From f7f0112256b738a7c640c37d5bcbfc8a33bdb307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: krasimir Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:07:24 +0000 Subject: added examples/SUMO --- examples/SUMO/Geography.gf | 3062 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 3062 insertions(+) create mode 100644 examples/SUMO/Geography.gf (limited to 'examples/SUMO/Geography.gf') diff --git a/examples/SUMO/Geography.gf b/examples/SUMO/Geography.gf new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6ff3bde4d --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/SUMO/Geography.gf @@ -0,0 +1,3062 @@ +abstract Geography = open Merge, Mid_level_ontology, Transportation in { + + + + +fun AcidRainIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- AcidRainfall is the subclass of +-- Raining in which the precipitate contains harmful amounts of +-- sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxide. The standard for acid rain +-- is below 5.6 pH. +fun AcidRainfall : Class ; +fun AcidRainfall_Class : SubClass AcidRainfall WeatherProcess ; + +-- Acidification is the process of +-- lowering soil and water pH due to acid rain or other types of +-- acid deposition. Potential harmful effects include killing +-- freshwater fish and plants. +fun Acidification : Class ; +fun Acidification_Class : SubClass Acidification Combining ; + +fun AcidificationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- AerosolParticulate is a +-- Substance that includes aerosol_dispersed particles +-- that are mixed with air, gas, or smoke. A form of Pollution. +fun AerosolParticulate : Class ; +fun AerosolParticulate_Class : SubClass AerosolParticulate Substance ; + +fun AerosolParticulateIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- Afforestation is the process of +-- planting trees and plants on spaces that are either empty or in +-- agricultural use. +fun Afforestation : Class ; +fun Afforestation_Class : SubClass Afforestation Planting ; + +fun Africa : Ind Continent ; + +-- Aftershock is the subclass of EarthTremors +-- that occur after the main tremor(s) of an Earthquake. +fun Aftershock : Class ; +fun Aftershock_Class : SubClass Aftershock EarthTremor ; + +-- Agreement is the class of +-- Propositions that express the contents of agreements +-- entered into by CognitiveAgents. Agreement includes +-- treaties, contracts, purchase orders, pledges, marriage +-- vows, etc. An Agreement may be written down in a document +-- or other ContentBearingObject. +fun Agreement : Class ; +fun Agreement_Class : SubClass Agreement Proposition ; + +-- (AgreementOrganizationFn ?AGR) +-- denotes the official Organization established by the Agreement ?AGR +-- to administer or enforce the terms of that agreement. +fun AgreementOrganizationFn : El Agreement -> Ind Organization ; + + +fun AgriculturalChemicalsIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun AgriculturalExpansionIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- Agriculture is a class of Processes +-- in which land, plants, or animals are cultivated in order to produce +-- food or other organic products. +fun Agriculture : Class ; +fun Agriculture_Class : SubClass Agriculture Maintaining ; + +-- AirPollution is the subclass of +-- Pollution processes in which air is contaminated. +fun AirPollution : Class ; +fun AirPollution_Class : SubClass AirPollution Pollution ; + +fun AirPollutionConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun AirPollutionIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +fun AirPollution_NitrogenOxidesProtocol : Ind Agreement ; + +fun AirPollution_PeristentOrganicPollutantsProtocol : Ind Agreement ; + +fun AirPollution_Sulphur85Protocol : Ind Agreement ; + +fun AirPollution_Sulphur94Protocol : Ind Agreement ; + +fun AirPollution_VolatileOrganicCompoundsProtocol : Ind Agreement ; + +-- AirStream is the class of FlowRegions that consist of air. +fun AirStream : Class ; +fun AirStream_Class : SubClass AirStream (both Air FlowRegion) ; + + +-- The area below the AntarcticCircle, which is +-- 66 degrees 33 minutes and 38 seconds south latitude. It is dark +-- for at least 24 hours at some point during the year, with an +-- increasing period of yearly continuous darkness as one gets closer +-- to the South Pole. +fun AntarcticArea : Class ; +fun AntarcticArea_Class : SubClass AntarcticArea LandArea ; + +fun AntarcticCircumpolarCurrent : Ind WaterMotion ; + +fun AntarcticSealsConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun AntarcticTreaty : Ind Agreement ; + +fun Antarctic_EnvironmentalProtocol : Ind Agreement ; + +fun Antarctic_MarineLivingResourcesConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun ArabianSea : Ind Sea ; + +-- ArableLand is the subclass of +-- LandArea that represents land in cultivation with crops that +-- are replanted after each harvest, e.g., wheat and rice. +fun ArableLand : Class ; +fun ArableLand_Class : SubClass ArableLand LandArea ; + +fun AralSea : Ind SaltLake ; + +-- ArcMinute represents a UnitOfMeasure +-- equivalent to 1/60th of an AngularDegree. +fun ArcMinute : Ind UnitOfAngularMeasure ; + + +-- ArcSecond represents a UnitOfMeasure +-- equivalent to 1/60th of an ArcMinute. +fun ArcSecond : Ind UnitOfAngularMeasure ; + + +-- An ArchipelagicArea is a GeographicArea +-- including an Archipelago and the surrounding WaterArea. +fun ArchipelagicArea : Class ; +fun ArchipelagicArea_Class : SubClass ArchipelagicArea GeographicArea ; + +-- An Archipelago is a group of islands. +fun Archipelago : Class ; +fun Archipelago_Class : SubClass Archipelago (both Collection LandForm) ; + + +-- ArcticOcean represents the Arctic Ocean. +fun ArcticOcean : Ind Ocean ; + + +-- The area above the Artic Circle, which is +-- 66 degrees 33 minutes and 38 seconds north latitude. It is dark +-- for at least 24 hours at some point during the year, with an +-- increasing period of yearly continuous darkness as one gets closer +-- to the North Pole. +fun ArcticRegion : Class ; + + +-- AreaOfConcern is a subclass of +-- Attributes that represent and classify the kinds of interests that +-- agents have. +fun AreaOfConcern : Class ; +fun AreaOfConcern_Class : SubClass AreaOfConcern RelationalAttribute ; + +-- AridClimateZone is the +-- class of regions in which the climate is characterized by +-- a distinct dry season. Annual rate of moisture evaporation +-- exceeds annual rate of precipitation. This is Class B in the +-- Koeppen climate system. +fun AridClimateZone : Class ; +fun AridClimateZone_Class : SubClass AridClimateZone ClimateZone ; + +-- Asbestos is a Mineral. +fun Asbestos : Class ; +fun Asbestos_Class : SubClass Asbestos Mineral ; + +fun AsbestosDisposalIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun Asia : Ind Continent ; + +-- AtlanticOcean represents the Atlantic +-- Ocean. +fun AtlanticOcean : Ind Ocean ; + + +-- Atmosphere is a mixture of gases +-- surrounding any celestial object that has a gravitational field +-- strong enough to prevent the gases from escaping. +fun Atmosphere : Class ; +fun Atmosphere_Class : SubClass Atmosphere Region ; + +fun AtmosphericHazing : Class ; +fun AtmosphericHazing_Class : SubClass AtmosphericHazing WeatherProcess ; + +-- Atoll is the class of CoralReefs which surround +-- a lagoon. +fun Atoll : Class ; +fun Atoll_Class : SubClass Atoll CoralReef ; + +-- AvalancheProcess is a subclass of +-- Motion that represents events in which a loosened mass of snow, ice, +-- rock, or earth rapidly descends a steep slope, with a destructive force. +fun AvalancheProcess : Class ; +fun AvalancheProcess_Class : SubClass AvalancheProcess Impelling ; + +fun BalticSea : Ind Sea ; + +-- Barite is Barium Sulfate occurring as a mineral. +fun Barite : Class ; +fun Barite_Class : SubClass Barite (both CompoundSubstance Mineral) ; + + +-- A Basin is an area of land enclosed or partially +-- enclosed by higher land. +fun Basin : Class ; +fun Basin_Class : SubClass Basin LandForm ; + +-- Bay is the class of extensions of a body of water +-- (salt or fresh) that reach into the land, usually smaller than a +-- Gulf. +fun Bay : Class ; +fun Bay_Class : SubClass Bay Inlet ; + +-- BeaufortNumber is the +-- Attribute for indicating wind force, according to +-- classifications based on observable weather conditions and later +-- related to wind speed ranges. +fun BeaufortNumber : Class ; +fun BeaufortNumber_Class : SubClass BeaufortNumber RelationalAttribute ; + +fun BeaufortNumberEight : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberEleven : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberFive : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberFour : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberNine : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberOne : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberSeven : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberSix : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberTen : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberThree : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberTwelve : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeaufortNumberTwo : Ind BeaufortNumber ; + +fun BeringSea : Ind Sea ; + +-- BiodiversityAttribute is the +-- class of Attributes that describe the level of biodiversity present +-- in a GeographicArea or Ecosystem. +fun BiodiversityAttribute : Class ; +fun BiodiversityAttribute_Class : SubClass BiodiversityAttribute InternalAttribute ; + +fun BiodiversityConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun BiodiversityIssue : Class ; +fun BiodiversityIssue_Class : SubClass BiodiversityIssue EnvironmentalIssue ; +-- Biome is the class of GeographicAreas +-- representing major kinds of ecological communities, that is, areas in +-- which certain kinds of plants, animals, weather, and terrain interact +-- to produce and support a distinctive ecosystem. +fun Biome : Class ; +fun Biome_Class : SubClass Biome Ecosystem ; + +fun BlackSea : Ind Sea ; + +fun Blizzard : Class ; +fun Blizzard_Class : SubClass Blizzard WeatherProcess ; +fun BodyOfWater_WaterArea : SubClass BodyOfWater WaterArea ; + +-- (BorderFn ?AREA1 ?AREA2) denotes the +-- border area where the GeographicAreas ?AREA1 and ?AREA2 meet. +fun BorderFn : El GeographicArea -> El GeographicArea -> Ind GeographicArea ; + + +fun BorealForest : Class ; +fun BorealForest_Class : SubClass BorealForest (both Biome Forest) ; + +-- BrownCoal is a soft Coal harder than +-- peat and softer than bituminous coal. Also called lignite, it is +-- brownish in color. +fun BrownCoal : Class ; +fun BrownCoal_Class : SubClass BrownCoal Coal ; + +-- A Butte is an Upland raised sharply from the +-- surrounding region. Smaller in area than a Mesa. +fun Butte : Class ; +fun Butte_Class : SubClass Butte (both LandForm UplandArea) ; + + +-- Canal is the subclass of navigable Waterways +-- flowing through an artificial course. Typically, a canal is a +-- Transitway connecting two bodies of water. +fun Canal : Class ; +fun Canal_Class : SubClass Canal (both StationaryArtifact Waterway) ; + + +-- A CanalStructure is the constructed +-- framework, including Locks, that contains the waters of a Canal. +fun CanalStructure : Class ; +fun CanalStructure_Class : SubClass CanalStructure StationaryArtifact ; + +-- CanopiedVegetation describes the +-- density of vegetation in a RainForest or Jungle. +fun CanopiedVegetation : Ind Attribute ; + + +-- A Canyon is a narrow valley with steep sides, usually +-- created by erosion. +fun Canyon : Class ; +fun Canyon_Class : SubClass Canyon LandForm ; + +-- A Cape is a piece of land projecting into a body of water. +fun Cape : Class ; +fun Cape_Class : SubClass Cape LandForm ; + +-- CarbonCycle is the class of +-- GeologicalProcesses in which carbon in various forms is passed +-- between air, water, earth, and the biosphere. +fun CarbonCycle : Class ; +fun CarbonCycle_Class : SubClass CarbonCycle GeologicalProcess ; + +fun CarbonDioxideEmission : Class ; +fun CarbonDioxideEmission_Class : SubClass CarbonDioxideEmission Separating ; +fun CaribbeanRegion : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun CaribbeanSea : Ind Sea ; + +fun CaspianSea : Ind SaltLake ; + +-- A CaveMatrix is the framework of earth or +-- rock in which a Cave is embedded. +fun CaveMatrix : Class ; +fun CaveMatrix_Class : SubClass CaveMatrix LandForm ; + +fun Cave_Hole : SubClass Cave Hole ; + +fun CentralAfrica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun CentralAsia : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun CentralEurope : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun CentralSouthAmerica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun Channel_BodyOfWater : SubClass Channel BodyOfWater ; + +fun ChinookWind : Class ; +fun ChinookWind_Class : SubClass ChinookWind WindProcess ; +-- A mineral that consists of an oxide of +-- iron and chromium. +fun Chromite : Class ; +fun Chromite_Class : SubClass Chromite (both CompoundSubstance Mineral) ; + + +-- Fine_grained soil consisting of mineral particles, not +-- necessarily clay minerals, that are less than 0.002 mm in their maximum dimension. +fun Clay : Class ; +fun Clay_Class : SubClass Clay Soil ; + +-- ClearWeather represents a condition +-- in which less than 30% of the sky is covered with clouds. +fun ClearWeather : Class ; +fun ClearWeather_Class : SubClass ClearWeather WeatherProcess ; + +-- A Cliff is any high, very_steep_to_perpendicular +-- or overhanging face of rock or earth, a precipice. +fun Cliff : Class ; +fun Cliff_Class : SubClass Cliff SlopedArea ; + +fun ClimateChangeConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun ClimateChangeIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun ClimateChange_KyotoProtocol : Ind Agreement ; + +-- &ClimateZone is a subclass of GeographicArea in which regions +-- are classified according to their long_term weather conditions. +-- The subclasses of ClimateZone are based on the Koeppen Climate +-- Classification system. In the Koeppen system, climate zones are +-- distinguished based on temperatures and rainfall. +fun ClimateZone : Class ; +fun ClimateZone_Class : SubClass ClimateZone GeographicArea ; + +-- Coal is a black or brownish black solid combustible +-- substance formed by the partial decomposition of vegetable matter without +-- free access of air and under the influence of moisture and often increased +-- pressure and temperature. Coal is a sedimentary rock containing a high +-- proportion of carbon. +fun Coal : Class ; +fun Coal_Class : SubClass Coal (both FossilFuel (both Mineral Rock)) ; + + +fun CoastalDegradation : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun CoastalFlooding : Class ; +fun CoastalFlooding_Class : SubClass CoastalFlooding Flooding ; +fun CoastalMarinePollutionIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- CoastalPlain is the class of broad plains +-- areas adjacent to a Sea or Ocean. A coastal plain includes a narrower +-- ShoreArea adjacent to a body of water. +fun CoastalPlain : Class ; +fun CoastalPlain_Class : SubClass CoastalPlain Plain ; + +-- ColdClimateZone is the subclass +-- of ClimateZone that is characterized by a warmest month with average +-- temperature less than 10 degrees Celsius and a coldest month with +-- average temperature less than _3 degrees Celsius. This is Koeppen climate +-- system Type D. +fun ColdClimateZone : Class ; +fun ColdClimateZone_Class : SubClass ColdClimateZone ClimateZone ; + +-- ColdDampClimateZone is the +-- subclass of ColdClimateZone that is characterized by having more +-- than 30 mm of precipitation in the driest month. This is subtype +-- 'Df' in the Koeppen climate system. +fun ColdDampClimateZone : Class ; +fun ColdDampClimateZone_Class : SubClass ColdDampClimateZone ColdClimateZone ; + +-- ColdFront is the class of transitional +-- weather processes occurring between a cold air mass that is advancing +-- upon a warm air mass. +fun ColdFront : Class ; +fun ColdFront_Class : SubClass ColdFront WeatherFront ; + +-- ContinentalClimateZone is a subclass of TemperateClimateZone that is +-- characterized by cold winters and hot summers. +fun ContinentalClimateZone : Class ; +fun ContinentalClimateZone_Class : SubClass ContinentalClimateZone TemperateClimateZone ; + +-- ContinentalMargin is class of +-- SubmergedLandAreas that are the extension of land underwater at +-- the edge of a continent, before a drop to the sea floor. A +-- ContinentalMargin includes the ContinentalShelf and the +-- continental break, slope, or rise at the outer edge. +fun ContinentalMargin : Class ; +fun ContinentalMargin_Class : SubClass ContinentalMargin SubmergedLandArea ; + +-- A ContinentalShelf is a natural +-- undersea extension of land around a Continent. The shelf is a +-- gently sloped (average less than one percent) plain that is an extension +-- of the CoastalPlain found off the coast of most continents. +fun ContinentalShelf : Class ; +fun ContinentalShelf_Class : SubClass ContinentalShelf SubmergedLandArea ; + +-- Corals are gastrovascular marine cnidarians (phylum +-- Cnidaria, class Anthozoa) existing as small anemone_like polyps, typically +-- forming colonies of many individuals. The group includes the important +-- reef builders known as hermatypic corals, found in tropical oceans, and +-- belonging to the subclass Zoantharia of order Scleractinia (formerly +-- Madreporaria). The hermatypic corals obtain much of their nutrient +-- requirement from symbiotic unicellular algae called zooxanthellae, and so +-- are dependent upon growing in sunlight. As a result, these corals are +-- usually found not far beneath the surface, although in clear waters corals +-- can grow at depths of 60 m (200 ft). Corals breed by spawning, with all +-- corals of the same species in a region releasing gametes simultaneously +-- over a period of one to several nights around a full moon. (from Wikipedia) +fun Coral : Class ; +fun Coral_Class : SubClass Coral Invertebrate ; + +-- CoralReef is the subclass of Reefs that are +-- formed from living organisms that produce the limestone formations of the +-- reef. Coral reefs include fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and Atolls. +fun CoralReef : Class ; +fun CoralReef_Class : SubClass CoralReef Reef ; + +fun CoralReefDecayIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- A Cove is a small part of a body of water that +-- reaches into a coast. +fun Cove : Class ; +fun Cove_Class : SubClass Cove Inlet ; + +-- Crosswind is the relative attribute of a +-- Wind to an object when the force of the wind is applied to a lateral +-- side of the object. +fun Crosswind : Ind Attribute ; + + +-- CyclonicStorm is the class of +-- LowPressureWeatherSystems that involve a low pressure area +-- surrounded by rapidly rotating winds, with the whole system +-- typically moving forward at 20_30 mph. +fun CyclonicStorm : Class ; +fun CyclonicStorm_Class : SubClass CyclonicStorm (both LowPressureWeatherSystem Windstorm) ; + + +-- DDT (dichoro_diphenyl_trichloro_ethane) +-- is a highly toxic insecticide also harmful to most other animal +-- species. DDT was banned in the UnitedStates in 1972. +fun DDT : Class ; +fun DDT_Class : SubClass DDT CompoundSubstance ; + +fun Dam_StationaryArtifact : SubClass Dam StationaryArtifact ; + +-- (DatumFn ?place) denotes the point of MLLW (Mean Lower Low +-- Water) used as the initial data point for a coastal or WaterArea given on a nautical +-- chart. High and low tides are calculated with reference to this point. +fun DatumFn : El GeographicArea -> Ind LengthMeasure ; + + +fun DeadSea : Ind SaltLake ; + +-- Defoliant is the class of substances +-- that are used to make plants lose their leaves, typically used +-- in agriculture or warfare. Defoliants may have detrimental +-- environmental side effects. +fun Defoliant : Class ; +fun Defoliant_Class : SubClass Defoliant PureSubstance ; + +fun Deforestation : Class ; +fun Deforestation_Class : SubClass Deforestation (both ForestDamage Removing) ; + +fun DeforestationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- A Delta is a LandForm composed of silt or other +-- alluvium, deposited at or near the mouth of a river or stream as it enters +-- a body of relatively static water. Typically a delta is flat and fan_shaped. +fun Delta : Class ; +fun Delta_Class : SubClass Delta LandForm ; + +-- DenseVegetation describes the +-- density of vegetation in a Forest. +fun DenseVegetation : Ind Attribute ; + + +-- Desert is a subclass of LandAreas that are +-- arid regions having sparse or no vegetation. +fun Desert : Class ; +fun Desert_Class : SubClass Desert LandArea ; + +-- DesertClimateZone +-- is the class of AridClimateZones characterized by +-- sparse, desert vegetation. Koeppen system 'BW'. +fun DesertClimateZone : Class ; +fun DesertClimateZone_Class : SubClass DesertClimateZone AridClimateZone ; + +-- Desertification represents the +-- Process by which desert conditions are spread over an area. +fun Desertification : Class ; +fun Desertification_Class : SubClass Desertification WeatherProcess ; + +fun DesertificationConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun DesertificationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun DipSlipFault : Class ; +fun DipSlipFault_Class : SubClass DipSlipFault GeologicalFault ; +-- (DirectionalSubregionFn ?DIRECTION ?AREA) denotes the part +-- of GeographicArea ?AREA that lies in ?DIRECTION from the +-- geographic center of ?AREA. For example, +-- (DirectionalSubregionFn Iraq North) denotes the Northern +-- part of Iraq. Such subregions are defined purely by geographical +-- points of reference, not by sociological ones. For example, +-- (DirectionalSubregionFn UnitedStatesOfAmerica South) denotes +-- the Southern half of the United States, it does not denote the +-- American South as distinguished for historical, literary, or +-- cultural purposes. +fun DirectionalSubregionFn : El DirectionalAttribute -> El GeographicArea -> Ind GeographicArea ; + + +fun DiseaseConditionsIssue : Class ; +fun DiseaseConditionsIssue_Class : SubClass DiseaseConditionsIssue EnvironmentalIssue ; +-- (DocumentFn ?PROP) denotes a class +-- of Text objects that contain the information ?PROP. +fun DocumentFn: El Proposition -> Desc Text ; + + +-- Downhill is a PositionalAttribute that +-- describes the relation between two things, one of which is located +-- down a slope from the other. +fun Downhill : Ind PositionalAttribute ; + + +fun Downstream : Ind PositionalAttribute ; + +-- Downwind is a PositionalAttribute that indicates relative position +-- downwind (leeward) with respect to the direction that the Wind is +-- blowing. +fun Downwind : Ind PositionalAttribute ; + + +fun Dredging : Class ; +fun Dredging_Class : SubClass Dredging Removing ; +fun DriftNetFishingIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun DriftnetFishing : Class ; +fun DriftnetFishing_Class : SubClass DriftnetFishing Fishing ; +-- Drought is the subclass of WeatherProcess +-- that represents long periods without precipitation, which is damaging +-- to crops, livestock, and human life. +fun Drought : Class ; +fun Drought_Class : SubClass Drought WeatherProcess ; + +fun DroughtIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- DryWinterColdClimateZone +-- is a subclass of ColdClimateZone that is characterized by having +-- at least ten times as much precipitation in the wettest summer month +-- as in the driest winter month. This is Koeppen climate system subtype +-- 'Dw'. +fun DryWinterColdClimateZone : Class ; +fun DryWinterColdClimateZone_Class : SubClass DryWinterColdClimateZone ColdClimateZone ; + +fun DustStorm : Class ; +fun DustStorm_Class : SubClass DustStorm WeatherProcess ; +-- An EarthTremor is an individual seismic +-- event in which the earth shakes due to release of seismic pressures. +fun EarthTremor : Class ; +fun EarthTremor_Class : SubClass EarthTremor (both GeologicalProcess Tremor) ; + + +-- Earthquake is the class of events in +-- which the earth shakes while its layers readjust due to tensional +-- stresses in the surface of the earth. A single earthquake may consist +-- of one or more EarthTremors. +fun Earthquake : Class ; +fun Earthquake_Class : SubClass Earthquake GeologicalProcess ; + +-- EarthsAtmosphere is the layer of gases, +-- a mixture of mainly oxygen and nitrogen, surrounding PlanetEarth. See +-- also Air. +fun EarthsAtmosphere : Ind Atmosphere ; + + +-- EarthsMoon is the Moon of PlanetEarth. +fun EarthsMoon : Ind Moon ; + + +fun EasternAfrica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun EasternAsia : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun EasternEurope : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- The half of the Earth that includes Europe, +-- Asia, Africa, and Australia. +fun EasternHemisphere : Ind Hemisphere ; + + +fun EasternSouthAmerica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- Ecosystem is a subclass of GeographicAreas +-- considered together with their organisms and environment as a functioning +-- whole. +fun Ecosystem : Class ; +fun Ecosystem_Class : SubClass Ecosystem GeographicArea ; + +-- Effluent is a Substance +-- that generically covers any waste matter that is released into +-- the environment, including sewage and industrial pollutants. +fun Effluent : Class ; +fun Effluent_Class : SubClass Effluent Substance ; + +fun ElNino : Class ; +fun ElNino_Class : SubClass ElNino WeatherSeason ; +-- (ElevationHighPointFn ?AREA) +-- denotes the area within the GeographicArea ?AREA that has the +-- highest elevation. +fun ElevationHighPointFn : El GeographicArea -> Ind GeographicArea ; + + +-- (ElevationLowPointFn ?AREA) +-- denotes the area within the GeographicArea ?AREA that has the +-- lowest elevation. +fun ElevationLowPointFn : El GeographicArea -> Ind GeographicArea ; + + +fun EndangeredMarineWildlifeIssue : Ind BiodiversityIssue ; + +-- EndangeredSpecies is the +-- subclass of Organism that includes plants and animals that +-- are in danger of extinction from destruction of individuals +-- or of habitat. +fun EndangeredSpecies : Class ; +fun EndangeredSpecies_Class : SubClass EndangeredSpecies Organism ; + +fun EndangeredSpeciesConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun EndangeredSpeciesIssue : Ind BiodiversityIssue ; + +fun EnvironmentalIssue : Class ; +fun EnvironmentalIssue_Class : SubClass EnvironmentalIssue AreaOfConcern ; +fun EnvironmentalModificationConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun EnvironmentalWaterIssue : Class ; +fun EnvironmentalWaterIssue_Class : SubClass EnvironmentalWaterIssue EnvironmentalIssue ; +-- Erosion is a wearing process on +-- LandForms by wind, running water, ice, heat, and other processes, +-- in which rock and soil material are removed from one area and +-- deposited elsewhere. +fun Erosion : Class ; +fun Erosion_Class : SubClass Erosion (both GeologicalProcess Removing) ; + + +-- Estuary is the subclass of BodyOfWater that +-- represents WaterAreas where a sea or ocean Tide meets a River +-- current. +fun Estuary : Class ; +fun Estuary_Class : SubClass Estuary (both BodyOfWater (both Inlet SaltWaterArea)) ; + + +-- ExclusiveFishingZone is the +-- subclass of MaritimeClaimArea including offshore areas over which a +-- nation claims exclusive jurisdiction only for fishing purposes (cf. +-- MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone). Zone widths vary up to 200 miles +-- (NM). +fun ExclusiveFishingZone : Class ; +fun ExclusiveFishingZone_Class : SubClass ExclusiveFishingZone (both MaritimeClaimArea SaltWaterArea) ; + + +-- (ExclusiveFishingZoneFn ?POLITY) denotes the +-- ExclusiveFishingZone that is claimed by the +-- GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY. +fun ExclusiveFishingZoneFn : El GeopoliticalArea -> Ind ExclusiveFishingZone ; + + +-- ExtendedFishingZone is the subclass of MaritimeClaimArea +-- that includes offshore areas over which a nation claims fishing rights, +-- beyond that nation's ExclusiveFishingZone. Zone widths vary, +-- from as little as 12 miles (NM) up to a width of 200 miles (NM). +fun ExtendedFishingZone : Class ; +fun ExtendedFishingZone_Class : SubClass ExtendedFishingZone (both MaritimeClaimArea SaltWaterArea) ; + + +-- (ExtendedFishingZoneFn ?POLITY) denotes the +-- ExtendedFishingZoneFn that is claimed by the +-- GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY, beyond its ExclusiveFishingZone. +fun ExtendedFishingZoneFn : El GeopoliticalArea -> Ind ExtendedFishingZone ; + + +fun Famine : Class ; +fun Famine_Class : SubClass Famine SocialInteraction ; +fun FamineIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun FarmingPracticesIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- Fathom is a UnitOfMeasure used for measuring +-- water depth. One fathom is equal to six feet. +fun Fathom : Ind UnitOfLength ; + + +-- FertileTerrain describes an area +-- that has the type of soil and climate conditions needed to produce +-- good quality crops. +fun FertileTerrain : Ind TerrainAttribute ; + + +-- Fire is the subclass of Combustion events in +-- which flames are present. Fires are slower combustion processes than +-- explosions, though some fires may include explosive episodes. +fun Fire : Class ; +fun Fire_Class : SubClass Fire Combustion ; + +fun FishStockDepletionIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- Fishing is the class of Processes in which +-- Fish are hunted. +fun Fishing : Class ; +fun Fishing_Class : SubClass Fishing Hunting ; + +fun FlashFlooding : Class ; +fun FlashFlooding_Class : SubClass FlashFlooding Flooding ; +-- FlatTerrain is a TerrainAttribute +-- describing regions within which there is very little variation in +-- altitude. +fun FlatTerrain : Ind TerrainAttribute ; + + +fun Flooding_WeatherProcess : SubClass Flooding WeatherProcess ; + +-- (FlowFn ?FLUID) denotes the Motion process +-- associated with the constitutive pieces of the FlowRegion ?FLUID. +fun FlowFn : El FlowRegion -> Ind Motion ; + + +-- (FlowRegionFn ?FLOW) denotes the region +-- in which the coherent LiquidMotion process ?FLOW is occurring. +fun FlowRegionFn : El LiquidMotion -> Ind Region ; + + +fun FlowRegion_Region : SubClass FlowRegion Region ; + +fun Fogging : Class ; +fun Fogging_Class : SubClass Fogging WeatherProcess ; +-- Forest is the class of large LandAreas that +-- are covered by trees and associated undergrowth, either growing wild or +-- managed for the purpose of timber production. +fun Forest : Class ; +fun Forest_Class : SubClass Forest LandArea ; + +fun ForestDamage : Class ; +fun ForestDamage_Class : SubClass ForestDamage Damaging ; +fun ForestDegradation : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun