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DEFINITION OF TERMS
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DEPARTIENT. OF URBAN ANO..REGIONAL PLANMING
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUBLES
UNIVERSITY OF UY VYO.
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DEPARTMENT _OF URBAN. AND. REGIONAL PLANNING
_ FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SIUBLE 5
UNIVERSITY OF O10, OYO
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inundated, § entrelly Charerterized by a growth Of grasses, 2edges and
rushes. Ié [san area of mudy w= Ging Cand which fe flooded cue
Seasons er ab high 6:42 and bypleadly remains wabertogyed ab aU.
bimes -It Can also be defined as 0. wetland thet! cominabed by
lherbaceous rather then woody prank sped'es -Mlorehes Cour be found ap
the edges of lahes and Sbreeumi,tarcfore, they ack ad 6rangition
|ehween the a@quasic and berrestlal eweyster Trey provide babi b0b fey
many Speues of plants and animas thab have aclepted to living Jo Flooded. ares
these planks hey’ o€renchyno which ave the channels wolthin whlch the de
moves from te (eaves bo te eet Bf trese plants
These_are low -land Mat Ore whotly or party covered iol th water unless
CrOiHatly dralved and hebe teuo-Lared howe peaky alkaline Sol: fe fonts
Ont. OF themein types OF wetlend.ote wekands Include Grosey mer shes,
reseed swamps andbogs: Fens ace Mminerotroph'e peablandsssrralt web
(ncadews Surrounded by mined Coupe faresty usually fed by mineral-
Ch Burface Weber or proud wate They are tally cemrbnabed by oasis
And sedges and byptoally have brown moss esin-general ineluding Etec pilin
Sr ee€panscladus Thy hove a chorasberlive set of porksper'es Hab Bemebln es.
pouile the best Indieatars op eovleonmentat Gencltions :
Pee ; F Lanticarea rith b.
Fi Epongy ground Leptualy a Poorty drodmed ocriyourea hh hy
cee EE eons frequently surcoundhng a baty oF open wubtr ands
10g Charosberlstle Haro: area Spetel hag:
latludny Yrehland, Hc: = uae
The only
Gt Sam€ from rain ond Spow wober - eesPeat /s an aceumuletien of pertlally decayed yeg etation er Organic
matey Ab |s fount In areas called peatland ygnires ord puréiceg 5: Boils
(Consltting prima Of peabere knewn as hiscosets- Peat forms
Jn Webland Cendi¢iens_ushere Keoding ebstruite the flew of oxygen
from the obrtapere, Blowing the robe of Secemposttton - Pegs cre
(ie primary source of peak, altheugh peat; swamp forest, pores! ns
land ~ene aso depesi'k peat Feat toveed land6 ove hom bo Sor
bind of plank Ineludiny ephegnum press, erleateous Shrubs one
ehacte Peas 6 harvested a6 on tmpertan’ seurceep purl Jn
(ecboin part bf the werld: Quer time the formatlon of peat: ofter
the Flest atep In the Jeetegital formation of ote fosell Purl Such a8
{Goa Peak fs usedin Fresh woke aguacio, weber Filhatlen and balore tea
bleh ts the use Of bethiny bo treat diseases
A swamp iso wettend thet |e cdeminabed.by woody plants (brits
ondtrees). Swamps art often near rivers.or Sreams~ Pe&se rivers
und Streams mmetines Hood and the weber from the flood Carci'es
nubrlents to re swamp-Comnon plants ond animals linseebs found tro swamp
art Nor then white Cedar, cag unos d,weod ducts beau getin frog Spring pepe
wood.turtle, deer Py ond mosqutto- Swamps are cherowbeized by mineral seis
with poer_crolnage and by plont Uipe dominated by brees. the bres Char otten/ste
dietinguishes cswamp trom a marshin whtch pint Wife Conttst meirry of
geass ®3 Taty exclees Jn_arec’ wht peor drdiragé tind sufaitent waber Supply bo key
tot ground wake Logged and thay hee o high. supply of miners In fhe
waber 60 stimulate decay of organtems and prevent He acturud ation of
organi maberiots: They ore_lmportant for So many reasons,
vabhch ore. moderaking the tects of flooding, puci Fylr§ web, Source
op fuel undtheyare econembeally bere pirial