Definition of wetland Wetland
/wɛˈtlæˌnd/ - [wetland] -
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What does wetland mean?
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NounPlural: wetlands |
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| wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water | ||
| soil, ground, land the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | ||
| bog, peat bog wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel | ||
| fenland, marshland, fen, marsh low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" | ||
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wetland
Area that is inundated by surface or ground water with frequency sufficient to support a prevalence of vegetative or aquatic life that requires saturated or seasonally saturated soil conditions for growth or reproduction.
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In physical geography, a wetland is an environment that combines the properties of land and water
That means wetlands are ecotones. They often host considerable biodiversity. Therefore several of them belong to the Global 200 ecoregions that the World Wide Fund for Nature listed for conservation.
References.
Ullah, S; Faulkner, SP. 2006. Denitrification potential of different land-use types in an agricultural watershed, lower Mississippi valley. ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 28 (2): 131-140.
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🔤- wetland, noun, singular of wetlands.
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