ForestFire : Class ; +fun ForestFire_Class : SubClass ForestFire (both Combustion ForestDamage) ; + +fun FragileEcosystemIssue : Ind BiodiversityIssue ; + +fun FreezingRain : Class ; +fun FreezingRain_Class : SubClass FreezingRain Precipitation ; +-- Freshwater is the subclass of Water +-- that has low soluble mineral content. See also PotableWater. +fun Freshwater : Class ; +fun Freshwater_Class : SubClass Freshwater Water ; + +fun FreshwaterOverutilization : Class ; +fun FreshwaterOverutilization_Class : SubClass FreshwaterOverutilization SocialInteraction ; +-- (GeographicCenterFn ?REGION) denotes the geographical center +-- of the GeographicArea ?REGION. +fun GeographicCenterFn : El GeographicArea -> Ind GeographicArea ; + + +fun GeographicRegion : Class ; + +-- GeologicalFault is the subclass of +-- GeographicAreas in which there is a fracture in the Earth's crust +-- and differential movement can occur on the two sides of the fault. +-- Such movement results in EarthTremors and is the cause of +-- Earthquakes. +fun GeologicalFault : Class ; +fun GeologicalFault_Class : SubClass GeologicalFault GeographicArea ; + +-- GeologicallyStable is a +-- TerrainAttribute of a GeographicArea in which the geological +-- substructure is stable, i.e., there are no active Volcanoes, +-- no major fault lines, no blasting or other destabilizing activity. +fun GeologicallyStable : Ind TerrainAttribute ; + + +fun Ghibli : Class ; +fun Ghibli_Class : SubClass Ghibli WindProcess ; +-- A Glacier is a large body of slow_moving ice. +-- Glaciers displace soil and rock while moving over land surfaces and break +-- apart, forming Icebergs, when they reach the sea. +fun Glacier : Class ; +fun Glacier_Class : SubClass Glacier LandForm ; + +fun GrassFire : Class ; +fun GrassFire_Class : SubClass GrassFire Combustion ; +-- Grassland is the class of LandAreas +-- where the predominant vegetation is some kind of grass. +fun Grassland : Class ; +fun Grassland_Class : SubClass Grassland (both Biome LandArea) ; + + +-- Gravel is small rounded stones, often mixed with sand. +fun Gravel : Class ; +fun Gravel_Class : SubClass Gravel Rock ; + +fun GreatSaltLake : Ind SaltLake ; + +-- GreenhouseGas is the subclass of +-- substances that, when present in the atmosphere, trap infrared +-- radiation and cause global warming. Greenhouse gases include +-- carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, +-- and water vapor. +fun GreenhouseGas : Class ; +fun GreenhouseGas_Class : SubClass GreenhouseGas PureSubstance ; + +fun GreenwichEnglandUK : Ind City ; + +-- GroundCoverVegetation +-- describes the density of uniform low vegetation in a field or meadow. +fun GroundCoverVegetation : Ind Attribute ; + + +-- Groundwater is the subclass of +-- Water that is found in deposits in the earth. +fun Groundwater : Class ; +fun Groundwater_Class : SubClass Groundwater Water ; + +fun GroundwaterPollutionIssue : Ind EnvironmentalWaterIssue ; + +-- Gulf is the class of extensions of a Sea or +-- Ocean that reach into a land mass or are partially enclosed by a +-- LandArea. A Gulf is typically larger than a Bay. +fun Gulf : Class ; +fun Gulf_Class : SubClass Gulf (both BodyOfWater SaltWaterArea) ; + + +fun GulfOfAden : Ind (both Gulf SaltWaterArea) ; + +fun GulfOfMexico : Ind (both Gulf SaltWaterArea) ; + +fun GulfOfOman : Ind (both Gulf SaltWaterArea) ; + +-- Hailing is a precipitation process +-- in which Water falls in a Solid state with round, hard pellets. +fun Hailing : Class ; +fun Hailing_Class : SubClass Hailing Precipitation ; + +fun HarmattanWind : Class ; +fun HarmattanWind_Class : SubClass HarmattanWind WindProcess ; +fun HazardousWastesConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +-- Headwind is the relative attribute of a +-- Wind to an object when the force of the wind is applied to the front +-- of the object (FrontFn). A headwind can negatively affect the speed +-- capability of a vehicle. +fun Headwind : Ind Attribute ; + + +fun HeavyRaining : Class ; +fun HeavyRaining_Class : SubClass HeavyRaining Raining ; +fun HeavySurf : Class ; +fun HeavySurf_Class : SubClass HeavySurf (both WaterMotion WeatherProcess) ; + +-- Hemisphere is the class of GeographicAreas +-- that are halves of the Earth, as traditionally divided into the Northern +-- and Southern Hemispheres along the equator and into the Eastern and Western +-- Hemispheres along a north_south line running 20°W and 160°E. +fun Hemisphere : Class ; +fun Hemisphere_Class : SubClass Hemisphere GeographicArea ; + +fun HighBiodiversity : Ind BiodiversityAttribute ; + +-- HighPressureWeatherSystem is +-- the class of weather systems characterized by high barometricPressures. +-- High pressure systems typically cause clear weather. +fun HighPressureWeatherSystem : Class ; +fun HighPressureWeatherSystem_Class : SubClass HighPressureWeatherSystem WeatherSystem ; + +-- HighTide is the class of TidalProcesses that +-- occur twice a day in marine waters, in which the water level rises above +-- the mean sea level. +fun HighTide : Class ; +fun HighTide_Class : SubClass HighTide TidalProcess ; + +-- HigherHighTide is the subclass of +-- HighTide processes that occur in marine waters with a +-- MixedTideProcess. +fun HigherHighTide : Class ; +fun HigherHighTide_Class : SubClass HigherHighTide HighTide ; + +-- A Hill is a raised part of the earth's surface with +-- sloping sides _ an old mountain which because of erosion has become shorter +-- and more rounded. +fun Hill : Class ; +fun Hill_Class : SubClass Hill (both LandForm UplandArea) ; + + +-- Humus is decaying organic matter found in Soil +-- and derived from dead animal and plant material. +fun Humus : Class ; +fun Humus_Class : SubClass Humus Mixture ; + +fun Hurricane : Class ; +fun Hurricane_Class : SubClass Hurricane (both TropicalCyclone WeatherProcess) ; + +fun HurricaneSeason : Class ; +fun HurricaneSeason_Class : SubClass HurricaneSeason WeatherSeason ; +-- HydropowerWaterArea +-- is the class of WaterAreas with waterflow strength adequate +-- for the production of hydropower. +fun HydropowerWaterArea : Class ; +fun HydropowerWaterArea_Class : SubClass HydropowerWaterArea WaterArea ; + +-- An Iceberg is a large chunk of ice that has +-- broken off from a glacier and fallen into the sea. The larger part of +-- an Iceberg floats underwater. +fun Iceberg : Class ; +fun Iceberg_Class : SubClass Iceberg (both SelfConnectedObject Water) ; + + +fun Icing : Class ; +fun Icing_Class : SubClass Icing (both Freezing WeatherProcess) ; + +fun IllegalWildlifeTradeIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun InadequatePotableWaterIssue : Ind EnvironmentalWaterIssue ; + +fun InadequateSanitationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- IndianOcean represents the Indian Ocean. +fun IndianOcean : Ind Ocean ; + + +fun IndigenousPeoplesPreservationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- IndustrialPollution is +-- the subclass of Pollution characterized by pollutants that +-- originate in industrial processes. +fun IndustrialPollution : Class ; +fun IndustrialPollution_Class : SubClass IndustrialPollution Pollution ; + +fun IndustrialPollutionIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +-- An instance of InlandWaterSystem +-- comprises two or more lakes or rivers, canals, or other waterways that +-- are interconnected. +fun InlandWaterSystem : Class ; +fun InlandWaterSystem_Class : SubClass InlandWaterSystem (both Collection WaterArea) ; + + +-- Inlet is the class of bays or other recesses +-- into the shore of a lake, sea, or river, includes InletPassages, which +-- are passages leading from open water through some barrier to a bay or +-- lagoon. +fun Inlet : Class ; +fun Inlet_Class : SubClass Inlet BodyOfWater ; + +-- InletPassage is the class of water +-- passages connecting an area of open water to a bay or lagoon, through +-- some land barrier(s) close on either side. +fun InletPassage : Class ; +fun InletPassage_Class : SubClass InletPassage Inlet ; + +-- (InnerBoundaryFn ?REGION) denotes the +-- inner boundary of the Region ?REGION, where ?REGION has an inner and +-- outer orientation with respect to another object. +fun InnerBoundaryFn : El Region -> Ind Region ; + + +-- InternationalAgreement is the +-- subclass of Agreements which are made by and between Nations. +fun InternationalAgreement : Class ; +fun InternationalAgreement_Class : SubClass InternationalAgreement Agreement ; + +-- InternationalBorder is the +-- subclass of GeographicAreas where the areas of two Nations meet. +fun InternationalBorder : Class ; +fun InternationalBorder_Class : SubClass InternationalBorder GeographicArea ; + +fun InvasiveSpeciesIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- IrrigatedLand is the subclass of +-- LandArea representing land whose water supply is artificially +-- supplied or supplemented. +fun IrrigatedLand : Class ; +fun IrrigatedLand_Class : SubClass IrrigatedLand LandArea ; + +-- Irrigating is the process of transporting +-- and applying water to crops by artificial means. +fun Irrigating : Class ; +fun Irrigating_Class : SubClass Irrigating Motion ; + +-- IrrigationChannel is the class of +-- artificially created channels used for transporting water to agricultural +-- fields for Irrigating crops. +fun IrrigationChannel : Class ; +fun IrrigationChannel_Class : SubClass IrrigationChannel Artifact ; + +-- An Isthmus is a narrow strip of land that +-- connects two larger land masses and is bordered on two sides by water. +fun Isthmus : Class ; +fun Isthmus_Class : SubClass Isthmus LandArea ; + +-- JetStream is the class of high_velocity +-- AirStreams that blow constantly in the upper atmosphere with constant +-- speed and direction, though their location shifts somewhat. There are +-- four JetStreams in EarthsAtmosphere. +fun JetStream : Class ; +fun JetStream_Class : SubClass JetStream AirStream ; + +-- Jungle is a subclass of fertile LandAreas +-- that are overgrown with tropical vegetation. +fun Jungle : Class ; +fun Jungle_Class : SubClass Jungle (both Biome LandArea) ; + + +fun Khamsin : Class ; +fun Khamsin_Class : SubClass Khamsin Windstorm ; +-- KnotUnitOfSpeed is a unit for measuring +-- speed. One KnotUnitOfSpeed is equal to one NauticalMile per one +-- HourDuration. +fun KnotUnitOfSpeed : Ind CompositeUnitOfMeasure ; + + +fun KokoNor : Ind SaltLake ; + +-- Lake is the subclass of BodyOfWater whose +-- instances are naturally occurring static bodies of water surrounded +-- by land. +fun Lake : Class ; +fun Lake_Class : SubClass Lake StaticWaterArea ; + +fun LakeBakhtegan : Ind SaltLake ; + +fun LakeEyre : Ind SaltLake ; + +fun LakeMareotis : Ind SaltLake ; + +-- A LakeRegion is a GeographicArea +-- including land surrounding one or more Lakes. +fun LakeRegion : Class ; +fun LakeRegion_Class : SubClass LakeRegion GeographicArea ; + +fun LakeTorrens : Ind SaltLake ; + +fun LakeWalker : Ind SaltLake ; + +fun LandClearingIssue : Ind BiodiversityIssue ; + +-- A LandForm is the class of geographically and/or geologically +-- distinct areas that occur on Earth's surface, including mountains, hills, plains, valleys, +-- deltas, and features of submerged land areas such as the ocean floor. +fun LandForm : Class ; +fun LandForm_Class : SubClass LandForm GeographicArea ; + +fun LandSubsidence : Class ; +fun LandSubsidence_Class : SubClass LandSubsidence GeologicalProcess ; +-- LandlockedArea is the class of +-- LandAreas that lack access to an Ocean or to a Waterway +-- providing a link to the ocean. +fun LandlockedArea : Class ; +fun LandlockedArea_Class : SubClass LandlockedArea LandArea ; + +-- LandlockedWater includes water +-- areas that are surrounded by land, including salt lakes, fresh +-- water lakes, ponds, reservoirs, and (more or less) wetlands. +fun LandlockedWater : Class ; +fun LandlockedWater_Class : SubClass LandlockedWater BodyOfWater ; + +fun LandminesIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun Landslide : Class ; +fun Landslide_Class : SubClass Landslide GeologicalProcess ; +-- LandslideProcess is a subclass +-- of Motion that represents events in which a loosened mass of mud, +-- dirt, or rock slides down a slope, by the force of gravity. +fun LandslideProcess : Class ; +fun LandslideProcess_Class : SubClass LandslideProcess Impelling ; + +-- Latitude is the class of Regions, +-- associated with areas on the Earth's surface, which are parallels +-- measured in PlaneAngleDegrees from the Equator. +fun Latitude : Class ; +fun Latitude_Class : SubClass Latitude Region ; + +-- LatitudeFn is a VariableArityRelation +-- used to denote a parallel of latitude. Examples: +-- (LatitudeFn North (MeasureFn 38 AngularDegree)), (LatitudeFn +-- South (MeasureFn 23 AngularDegree) (MeasureFn 30 ArcMinute)), +-- (LatitudeFn South (MeasureFn 60 AngularDegree) (MeasureFn 0 ArcMinute) +-- (MeasureFn 0 ArcSecond)), (LatitudeFn North +-- (MeasureFn 42 AngularDegree) (MeasureFn 7.89 ArcMinute)). +fun LatitudeFn : El DirectionalAttribute -> El AngleMeasure -> El AngleMeasure -> El AngleMeasure -> Ind Region ; + + +fun LawOfTheSeaConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +-- Lichen is the class of complex thallyphytic +-- plants made up of Alga and Fungus growing symbiotically. +fun Lichen : Class ; +fun Lichen_Class : SubClass Lichen NonFloweringPlant ; + +fun LimitedFreshWaterIssue : Ind EnvironmentalWaterIssue ; + +-- LittoralCurrent is the subclass of +-- WaterCurrents that occur near a ShoreArea. Examples include +-- TidalEbb, TidalFlow, and RipCurrents. +fun LittoralCurrent : Class ; +fun LittoralCurrent_Class : SubClass LittoralCurrent WaterCurrent ; + +-- A LittoralZone is an area along the shore +-- of a large body of water, especially an Ocean or Sea, including the area +-- extending from the high tide mark out to a depth of 200 meters. The littoral +-- zone is of interest for its land features, e.g., slope gradient and soil +-- composition, including features of its SubmergedLandArea. +fun LittoralZone : Class ; +fun LittoralZone_Class : SubClass LittoralZone GeographicArea ; + +-- Type of soil intermediate in texture between clay and sand, +-- consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, gravel, silt, and organic matter. +fun Loam : Class ; +fun Loam_Class : SubClass Loam Soil ; + +fun Locust : Class ; +fun Locust_Class : SubClass Locust Animal ; +-- Longitude is the class of Regions, +-- associated with areas on the Earth's surface, which are meridians +-- measured in PlaneAngleDegrees from the PrimeMeridian through +-- GreenwichEnglandUK. +fun Longitude : Class ; +fun Longitude_Class : SubClass Longitude Region ; + +-- (LongitudeFn ?DIRECTION @ROW) +-- denotes a meridian of longitude. Note that LongitudeFn is +-- a VariableArityRelation. Examples: +-- (LongitudeFn East (MeasureFn 180 AngularDegree)), (LongitudeFn +-- West (MeasureFn 122 AngularDegree) (MeasureFn 24 ArcMinute)), +-- (LongitudeFn East (MeasureFn 121 AngularDegree) +-- (MeasureFn 0 ArcMinute) (MeasureFn 15 ArcSecond)), +-- (LongitudeFn West (MeasureFn 80 AngularDegree) +-- (MeasureFn 6.78 ArcMinute)). +fun LongitudeFn : El DirectionalAttribute -> El AngleMeasure -> El AngleMeasure -> El AngleMeasure -> Ind GeographicArea ; + + +fun LossOfHabitatIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun LowBiodiversity : Ind BiodiversityAttribute ; + +-- LowPressureWeatherSystem is +-- the class