Wetland — Science definition
Land saturated with water at least part of the year (marshes, swamps, bogs); among the most productive ecosystems, it filters water and buffers floods.
Where it is taught
- Biomes & Aquatic Systems — Ecology, Populations & Biodiversity, Physics & Environmental Science, Grade 12
In use
And wetlands — marshes, swamps, and bogs where the land stays saturated — are among the most productive and valuable ecosystems anywhere, filtering pollutants, recharging groundwater, and buffering coasts and rivers against floods.
Biomes & Aquatic Systems