contains process has quality depressed landform container of an intermittent water body intermittent water body A depression which is is periodically filled with water when water supply exceeds evapotranspiration and bed seepage. intermittent body of water Despite the relocation from its position under 'water body' and the rewording of the definition, the class was not obsoleted as the entity being referenced is effectively the same. This was formerly represented as a water body, which would not be valid during dry periods. This class more properly refers to the container of the water body, thusfar always some depression, which periodically contains a water body. TGN:21198 water accumulation process surface landform discontinuous