of weather systems characterized by low or unstable +-- barometricPressures. Low pressure systems typically introduce +-- unsettled weather, frequently including storms. +fun LowPressureWeatherSystem : Class ; +fun LowPressureWeatherSystem_Class : SubClass LowPressureWeatherSystem WeatherSystem ; + +-- LowTerrain is terrain in which the slope +-- is less than 3%. +fun LowTerrain : Ind TerrainAttribute ; + + +-- LowTide is the class of TidalProcesses that +-- occur twice a day in marine waters, in which the water level falls below +-- the mean sea level. +fun LowTide : Class ; +fun LowTide_Class : SubClass LowTide TidalProcess ; + +-- LowerLowTide is the subclass of LowTide +-- processes that occur in marine waters with a MixedTideProcess. +fun LowerLowTide : Class ; +fun LowerLowTide_Class : SubClass LowerLowTide LowTide ; + +-- A LowlandArea is a land area lower than the surrounding region, +-- and usually level land. +fun LowlandArea : Class ; +fun LowlandArea_Class : SubClass LowlandArea LandForm ; + +fun MarineDumpingConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun MarineLifeConservationConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +-- A MaritimeClaimArea is a GeographicArea +-- delimited by a geopolitical state's claim, under the LawOfTheSea, of rights +-- to certain resources, activities, or jurisdiction in the claimed area. +-- MaritimeClaimAreas can pertain to WaterAreas, SubmergedLandAreas, and Airspace. +fun MaritimeClaimArea : Class ; +fun MaritimeClaimArea_Class : SubClass MaritimeClaimArea GeographicArea ; + +-- (MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn ?REGION) denotes a +-- peripheral zones of maritime control extending outward from the Region +-- ?REGION. +fun MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn : El Region -> Ind PerimeterArea ; + + +-- MaritimeContiguousZone +-- is the subclass of MaritimeClaimArea that includes areas over +-- which a geopolitical state may exercise some control of activities +-- beyond the 12_mile zone of its TerritorialSea. In general, +-- the authorized control is for preventing or punishing activities +-- that would violate laws applying within the 12_mile zone (that is, +-- authorization to chase and intercept). According to the LawOfTheSea, +-- a MaritimeContiguousZone may extend up to 24 nautical miles from the coast. +fun MaritimeContiguousZone : Class ; +fun MaritimeContiguousZone_Class : SubClass MaritimeContiguousZone (both MaritimeClaimArea SaltWaterArea) ; + + +-- (MaritimeContiguousZoneFn ?POLITY) denotes the MaritimeContiguousZone +-- that is claimed by the GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY. +fun MaritimeContiguousZoneFn : El GeopoliticalArea -> Ind MaritimeContiguousZone ; + + +-- MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone is the subclass of MaritimeClaimArea +-- that represents the offshore area that coastal nations can claim for +-- fishing and other uses of the ocean water and seabed found there. +fun MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone : Class ; +fun MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone_Class : SubClass MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone (both MaritimeClaimArea SaltWaterArea) ; + + +-- (MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZoneFn ?POLITY) denotes the +-- MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone that is claimed by the +-- GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY. +fun MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZoneFn : El GeopoliticalArea -> Ind MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone ; + + +fun MaritimeHazard : Class ; +fun MaritimeHazard_Class : SubClass MaritimeHazard LandForm ; +-- MaritimeShelfArea +-- is a subclass of MaritimeClaimArea that covers SubmergedLandAreas +-- claimed by an adjacent geopolitical area. The LawOfTheSea defines +-- the continental shelf as extending up to 200 miles (NM) offshore and +-- including the resources found therein. The defined claim area does not +-- correspond exactly to a geological ContinentalShelf, but if there is one, +-- the two areas will overlap spatially. +fun MaritimeShelfArea : Class ; +fun MaritimeShelfArea_Class : SubClass MaritimeShelfArea (both MaritimeClaimArea SubmergedLandArea) ; + + +-- (MaritimeShelfAreaFn ?POLITY) denotes the MaritimeShelfArea +-- that is claimed by the GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY. +fun MaritimeShelfAreaFn : El GeopoliticalArea -> Ind MaritimeShelfArea ; + + +-- MediterraneanClimateZone +-- is a subclass of TemperateClimateZone that is characterized by +-- mild, cool, wet winters and warm dry summers. Mediterranean shores +-- are the archetype, but the Mediterranean climate is also found elsewhere. +fun MediterraneanClimateZone : Class ; +fun MediterraneanClimateZone_Class : SubClass MediterraneanClimateZone TemperateClimateZone ; + +fun MediterraneanSea : Ind Sea ; + +fun MediumBiodiversity : Ind BiodiversityAttribute ; + +-- A Mesa is a land formation having a relatively flat +-- top and steep rock walls. +fun Mesa : Class ; +fun Mesa_Class : SubClass Mesa (both LandForm UplandArea) ; + + +-- MetallurgicalPlant is the +-- subclass of Organization that includes metal refining and +-- manufacturing plants. Such plants typically release extremely +-- toxic waste which can pollute air and groundwater if not +-- properly treated. +fun MetallurgicalPlant : Class ; +fun MetallurgicalPlant_Class : SubClass MetallurgicalPlant Organization ; + +fun MiddleAmerica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- MiddleEastRegion is a +-- GeopoliticalArea that comprises countries of Southwestern Asia +-- and (in some definitions) Northwestern Africa. Here this term is +-- defined as in the CIA World Fact Book, in which the Middle East +-- includes: Bahrain, Cyprus, the Gaza Strip, Iran, Iraq, Israel, +-- Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United +-- Arab Emirates, the West Bank, and Yemen. +fun MiddleEastRegion : Ind (both GeographicArea GeopoliticalArea) ; + + +-- MiddleLatitudeDesertClimateZone is the subclass of +-- DesertClimateZone characterized by a cool dry climate +-- typical of middle latitude deserts. This is subtype 'BWk' +-- in the Keoppen climate system. +fun MiddleLatitudeDesertClimateZone : Class ; +fun MiddleLatitudeDesertClimateZone_Class : SubClass MiddleLatitudeDesertClimateZone DesertClimateZone ; + +-- MidlatitudeContinentalClimateZone is a subclass of +-- TemperateClimateZone that is characterized by cool winters +-- and hot summers. +fun MidlatitudeContinentalClimateZone : Class ; +fun MidlatitudeContinentalClimateZone_Class : SubClass MidlatitudeContinentalClimateZone ClimateZone ; + +fun MiningPollutionIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun Mistral : Class ; +fun Mistral_Class : SubClass Mistral WindProcess ; +-- MixedTideProcess is the subclass of +-- TidalProcesses consisting of daily cycles in which the two low and +-- two high tides are of unequal height. In areas with this kind of +-- pattern, the chart (based on average low water) is determined by the +-- Mean Lower Low Water. +fun MixedTideProcess : Class ; +fun MixedTideProcess_Class : SubClass MixedTideProcess TidalProcess ; + +fun Monsoon : Class ; +fun Monsoon_Class : SubClass Monsoon WeatherSeason ; +-- MonsoonClimateZone is the class +-- of TropicalClimateZones in which there is a short dry season between +-- rains heavy enough to keep the ground wet all through the year. This +-- is Koeppen climate system subtype 'Aw'. +fun MonsoonClimateZone : Class ; +fun MonsoonClimateZone_Class : SubClass MonsoonClimateZone TropicalClimateZone ; + +-- Moon is the class of NaturalSatellites that +-- orbit planets or large asteroids. +fun Moon : Class ; +fun Moon_Class : SubClass Moon NaturalSatellite ; + +-- A Mountain is a high, rocky LandForm, usually +-- with steep sides and a pointed or rounded top, and higher than a Hill. +fun Mountain : Class ; +fun Mountain_Class : SubClass Mountain (both LandForm UplandArea) ; + + +-- A MountainRange is a row or chain of connected mountains. +fun MountainRange : Class ; +fun MountainRange_Class : SubClass MountainRange (both LandForm UplandArea) ; + + +-- An area of MountainousTerrain +-- is an area of rugged terrain in which there are many mountains. +fun MountainousTerrain : Ind TerrainAttribute ; + + +fun Mudflow : Class ; +fun Mudflow_Class : SubClass Mudflow Landslide ; +fun Mudslide : Class ; +fun Mudslide_Class : SubClass Mudslide Landslide ; +-- NaturalGas is a combustible mixture +-- of methane and higher hydrocarbons. +fun NaturalGas : Class ; +fun NaturalGas_Class : SubClass NaturalGas CompoundSubstance ; + +-- NaturalSatellite is the class of +-- large, naturally occurring astronomical bodies orbiting some other +-- AstronomicalBody. +fun NaturalSatellite : Class ; +fun NaturalSatellite_Class : SubClass NaturalSatellite (both AstronomicalBody Satellite) ; + + +-- NauticalMile represents the international +-- unit used for measuring distance in sea and air navigation. The unit is +-- based on the length of a minute of arc of a great circle of +-- PlanetEarth. +fun NauticalMile : Ind UnitOfLength ; + + +fun NormalFault : Class ; +fun NormalFault_Class : SubClass NormalFault DipSlipFault ; +fun NorthAmerica : Ind (both GeographicArea Continent) ; + +-- NorthAtlanticOcean denotes the northern geographicSubregion +-- of the AtlanticOcean. +fun NorthAtlanticOcean : Ind (both SaltWaterArea BodyOfWater) ; + + +-- NorthPacificOcean denotes the northern geographicSubregion +-- of the PacificOcean. +fun NorthPacificOcean : Ind (both SaltWaterArea BodyOfWater) ; + + +fun NorthSea : Ind Sea ; + +-- Northeast represents the compass direction of Northeast. +fun Northeast : Ind DirectionalAttribute ; + + +fun NorthernAfrica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun NorthernAsia : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun NorthernEurope : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- The half of the Earth that lies above the +-- equator. +fun NorthernHemisphere : Ind Hemisphere ; + + +fun NorthernNorthAmerica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun NorthernSouthAmerica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- Northwest represents the compass direction of Northwest. +fun Northwest : Ind DirectionalAttribute ; + + +-- NoxiousSubstance is +-- the class of Substances that are harmful to Humans. +fun NoxiousSubstance : Class ; +fun NoxiousSubstance_Class : SubClass NoxiousSubstance Substance ; + +fun NuclearEnvironmentalIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +fun NuclearPollutionIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun NuclearTestBanTreaty : Ind Agreement ; + +-- Oasis is a subclass of LandAreas that are +-- fertile places within a desert, which have water and some vegetation. +fun Oasis : Class ; +fun Oasis_Class : SubClass Oasis (both Biome LandArea) ; + + +-- OccludedFront is the class of complex +-- weather transition processes in which a cold air mass overtakes a warm +-- air mass. +fun OccludedFront : Class ; +fun OccludedFront_Class : SubClass OccludedFront WeatherFront ; + +-- Ocean is the class containing the oceans +-- that are the major subdivisions of the WorldOcean. According to +-- the International Hydrographic Association, there are five oceans: +-- the AtlanticOcean, PacificOcean, IndianOcean, SouthernOcean, +-- and ArcticOcean. Note: The largest oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific, +-- are subdivided into Northern and Southern regions, but those regions +-- are not separate Oceans. +fun Ocean : Class ; +fun Ocean_Class : SubClass Ocean (both BodyOfWater SaltWaterArea) ; + + +fun Oceania : Ind (both GeographicArea Continent) ; + +fun OilPollutionIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +-- OpenSea is the Attribute of a WaterArea +-- that is open ocean beyond five NauticalMiles of land, also known as +-- 'blue water'. +fun OpenSea : Ind Attribute ; + + +-- (OuterBoundaryFn ?REGION) denotes the +-- outer boundary of the Region ?REGION, where ?REGION has an inner and +-- outer orientation with respect to another object. +fun OuterBoundaryFn : El Region -> Ind Region ; + + +-- OvercastWeather represents +-- a condition in which more than 70% of the sky is covered +-- with clouds. +fun OvercastWeather : Class ; +fun OvercastWeather_Class : SubClass OvercastWeather WeatherProcess ; + +-- Overgrazing is the class of processes +-- in which grazing animals consume vegetation faster than it can regrow. +fun Overgrazing : Class ; +fun Overgrazing_Class : SubClass Overgrazing Eating ; + +fun OvergrazingIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun OverhuntingIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun OverpopulationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun OzoneDepletionIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun OzoneLayerProtectionProtocol : Ind Agreement ; + +-- The OzoneShield is a layer in +-- EarthsAtmosphere, located about 25 miles above Earth's surface, +-- composed of ozone gas that absorbs ultraviolent radiation from +-- the Sun that can be damaging to living things. +fun OzoneShield : Ind (both AtmosphericRegion CompoundSubstance) ; + + +-- PHValue ('pH') is a UnitOfMeasure +-- used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. The pH +-- scale ranges from 0 to 14. The pH of a neutral solution is 7. +-- Acid solutions have a pH value less than seven. Alkaline solutions +-- have a value greater than seven. +fun PHValue : Ind NonCompositeUnitOfMeasure ; + + +-- PacificOcean represents the Pacific +-- Ocean. +fun PacificOcean : Ind Ocean ; + + +-- Pampa is a class of vast, level, typically grassy +-- Plains of land in South America. +fun Pampa : Class ; +fun Pampa_Class : SubClass Pampa (both Grassland Plain) ; + + +fun Pampero : Class ; +fun Pampero_Class : SubClass Pampero Windstorm ; +-- PartlyCloudyWeather +-- represents a condition in which between 30% and 70% of the +-- sky is covered with clouds. +fun PartlyCloudyWeather : Class ; +fun PartlyCloudyWeather_Class : SubClass PartlyCloudyWeather WeatherProcess ; + +-- A Peninsula is a piece of land that extends +-- into a body of water and is surrounded on three sides by water. Typically +-- connected by an Isthmus or neck of land that is narrower than its main +-- portion (contrast with Cape). +fun Peninsula : Class ; +fun Peninsula_Class : SubClass Peninsula LandForm ; + +-- A PerimeterArea is a region that +-- extends outward from a boundary with another region, surrounding or +-- partially surrounding it, but which is not part of that other region. +-- See BorderFn and PerimeterAreaFn. +fun PerimeterArea : Class ; +fun PerimeterArea_Class : SubClass PerimeterArea Region ; + +-- (PerimeterAreaFn ?REGION) denotes a +-- class including any peripheral zones extending outward from the Region +-- ?REGION. +fun PerimeterAreaFn: El Region -> Desc PerimeterArea ; + + +fun Permafrost : Ind CompoundSubstance ; + +-- PermanentCropLand is the subclass +-- of LandArea that represents land cultivated for crops that are produced +-- without replanting after every harvest, such as fruit trees, coffee, rubber, +-- nuts, and vineyards. Does not include timberland. Cf. arableLandArea. +fun PermanentCropLand : Class ; +fun PermanentCropLand_Class : SubClass PermanentCropLand