- What is a Wetland? | US EPA
Two general categories of wetlands are recognized: coastal or tidal wetlands and inland or non-tidal wetlands Coastal tidal wetlands in the United States, as their name suggests, are found along the Atlantic, Pacific, Alaskan and Gulf coasts
- Wetland - Wikipedia
Article 1 1: " wetlands are areas of marsh, fen, peatland or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six meters "
- What is a wetland? - NOAAs National Ocean Service
There are many different kinds of wetlands and many ways to categorize them NOAA classifies wetlands into five general types: marine (ocean), estuarine (estuary), riverine (river), lacustrine (lake), and palustrine (marsh)
- What is a wetland? And 8 other wetland facts | Stories | WWF
Wetlands take many forms including rivers, marshes, bogs, mangroves, mudflats, ponds, swamps, billabongs, lagoons, lakes, and floodplains Most large wetland areas often include a combination of different types of freshwater systems
- Wetland | Definition, Characteristics, Types, Importance . . .
wetland, complex ecosystem characterized by flooding or saturation of the soil, which creates low-oxygen environments that favor a specialized assemblage of plants, animals, and microbes These organisms exhibit adaptations designed to tolerate periods of sluggishly moving or standing water
- Wetlands - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Wetlands are a home to many species of migratory and resident birds, reptiles and amphibians, fish, insects, and plants They also benefit society by storing floodwaters, filtering pollutants, serving as a carbon sink, and providing recreation sites for boating and fishing, just to name a few
- What is a Wetland? - The Wetlands Initiative
More specifically, wetlands are areas where the presence of water determines or influences most, if not all, of an area's biogeochemistry—that is, the biological, physical, and chemical characteristics of a particular site
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