VFR Terms Water features (hydrography)

Question 1

Water features are depicted using two tones of (red, blue) and are considered either “Open Water” or “Inland Water.”

Answer 1

blue

Question 2

(Inland Water, Open Water), a lighter blue tone, shows the shoreline limitations of all coastal water features at the average (mean) (high, low) water levels for oceans and seas.

Answer 2

Open Water, high

Question 3

Light Blue also represents the connecting waters like (ocean, bays), (gulfs, lakes), sounds, and large (lakes, estuaries).

Answer 3

bays; gulfs; estuaries

Question 4

Exceptionally large lakes like the Great Lakes, Great Salt Lake, and Lake Okeechobee are considered (Inland Water, Open Water).

Answer 4

Open Water

Question 5

The Open water tone extends inland as far as necessary to adjoin the darker blue (Outland, Inland) Water tones.

Answer 5

Inland Water tones

Question 6

All other bodies of water are marked as (Open, Inland) Water in the darker blue tone

Answer 6

Inland Water