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Observations typically describe an aspect of something. Features of interest include organisms or physical entities.

**Monitoring Features**
Features of interest are often physical entities more commonly referred to as locations or samples, which we collectively call *monitoring features*:

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Features of interest are often physical entities more commonly referred to as locations or samples. Read more below.

**Observed Properties**
The aspect of something that the observation describes is called the *observed property*; these are variables.
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Monitoring Features (e.g., Locations and Samples)
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*Monitoring features* are what an observation is characterizing.
*Monitoring features* are what an observation is characterizing and can be organized into hierarchies:

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**Feature Types**
Data often characterize physical entities. In Earth Science monitoring features can be categories of *feature types* such as basins, watersheds, and points.
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