Natural land-use type that is covered by salt water or fresh water for some time period. This land type can be identified by the presence of particular plant species or characteristic conditions.

In hydrologic terms, an area that is regularly wet or flooded and has a water table that stands at or above the land surface for at least part of the year.

1743, from wet (adj.) + land (n.).

area of land covered by shallow water or saturated by water. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia

a wet land; a bog, fen, marsh, estuary. Wetlands are rich in nutrients, unique in ecosystems, and hospitable to many forms of life, including birds on long flyways. They also filter pollutants out of the water and ease the force of passing floods. The Florida Everglades performed these and other ecologically beneficial activities until 1905, when a [..]

an area of land that is permanently saturated up to or very near to the surface.

an area that is inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas, but exclude irrigation ditches [..]

A wetland is an area of land that is often wet; the soil in wetlands are often low in oxygen. Wetland plants are adapted to life in wet soil. There are many types of wetlands, including: swamp, slough [..]

the aquatic habitat in which plants, in contrast to microalgae, are predominant. This includes swamps, marshes, bogs and shallow lakes.

biology - an area that collects water during part or all of the year

A wetland is an area of marshes or swamps. In addition to providing a habitat for a range of flora and fauna, wetlands are believed to help mitigate extreme weather effects along coastlines as well as provide a natural aid in filtration of a range of wastes and toxins.

An area that is saturated by surface water or groundwater, with vegetation adapted for life under those soil conditions.

an area of land that is periodically underwater or whose soil contains a great deal of moisture. wheel and axle -

A transitional, regularly waterlogged area of poorly drained soils, often between an aquatic and a terrestrial ecosystem, fed from rain, surface water or groundwater. Wetlands are characterized by a p [..]

(n) a low area where the land is saturated with water

A transitional area between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems that is inundated or saturated with water for long enough periods to produce hydric soils and support hydrophytic vegetation. See also ba [..]

(English) An area of low-lying land that is saturated with water part, if not all, of the year.

lowland areas satured with water, characterized by low soil oxygen.

Bog, fen, marsh; an area of poor drainage where poorly decomposed plant material accumulates to form peat.

A lowland area, such as a marsh or swamp, saturated with moisture. A natural wildlife habitat.

Land that is saturated with water and which contains plants and animals that are adapted to living on, near, or in water. Wetlands have special hydric soils and are usually located between a body of water and land.

An area that is regularly saturated by surface or groundwater and, under normal circumstances, capable of supporting vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; they are critical to sustaining many species of fish and wildlife, including native and migratory birds. They include swamps, marshes, and bogs, and may be either co [..]

An area that at least some of the time is saturated by surface or ground water.  Examples include swamps, bogs, and marshes. 

A natural habitat containing water, such as a marsh, swamp, or bog. Wetlands act as filters for rivers and streams and as a storage area for excess water during flooding periods.

Environments or habitats at the interface between truly terrestrial Ecosystems and truly aquatic systems making them different from each yet highly dependent on both. Adaptations to low Soil Oxygen ch [..]

A lowland area, such as a marsh or swamp, that is saturated with moisture.

A transitional zone between land and water that is periodically flooded. For example, marshes, swamps and bogs are all wetlands.

Natural land-use type that is covered by salt water or fresh water for some time period. This land type can be identified by the presence of particular plant species or characteristic conditions.

An area that is regularly wet or flooded and has a water table that stands at or above the land surface for at least part of the year.

In hydrologic terms, an area that is regularly wet or flooded and has a water table that stands at or above the land surface for at least part of the year.

area that is regularly wet or flooded and has a water table that stands at or above the land surface for at least part of the year, such as a bog

A land area with high amounts of moisture in the soils and characterized by plant communities that prefer that moist environment. Examples of wetlands are tide flats and marshes.

land or areas, usually found around rivers (bog, marsh, swamp) containing much soil moisture; wetlands are important to healthy ecosystems because they are home to a number of critical wildlife and plant species, improve water quality by filtering out sediments and other pollutants, protect the shorelines of rivers and lakes from erosion, and help [..]

The transitional zone between land and submerged systems that naturally store flood water, protect the land from erosion and storm, filter pollutants from runoff, and provide habitat for wildlife.

an area, such as a swamp, marsh, or lake, that is sometimes or always covered with water or where the soil is always saturated. whetstone:

An area covered permanently, occasionally or periodically by fresh or salt water up to a depth of 6 metres.

  natural or artificial areas that contain water, which may be permanent or temporary, fresh or saline, inland or intertidal, wetland ecology

Area of low-lying land where the water table is at or near  the surface most of the time. Wetlands include swamps, bogs, fens, marshes and estuaries.

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In hydrologic terms, an area that is regularly wet or flooded and has a water table that stands at or above the land surface for at least part of the year.

Lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is at or near the surface, or land that is covered by shallow water.  For purposes of classification, wetlands must have at least one of the following attributes:  1) at least periodically, the land supports predominately hydrophytes; 2) the substrate is predominately [..]

(mostly,plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas. * date=2013-01 |author=Nancy Langston |title=The Fraught History of a Watery World |volume=101|issue= [..]

An area inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, under normal circumstances, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in s [..]

Alow-lying area that is saturated with water, including tidal canals and mudflats, as well as freshwater, brackish, and saltwater marshes. The wetlands of Moro Cojo Slough include coastal salt marsh, alkali grasslands, freshwater marsh, and freshwater herbaceous wetlands. Wetlands provide critical habitat for a variety of plant and animal species, [..]

According to the Wetland Conservation Act from the Minnesota Statutes of 2000, the term "wetlands" means an ecosystem that depends on constant or recurrent, shallow inundation[the ri [..]

An ecosystem that develops in wet places and is intermediate between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. See also bog, fen, marsh, and swamp.