Tag:natural=bare_rock

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Coastal rock formation.jpg
Description
An area with sparse or no vegetation, so that the bedrock becomes visible Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Bare rock.png
Group: natural
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
See also
Status: approvedPage for proposal

An area of bare rock is sparsely vegetated or not vegetated at all, so that the solid bedrock becomes visible. Areas to tag could be:

  • high altitude mountain areas where the rock lays bare, like summits, arêtes and rock faces, but not scree, shingle or moraines.
  • rocky coasts
  • rocky areas in uplands, desert and polar regions
  • outcrops like open pit mines or road cuts
  • monolithic mountains like Uluru (Ayers Rock).

How to map

To map an area of bare rock you can just draw a line closing on itself, marking the area as bare rock. To map larger or more complex areas you can use relation:multipolygon with the same tag.

It can be mapped as a node (if there is no way to map it as a geometry), especially when someone wants to map name or some other additional properties. But mapping as an area is strictly preferable.

Examples

Rendering

osm-carto z13 osm-carto z12

See also

  • natural=cliff - steep natural drop in terrain topography
  • natural=blockfield - pile of rocks, often formed as a result of volcanic or glacial activity.
  • natural=scree - loose angular rock fragments formed by rockfall and weathering from adjacent rock faces
  • natural=shingle - rounded rock fragments on a beach or riverbed, deposited and shaped by movement of water
  • natural=stone - large boulders (glacial erratics or rock fall) not attached to the bedrock, mainly single node element
  • natural=rock - isolated, notable rock features connected to the bedrock, mainly single node element
  • natural=glacier - glacier areas

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Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!