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The UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment determined that environmental degradation is more prominent within wetland systems than any other ecosystem on Earth. International conservation efforts are being used in conjunction with the development of rapid assessment tools to inform people about wetland issues.

Constructed wetlands can be used to treat municipal and industrial wastewater as well as stormwater runoff and they also play a role in water-sensitive urban design.

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Heather moorland on the North York Moors mainly consisting of Calluna vulgaris.

Moorland habitats are most extensive in the neotropics and tropical Africa but also occur in northern and western Europe, Northern Australia, North America, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Most of the world's moorlands are very diverse ecosystems. In the extensive moorlands of the tropics biodiversity can be extremely high. Moorland also bears a relationship to tundra (where the subsoil is permafrost or permanently frozen soil), appearing as the tundra retreats and inhabiting the area between the permafrost and the natural tree zone. The boundary between tundra and moorland constantly shifts with climate change. (Full article...)

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  Image 1Sphagnum with northern pitcher plantsatBrown's Lake Bog, Ohio, US (from Bog)
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  Image 2Snapping turtles are one of the many kinds of turtles found in wetlands. (from Wetland)
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  Image 3Marsh Arabs poling a mashoof (from Swamp)
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  Image 4Wetland at the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Massachusetts, United States, in February (from Wetland)
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  Image 5Sugar Fen, Norfolk (from Fen)
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  Image 6Swamp in southern Louisiana (from Swamp)
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  Image 7The Linnaistensuo Mire, a nature reserve swamp in Lahti, Finland. (from Swamp)
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  Image 8White water lilies are a typical marsh plant in European areas of deeper water. (from Marsh)
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  Image 9Peat bog and peat to dry, L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, Canada, 1976 (from Bog)
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  Image 10Many kinds of birds nest in marshes; this one is a yellow-headed blackbird. (from Marsh)
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  Image 11Carnivorous plants, such as this Sarracenia purpurea pitcher plant of the eastern seaboard of North America, are often found in bogs. Capturing insects provides nitrogen and phosphorus, which are usually scarce in such conditions. (from Bog)
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  Image 12Spaulding Fen, Wisconsin. (from Fen)
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  Image 13Difference between swamp and marsh (from Swamp)
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  Image 14Fog rising over the Mukri bog near Mukri, Estonia. The bog has an area of 2,147 hectares (5,310 acres) and has been protected since 1992. (from Wetland)
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  Image 15Bud of water lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), an aquatic plant (from Wetland)
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  Image 16A salt marsh in Scotland (from Marsh)
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  Image 17Wicken Fen, England. Grasses in the foreground are typical of a fen. (from Fen)
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  Image 18Aerial view of prairie potholes (from Marsh)
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  Image 19Small extreme rich fen in southwestern Minnesota. The white flowers, Parnassia glauca, are a fen indicator species in Minnesota. (from Fen)
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  Image 20Bog with October morning mist in Mukri, Estonia (from Bog)
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  Image 21Dernford Fen, Cambridgeshire (from Fen)
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  Image 22Precipitation accumulates in many bogs, forming bog pools, such as Koitjärve bog in Estonia. (from Bog)
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  Image 23Bog-wood and boulders at the Stumpy Knowe near South Auchenmade, Ayrshire, Scotland (from Bog)
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  Image 24Avaste Fen, Estonia. Sedges dominate the landscape, woody shrubs and trees are sparse. (from Fen)
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  Image 25Viru Bog in Lahemaa National Park, Estonia, which is rich in raised bogs (from Bog)
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  Image 26The Sitniki peat bog in Russia recultivated after industrial use (from Bog)
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  Image 27Wetlands contrast the hot, arid landscape around Middle Spring, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah. (from Wetland)
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  Image 28A bog in Lauhanvuori National Park, Isojoki, Finland (from Bog)
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  Image 29Ablack alder swamp in Germany (from Swamp)
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  Image 30The wetlands of Cape May, New Jersey, US, comprise an extensive hydrological network that makes them an ornithologically important location to study the many birds which use the preserve as a place to nest. (from Wetland)
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  Image 31A small swamp in Padstow, New South Wales, Australia (from Swamp)
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  Image 32Kakerdaja Fen, Estonia (from Fen)
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  Image 33Humid wetland in Pennsylvania before a rain (from Wetland)
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  Image 34A freshwater swamp in Florida, United States (from Swamp)
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  Image 35Awet meadow adjacent to Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino Mountains, California (from Marsh)
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  Image 36Vernal pools are ponded only during the wetter part of the year. (from Marsh)
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  Image 37Inside a mangrove canopy, Salt Pan Creek, New South Wales (from Swamp)
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  Image 38Marshlands are often noted within wetlands, as seen here in the New Jersey MeadowlandsatLyndhurst, New Jersey, U.S. (from Marsh)
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  Image 39Pantanal in Brazil (from Swamp)
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  Image 40Many species of frogs live in wetlands, while others visit them each year to lay eggs. (from Wetland)
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  Image 41Sphagnum moss and sedges can produce floating bog mats along the shores of small lakes. This bog in Duck Lake, Oregon, US, supports populations of English sundew (Drosera anglica). (from Bog)
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  Image 42A marsh in Jyväskylä, Finland (from Marsh)
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  Image 43Many species of evergreen shrub are found in bogs, such as Labrador tea. (from Bog)
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  Image 44Tourbière du Lac-à-la-Tortue (fr), ombrotrophic, Quebec, Canada (from Bog)
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  Image 45Marsh in shallow water on a lakeshore (from Marsh)
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  Image 46Araised boginĶemeri National Park, Jūrmala, Latvia, formed approximately 10,000 years ago in the postglacial period and now a tourist attraction. (from Bog)
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  Image 47Aerial image of Carbajal Valley peat bogs, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina (from Bog)
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  Image 48Sunrise at Viru Bog, Estonia (from Wetland)
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  Image 49Blanket bog in Connemara, Ireland (from Bog)
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  Image 50A bog in Ostfriesland (from Bog)
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  Image 51Marshlands are often noted within wetlands, as seen here at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife RefugeinNew York City. (from Wetland)
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  Image 52An expanse of wet Sphagnum bog in Frontenac National Park, Quebec, Canada. Spruce trees can be seen on a forested ridge in the background. (from Bog)

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