Ecotopen salt - ecotopen map

An ecotope is an ecomorphological, landscape mapping unit. The ecotope system is classified according to the criteria altitude, flow rate, wave height, drying time, geomorphology, salinity and sediment composition. With the ecotope classification, gradual transitions in these variables are converted into discrete, mappable units. Changes in ecologically relevant changes in flow velocity, etc., thus become unambiguously quantifiable and can be used for explorations, planning studies and evaluations of construction and management.