Wetlands Wetlands Asmat Swamp is a wetland on the southern coast of New Guinea, located within what is now the Indonesian province of Papua. It is sometimes claimed to be the largest alluvial swamp in the world, being said to have an area of around 30,000 km². It is crossed by numerous rivers and streams, and large areas are underwater at high tide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asmat Swamp"
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Virginia is located in the independent city of Virginia Beach. Established in 1938 in an isolated portion of Princess Anne County, it is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. ...more on Wikipedia about "Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge"
The Ballona Wetlands is located in Southern California, USA adjacent to Marina del Rey and Playa Vista. It is the last significant wetlands area in the Los Angeles basin, and is named for Ballona Creek which runs through the area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ballona Wetlands"
The Bangweulu Wetlands or Bangweulu Swamp lies in northern Zambia, east of Lake Bangweulu, around the Luapula River and its tributaries. Grassy floodplains lie south of the wetlands, acting as an extension of the region in the wet season. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bangweulu Wetlands"
A bog is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material. The term peat bog in common usage is not entirely redundant, although it would be proper to call these sphagnum bogs if the peat is composed mostly of acidophilic moss (peat moss or Sphagnum spp.). Lichens are a principal component of peat in the far north. Moisture is provided entirely by precipitation, and for this reason bog waters are acidic and termed ombrotrophic (or cloud-fed), which accounts for their low plant nutrient status. Excess rainfall outflows, giving bog waters a distinctive tan colour. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bog"
Bool Lagoon ( ) is a game reserve in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, about 20 km south of Naracoorte. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bool Lagoon Game Reserve"
Burns Bog is the largest domed peat bog in North America and one of the largest in the world. It covers an area of about 40 square kilometers and occupies a quarter of Delta, British Columbia, about 25 km southeast of downtown Vancouver. It is named after the former owner, Pat Burns of Burns Meat Packaging. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burns Bog"
The Cache River is located in southernmost Illinois, in a region sometimes called Little Egypt. Located at the convergence of four major physiographic regions, the river is part of a large complex of wetlands, which provide habitat for over 50 threatened and endangered species. A significant portion of the Cache River wetlands are protected by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1990, covers 14,000 acres (57 km²) of aquatic and riparian habitat, and is eventually planned to expand to 35,509 acres (144 km²). The Illinois Department of Natural Resources protects another 14,314 acres (57.9 km²) through the Cache State Natural Area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cache River (Illinois)"
Caddo Lake is a 25,400 acre (103 km²) lake and wetland located on the border between Texas and Louisiana, in northern Harrison County and southern Marion County in Texas and western Caddo Parish in Louisiana. The lake is named after the Southeastern culture of Native Americans called Caddo or Caddoans, who lived in the area from the 16th century until their expulsion in the 19th century. It is an Internationally protected wet land under the RAMSAR treaty and is the largest natural fresh water lake in Texas, and the largest Cypress forest in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caddo Lake"
The Clark County Wetlands Park is the largest park in the Clark County, Nevada park system. The park is located on the east side of the Las Vegas valley and runs from the various water treatment plants near the natural beginning of the Las Vegas Wash to where the wash flows under Lake Las Vegas and later into Lake Mead. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clark County Wetlands Park"
A constructed wetland is an artificial marsh or swamp, created for human use, such as wastewater, storm water runoff or sewage treatment, as habitat to attract wildlife, or for land reclamation after mining or other disturbance. Natural wetlands act as biofilters, removing sediments and pollutants such as heavy metals from the water, and constructed wetlands can be designed to capitalize on this feature. ...more on Wikipedia about "Constructed wetland"
Dystos or Distos or Dhistos ( Greek: Δύστος), Older form/ Latin: Dystus was a lake in Euboea island and is a municipality which is also known as Dysties or Disties. The seat of the municipality of the same name is in Krieza. The Dryopians were the first founders of Dystos in Ancient Times. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dystos"
The Florida Everglades is a subtropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, specifically in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties. Although much modified by agricultural development in central and southern Florida, the Everglades is the southern half of a large watershed arising in the vicinity of Orlando known as the Kissimmee River system. The Kissimmee flows from Taylor Creek, Nubbin Slough, and Fisheating Creek, and discharges into Lake Okeechobee, a very large (730 mi² or 1,890 km²), shallow (10 ft or 3 m) fresh water lake. Water leaving Lake Okeechobee in the wet season forms the Everglades, an annual shallow, slow-moving flood at one time 40 miles wide and over 100 miles long moving southward across a nearly flat, limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Everglades"
False Cape State Park is a state park in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is a mile-wide barrier spit between Back Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The park adjoins the state border with North Carolina. At the south end of the park is a monument with "Va." on one side and "N Ca" on the other. Although it says " A.D. 1728" on top, it was probably put up in 1887 when the boundary was surveyed. ...more on Wikipedia about "False Cape State Park"
The Flow Country is the name given to the large, rolling expanse of peatland and wetland area of Caithness and Sutherland in Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flow Country"
Graeme Hall Swamp is a nature reserve and tourist attraction in the parish of Christ Church, Barbados. Many species of native and migratory birds can be seen in their natural mangrove habitat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Graeme Hall Swamp"
The Great Black Swamp, or simply Black Swamp, was a glacial swamp in Ohio and Indiana, and the region occupied what was formerly Lake Maumee (a precursor to Lake Erie). It was gradually drained in the second half of the 1800s and is now fertile farm land. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Black Swamp"
The Great Dismal Swamp is a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the United States. It is a southern swamp, the northernmost of many along the Atlantic Ocean's coast which includes the Everglades and the Big Cypress Swamp in Florida, the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, the Congaree Swamp and Four Holes swamps of South Carolina, and some of the Carolina bays in the Carolinas. Along the eastern edge runs the Dismal Swamp Canal, completed in 1805. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Dismal Swamp"
The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974 to help protect and preserve a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge"
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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hatfield Swamp"
The Hautes Fagnes (from the French; German: Hohes Venn; Dutch: Hoge Venen, English translation: high fens) are an upland area in the province of Liège ( Belgium) and nearby parts of Germany, between the Ardennes and the Eifel highlands. Its highest point, at 694 m above sea level, is the Signal de Botrange near Eupen, which is also the highest point in Belgium. A large part of the Hautes Fagnes lies within the German-Belgian natural park Hohes Venn-Eifel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hautes Fagnes" Be happy with shortopedia
The Hockomock Swamp is a vast wetland encompassing much of the northern part of southeastern Massachusetts. This 6,000-acre land is considered the second largest wetland in the state. It acts as a natural flood control mechanism for the region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hockomock Swamp"
Hong Kong Wetland Park (香港濕地公園) 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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hong Kong Wetland Park"
Kawai Nui Marsh (or Kawanui) is, at over 800 ac, the largest wetlands in the Hawaiian Islands. The marsh is located near Kailua on the windward side of O'ahu and is owned by the State of Hawaii and the City & County of Honolulu. This marsh is a Ramsar Convention nomination site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kawai Nui Marsh"
Kopački Rit (Kopački Tršćak) is a nature park in eastern Croatia. It is located northwest of the confluence of the Drava and the Danube, situated at the border with Serbia and Montenegro. It comprises many backwaters and ponds along the Danube. It is one of the most important, largest and most attractive preserved intact wetlands in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kopački Rit"
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