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Wetlands and related terms for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetland
Estuary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary
: Marine and Coastal Zone wetlands
: Marine waters—permanent shallow waters less than six metres deep at low tide; includes sea bays, straits
: Subtidal aquatic beds; includes kelp beds, seagrasses, tropical marine meadows
: Coral reefs
: Rocky marine shores; includes rocky offshore islands, sea cliffs
: Sand, shingle or pebble beaches; includes sand bars, spits, sandy islets
: Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats
: Intertidal marshes; includes saltmarshes, salt meadows, saltings, raised salt marshes, tidal brackish and freshwater marshes
: Intertidal forested wetlands; includes mangrove swamps, nipa swamps, tidal freshwater swamp forests
: Brackish to saline lagoons and marshes with one or more relatively narrow connections with the sea
: Freshwater lagoons and marshes in the coastal zone
: Non-tidal freshwater forested wetlands
: Inland wetlands
: Permanent rivers and streams; includes waterfalls
: Seasonal and irregular rivers and streams
: Inland deltas (permanent)
: Riverine floodplains; includes river flats, flooded river basins, seasonally flooded grassland, savanna and palm savanna
: Permanent freshwater lakes (> 8 ha); includes large oxbow lakes
: Seasonal/intermittent freshwater lakes (> 8 ha), floodplain lakes
: Permanent saline/brackish lakes
: Seasonal/intermittent saline lakes
: Permanent freshwater ponds (< 8 ha), marshes and swamps on inorganic soils; with emergent vegetation waterlogged for at least most of the growing season
: Seasonal/intermittent freshwater ponds and marshes on inorganic soils; includes sloughs, potholes; seasonally flooded meadows, sedge marshes
: Permanent saline/brackish marshes
: Seasonal saline marshes
: Shrub swamps; shrub-dominated freshwater marsh, shrub carr, alder thicket on inorganic soils
: Freshwater swamp forest; seasonally flooded forest, wooded swamps; on inorganic soils
: Peatlands; forest, shrub or open bogs
: Alpine and tundra wetlands; includes alpine meadows, tundra pools, temporary waters from snow melt
: Freshwater springs, oases and rock pools
: Geothermal wetlands
: Inland, subterranean karst wetlands
: Human-made wetlands
: Water storage areas; reservoirs, barrages, hydro-electric dams, impoundments (generally > 8 ha)
: Ponds, including farm ponds, stock ponds, small tanks (generally < 8 ha)
: Aquaculture ponds; fish ponds, shrimp ponds
: Salt exploitation; salt pans, salines
: Excavations; gravel pits, borrow pits, mining pools
: Wastewater treatment; sewage farms, settling ponds, oxidation basins
: Irrigated land and irrigation channels; rice fields, canals, ditches
: Seasonally flooded arable land, farm land
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Revision as of 21:33, 22 September 2015

Wetlands and related terms for

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetland

Estuary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary

Marine and Coastal Zone wetlands
Marine waters—permanent shallow waters less than six metres deep at low tide; includes sea bays, straits
Subtidal aquatic beds; includes kelp beds, seagrasses, tropical marine meadows
Coral reefs
Rocky marine shores; includes rocky offshore islands, sea cliffs
Sand, shingle or pebble beaches; includes sand bars, spits, sandy islets
Intertidal mud, sand or salt flats
Intertidal marshes; includes saltmarshes, salt meadows, saltings, raised salt marshes, tidal brackish and freshwater marshes
Intertidal forested wetlands; includes mangrove swamps, nipa swamps, tidal freshwater swamp forests
Brackish to saline lagoons and marshes with one or more relatively narrow connections with the sea
Freshwater lagoons and marshes in the coastal zone
Non-tidal freshwater forested wetlands
Inland wetlands
Permanent rivers and streams; includes waterfalls
Seasonal and irregular rivers and streams
Inland deltas (permanent)
Riverine floodplains; includes river flats, flooded river basins, seasonally flooded grassland, savanna and palm savanna
Permanent freshwater lakes (> 8 ha); includes large oxbow lakes
Seasonal/intermittent freshwater lakes (> 8 ha), floodplain lakes
Permanent saline/brackish lakes
Seasonal/intermittent saline lakes
Permanent freshwater ponds (< 8 ha), marshes and swamps on inorganic soils; with emergent vegetation waterlogged for at least most of the growing season
Seasonal/intermittent freshwater ponds and marshes on inorganic soils; includes sloughs, potholes; seasonally flooded meadows, sedge marshes
Permanent saline/brackish marshes
Seasonal saline marshes
Shrub swamps; shrub-dominated freshwater marsh, shrub carr, alder thicket on inorganic soils
Freshwater swamp forest; seasonally flooded forest, wooded swamps; on inorganic soils
Peatlands; forest, shrub or open bogs
Alpine and tundra wetlands; includes alpine meadows, tundra pools, temporary waters from snow melt
Freshwater springs, oases and rock pools
Geothermal wetlands
Inland, subterranean karst wetlands
Human-made wetlands
Water storage areas; reservoirs, barrages, hydro-electric dams, impoundments (generally > 8 ha)
Ponds, including farm ponds, stock ponds, small tanks (generally < 8 ha)
Aquaculture ponds; fish ponds, shrimp ponds
Salt exploitation; salt pans, salines
Excavations; gravel pits, borrow pits, mining pools
Wastewater treatment; sewage farms, settling ponds, oxidation basins
Irrigated land and irrigation channels; rice fields, canals, ditches
Seasonally flooded arable land, farm land

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