"Wetlands are transitional areas, sandwiched between permanently flooded deepwater environments andwell-drained uplands. They include mangroves, marshes (salt, brackish, intermediated, and fresh), swamps, forested wetlands, bogs, wet prairies, prairie potholes, an vernal pools." USGS - National Wetlands Research Center, "What Are Wetlands and Aquatic Habitats?" September 2001.
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