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An area that stays wet or flooded during part of the year.
What is a wetland?
This wetland is dominated by tall reeds growing in shallow water.
What is a reed bed?
Reeds, grasses, and certain trees make up this wetland feature.
What is vegetation?
One of the three major wetland groups besides freshwater and man-made.
What is saltwater wetland?
Permanently underwater beyond the low tide line.
What is a marine sub-tidal wetland?
Water is above the land in this type of ecosystem.
What is a wetland?
These wetlands form where rivers overflow onto surrounding land.
What are river floodplains?
This wetland characteristic often contains clay that holds water.
What is soil?
Wetlands created by people for farming or water management.
What are man-made wetlands?
Located between high and low tide and exposed when tides are low.
What is a marine inter-tidal wetland?
Lagoons, reed beds, and swamps are examples of these.
What are wetlands?
These wetland areas often contain standing water and trees.
What are swamps?
Wetlands are usually found in these low-lying areas where water collects.
What is position/location?
Wetlands containing non-salty water.
What are freshwater wetlands?
Constantly submerged where rivers meet the sea.
What is an estuarine sub-tidal wetland?
Wetlands are important because they support this broad component of nature.
What is biodiversity?
A shallow salty water body partly separated from the sea.
What is a lagoon?
Vegetation, soil, and this characteristic define wetlands.
What is position?
The three broad wetland categories taught in this chapter.
What are saltwater, freshwater, and man-made wetlands?
A freshwater wetland with flowing water throughout the year.
What is a riverine permanent wetland?
Wetlands may be permanently flooded or flooded during part of this period.
What is the year?
Springs, lagoons, reed beds, swamps, and floodplains all belong to this group.
What are wetlands?
This soil property helps wetlands retain water for long periods.
What is clay content?
This wetland classification system separates wetlands according to water source and characteristics.
What are wetland types/categories?
Swamps or marshes dominated by trees and vegetation.
What is a palustrine forested wetland?