Table 5.13 — ECs with labels beginning with I
Label Concept definition Figure(s) Code
ICE Frozen <WATER>; ice [SOED, "ice", 1.a].   546
ICE_BOOM A floating <BARRIER> constrained by <ANCHOR>s and used to deflect the path of floating <ICE> in order to prevent the obstruction of <HYDROGRAPHIC_LOCK>s or <WATER_INTAKE>s or to prevent damage to <BRIDGE_PIER>s or other <STRUCTURE>s; ice boom.   547
ICE_CLIFF A perpendicular or steep face of a <GLACIER> or <ICE_SHELF> of considerable <<HEIGHT>>; ice cliff.   548
ICE_FIELD A <FROZEN_PRECIPITATION_FIELD> that consists of <ICE>; ice-field.   549
ICE_GLAZE A coating of <ICE>, generally clear and smooth, formed on exposed <OBJECT>s by the freezing of a film of supercooled <WATER> deposited by <RAIN>, <DRIZZLE>, or <FOG> or possibly condensed from supercooled water vapour; ice glaze. <ICE_GLAZE> is denser, harder, and more transparent than either <RIME> or <HOAR_FROST>.   550
ICE_KEEL An irregular, linear, downward extension of <ICE> formed where two moving masses of <ICE> collide on a <WATERBODY>; ice keel.   551
ICE_PEAK A rocky peak that may be perpetually covered with <ICE> and that projects above a surrounding <ICE_FIELD>; ice peak. An ice peak is also known as a nunatak.   552
ICE_PELLETS <SOLID_PRECIPITATION> of transparent or translucent <PARTICLE>s of <ICE> that are spherical or irregular, rarely conical, and that have an <<OUTSIDE_DIAMETER>> of 5 millimetres or less; ice pellets. <SMALL_HAIL> is a form of ice pellets.   553
ICE_SHELF A thick sheet of <ICE> usually of great extent, mostly afloat on a <WATERBODY_SURFACE>, with a level or undulating <SURFACE> and attached to <LAND>; ice shelf. The seaward edge is termed an <ICE_CLIFF> (ice front).   554
ICE_SLUDGE Spongy whitish lumps of <ICE> a few centimetres in <<OUTSIDE_DIAMETER>> that are floating on the <WATERBODY_SURFACE> of a shallow <SEA>; ice sludge.   555
ICEBERG A very large mass of <ICE> floating loose in a <WATERBODY> after becoming detached from a <GLACIER> or <ICE_SHELF>; iceberg [SOED, "iceberg", 2].   556
IFR_REGION A <REGION> in which IFR should be observed.   557
ILS_COMPONENT An air navigation <COMPONENT> that is essential to the establishment and execution of a precision approach based on an ILS.   558
ILS_TERMINAL_COMPONENT An <ATS_ROUTE_COMPONENT> designated for channelling the flow of air traffic via ILS terminal procedures.   559
INCINERATOR A permanent <STRUCTURE> used for the disposal of waste products by burning; incinerator.   560
INDIGENOUS_BURIAL_GROUND A <CEMETERY> for native peoples, generally without <MEMORIAL_MONUMENT>s; indigenous burial ground.   561
INDIGENOUS_PEOPLES_RESERVE A <TRACT>and associated <STRUCTURE>s set apart specifically for the use of a native people; indigenous peoples reserve.   562
INDIVIDUAL_FIGHTING_POSITION A <FIGHTING_POSITION> designed to accommodate an individual soldier and that soldier's <EQUIPMENT>.   563
INDUSTRIAL_BUILDING A <BUILDING> used for the manufacture of goods or the processing of <MATERIAL>s; industrial building.   564
INDUSTRIAL_OVEN An industrial <STRUCTURE> used for hardening, burning, or heating <MATERIAL>s (for example: grain, meal, clay, or wood); industrial oven.   565
INDUSTRIAL_WORKS The <STRUCTURE>s, <GROUNDS>, and <EQUIPMENT> of a manufacturing <FACILITY>; industrial works.   566
INFANTRY_TRENCH A <MILITARY_TRENCH>, typically integrated into a complex <SYSTEM> of <TERRAIN_OBSTACLE>s, that is used to provide cover, concealment, protected <FIGHTING_POSITION>s, and communications capability for infantry.   567
INFRARED_MATERIAL_PROPERTY_SET A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the infrared properties of the <MATERIAL>s composing an <OBJECT>.   568
INLAND_SHORELINE The <SHORELINE> of an inland <WATERBODY>.   569
INLAND_WATER A <WATERBODY> that either does not experience or only minimally experiences tidal fluctuations; inland water.   570
INLAND_WATER_BOTTOM A bathymetric <REGION> underlying an <INLAND_WATER_SURFACE>; inland water bottom.   571
INLAND_WATER_ELEVATION A <SPOT_ELEVATION> associated with an <INLAND_WATER_SURFACE>.   572
INLAND_WATER_SURFACE The <WATERBODY_SURFACE> of an <INLAND_WATER>.   573
INLET A short, narrow <WATERCOURSE> connecting a <MARINE_BAY> or <LAGOON> with a <SEA>; inlet.   574
