Chapter 4 - vocabulary

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Environmental Science - Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 2000

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W

wetlands

areas of land that are coverd with wqter for at least part of the year; two main types of freshwater wetlands - marshes  ( non woody plants) and swamps ( woody plants or shrubs): important enviromental function for feeding and spawning, and provide homes for migratroy wildlife; wetland vegetation traps carbon and removes pollution from the water, control flooding