- Wetlands limit the damaging effects of waves, convey and store floodwaters, trap sediment and reduce pollution— the last attribute has earned them the sobriquet “nature’s kidneys.”
- Wetlands are shallow-water or where the water is near the surface for a short amount of time.
- Hydrophytes, and hydro soils, presence of plants adapted to flooding that develops colors and odors that distinguish them from upland soils.
- Wetlands can be found in diverse topographical settings like salt marshes, swamps, rivers, streams, meadows, potholes, bogs, and many more.They can occur in cold climates and low evaporation.
- The wetlands along rivers, coastline, and those that formed in depression in the landscape are long lasting because of events that people consider economically devastating.
- Wetland encompasses an array of shallow-water and saturated soil environments that possess some elements of a terrestrial system and some of an aquatic system.
- Wetlands sensitivity to the effects of water-level changes.
- Rising and falling water levels not only influence the internal character of a wetland, but they also link wetlands to one another and to other aquatic systems
- Coastal wetlands are also somewhat more resilient since levels depend on the tides.
- Wetlands can serve as reproductive or feeding sites for some species only if they are connected with other waterways
- Fluctuating water levels and the intricate relations between wetlands and human development pose serious challenges to any simple wetland policy.
This article summarizes that wetlands are slowly decreasing because of human activities such as building up houses, pumping groundwater and many more. Wetlands are important to the environment, they can limit the damaging effects of waves, convey and store floodwaters, trap sediment and reduce pollution. Also, they can be the shelter of many different species, some are endangered, and can serve as reproductive or feeding sites for some species only if they are connected with other waterways. Wetlands sensitivity to the effects of water-level changes, so they can be easily be destroyed and they can only occur in cold climates and low evaporation. Wetlands are formed by depression in the landscape are long lasting because of events that people consider economically devastating.
After reading this article, Wetlands plays a major role in the ecosystem and our lives too but they are also decreasing rapidly because of our, human activities. They can reduce pollution and limit the damages of waves, store floodwaters, but human activities are too great that they are destroyed. These lands are helping us to live but they get so little attention that they keep disappearing but we still keep living, even we know what we are doing to our planet, we just keep going. Many of us people recognizes this problem a lot but we just help for a bit then change back to our normal lives. We are living in this Earth by doing something good for ourselves not for the environment, instead of conserving the environment for a better future, we only destroy it. Wetlands are a good example, I did not even know that wetlands can be this good for the environment after reading this article. We should use our information to do good things now and for the future to make a brighter future.
After reading this article, Wetlands plays a major role in the ecosystem and our lives too but they are also decreasing rapidly because of our, human activities. They can reduce pollution and limit the damages of waves, store floodwaters, but human activities are too great that they are destroyed. These lands are helping us to live but they get so little attention that they keep disappearing but we still keep living, even we know what we are doing to our planet, we just keep going. Many of us people recognizes this problem a lot but we just help for a bit then change back to our normal lives. We are living in this Earth by doing something good for ourselves not for the environment, instead of conserving the environment for a better future, we only destroy it. Wetlands are a good example, I did not even know that wetlands can be this good for the environment after reading this article. We should use our information to do good things now and for the future to make a brighter future.