Shore The land along the edge of the sea, a lake, or a wide river where the investigator considers the proximity of the water body to be important. Land adjacent to a reservoir, lake, impoundment, or oceanic site type is considered part of the shore when it includes a beach or bank between the high and low water marks. Land Sites Adapted from USGS Site Types. http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/nwisgmap/help/sitetype.html ODM2 SiteType Controlled Vocabulary ODM2 Working Group A vocabulary for describing the type of a data collection Site. To some extent, these types represent the ultimate feature of interest that the site was established to measure. For example, a Stream Site was established to measure properties of a Stream.