LandArea ; + +fun PersianGulf : Ind (both Gulf SaltWaterArea) ; + +fun PesticideIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- PesticidePollution is +-- the subclass of Pollution in which the pollutant is a pesticide. +fun PesticidePollution : Class ; +fun PesticidePollution_Class : SubClass PesticidePollution Pollution ; + +-- Phospate is a salt or ester of a +-- phosphoric acid. +fun Phosphate : Class ; +fun Phosphate_Class : SubClass Phosphate CompoundSubstance ; + +-- A Piedmont is a LandArea at the foot of mountains. +fun Piedmont : Class ; +fun Piedmont_Class : SubClass Piedmont LandArea ; + +-- Pines are coniferous BotanicalTrees of the +-- genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They are evergreens, with needle_ +-- shaped leaves and propagate by dropping pine cones, which contains +-- seeds. (from Wikipedia) +fun PineTree : Class ; +fun PineTree_Class : SubClass PineTree BotanicalTree ; + +-- A Plain is a broad, flat or gently rolling area, +-- usually low in elevation. +fun Plain : Class ; +fun Plain_Class : SubClass Plain LowlandArea ; + +-- Planet is the class of large +-- NaturalSatellites that revolve around a star. +fun Planet : Class ; +fun Planet_Class : SubClass Planet NaturalSatellite ; + +fun PlanetEarth : Ind Planet ; + +fun PlanetJupiter : Ind Planet ; + +fun PlanetMars : Ind Planet ; + +fun PlanetMercury : Ind Planet ; + +fun PlanetNeptune : Ind Planet ; + +fun PlanetPluto : Ind Planet ; + +fun PlanetSaturn : Ind Planet ; + +fun PlanetUranus : Ind Planet ; + +fun PlanetVenus : Ind Planet ; + +-- Planting is the class of processes in +-- which botanical Plants are planted or transplanted, whether as +-- seeds, seedlings, or mature plants. +fun Planting : Class ; +fun Planting_Class : SubClass Planting Putting ; + +-- A Plateau is a flat upland area with one steep +-- face, elevated plain. +fun Plateau : Class ; +fun Plateau_Class : SubClass Plateau (both LandForm UplandArea) ; + + +-- Poaching is the illegal killing +-- of non_human animals. +fun Poaching : Class ; +fun Poaching_Class : SubClass Poaching Killing ; + +-- PolarClimateZone is a subclass of +-- ClimateZone characterized by having an average temperature less than +-- 10 degrees Celsius in the warmest month. This is Koeppen climate system +-- Type E. No agriculture is supported in polar climates. +fun PolarClimateZone : Class ; +fun PolarClimateZone_Class : SubClass PolarClimateZone ClimateZone ; + +-- PolarTypeFClimateZone is a +-- subclass of PolarClimateZone characterized by having no month in +-- which the temperature rises to 10 degrees Celsius or above. +fun PolarTypeFClimateZone : Class ; +fun PolarTypeFClimateZone_Class : SubClass PolarTypeFClimateZone PolarClimateZone ; + +fun PollutedFishStocksIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- Pollution is the contamination of an +-- environment by man_made wastes. +fun Pollution : Class ; +fun Pollution_Class : SubClass Pollution SocialInteraction ; + +fun PollutionIssue : Class ; +fun PollutionIssue_Class : SubClass PollutionIssue EnvironmentalIssue ; +fun PoopoLake : Ind SaltLake ; + +fun PopulationMigrationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- PotableWater is the subclass +-- of Water that represents safely drinkable water. +fun PotableWater : Class ; +fun PotableWater_Class : SubClass PotableWater Freshwater ; + +-- Potash is a Potassium carbonate from +-- wood ashes or a potassium compound. +fun Potash : Class ; +fun Potash_Class : SubClass Potash CompoundSubstance ; + +fun PowerPlantEmissionsIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +-- Prairie is a class of large plains +-- LandAreas with tall grass vegetation. +fun Prairie : Class ; +fun Prairie_Class : SubClass Prairie (both Grassland Plain) ; + + +-- RainForest is the subclass of LandAreas +-- that are densely planted with trees. +fun RainForest : Class ; +fun RainForest_Class : SubClass RainForest (both Biome Forest) ; + + +-- Raining is a precipitation process +-- in which water falls in a Liquid state. +fun Raining : Class ; +fun Raining_Class : SubClass Raining Precipitation ; + +-- Rapids is the class of WaterAreas that are +-- parts of a StreamWaterArea where the currents move swiftly over +-- rocks. +fun Rapids : Class ; +fun Rapids_Class : SubClass Rapids StreamWaterArea ; + +fun RawSewagePollutionIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +fun RedSea : Ind Sea ; + +-- A Reef is a ridge of rock, coral, or sand at or near +-- the surface of a WaterArea. +fun Reef : Class ; +fun Reef_Class : SubClass Reef (both LandForm MaritimeHazard) ; + + +-- Reforestation is the process of +-- replanting trees on land where they were cut or burned. +fun Reforestation : Class ; +fun Reforestation_Class : SubClass Reforestation Planting ; + +-- A Reservoir is an artifically made (or +-- artifically enlarged) holding area where water is collected and stored +-- for future use. +fun Reservoir : Class ; +fun Reservoir_Class : SubClass Reservoir (both Artifact FreshWaterArea) ; + + +-- A ReservoirLake is an artifically made +-- (or artifically enlarged) lake used for water collection and storage. +fun ReservoirLake : Class ; +fun ReservoirLake_Class : SubClass ReservoirLake (both Lake Reservoir) ; + + +-- A RichterMagnitude is a measure +-- of the severity of an EarthTremor. For example, +-- (MeasureFn 6.5 RichterMagnitude) denotes the value of 6.5 on the +-- Richter scale. +fun RichterMagnitude : Ind CompositeUnitOfMeasure ; + + +-- A RipCurrent is a fast narrow surface current +-- that flows seaward from a ShoreArea. +fun RipCurrent : Class ; +fun RipCurrent_Class : SubClass RipCurrent LittoralCurrent ; + +-- River is the class of large streams of fresh +-- water flowing through land into a lake, ocean, or other body of water. +fun River : Class ; +fun River_Class : SubClass River (both BodyOfWater (both FreshWaterArea StreamWaterArea)) ; + + +-- A RiverBank is the ShoreArea adjacent to a river. +fun RiverBank : Class ; +fun RiverBank_Class : SubClass RiverBank (both LandForm ShoreArea) ; + + +-- RiverMouth is the subclass of WaterAreas +-- that are the outfalls of a river or stream into another body of water. +fun RiverMouth : Class ; +fun RiverMouth_Class : SubClass RiverMouth (both StreamWaterArea WaterArea) ; + + +-- A RiverSystem comprises all the tributary +-- streams and rivers (StreamWaterAreas) that drain along converging +-- paths into the main river of the system, which discharges into a +-- StaticWaterArea. +fun RiverSystem : Class ; +fun RiverSystem_Class : SubClass RiverSystem (both Collection WaterArea) ; + + +fun Rockslide : Class ; +fun Rockslide_Class : SubClass Rockslide Landslide ; +-- Salination is the class of processes +-- in which either Freshwater or Topsoil becomes imbued with +-- SodiumChloride from sea water or from the evaporation of irrigation water. +fun Salination : Class ; +fun Salination_Class : SubClass Salination Combining ; + +-- A Salt is a chemical substance which is a combination +-- of a metal or a base with an acid. +fun Salt : Class ; +fun Salt_Class : SubClass Salt CompoundSubstance ; + +-- SaltLake is the class of landlocked +-- bodies of salt water, including those referred to as 'Seas', e.g., +-- the CaspianSea. But note that the MediterraneanSea is a Sea. +fun SaltLake : Class ; +fun SaltLake_Class : SubClass SaltLake (both LandlockedWater SaltWaterArea) ; + + +fun SaltonSea : Ind SaltLake ; + +-- Sand is loose fragments of minerals or rocks. Smaller than +-- gravel and larger than silt and clay, sand particles range from 8/10,000 to 8/100 +-- inch (0.02 to 2 millimeters) in diameter. Sand is formed by the Erosion of rocks +-- through the action of water, ice, or air. +fun Sand : Class ; +fun Sand_Class : SubClass Sand Soil ; + +fun Sandstorm : Class ; +fun Sandstorm_Class : SubClass Sandstorm WeatherProcess ; +-- Sanitation is the class of processes +-- by which human waste and garbage are disposed of. +fun Sanitation : Class ; +fun Sanitation_Class : SubClass Sanitation Removing ; + +-- Satellite is the collection of bodies that +-- revolve around some astronomical body, e.g., planets around a star. +-- This class includes both artificial and NaturalSatellites. +fun Satellite : Class ; +fun Satellite_Class : SubClass Satellite AstronomicalBody ; + +-- Savanna is a class of tropical or subtropical +-- Grasslands, typically treeless. +fun Savanna : Class ; +fun Savanna_Class : SubClass Savanna (both Grassland Plain) ; + + +-- ScatteredVegetation describes +-- the pattern of vegetation in which plants appear at intervals. +fun ScatteredVegetation : Ind Attribute ; + + +-- Sea is the class of smaller subdivisions of +-- the WorldOcean, typically partially surrounded by land. However, +-- for inland salt water bodies that are sometimes called 'Sea', see +-- SaltLake. +fun Sea : Class ; +fun Sea_Class : SubClass Sea (both BodyOfWater SaltWaterArea) ; + + +fun SeaIce : Class ; +fun SeaIce_Class : SubClass SeaIce Ice ; +-- SeaLevel designates the global Mean Sea Surface +-- (MSS). Note that SeaLevel represents a GeographicArea that comprises all +-- the local Mean Sea Level (MSL) areas used as references for measuring altitude. +-- In fact, there are local variations in MSL, due to tides and long_ and short_ +-- term weather conditions. +fun SeaLevel : Ind GeographicArea ; + + +-- SeabedArea is the class of SubmergedLandAreas that are part of +-- the sea floor. +fun SeabedArea : Class ; +fun SeabedArea_Class : SubClass SeabedArea SubmergedLandArea ; + +-- A Seacoast is the ShoreArea along the +-- margin of an ocean, extending inland approximately 1_3 km from the low +-- water mark. +fun Seacoast : Class ; +fun Seacoast_Class : SubClass Seacoast (both LandForm ShoreArea) ; + + +fun SemiaridClimateZone : Class ; +fun SemiaridClimateZone_Class : SubClass SemiaridClimateZone ClimateZone ; +fun SevereThunderstorm : Class ; +fun SevereThunderstorm_Class : SubClass SevereThunderstorm WeatherProcess ; +fun SewageDisposal : Class ; +fun SewageDisposal_Class : SubClass SewageDisposal Sanitation ; +fun ShipPollutionProtocol : Ind Agreement ; + +fun Shoal : Class ; +fun Shoal_Class : SubClass Shoal MaritimeHazard ; +-- Shoreline is the class of LandAreas that +-- are the edge of a larger land mass abutting a bordering WaterArea. +fun Shoreline : Class ; +fun Shoreline_Class : SubClass Shoreline LandArea ; + +-- (ShorelineFn ?LAND ?WATER) denotes +-- the Shoreline where the GeographicArea ?LAND borders the +-- WaterArea ?WATER. +fun ShorelineFn : El GeographicArea -> El WaterArea -> Ind LandArea ; + + +-- (ShortageFn ?TYPE) means that there +-- is a shortage of objects of ?TYPE, which are used as resources. +fun ShortageFn: Desc Object -> Ind Entity ; + + +-- Shrub is the class of low, perennial, +-- typically multi_stemmed woody plants, called shrubs or bushes. +fun Shrub : Class ; +fun Shrub_Class : SubClass Shrub FloweringPlant ; + +-- SigningADocument is the class of +-- actions in which an agent affixes a signature, stamp, or other evidence +-- of authorization or attestation to a document. The document and signature +-- may be electronic. Signings count as SocialInteractions even if done in +-- private, because their significance derives from a social context. +fun SigningADocument : Class ; +fun SigningADocument_Class : SubClass SigningADocument Committing ; + +-- Silt is sand or earth which is carried along by flowing +-- water and deposited at a bend in a river or at a river's opening. +fun Silt : Class ; +fun Silt_Class : SubClass Silt Soil ; + +-- Siltation is the class of processes +-- in which WaterAreas become filled in with silt or mud, due to +-- soil Erosion. +fun Siltation : Class ; +fun Siltation_Class : SubClass Siltation Putting ; + +fun SiltationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun Sirocco : Class ; +fun Sirocco_Class : SubClass Sirocco WindProcess ; +-- SlashAndBurnAgriculture +-- is the subclass of Agriculture processes in which land is +-- cleared by cutting and burning trees, and crops are farmed until +-- the soil is depleted, at which point the plot is abandoned to +-- regrowth. This rotational technique is viable only with low +-- populations and infrequent re_use. +fun SlashAndBurnAgriculture : Class ; +fun SlashAndBurnAgriculture_Class : SubClass SlashAndBurnAgriculture Agriculture ; + +fun Sleeting : Class ; +fun Sleeting_Class : SubClass Sleeting Precipitation ; +-- A SlopedArea is a land surface which lies at +-- an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher than +-- others, a slope. +fun SlopedArea : Class ; +fun SlopedArea_Class : SubClass SlopedArea LandForm ; + +-- Snowing is a precipitation process +-- in which water falls in a Solid state. +fun Snowing : Class ; +fun Snowing_Class : SubClass Snowing Precipitation ; + +fun SocialInteractions : Class ; + +-- Soil is a substance composed of fine rock material +-- disintegrated by geological processes, mixed with humus, the organic remains of decomposed vegetation. +fun Soil : Class ; +fun Soil_Class : SubClass Soil Mixture ; + +-- SoilDegradation is a class of +-- processes in which the productive capacity of soil is lowered by +-- over_fertilization, overuse of pesticides, erosion, or soil +-- compaction. +fun SoilDegradation : Class ; +fun SoilDegradation_Class : SubClass SoilDegradation SocialInteractions ; + +fun SoilDegradationIssue : Ind SoilQualityIssue ; + +-- SoilErosion is the subclass of +-- Erosion in which the matter removed by wind or water is topsoil. +fun SoilErosion : Class ; +fun SoilErosion_Class : SubClass SoilErosion Erosion ; + +fun SoilErosionIssue : Ind SoilQualityIssue ; + +fun SoilExhaustionIssue : Ind SoilQualityIssue ; + +fun SoilPollutionIssue : Ind (both PollutionIssue SoilQualityIssue) ; + +fun SoilQualityIssue : Class ; +fun SoilQualityIssue_Class : SubClass SoilQualityIssue EnvironmentalIssue ; +fun SoilSalination : Class ; +fun SoilSalination_Class : SubClass SoilSalination Salination ; +fun SoilSalinityIssue : Ind SoilQualityIssue ; + +-- SoilSolution is the liquid component of soils, +-- which is largely water containing a number of mineral substances in solution, +-- as well as comparatively large amounts of dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide. +fun SoilSolution : Class ; +fun SoilSolution_Class : SubClass SoilSolution Solution ; + +-- Sol is the nearest Star to PlanetEarth and +-- the focus of its SolarSystem. +fun Sol : Ind Star ; + + +-- SolarSystem is the class of systems that +-- consist of a star or stars and any encircling astronomical bodies. +fun SolarSystem : Class ; +fun SolarSystem_Class : SubClass SolarSystem Collection ; + +fun SolidWasteDisposal : Class ; +fun SolidWasteDisposal_Class : SubClass SolidWasteDisposal Sanitation ; +fun SolidWasteDisposalIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +-- A Sound is a long, relatively narrow waterway +-- lying along the shore of a land mass and protected from open water by +-- another land area, an island or group of islands. Some sounds open at +-- both ends into the same body of water (e.g., Long Island Sound), while +-- others connect two different bodies of water (e.g., Melville Sound). +-- A Sound may occur in salt or fresh water bodies. Generally wider than +-- a Strait. +fun Sound : Class ; +fun Sound_Class : SubClass Sound BodyOfWater ; + +fun SouthAmerica : Ind Continent ; + +-- SouthAtlanticOcean