INS_ALIGNMENT_PAD A designated <LOCATION> where the automated INS instruments of <AIRCRAFT> are reset before taking-off; INS alignment pad.   575
INSECT An <ARTHROPOD> of the superclass Hexapoda, characterized by having six feet; insect [SOED, "hexopod"].   576
INSTITUTIONAL_FACILITY A <FACILITY> housing an established organization or foundation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, or culture, that provides for the care of <HUMAN>s who are destitute, disabled, or mentally ill; institutional facility.   577
INTEREST_SITE A <REGION> maintained for the public and declared to be of national or provincial historical significance or interest; interest site.   578
INTERIOR_WALL A <WALL> in a <BUILDING> separating two <ROOM>s from each other; interior wall.   579
INTERIOR_WALL_OPENING An opening (for example: an uncovered <APERTURE> in an <INTERIOR_WALL> and/or the space above a <WALL> of partial <<HEIGHT>>) that supports the passage of <MATERIAL>s or visibility into an adjoining <ROOM>.   580
INTERNATIONAL_DATE_LINE A <LINE> designated as the place on the <EARTH> where each calendar day begins; International Date Line. This <LINE> generally coincides with the 180th meridian but is modified to avoid <LAND>.   581
INTERPLANETARY_MAGNETIC_FIELD The <MAGNETIC_FIELD> in a <STAR_SYSTEM> carried with its <STELLAR_WIND>; interplanetary magnetic field.   582
INUNDATED_LAND <LAND> subject to controlled inundation (for example: flooded by the regulation of the level of a <RESERVOIR>) that is normally associated with permanently flooded ground in which <TREE>s are still standing; inundated land.   583
INVERTEBRATE An <ANIMAL> without a backbone or spinal column that does not belong to the subphylum Vertebrata; invertebrate [SOED, "invertebrate"].   584
IONOSPHERE The <ATMOSPHERE_REGION> of the <EARTH> characterized by ions and free electrons existing in sufficient quantities to reflect electromagnetic waves and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>>s of 70 to 500 kilometres; ionosphere.   585
IONOSPHERE_ELECTRON_DENSITY-
_PROPERTY_SET
A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the electron-density related characteristics of an <IONOSPHERE>.   586
IONOSPHERE_SCINTILLATION-
_PROPERTY_SET
A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the distortion of the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through an <IONOSPHERE> due to medium density irregularities; ionosphere scintillation property set.   587
IONOSPHERIC_D_REGION The lowest daytime <REGION> of the <IONOSPHERE> characterized by weak concentrations of ions and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>>s of 50 and 90 kilometres; ionospheric D-region. An ionospheric D-region is also known as an ionospheric D-layer.   588
IONOSPHERIC_E_REGION A daytime <REGION> of the <IONOSPHERE> characterized by concentrations of O2+ and NO+ ions and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>> s of 85 and 140 kilometres; ionospheric E-region. An ionospheric E-region is also known as an ionospheric E-layer.   589
IONOSPHERIC_F1_REGION A daytime <REGION> of the <IONOSPHERE>, above the <IONOSPHERIC_E_REGION>, characterized by weak concentrations of O2+ ions and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>>s of 120 and 200 kilometres; ionospheric F1-region. An ionospheric F1-region is also known as an ionospheric F1-layer.   590
IONOSPHERIC_F2_REGION A daytime <REGION> of the <IONOSPHERE>, above the <IONOSPHERIC_E_REGION>, characterized by weak concentrations of O2+ ions and located roughly between the <<ALTITUDE_MSL>>s of 200 and 1 500 kilometres; ionospheric F2-region. An ionospheric F2-region is also known as an ionospheric F2-layer.   591
IRRIGATION_DITCH A <TRENCH> that is constructed for the purpose of irrigation or drainage; irrigation ditch.   592
ISLAND A <TRACT> smaller (usually much smaller) than a continent and surrounded by a <WATERBODY>; island.   593
ISOGONIC_LINE An <ISOPLETH> that connects <LOCATION>s of equal magnetic variation; isogonic line.   594
ISOPLETH A <LINE> defined by <LOCATION>s for which some chosen quantity has the same value; isopleth [SOED, "isopleth", 1].   595
ISTHMUS A <TERRAIN_STRIP> that is bordered on both sides by <WATERBODY>s and that connects two larger bodies of <LAND>; isthmus.   596