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... that raised bogs start as lakes and over time turns to marsh, then fens as peat fills the lake?
(Pictured left: Viru Bog in Estonia) |
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... that wetlands can remove toxins from industrial discharges?
(Pictured left: Floating lilies.) |
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... that many wetland species are unique due to their long isolation?
(Pictured left: A grayling found only in Lake Baikal.) |
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... that in the U.S. cats kill over a billion bird annually?
(Pictured left: Cats eating a marsh rabbit.) |
Portal:Wetlands/Did you know/5
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... that bog bodies have been dated as far back as 8000 BCE?
(Pictured left: The "Galagh Man".) |
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... that the Sudd swamp is one of the world's largest wetlands?
(Pictured left: Fishing in Sudd wetland.) |
Portal:Wetlands/Did you know/10
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... that Salt marshes are important in preserving brooding habitats?
(Pictured left: Salt Marsh Browning.) |
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... that the Atchafalaya Basin is the largest wetland in the U.S.?
(Pictured left: The Atchafalaya Basin.) |
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... that bogs get water from rain while fens get water from the ground?
(Pictured left: Avaste Fen in Estonia.) |
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... that 97% of the Gulf's commercial fish species spend some of their lives in coastal wetlands?
(Pictured left: Prawns) |
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... that wetlands are among the earth's most productive ecosystems?
(Pictured left: Volcanic mudflow vernal pool.) |
Portal:Wetlands/Did you know/23
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... that at wetlands vegetation rots to form a crust that prevents oxygen from reaching the organic material trapped below?
(Pictured left: Carbajal Valley peat bogs, Argentina.) |
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... that marshes are often on the edges of lakes, where they form a transition between the aquatic and terrestrial systems?
(Pictured left: Macoun Marsh.) |
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... that drought refuges help conserve ecosystems where climatic stability is threatened?
(Pictured left: Oasis in Oman.) |
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... that a blackwater river is a river with excess tannins in the water?
(Pictured left: A swamp-fed stream in Florida.) |
Portal:Wetlands/Did you know/31
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... that Fensalir is a bog where the goddess Frigg dwells?
(Pictured left: Frigg and her servants.) |
Portal:Wetlands/Did you know/32
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... that mangrove swamps protect coastal areas from erosion?
(Pictured left: Mangrove swamp.) |
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... that pocosin is an Algonquian word that means "swamp-on-a-hill"?
(Pictured left: A pocosin in North Carolina.) |
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... that ombrotrophic soils receive all of its water and nutrients from precipitation?
(Pictured left: Epiphytes in Costa Rica.) |
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... that dambos are often used for growing rice?
(Pictured left: Rice field near Morondava.) |
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... that high marshes have salinity levels up to four times that of sea water?
(Pictured left: Spartina patens.) |
Portal:Wetlands/Did you know/45
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... that maintaining wetlands can prevent desertification?
(Pictured left: Goats inside of a pen in Norte Chico, Chile.) |
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... that a hamun is a seasonal desert marshland found on the Iranian Plateau?
(Pictured left: Camels in Guelta d'Archei, Ennedi.) |
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... that macrophytes provide food and cover for fish?
(Pictured left: Spartina patens.) |
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... that muck from bogs is used to grow crops?
(Pictured left: Muckland in Elba, New York.) |
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... that over 50% of U.S. wetlands have been lost in the last 200 years?
(Pictured left: Jungle burned for agriculture.) |
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