denotes the southern geographicSubregion +-- of the AtlanticOcean. +fun SouthAtlanticOcean : Ind (both SaltWaterArea BodyOfWater) ; + + +-- SouthPacificOcean denotes the southern geographicSubregion +-- of the PacificOcean. +fun SouthPacificOcean : Ind (both SaltWaterArea BodyOfWater) ; + + +fun SouthSandwichTrench : Ind Hole ; + +-- Southeast represents the compass direction of Southeast. +fun Southeast : Ind DirectionalAttribute ; + + +fun SoutheasternAsia : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun SoutheasternEurope : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun SouthernAfrica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun SouthernAsia : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun SouthernEurope : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- The half of the Earth that lies below the +-- equator. +fun SouthernHemisphere : Ind Hemisphere ; + + +-- SouthernOcean represents the Southern +-- Ocean. +fun SouthernOcean : Ind (both Ocean PolarClimateZone) ; + + +fun SouthernSouthAmerica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- Southwest represents the compass direction of Southwest. +fun Southwest : Ind DirectionalAttribute ; + + +fun SouthwesternAsia : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun SouthwesternEurope : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- SparseVegetation describes the +-- pattern of vegetation in an area where there is very little vegetation. +fun SparseVegetation : Ind Attribute ; + + +fun Squall : Class ; +fun Squall_Class : SubClass Squall WeatherProcess ; +-- SquareKilometer represents a +-- UnitOfMeasure equal to one square kilometer. +fun SquareKilometer : Ind UnitOfArea ; + + +-- SquareMeter represents a UnitOfMeasure +-- equal to one square Meter. +fun SquareMeter : Ind UnitOfArea ; + + +-- (SquareUnitFn ?UNIT) denotes the +-- UnitOfMeasure that is the square of the UnitOfMeasure ?UNIT. +-- For example, (SquareUnitFn (KiloFn Meter)) denotes the unit +-- of a square kilometer. +fun SquareUnitFn : El UnitOfMeasure -> Ind UnitOfMeasure ; + + +-- Star is the class of hot gaseous astronomical bodies. +fun Star : Class ; +fun Star_Class : SubClass Star AstronomicalBody ; + +-- StationaryFront is the class of +-- boundary areas between two air masses that are stationary, with neither +-- mass presently replacing the other. +fun StationaryFront : Class ; +fun StationaryFront_Class : SubClass StationaryFront WeatherFront ; + +-- A TerrainAttribute of a region in +-- which there is a wide variation in elevation and slopeGradients +-- of more than 10%. +fun SteepTerrain : Ind TerrainAttribute ; + + +-- Steppe is a subclass of Plain, representing +-- vast, level, treeless areas of land in Asia or SE Europe. +fun Steppe : Class ; +fun Steppe_Class : SubClass Steppe Plain ; + +-- SteppeClimateZone +-- is the class of AridClimateZones where the dominant +-- vegetation type is grasses, with no trees. Koeppen +-- system 'BS'. +fun SteppeClimateZone : Class ; +fun SteppeClimateZone_Class : SubClass SteppeClimateZone AridClimateZone ; + +-- A Stone is any small fragment of rock or mineral matter. +fun Stone : Class ; +fun Stone_Class : SubClass Stone Rock ; + +fun StormSystem : Class ; +fun StormSystem_Class : SubClass StormSystem WeatherSystem ; +-- Strait is the subclass of BodyOfWater that +-- consists of narrow water areas connecting two larger bodies of water. +-- Straits are naturally occurring bodies of water. +fun Strait : Class ; +fun Strait_Class : SubClass Strait BodyOfWater ; + +fun StraitOfHormuz : Ind (both Strait SaltWaterArea) ; + +-- A StreamWaterConfluence is the +-- place where a stream or other tributary joins a river. +fun StreamWaterConfluence : Class ; +fun StreamWaterConfluence_Class : SubClass StreamWaterConfluence WaterArea ; + +fun StrikeSlipFault : Class ; +fun StrikeSlipFault_Class : SubClass StrikeSlipFault GeologicalFault ; +fun StrongWind : Class ; +fun StrongWind_Class : SubClass StrongWind WindProcess ; +-- SubmergedLandArea is the class of land +-- regions that are located beneath bodies of water. +fun SubmergedLandArea : Class ; +fun SubmergedLandArea_Class : SubClass SubmergedLandArea GeographicArea ; + +-- SubtropicalDesertClimateZone is a subclass of DesertClimateZone +-- that is characterized by an average temperature greater than 18 +-- degrees Celsius, as well as very low rainfall. This is Koeppen +-- system 'BWh'. +fun SubtropicalDesertClimateZone : Class ; +fun SubtropicalDesertClimateZone_Class : SubClass SubtropicalDesertClimateZone DesertClimateZone ; + +-- SurfaceGroundArea is a subclass of +-- GeographicArea that is restricted to regions whose surface is solid +-- ground. A SurfaceGroundArea may be a discontinuous region overlapping +-- a larger, continuous GeographicArea but excluding any WaterAreas +-- enclosed therein. Rivers, lakes, reservoirs and other surface water areas +-- are not part of any SurfaceGroundArea. +fun SurfaceGroundArea : Class ; +fun SurfaceGroundArea_Class : SubClass SurfaceGroundArea GeographicArea ; + +fun Swarming : Class ; +fun Swarming_Class : SubClass Swarming Motion ; +-- Tailwind is the relative attribute of a +-- Wind to an object when the force of the wind is applied to the back +-- of the object (BackFn). A tailwind can positively affect the speed +-- capability of a vehicle. +fun Tailwind : Ind Attribute ; + + +-- Talc is a very soft Mineral that is +-- a basic silicate of magnesium. +fun Talc : Class ; +fun Talc_Class : SubClass Talc Mineral ; + +-- TemperateClimateZone is the +-- subclass of ClimateZone whose warmest month has an average +-- temperature greater than 10 degrees Celsius and whose coolest month +-- has an average temperature between 18 degrees and _3 degrees Celsius. +-- This is Class C in the Koeppen climate system. +fun TemperateClimateZone : Class ; +fun TemperateClimateZone_Class : SubClass TemperateClimateZone ClimateZone ; + +fun TemperateHardwoodForest : Class ; +fun TemperateHardwoodForest_Class : SubClass TemperateHardwoodForest (both Biome Forest) ; + +fun TemperateRainForest : Class ; +fun TemperateRainForest_Class : SubClass TemperateRainForest (both RainForest TemperateHardwoodForest) ; + +-- TemperateSummerDryClimateZone is the subclass of TemperateClimateZone +-- that is characterized by dry summers, and in which the wettest winter month +-- has at least three times the moisture of the driest summer month. The +-- driest month has less than an average of 30 mm of precipitation. Koeppen +-- climate system type 'Cs'. +fun TemperateSummerDryClimateZone : Class ; +fun TemperateSummerDryClimateZone_Class : SubClass TemperateSummerDryClimateZone TemperateClimateZone ; + +-- TemperateWinterDryClimateZone is a subclass of TemperateClimateZone +-- characterized by having at least 10 times as much precipitation in the +-- wettest summer month as in the driest winter month. Koeppen climate +-- system type 'Cw'. +fun TemperateWinterDryClimateZone : Class ; +fun TemperateWinterDryClimateZone_Class : SubClass TemperateWinterDryClimateZone TemperateClimateZone ; + +-- TerrainAttribute is a class of +-- Attributes that describe terrain. +fun TerrainAttribute : Class ; +fun TerrainAttribute_Class : SubClass TerrainAttribute InternalAttribute ; + +-- TerritorialSea is the class +-- of contiguous waters over which a GeopoliticalArea claims +-- jurisdiction in accordance with the United Nations Convention +-- on the LawOfTheSea (LOS), Part II. A territorial sea may be +-- up to 12 miles (NauticalMiles) in breadth. A subclass of +-- MaritimeClaimArea. +fun TerritorialSea : Class ; +fun TerritorialSea_Class : SubClass TerritorialSea (both MaritimeClaimArea SaltWaterArea) ; + + +-- (TerritorialSeaFn ?POLITY) denotes +-- the TerritorialSea that is claimed by the GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY. +fun TerritorialSeaFn : El GeopoliticalArea -> Ind TerritorialSea ; + + +fun ThrustFault : Class ; +fun ThrustFault_Class : SubClass ThrustFault DipSlipFault ; +fun Thunderstorm : Class ; +fun Thunderstorm_Class : SubClass Thunderstorm WeatherProcess ; +-- A TidalBore is an unusally high, fast tidal +-- inflow from the sea, resulting from a high volume of water rushing from +-- a wide_mouthed bay or Estuary into narrower landward areas. +fun TidalBore : Class ; +fun TidalBore_Class : SubClass TidalBore LittoralCurrent ; + +-- TidalEbb is the subclass of WaterCurrents +-- that are temporary and variable, but regular, currents of ocean water +-- flowing seaward up to and during the time of low tide. Alternating with +-- TidalFlow. +fun TidalEbb : Class ; +fun TidalEbb_Class : SubClass TidalEbb LittoralCurrent ; + +-- TidalFlow is the subclass of WaterCurrents +-- that are temporary and variable, but regular, currents of ocean water +-- flowing landward up to and during the time of high tide. Alternating +-- with TidalEbb. +fun TidalFlow : Class ; +fun TidalFlow_Class : SubClass TidalFlow LittoralCurrent ; + +-- TidalProcess is the class of daily +-- recurring events in which the water level in a BodyOfWater rises +-- and falls with the changing position between Earth and the Moon. +fun TidalProcess : Class ; +fun TidalProcess_Class : SubClass TidalProcess InternalChange ; + +-- A Tide is a vertical movement of the water level +-- in a BodyOfWater due to the gravitational attraction between Earth and +-- the moon. Tides are diurnally recurrent events. In most regions with +-- tides, every day there are two high tides and two low tides. MixedTide +-- represents a process in which the tides at either extreme are unequal. +fun Tide : Class ; +fun Tide_Class : SubClass Tide (both FlowRegion SaltWaterArea) ; + + +fun Tornado : Class ; +fun Tornado_Class : SubClass Tornado WeatherProcess ; +fun ToxicChemicalPollutionIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +fun ToxicWasteDisposalIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +-- TreatyDocument is the subclass of +-- Texts that represent written agreements between Nations. +fun TreatyDocument : Class ; +fun TreatyDocument_Class : SubClass TreatyDocument Text ; + +-- TropicalClimateZone is a +-- subclass of ClimateZone in which the average temperature of the +-- coldest month is greater than 18 degrees Celsius. This is Class +-- 'A' in the Koeppen climate classification system. +fun TropicalClimateZone : Class ; +fun TropicalClimateZone_Class : SubClass TropicalClimateZone ClimateZone ; + +-- TropicalCyclone is the class of +-- CyclonicStorms that occur in the Tropics and typically have +-- rotational winds of hurricane force (74 mph or higher). +fun TropicalCyclone : Class ; +fun TropicalCyclone_Class : SubClass TropicalCyclone CyclonicStorm ; + +fun TropicalRainForest : Class ; +fun TropicalRainForest_Class : SubClass TropicalRainForest RainForest ; +fun TropicalTimber83Agreement : Ind Agreement ; + +fun TropicalTimber94Agreement : Ind Agreement ; + +-- The Tropics is the region of +-- PlanetEarth that lies between approximately 23 and one half degrees +-- North latitude and 23 and one half degrees South latitude, +-- encircling the globe. 'The Tropics'. See also TropicArea. +fun Tropics : Ind GeographicArea ; + + +-- Tsunami is the class of highly destructive +-- ocean waves caused by offshore seismic processes. +fun Tsunami : Class ; +fun Tsunami_Class : SubClass Tsunami WeatherProcess ; + +-- Tundra is a subclass of flat, treeless Plains +-- areas lying within the ArcticRegion. Subsoil in Tundra is permanently +-- frozen. +fun Tundra : Class ; +fun Tundra_Class : SubClass Tundra (both ArcticRegion (both Biome Plain)) ; + + +-- TundraClimateZone is a subclass of +-- PolarClimateZone characterized by having an average temperature +-- above zero degrees Celsius (but below 10 degrees) in the warmest month. +-- Koeppen subtype 'ET'. +fun TundraClimateZone : Class ; +fun TundraClimateZone_Class : SubClass TundraClimateZone PolarClimateZone ; + +fun Typhoon : Class ; +fun Typhoon_Class : SubClass Typhoon TropicalCyclone ; +fun UVLevelsIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- The class of regions located Below the surface of the earth. +fun UndergroundArea : Class ; +fun UndergroundArea_Class : SubClass UndergroundArea GeographicArea ; + +fun UnexplodedOrdinanceIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- A UniformPerimeterArea is one +-- that has a defined uniform width. +fun UniformPerimeterArea : Class ; +fun UniformPerimeterArea_Class : SubClass UniformPerimeterArea PerimeterArea ; + +-- Uphill is a PositionalAttribute that +-- describes the relation between two things, one of which is located +-- up a slope from the other. +fun Uphill : Ind PositionalAttribute ; + + +-- An UplandArea is a LandArea elevated above the surrounding +-- terrain. +fun UplandArea : Class ; +fun UplandArea_Class : SubClass UplandArea LandForm ; + +fun Upstream : Ind PositionalAttribute ; + +-- Upwind is a PositionalAttribute that indicates relative position +-- upwind (windward) with respect to the direction that the Wind is +-- blowing. +fun Upwind : Ind PositionalAttribute ; + + +fun UrbanizationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- A Valley is an area of low_lying land flanked by +-- higher ground. Valleys typically contain a stream or river flowing along the valley floor. +fun Valley : Class ; +fun Valley_Class : SubClass Valley (both LandForm LowlandArea) ; + + +fun VehicleEmissionsIssue : Ind PollutionIssue ; + +-- VehicularPollution is the +-- subclass of Pollution in which the pollutants are vehicle emissions. +fun VehicularPollution : Class ; +fun VehicularPollution_Class : SubClass VehicularPollution Pollution ; + +-- Veldt is a subclass of Grasslands which have +-- scattered shrubs or trees. +fun Veldt : Class ; +fun Veldt_Class : SubClass Veldt (both Grassland Plain) ; + + +-- A VolcanicCone is a hill of lava or +-- pyroclastics surrounding a volcanic vent. Not as high as a +-- VolcanicMountain. +fun VolcanicCone : Class ; +fun VolcanicCone_Class : SubClass VolcanicCone (both Hill Volcano) ; + + +-- VolcanicEruption is the subclass of +-- GeologicalProcesses in which Volcanoes erupt. +fun VolcanicEruption : Class ; +fun VolcanicEruption_Class : SubClass VolcanicEruption GeologicalProcess ; + +fun VolcanicGasRelease : Class ; +fun VolcanicGasRelease_Class : SubClass VolcanicGasRelease VolcanicEruption ; +-- A VolcanicMountain is a cone_shaped +-- mountain formed out of rock or ash thrown up from inside the earth, +-- frequently with an opening or depression at the top. +fun VolcanicMountain : Class ; +fun VolcanicMountain_Class : SubClass VolcanicMountain (both Mountain Volcano) ; + + +fun VolcanicallyActive : Ind VolcanoStatus ; + +fun VolcanicallyDormant : Ind VolcanoStatus ; + +fun VolcanicallyExtinct : Ind VolcanoStatus ; + +-- A Volcano in the broadest sense, i.e., a region +-- containing a vent through which magmous and/or pyroclastic materials are +-- passed from the interior of the Earth to its surface (atmospheric or +-- underwater). +fun Volcano : Class ; +fun Volcano_Class : SubClass Volcano LandForm ; + +fun VolcanoStatus : Class ; +fun VolcanoStatus_Class : SubClass VolcanoStatus InternalAttribute ; +-- WarmFront is the class of transitional +-- weather processes occurring between a warm air mass that is advancing +-- upon a cool air mass. +fun WarmFront : Class ; +fun WarmFront_Class : SubClass WarmFront WeatherFront ; + +fun WaterBorneDiseaseIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- WaterCatchment is the subclass of +-- Artifacts used to capture rainwater or runoff as a source +-- of Freshwater. +fun WaterCatchment : Class ; +fun WaterCatchment_Class : SubClass WaterCatchment Artifact ; + +-- WaterCurrent is a subclass of FlowRegions +-- consisting of moving water, especially those currents found within a +-- well_identified area and having an established pattern of movement, such +-- as an OceanCurrent, a RipTide, or a River. WaterCurrent is +-- disjoint with StaticWaterArea. As a consequence, Lakes for example +-- cannot be FlowRegions, however, currents may be present in a lake. +fun WaterCurrent : Class ; +fun WaterCurrent_Class : SubClass WaterCurrent (both FlowRegion WaterArea) ; + + +fun WaterInfrastructureIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun WaterManagementIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- WaterOnlyArea is a subclass of +-- GeographicArea that is restricted to regions whose surface is water. +-- A WaterOnlyArea may be a discontinuous region overlapping a larger, +-- continuous GeographicArea but excluding any LandAreas enclosed therein. +-- Dry land areas, including islands, are not part of any WaterOnlyArea. +fun WaterOnlyArea : Class ; +fun WaterOnlyArea_Class : SubClass WaterOnlyArea GeographicArea ; + +fun WaterOverutilization : Class ; +fun WaterOverutilization_Class : SubClass WaterOverutilization SocialInteraction ; +-- WaterPollution is the subclass +-- of Pollution processes in which Water is the polluted substance. +fun WaterPollution : Class ; +fun WaterPollution_Class : SubClass WaterPollution Pollution ; + +fun WaterPollutionIssue : Ind EnvironmentalWaterIssue ; + +-- Waterfall is the subclass of StreamWaterAreas where running water +-- falls steeply downhill. +fun Waterfall : Class ; +fun Waterfall_Class : SubClass Waterfall StreamWaterArea ; + +-- A WatershedDivide is a summit area, or +-- narrow tract of higher ground that constitutes the watershed boundary +-- between two adjacent drainage basins, it divides the surface waters that +-- flow naturally in one direction from those that flow in the opposite +-- direction. +fun WatershedDivide : Class ; +fun WatershedDivide_Class : SubClass WatershedDivide (both LandArea UplandArea) ; + + +fun Waterspout : Class ; +fun Waterspout_Class : SubClass Waterspout WeatherProcess ; +-- WeatherFront is the class of weather +-- processes that are involve relationships between two air masses, such +-- as a high pressure weather system or a low pressure system. +fun WeatherFront : Class ; +fun WeatherFront_Class : SubClass WeatherFront WeatherProcess ; + +-- WeatherSeason is the class of seasonal +-- processes that are characterized by various weather patterns. +-- WeatherSeasons may recur on a regular annual basis, on a different +-- pattern, or irregularly. +fun WeatherSeason : Class ; +fun WeatherSeason_Class : SubClass WeatherSeason WeatherProcess ; + +-- WeatherSystem is the class of +-- large_scale atmospheric processes that influence weather in a region +-- for 2_5 days. +fun WeatherSystem : Class ; +fun WeatherSystem_Class : SubClass WeatherSystem WeatherProcess ; + +fun WesternAfrica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +fun WesternEurope : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- The half of the Earth that includes North +-- and South America. +fun WesternHemisphere : Ind Hemisphere ; + + +fun WesternSouthAmerica : Ind GeographicArea ; + +-- WetTropicalClimateZone is +-- the subclass of TropicalClimateZone that is characterized by having +-- no dry months. At least 60 mm of rainfall occur in the driest month. +-- This is subtype 'Af' in the Koeppen climate system. +fun WetTropicalClimateZone : Class ; +fun WetTropicalClimateZone_Class : SubClass WetTropicalClimateZone TropicalClimateZone ; + +fun WetlandDegradationIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +fun WetlandsConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun WhalingConvention : Ind Agreement ; + +fun WildlifePoachingIssue : Ind EnvironmentalIssue ; + +-- WindFlow is the class of variable AirStreams +-- that are in the EarthsAtmosphere. +fun WindFlow : Class ; +fun WindFlow_Class : SubClass WindFlow AirStream ; + +fun WindProcess : Class ; +fun WindProcess_Class : SubClass WindProcess WeatherProcess ; +fun Windstorm : Class ; +fun Windstorm_Class : SubClass Windstorm WindProcess ; +-- The WorldOcean is the collective mass of +-- sea water that covers 70% of the surface of PlanetEarth, surrounding +-- all of its dry land areas. Earth's individual Oceans are parts of +-- the WorldOcean. +fun WorldOcean : Ind (both SaltWaterArea BodyOfWater) ; + + +fun Zud : Class ; +fun Zud_Class : SubClass Zud WeatherProcess ; +-- (airTemperature ?AREA ?TEMP) means that the temperature of the +-- air at ?AREA is ?TEMP. Temperature may be expressed in units of +-- TemperatureMeasure, including CelsiusDegree and FahrenheitDegree, +-- among others. +fun airTemperature : El Object -> El TemperatureMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (arableLandArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) +-- means that the GeographicArea ?REGION has ?AMOUNT of land under +-- cultivation with crops that are replanted after each harvest. ?AMOUNT +-- may be expressed in physical units or with a percent or fraction. +-- Cf. permanentCropLandArea. +fun arableLandArea : El GeographicArea -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (averagePrecipitationForPeriod ?PLACE ?PERIOD ?AMOUNT) means +-- that at the GeographicArea ?PLACE, and during the TimeDuration +-- ?PERIOD, the average daily precipitation was ?AMOUNT. +fun averagePrecipitationForPeriod : El GeographicArea -> El TimeDuration -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (averageRainfallForPeriod ?AREA ?MO ?AMOUNT) +-- means that ?AREA receives ?AMOUNT of rain in month ?MO in an average +-- year. Note that ?AMOUNT is a linear measure indicating the depth of water that +-- would accumulate over ?AREA if all water were captured. +fun averageRainfallForPeriod : El GeographicArea -> El Month -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?PLACE ?PERIOD ?AMOUNT) means that +-- at the GeographicArea ?PLACE, and during the TimeDuration +-- ?PERIOD, the average daily temperature was ?AMOUNT. Temperature +-- may be expressed in some UnitOfTemperature, including +-- CelsiusDegree and FahrenheitDegree, among others. +fun averageTemperatureForPeriod : El GeographicArea -> El TimeDuration -> El TemperatureMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (bioindicatorForHabitat ?AREA ?SPECIES) means that the health +-- of the individuals in ?SPECIES indicates the condition of their +-- habitat in the GeographicArea ?AREA. +fun bioindicatorForHabitat: El GeographicArea -> Desc OrganicObject -> Formula ; + + +-- (claimedTerritory ?AREA ?POLITY) +-- means that some right over the GeographicArea ?AREA is claimed by +-- the Agent or GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY. If two politically independent +-- states or agents claim the same area, that area is a 'disputed +-- territory'. +fun claimedTerritory : El GeographicArea -> El Agent -> Formula ; + + +-- (climateTypeInArea ?TYPE ?REGION) +-- means that all or part of the GeographicArea ?REGION is of the +-- ClimateZone ?TYPE. +fun climateTypeInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc ClimateZone -> Formula ; + + +-- (cloudCoverFraction ?AREA ?AMOUNT) +-- means that in the Region ?AREA, the fraction ?AMOUNT of the sky is +-- covered with clouds. +fun cloudCoverFraction : El Region -> El NonnegativeRealNumber -> Formula ; + + +-- (coldSeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) +-- means that in the GeographicArea ?AREA, the cold season occurs +-- during the TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. +fun coldSeasonInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc TimeInterval -> Formula ; + + +-- (connectedDownstream ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) +-- means that ?OBJ1 is connected, remotely or immediately, with ?OBJ2 along +-- a directed system such as a RiverSystem. +fun connectedDownstream : El Object -> El Object -> Formula ; + + +-- (coolSeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) +-- means that in the GeographicArea ?AREA, the cool season occurs +-- during the TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. For example, (coolSeasonInArea +-- Angola (RecurringTimeIntervalFn May October +fun coolSeasonInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc TimeInterval -> Formula ; + + +-- (courseWRTCompassNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ?HEADING) means that the course +-- heading from ?OBJ1 to ?OBJ2 is ?HEADING in AngularDegrees, with +-- the reference point of 000 degrees North as measured by compass on +-- or at ?OBJ1. +fun courseWRTCompassNorth : El Physical -> El Physical -> El PlaneAngleMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (courseWRTMagneticNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ?HEADING) means that the course +-- heading from ?OBJ1 to ?OBJ2 is ?HEADING in AngularDegrees, with +-- the reference point of 000 degrees being the magnetic North pole. +fun courseWRTMagneticNorth : El Physical -> El Physical -> El PlaneAngleMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ?HEADING) means that the course +-- heading or track from ?OBJ1 to ?OBJ2 is ?HEADING, in AngularDegrees, +-- with the reference point of 000 degrees being true North. +fun courseWRTTrueNorth : El Physical -> El Physical -> El PlaneAngleMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (dateOpenedForSignature ?PROP ?DATE) means that as of a date +-- indicated by ?DATE, document(s) may officially be signed (by the +-- appropriate agents) to effect commitments to the Agreement ?PROP. +fun dateOpenedForSignature: El Proposition -> Desc TimePosition -> Formula ; + + +-- (daylightHoursInterval ?PLACE ?DAY ?INTERVAL) means that in the +-- Region ?PLACE, on the Day indicated by ?DAY, there is daylight +-- during the TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. +fun daylightHoursInterval: El Region -> Desc Day -> El TimeInterval -> Formula ; + + +-- (daylightHoursTotal ?PLACE ?DAY ?TIME) means that in the Region +-- ?PLACE, on the Day indicated by ?DAY, there is daylight for a +-- total TimeDuration ?LENGTH. +fun daylightHoursTotal: El Region -> Desc Day -> El TimeDuration -> Formula ; + + +-- (dependentGeopoliticalArea +-- ?AREA1 ?AREA2) means that ?AREA1 is a geopolitical possession of the +-- GeopoliticalArea ?AREA2 and is not a geopoliticalSubdivision of +-- ?AREA2. For example, (dependentGeopoliticalArea Guam UnitedStates), +-- because Guam is a territory of the UnitedStates, not one of the fifty +-- U.S. states. Contrast primaryGeopoliticalSubdivision. +fun dependentGeopoliticalArea : El GeographicArea -> El Agent -> Formula ; + + +-- (drySeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) +-- means that in the GeographicArea ?AREA, the dry season occurs +-- during the TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. For example, (drySeasonInArea +-- Angola (RecurringTimeIntervalFn May October)). +fun drySeasonInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc TimeInterval -> Formula ; + + +-- The altitude of an object +-- above the sea level of PlanetEarth +fun earthAltitude : El Physical -> El Physical -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (elevation ?OBJECT ?HEIGHT) means that the +-- physical Object ?OBJECT is located on the surface of PlanetEarth +-- at the vertical distance ?HEIGHT above (or below, for a negative +-- quantity) SeaLevel. ?OBJECT may be a superficialPart of Earth's +-- surface, such as a GeographicArea. Elevation is measured from +-- SeaLevel to the vertical top of the object. +fun elevation : El Object -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (environmentalProblemTypeInArea ?AREA ?PROBLEM) means that +-- objects or processes of type ?PROBLEM is an environmental +-- problem in the GeographicArea ?AREA. +fun environmentalProblemTypeInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc Physical -> Formula ; + + +-- The relation between WaterMotion Processes +-- and the region in which they occur continuously over at least hours, but +-- typically months or years. A water balloon bursting and flowing downhill +-- would not use this relation, because there would be no StreamWaterArea +-- to relate to. +fun flowCurrent : El WaterMotion -> El WaterArea -> Formula ; + + +-- (groundSubsurfaceType ?area ?subsoil) +-- means that the predominant Substance in the subsoil or subsurface layer of +-- the LandArea ?area is of type ?subsoil. +fun groundSubsurfaceType: El LandArea -> Desc Substance -> Formula ; + + +-- (%&groundSurfaceType ?area ?substance) means +-- that the predominant Substance at the ground surface of the LandArea ?area is ?substance. +fun groundSurfaceType: El LandArea -> Desc Substance -> Formula ; + + +-- (headingWRTCompassNorth ?OBJ ?DEGREE) +-- means that the front_to_back axis of the Object ?OBJ points in +-- the direction ?DEGREE, according to the compass carried by ?OBJ. +fun headingWRTCompassNorth : El Object -> El PlaneAngleMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (headingWRTMagneticNorth ?OBJ ?DEGREE) +-- means that the front_to_back axis of the Object ?OBJ points in +-- the direction ?DEGREE, with respect to magnetic North. +fun headingWRTMagneticNorth : El Object -> El PlaneAngleMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (headingWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ ?DEGREE) +-- means that the front_to_back axis of the Object ?OBJ points in +-- the direction ?DEGREE, with respect to true North. +fun headingWRTTrueNorth : El Object -> El PlaneAngleMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (highAltitudeWindSpeed ?PLACE ?RATE) means that the Wind +-- blowing above 25,000 feet at ?PLACE has a speed of ?RATE. +fun highAltitudeWindSpeed : El Object -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (highAltitudeWindVelocity ?PLACE ?SPEED ?TOWARD) means that the +-- Wind blowing above 25,000 feet at ?PLACE has a speed of ?SPEED +-- and is moving toward the DirectionalAttribute ?TOWARD. +fun highAltitudeWindVelocity : El Object -> El PhysicalQuantity -> El DirectionalAttribute -> Formula ; + + +-- (highTide ?PLACE ?TIME ?AMOUNT) means that +-- there is a HighTide at the Region ?PLACE at the TimeInterval ?TIME +-- with the relative height ?AMOUNT. The height is given in relation to +-- the datum on a standard chart. +fun highTide : El Region -> El TimeInterval -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (highestTemperatureForPeriod ?PLACE ?PERIOD ?AMOUNT) means that +-- at the GeographicArea ?PLACE, during the TimeDuration ?PERIOD, +-- the highest temperature was ?AMOUNT. Temperature may be expressed +-- in some UnitOfTemperature, including CelsiusDegree and +-- FahrenheitDegree, among others. +fun highestTemperatureForPeriod : El GeographicArea -> El TimeDuration -> El TemperatureMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (hotSeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) +-- means that in the GeographicArea ?AREA, the hot season occurs +-- during the TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. For