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Encyclopedia: Wetland

In physical geography, a wetland is an environment "at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and truly aquatic systems making them inherently different from each other yet highly dependent on both" (Mitsch & Gosselink, 1986). In essence, wetlands are ecotones. Wetlands often host considerable biodiversity and endemism. In many locations such as the United Kingdom and USA they are the subject of conservation efforts and Biodiversity Action Plans.

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How to say "Wetland" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	湿地
	(Japanese)	湿原
	(German)	Feuchtgebiet
	(Spanish)	Humedal
	(French)	Zone humide

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Ducks Unlimited

Ducks Unlimited is an environmental conservation group, involved in wetlands conservation...

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The Wetlands Institute

The Wetlands Institute is an NPO started in 1969 by WWF executive director Herbert Mills. The Wetlands Institute sits on 6,000 acres (24 km²) of protected wetlands in Stone Harbor. The Institiute hosts educational tours and courses, and serves as a base for research on wetlands ecology. It is...

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Dytiscus

Dytiscus are big water beetles that usually live in wetlands and ponds. They are predators that can reduce mosquito larvae...

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Moor

A high altitude form of heathland habitat widespread in northern Britain; see heath. A type of wetland; see bog. Person of Moorish (North African) ethnicity; see Moors...

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Hong Kong Wetland Park

Hong Kong Wetland Park was located at the northern part of Tin Shui Wai, in Hong Kong. It was intended to be an ecological mitigation area (EMA) for the wetlands lost due to Tin Shui Wai New town development. In 1998, a project named "International Wetland Park and Visitor Centre Feasibility Study...

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Don Valley Brick Works

The Don Valley Brick Works is a former Toronto, Ontario industrial site which has been converted into a wetland area. Since its establishment in2001, the Brick Works wetland has come to provide..., including Duck,Canada Goose, Toad, Musk Rat, Sparrow, and others. The Brick Works wetland is connected...

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Blackwater

Blackwater can refer to: Blackwater, a type of river in the southeastern United States characterized by a slowmoving channel through wetlands. Blackwater, a category of waste water. Blackwater USA, the security consulting firm...

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Dwarf spider

Dwarf spiders ( Atypena formosana , family Linyphiidae) are very small spiders. They live in colonies in wetland habitats. They build nets just above the water line in rice fields to hunt planthopper nymphs. External reference Atypena...

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Fuente de Piedra Lagoon

Wetland situated in the Málaga province of Spain. The lagoon is used by the pink flamingo for its annual reproduction cycle, constituting the largest colony on the Iberian Peninsula of this beautiful and delicate bird...

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Hatfield Swamp

Hatfield swamp is a wetlands area in the US state of New Jersey, forming what might be considered the "second bank" of the Passaic River between Morris and Essex counties. It has a number of trails for public hiking...

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