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A '''Wetland''' is an area that is wet due to a close relationship to a body of [[water]] or groundwater, or a land area that is flooded regularly.  Wetlands support vegetation adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.<ref>http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/glossary.html</ref>
 
A '''Wetland''' is an area that is wet due to a close relationship to a body of [[water]] or groundwater, or a land area that is flooded regularly.  Wetlands support vegetation adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.<ref>http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/glossary.html</ref>
 
Conservatives are not big fans of wetlands and see them as "not oil." Anything a conservative sees as "not oil" or "not a tree that could be made into furniture to decorate my huge mansion in Texas" it wants to destroy. Which is why many of our wetlands our in danger.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 04:15, November 30, 2007

A Wetland is an area that is wet due to a close relationship to a body of water or groundwater, or a land area that is flooded regularly. Wetlands support vegetation adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.[1]

References

  1. http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/glossary.html