-- Name -- bio-geographical region -- Definition -- An area in which there are relatively homogeneous ecological conditions with common characteristics. -- Description -- EXAMPLE Europe is divided into eleven broad bio-geographical terrestrial zones and 5 zones for marine bio-geographical regions. NOTE The marine regions are used in the context of Natura2000 due to practical / technical reasons only; they do not have any legal status in contrast to the "terrestrial" Bio-geographical Regions.
-- Name -- marine strategy framework directive classification value -- Definition -- Codes for the Marine Stategy Framework Diretive classification.
-- Name -- region classification level value -- Definition -- Codes defining the classification level of the region class.
-- Name -- environmental stratification classification value -- Definition -- Codes for climatic stratification of the Environment of Europe. -- Description -- Based on environmental variables (climate, geomorphology, oceanicity and northing) using a Principal component analysis and ISODATA clustering routine. The Environmental Stratification of Europe (EnS) consists of 84 Strata, which have been aggregated to 13 Environmental Zones with a spatial resolution of 1 km². NOTE This stratification is after Metzger et al. 2005.
-- Name -- natura 2000 and emerald bio-geographical region classification value -- Definition -- Codes for the bio-geographic region classification. -- Description -- http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/biogeographical-regions-europe/codelist-for-bio-geographical-regions
-- Name -- region classification value -- Definition -- Codes defining the various bio-geographical regions.
-- Name -- region classification scheme value -- Definition -- Codes defining the various bio-geographical regions.
-- Name -- natural vegetation classification value -- Definition -- Codes for the natural vegetation classification.