A Spatiotemporal Change Detection Analysis of Coastline Data in Qingdao, East China
Table 2
The coastline classification system of Qingdao, East China.
Primary categories
Secondary categories
Classification definition
Location name
Natural
Bedrock boundary line
It is the demarcation line on the bedrock coast between the land and sea
Liuqinghe
Estuary boundary line
The border between the ocean and the estuary and between the ocean and the river
Mengjiatan
Sandy boundary line
Composed of loose, very soft, and fine materials such as sand, silt, and sludge; comprising relatively straight coastline and wide, long beaches; sand in the bay at high tide
Jinshatan
Muddy boundary line
Coastline on the muddy or silt coast, which is usually at the vegetation line where salt-tolerant plant distribution patterns change
Wangtai
Artificial
Salt field boundary line
The saline-alkali drying sea-land dividing line
Taitou
Construction boundary line
A land-to-sea demarcation line for the growth of the maritime industry and for other constructions
Suliu
Harbor and wharf boundary line
A demarcation line for the practical usage of port terminals between the land and sea
Xiangyang
Breeding boundary line
An artificially built land-sea border for aquaculture
Yinghai
Road boundary line
The land-sea dividing line of the artificially built highway
Xiaozhuang
Other artificial boundary lines
Lines of artificial boundaries, which do not belong to the classification above
