Template:Generic:Map Features:natural

Natural

This is used to describe natural and physical land features. These also include features that have been modified by humans.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Carto rendering	Photo
Vegetation
natural	fell		Habitat above the tree line covered with grass, dwarf shrubs and mosses.	No, see #545.
natural	grassland		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.
natural	heath		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".
natural	moor		Don't use, see wikipage. Upland areas, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils.	currently not rendered by OSM Carto
natural	scrub		Uncultivated land covered with shrubs, bushes or stunted trees.
natural	shrubbery		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
natural	tree		A single tree.
natural	tree_row		A line of trees.
natural	tree_stump		A tree stump, the remains of a cut down or broken tree.
natural	tundra		Habitat above tree line in alpine and subpolar regions, principally covered with uncultivated grass, low growing shrubs and mosses and sometimes grazed.
natural	wood		Tree-covered area (a 'forest' or 'wood'). Also see landuse=forest. For more detail, one can use leaf_type=* and leaf_cycle=*.
Water related
natural	bay		An area of water mostly surrounded by land but with a level connection to the ocean or a lake.
natural	beach		landform along a body of water which consists of sand, shingle or other loose material
natural	blowhole		An opening to a sea cave which has grown landwards resulting in blasts of water from the opening due to the wave action
natural	cape		A piece of elevated land sticking out into the sea or large lake. Includes capes, heads, headlands and (water) promontories.
natural	coastline		The mean high water springs line between the sea and land (with the water on the right side of the way.)
natural	crevasse		A large crack in a glacier
natural	geyser		A spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by steam.
natural	glacier		A permanent body of ice formed naturally from snow that is moving under its own weight.
natural	hot_spring		A spring of geothermally heated groundwater
natural	isthmus		A narrow strip of land, bordered by water on both sides and connecting two larger land masses.
natural	mud		Area covered with mud: water saturated fine grained soil without significant plant growth. Also see natural=wetland + wetland=*.
natural	peninsula		A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass, nearly surrounded by water
natural	reef		A feature (rock, sandbar, coral, etc) lying beneath the surface of the water
natural	shingle		An accumulation of rounded rock fragments on a beach or riverbed
natural	shoal		An area of the sea floor near the sea surface (literally, becomes shallow) and exposed at low tide. See natural=sand as well.
natural	spring		A place where ground water flows naturally from the ground (Other languages).
natural	strait		A narrow area of water surrounded by land on two sides and by water on two other sides.
natural	water		Any body of water, from natural such as a lake or pond to artificial like moat or canal. Also see waterway=riverbank
natural	wetland		A natural area subject to inundation or with waterlogged ground, further specified with wetland=*
Geology related
natural	arch		A rock arch naturally formed by erosion, with an opening underneath.	currently not rendered by OSM Carto
natural	arete		An arête, a thin, almost knife-like, ridge of rock which is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys.
natural	bare_rock		An area with sparse/no soil or vegetation, so that the bedrock becomes visible.
natural	blockfield		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
natural	cave_entrance		The entrance to a cave: a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter.
natural	cliff		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).
natural	dune		A hill of sand formed by wind, covered with no or very little vegetation. See also natural=sand and natural=beach	currently not rendered by OSM Carto
natural	earth_bank		Large erosion gully or steep earth bank
natural	fumarole		A fumarole is an opening in a planet's crust, which emits steam and gases
natural	gully		Small scale cut in relief created by water erosion
natural	hill		A hill.	currently not rendered by OSM Carto
natural	peak		The top (summit) of a hill or mountain.
natural	ridge		A mountain or hill linear landform with a continuous elevated crest
natural	rock		A notable rock or group of rocks attached to the underlying bedrock.	currently not rendered by OSM Carto
natural	saddle		The lowest point along a ridge or between two mountain tops
natural	sand		An area covered by sand with no or very little vegetation. See natural=beach and natural=dune as well.
natural	scree		Unconsolidated angular rocks formed by rockfall and weathering from adjacent rockfaces.
natural	sinkhole		A natural depression or hole in the surface topography.	currently not rendered by OSM Carto
natural	stone		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
natural	valley		A natural depression flanked by ridges or ranges of mountains or hills	currently not rendered by OSM Carto
natural	volcano		An opening exposed on the earth's surface where volcanic material is emitted.
natural	user defined		All commonly used values according to Taginfo

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