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| − | [[ | + | '''Marshland''' is - according to the [[USDA]] terminology - ''"a subcategory of the [[land]] cover/use category [[Other rural land]], described as a nonforested area of land partly or intermittently covered with water and usually characterized by the presence of such monocotyledons as sedges and rushes. These areas are usually in a wetland class and are not placed in another NRI land cover/use category, such as rangeland or pastureland."<ref>[http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology]</ref>'' |
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Revision as of 20:36, August 22, 2010
Marshland is - according to the USDA terminology - "a subcategory of the land cover/use category Other rural land, described as a nonforested area of land partly or intermittently covered with water and usually characterized by the presence of such monocotyledons as sedges and rushes. These areas are usually in a wetland class and are not placed in another NRI land cover/use category, such as rangeland or pastureland."[1]
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