Wetland

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030375",
  "term": "Wetland",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An area where water is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and whose soils are indicative of wet conditions.\n\n2. An area that is saturated by surface water or ground water with vegetation adapted for life under those soil conditions, as in swamps, bogs, fens, marshes, and estuaries.\n\n3. An area of predominantly hydric soils that can support a prevalence of water-loving plants, know as \"hydrophytic vegetation.\" Transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems are wetlands typified by a water table at or near the surface, or the land is covered by shallow water at least part of the year. Types of wetlands are distinguished by water patterns (the frequency and length of flooding) and location in relation to upland areas and water bodies. Wetlands perform many functions including wildlife and fish habitat, storage and conveyance of flood waters, sediment and pollution control, and recreation. (source: CRS 2005)\n\n4. A transitional zone between land and water that is periodically flooded. For example, marshes, swamps and bogs are all wetlands.\n\n5. An area of land that is periodically saturated with water, which influences the types of plants and animals that can live there. Wetlands include swamps, marshes, bogs, and other similar areas.\n\n6. Land that stays flooded all or part of the year with fresh or salt water.\n\n7. Areas dominated by perennial herbaceous and woody wetland vegetation which is influenced by the water table at or near surface over extensive periods of time. This includes marshes, swamps, bogs, mangroves etc either coastal or inland where water is present for a substantial period annually [Original source: https://www.fao.org/3/x0596e/x0596e00.htm & https://www.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/tools/landscape-change-monitoring-system-lcms].\n\n8. 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.\n\n9. Wetlands means areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. 40 CFR 120.2(3)(xvi).\n\n10. Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, an similar areas.\n\n11. Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.\n\n12. An area that is saturated by surface or ground water with vegetation adapted for life under those soil conditions, as swamps, bogs, fens, marshes, and estuaries.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Core Ecosystem Services Research Program Standard Lexicon",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Student's Guide to Global Climate Change",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions",
    "Federal LCA Commons Elementary Flow List for Life Cycle Assessment",
    "Report on the Environment (ROE) Glossary",
    "How's My Waterway Glossary",
    "Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States",
    "Aquatic Resources Awareness Course for Real Estate Appraisers Glossary",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/wetland/"
}