomorphic feature are known to be good surrogates for biodiversity. For example, seamounts support a different suite of species to abyssal plains. A detailed description and analysis of the global geomorphic features map can be found in in the scientific paper published in Marine Geology (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.01.011). The map and the underlying spatial data can be accessed from http://www.bluehabitats.org/ Seafloor Geomorphic Features Map by Harris, P.T., Macmillan-Lawler, M., Rupp, J. and Baker, E.K. 2014. Geomorphology of the oceans. Marine Geology, 352: 4-24. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The data is available as ESRI shapefiles in a single zipped archive and contains shapefiles for the following geomorphic features: abysses, basins, bridges, canyons, escarpments, fans, glacial troughs, guyots, hadals, plateaus, ridges, rift valleys, rises, seamounts, shelfs, sills, slopes, spreading ridges, terraces, trenches, and troughs.
language: en-US
date created: 21-07-2021T03:07:03.0
date modified: 20-02-2025T18:02:01.0
publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
subject of: Coastal and Marine
keywords: geomorphic
keywords: seafloor
keywords: marine
keywords: benthic
keywords: abyss
keywords: basin
keywords: bridge
keywords: canyon
keywords: escarpment
keywords: fan
keywords: trough
keywords: guyot
keywords: hadal
keywords: plateau
keywords: ridge
keywords: rift valley
keywords: rise
keywords: seamount
keywords: shelf
keywords: sill
keywords: slope
keywords: spreading ridge
keywords: terrace
keywords: trench
keywords: gis
keywords: geo
keywords: data
keywords: conservation
keywords: biopama2
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
spatial: POLYGON ((-180.54931640625 -82.765372630273, -180.54931640625 84.990100180235, 190.70068359375 84.990100180235, 190.70068359375 -82.765372630273))
spatial coverage: Worldwide
accountable person: Miles Macmillan-Lawler
distribution: Global Seafloor Geomorphic Features
  type: DataDownload
  file format: zip
  encoding format: application/zip
  description: Conservation International, GRID-Arendal and Geoscience Australia recently collaborated to produce a map of the global distribution of seafloor geomorphic features. The global seafloor geomorphic features map represents an important contribution towards the understanding of the distribution of blue habitats. Certain geomorphic feature are known to be good surrogates for biodiversity. For example, seamounts support a different suite of species to abyssal plains. A detailed description and analysis of the global geomorphic features map can be found in in the scientific paper published in Marine Geology (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.01.011). The map and the underlying spatial data can be accessed from http://www.bluehabitats.org/ Seafloor Geomorphic Features Map by Harris, P.T., Macmillan-Lawler, M., Rupp, J. and Baker, E.K. 2014. Geomorphology of the oceans. Marine Geology, 352: 4-24. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The data is available as ESRI shapefiles in a single zipped archive and contains shapefiles for the following geomorphic features: abysses, basins, bridges, canyons, escarpments, fans, glacial troughs, guyots, hadals, plateaus, ridges, rift valleys, rises, seamounts, shelfs, sills, slopes, spreading ridges, terraces, trenches, and troughs.