What is wetlands?

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What is wetlands?

Answer 1

Wetlands are what the name suggests.  They're humid areas of land that are filled with water, support flora and are usually the transition zone between terrestial areas (land) and marine areas. They're different from lakes because lakes are not transitional; they're water bodies and they do not support as many plants as wetlands. These include swamps, bogs, marshes and moors.

Answer 2

The southernest part of Lousiana

Answer 3

wetlands is a defined as having certain vegetation for an area, I worked in the desert, and yes the Army Corps of Engineers defined an area in the desert as a wetlands

Answer 4

Wetlands are defined by having 2 out of 3 components. Hydrology, vegetation and soil type. If an area that looks like wetlands has 2 of the 3, it in fact is a jurisdictional wetland. Wetlands are federally regulated and defined  on a state level as well. Wetland scientists are the qualified personal to determine this.

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Answer 5

Lands where water saturation is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the surrounding environment. Other common names for wetlands are bogs, ponds, estuaries, and marshes