example, (hotSeasonInArea +-- Angola (RecurringTimeIntervalFn November April)). +fun hotSeasonInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc TimeInterval -> Formula ; + + +-- (irrigatedLandArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) +-- means that the GeographicArea ?REGION has the ?AMOUNT of irrigated land. +-- ?AMOUNT may be expressed in physical units or with a percent or fraction. +fun irrigatedLandArea : El GeographicArea -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (landAreaOnly ?REGION ?MEASURE) means +-- that the total area(s) of solid ground within the GeographicArea +-- ?REGION has the AreaMeasure ?AMOUNT. The pieces of solid ground need +-- not be continuous within the region. +fun landAreaOnly : El GeographicArea -> El AreaMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (lowAltitudeWindSpeed ?PLACE ?RATE) means that the Wind blowing +-- between 500_10,000 feet at ?PLACE has a speed of ?RATE. Wind speed +-- may be expressed in knots (KnotUnitOfSpeed) or as any distance per +-- time unit (using (SpeedFn ?DISTANCE ?TIME)). +fun lowAltitudeWindSpeed : El Object -> El PhysicalQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (lowAltitudeWindVelocity ?PLACE ?SPEED ?DIRECTION) means that the +-- low_altitude Wind blowing at ?PLACE has a speed of ?SPEED and comes +-- from the compass point ?DIRECTION. Low_altitude wind is wind blowing +-- between 500_10,000 feet. +fun lowAltitudeWindVelocity : El Object -> El PhysicalQuantity -> El DirectionalAttribute -> Formula ; + + +-- (lowTide ?PLACE ?TIME ?AMOUNT) means that +-- there is a LowTide at the Region ?PLACE at the TimeInterval ?TIME +-- with the relative height ?AMOUNT. The height is given in relation to +-- the datum on a standard chart. +fun lowTide : El Region -> El TimeInterval -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (lowestTemperatureForPeriod ?PLACE ?PERIOD ?AMOUNT) means that +-- at the GeographicArea ?PLACE, during the TimeDuration ?PERIOD, +-- the highest temperature was ?AMOUNT. Temperature may be expressed +-- in some UnitOfTemperature, including CelsiusDegree and +-- FahrenheitDegree, among others. +fun lowestTemperatureForPeriod : El GeographicArea -> El TimeDuration -> El TemperatureMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (magneticVariation ?AREA ?DEGREE ?DIRECTION) means that in the +-- GeographicArea ?AREA, the magnetic variation of a compass from +-- 000 degrees true is ?DEGREE AngularDegrees in ?DIRECTION (East +-- or West). +fun magneticVariation : El GeographicArea -> El PlaneAngleMeasure -> El DirectionalAttribute -> Formula ; + + +-- (mapOfArea ?AREA ?POINTER) means that a map +-- of the Region ?AREA can be found at the location ?POINTER. +fun mapOfArea : El Region -> El SymbolicString -> Formula ; + + +-- (maritimeClaimType ?POLITY ?TYPE) +-- means that the GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY claims rights over a +-- MaritimeClaimArea of ?TYPE. +fun maritimeClaimType: El GeopoliticalArea -> Desc MaritimeClaimArea -> Formula ; + + +-- (meanSeaLevel ?place ?measure) means that the Mean Sea +-- Level (MSL) at ?place is ?measure. ?measure is a distance representing the sea level +-- at ?place measured against a benchmark (and averaged over a long time). MSL is measured +-- by tide gauges for maritime purposes, while geodesists use the difference between the +-- local sea surface and an ideal level ocean surface (the geoid). +fun meanSeaLevel : El GeographicArea -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (mediumAltitudeWindSpeed ?PLACE ?RATE) means that the Wind +-- blowing between 10,000_25,000 feet at ?PLACE has a speed of ?RATE. +fun mediumAltitudeWindSpeed : El Object -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (mediumAltitudeWindVelocity ?PLACE ?SPEED ?TOWARD) means that the +-- Wind blowing between 10,000_25,000 feet at ?PLACE has a speed of +-- ?SPEED and is moving toward the DirectionalAttribute ?TOWARD. +fun mediumAltitudeWindVelocity : El Object -> El PhysicalQuantity -> El DirectionalAttribute -> Formula ; + + +-- (naturalHazardTypeInArea ?AREA ?TYPE) means that in the +-- GeographicArea ?AREA, Processes of ?TYPE occur with some +-- frequency and may cause damage or danger to human lives and property. +fun naturalHazardTypeInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc Physical -> Formula ; + + +-- (naturalResourceTypeInArea ?REGION ?TYPE) means that the +-- GeographicArea ?REGION has resources of the kind ?TYPE. +fun naturalResourceTypeInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc Object -> Formula ; + + +-- (objectGeographicCoordinates ?OBJECT ?LAT ?LONG) means that +-- the Object ?OBJECT is found at the geographic coordinates +-- ?LAT and ?LONG. +fun objectGeographicCoordinates : El Object -> El Latitude -> El Longitude -> Formula ; + + +-- (oppositeDirection ?DIR1 ?DIR2) +-- means that the PositionalAttribute ?DIR1 points in the compass +-- direction opposite to the DirectionalAttribute ?DIR2. +fun oppositeDirection : El PositionalAttribute -> El PositionalAttribute -> Formula ; + + +-- (orbits ?SATELLITE ?FOCUS) means that the Object +-- ?SATELLITE revolves around the AstronomicalBody ?FOCUS. +fun orbits : El Object -> El AstronomicalBody -> Formula ; + + +-- This predicate is used to represent information from the CIA +-- World Fact Book. (otherLandUseArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) means that +-- in the GeographicArea ?REGION, the ?AMOUNT of land has some +-- use other than planting seasonal or permanent crops. ?AMOUNT may be +-- expressed in physical units or with a percent or fraction. See also +-- arableLandArea and permanentLandArea. +fun otherLandUseArea : El GeographicArea -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (overcastDaysInPeriod ?AREA ?PERIOD ?NUMBER) means that during the +-- time ?PERIOD, the GeographicArea ?AREA experienced ?NUMBER of +-- OvercastWeather days. +fun overcastDaysInPeriod : El GeographicArea -> El TimeDuration -> El NonnegativeRealNumber -> Formula ; + + +-- (partyToAgreement ?AGENT ?PROP) +-- means that the Agent ?AGENT has committed to the agreement ?PROP. +fun partyToAgreement : El Agent -> El Proposition -> Formula ; + + +-- (permanentCropLandArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) means that the GeographicArea +-- ?REGION has ?AMOUNT of land under cultivation with crops that are not +-- replanted after each harvest. This includes orchards, vineyards, coffee +-- and rubber plantations. Timberland is excluded. ?AMOUNT may be expressed +-- in physical units or with a percent or fraction. Cf. permanentCropLandArea. +fun permanentCropLandArea : El GeographicArea -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (precipitationAmount ?EVENT ?AMOUNT) means that in the +-- Precipitation process ?EVENT, the quantity of precipitation +-- that fell was ?AMOUNT. +fun precipitationAmount : El Precipitation -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (precipitationRate ?EVENT ?RATE) means that in the +-- Precipitation ?EVENT, the precipitation falls at a rate +-- of ?RATE. +fun precipitationRate : El Precipitation -> El FunctionQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (precipitationState ?EVENT ?STATE) means that in the Precipitation +-- ?EVENT, the stuff falling is in the PhysicalState ?STATE (e.g., +-- Liquid or Solid ice). +fun precipitationState : El WeatherProcess -> El PhysicalState -> Formula ; + + +-- (rainySeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) +-- means that in the GeographicArea ?AREA, the rainy or wet season occurs +-- during the TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. For example, (rainySeasonInArea +-- Angola (RecurringTimeIntervalFn November April)). +fun rainySeasonInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc TimeInterval -> Formula ; + + +-- (regionalIssue ?AREA ?ISSUE) means +-- that the AreaOfConcern ?ISSUE is relevant to a problem in the +-- GeographicArea ?AREA. +fun regionalIssue : El GeographicArea -> El AreaOfConcern -> Formula ; + + +-- (relativeBearing ?OBJ1?OBJ2 ?DEGREES) +-- means that ?OBJ1 and ?OBJ2 are separated by the amount ?DEGREES of +-- PlaneAngleMeasure. +fun relativeBearing : El Object -> El Object -> El PlaneAngleMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (relativeHumidity ?AREA ?AMOUNT) +-- means that the amount of moisture in the air at ?AREA is ?AMOUNT. +-- Relative humidity expresses the amount of moisture as a percentage, +-- or ratio, between the actual moisture saturation of the air compared +-- to the potential moisture saturation of the air. At full (potential) +-- saturation, precipitation would occur. +fun relativeHumidity : El Object -> El NonnegativeRealNumber -> Formula ; + + +-- (seaSurfaceTemperature ?AREA ?TEMP) means that the +-- temperature of the sea surface at ?AREA is ?TEMP. +-- Temperature may be expressed in some UnitOfTemperature, +-- including CelsiusDegree and FahrenheitDegree, among others. +fun seaSurfaceTemperature : El WaterArea -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- The length of the boundary +-- between two GeographicRegions. +fun sharedBorderLength : El GeographicRegion -> El GeographicRegion -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (slopeGradient ?AREA ?SLOPE) means that +-- in the LandArea ?AREA there is an incline of ?slope, where ?SLOPE is +-- the percent of vertical rise over horizontal distance. slopeGradient +-- gives an approximate value for nonzero slope over ?AREA, without regard +-- to orientation. For example, (slopeGradient ?AREA 0.10) means that +-- there is a 10% incline across the area, without specifying the +-- orientation in which the land rises or falls. Also see +-- slopeGradientTowardsOrientation. +fun slopeGradient : El LandArea -> El NonnegativeRealNumber -> Formula ; + + +-- (slopeGradientTowardsOrientation ?AREA ?DIRECTION ?SLOPE) means that +-- in the LandArea ?AREA, there is an incline of ?SLOPE towards the +-- DirectionalAttribute ?DIRECTION. ?SLOPE is a RationalNumber +-- representing the percent of vertical rise over horizontal distance. +fun slopeGradientTowardsOrientation : El LandArea -> El DirectionalAttribute -> El RationalNumber -> Formula ; + + +-- (streamOutfall ?WATER ?RIVER) means that +-- the WaterArea ?MOUTH is the outfall of the River ?RIVER. +fun streamOutfall : El WaterArea -> El River -> Formula ; + + +-- (surfaceWindDirection ?PLACE ?DIRECTION) means that at ?PLACE +-- the wind is coming from the compass point ?DIRECTION. For example, +-- (surfaceWindDirection SanFranciscoBay Northwest) means that the +-- wind in San Francisco Bay is coming from the Northwest. The wind is +-- within 500 feet of Earth's surface. +fun surfaceWindDirection : El Object -> El DirectionalAttribute -> Formula ; + + +-- (surfaceWindSpeed ?PLACE ?RATE) +-- means that the speed of the surface Wind at the GeographicArea +-- ?PLACE is ?RATE. Wind speed may be expressed in knots (KnotUnitOfSpeed) +-- or as any distance per time unit (using (SpeedFn ?DISTANCE ?TIME)). +-- Surface wind is found at the surface of the planet, everyday wind. +-- Technically, Winds moving through the atmosphere up to an altitude +-- of 500 feet. +fun surfaceWindSpeed : El Object -> El PhysicalQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (surfaceWindVelocity ?PLACE ?SPEED ?TOWARD) means that the +-- surface Wind blowing at ?PLACE has a speed of ?SPEED and is moving +-- toward the DirectionalAttribute ?TOWARD. Surface wind is found at the +-- surface of the planet, everyday wind. Technically, Winds moving +-- through the atmosphere up to an altitude of 500 feet. +fun surfaceWindVelocity : El Object -> El PhysicalQuantity -> El DirectionalAttribute -> Formula ; + + +-- (terrainInArea ?AREA ?ATTRIBUTE) +-- means that the GeographicArea ?AREA is or includes a region with +-- the features of TerrainArea ?ATTRIBUTE. +fun terrainInArea : El GeographicArea -> El TerrainAttribute -> Formula ; + + +-- (totalArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) means that +-- the total area of ?REGION is the AreaMeasure ?AMOUNT. +fun totalArea : El Region -> El AreaMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (totalBiomass ?PLACE ?MASS) means that the +-- total amount (in weight or volume) of living matter in the Region +-- ?PLACE is ?MASS. +fun totalBiomass : El GeographicArea -> El PhysicalQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (totalCoastline ?AREA ?COASTLENGTH) +-- means that the total length of all boundaries between the GeographicArea +-- ?AREA and the ocean is the LengthMeasure ?COASTLENGTH. The coastline +-- counted may be discontinuous and may even be along different oceans (as +-- in Columbia). A totalCoastline of zero indicates a LandlockedArea. +-- Note that only Ocean coastlines are counted, not any shores with inland +-- waters. +fun totalCoastline : El GeographicArea -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (totalLandBoundary ?REGION ?LENGTH) +-- means that the GeographicArea ?REGION has a total LengthMeasure +-- ?LENGTH of land boundaries between it and other countries. Note that +-- the boundaries included in the total length may be discontinuous, as when +-- interrupted by stretches of Seacoast. +fun totalLandBoundary : El GeographicArea -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (totalPrecipitationForPeriod ?PLACE ?PERIOD ?AMOUNT) means that +-- at the GeographicArea ?PLACE, and during the TimeDuration ?PERIOD, +-- the total amount of precipitation was ?AMOUNT. +fun totalPrecipitationForPeriod : El GeographicArea -> El TimeDuration -> El ConstantQuantity -> Formula ; + + +-- (unratifiedSignatoryToAgreement ?AGENT ?PROP) means that +-- the Agent ?AGENT has signed a document to begin the process of +-- committing to the Agreement ?PROP, but that a ratification +-- process required to complete the commitment has not yet occurred. +fun unratifiedSignatoryToAgreement : El Agent -> El Proposition -> Formula ; + + +-- (vegetationType ?area ?type) associates +-- a particular GeographicArea with a type of Plant that is found there. +fun vegetationType : El GeographicArea -> Desc Plant -> Formula ; + + +-- (vegetationTypePattern ?AREA ?TYPE ?DENSITY) means that in the +-- GeographicArea ?AREA the Plant ?TYPE is found with ?DENSITY. +fun vegetationTypePattern: El GeographicArea -> Desc Plant -> El Attribute -> Formula ; + + +-- (warmSeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) +-- means that in the GeographicArea ?AREA, the warm season occurs +-- during the TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. +fun warmSeasonInArea: El GeographicArea -> Desc TimeInterval -> Formula ; + + +-- (waterAreaOnly ?REGION ?MEASURE) means +-- that the total area(s) of surface water within the GeographicArea +-- ?REGION has the AreaMeasure ?AMOUNT. The pieces of water need not be +-- continuous within the region. +fun waterAreaOnly : El GeographicArea -> El AreaMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (waterDepth ?AREA ?LENGTH) means that the +-- depth of water at the Region ?AREA is ?LENGTH. +fun waterDepth : El WaterArea -> El LengthMeasure -> Formula ; + + +-- (windRelativePosition ?OBJECT ?POSITION) means that the Wind blows +-- at ?OBJECT from the relative vector ?POSITION. E.g., Crosswind, +-- Headwind, Tailwind. +fun windRelativePosition : El Object -> El Attribute -> Formula ; +} -- cgit v1.2.3