1 / 8

Inland Wetlands

Inland Wetlands. Alternate Names: Marshes, bogs, swamps Presented by: VC and AMB. land whose soil is saturated with moisture common on floodplains along rivers and streams in isolated depressions surrounded by dry land along the margins of lakes and ponds in other low-lying areas. Location.

tybalt
Download Presentation

Inland Wetlands

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Inland Wetlands Alternate Names: Marshes, bogs, swamps Presented by: VC and AMB

  2. land whose soil is saturated with moisture • common on floodplains along rivers and streams • in isolated depressions surrounded by dry land • along the margins of lakes and ponds • in other low-lying areas Location

  3. No characteristic climate • Temperatures vary greatly depending on the location of the wetland. • Amount of rainfall a wetland receives depends upon its location • Factors: plant community, soil, longitude and latitude Climate

  4. spongy tissues, called aerenchyma • adventitious roots above the anoxic zone • prop roots with pores • arrowhead common cattail yellow lotus Plant Adaptation

  5. specialized gills or other organs to increase the uptake of oxygen from water or to use it more efficiently • build dams that may flood large areas • dig holes that retain water during the dry season • Spider crab North American beaver American alligator Animal Adaptation

  6. Soil – poorly drained, alluvial and floodplain, low pH • Good water quality and replenishes goundwater • Nutrients – carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus, sulfur • Origin: Plants and runoff water Soil and Chemical Cycling

  7. filtering capabilities for intercepting surface water runoff • maintain stream flow during dry periods and replenish groundwater • lowers flood heights and reduces erosion • control floods and prevents water-logging of crops • many animals and plants depend on wetlands for survival Economic Value

  8. hydrologic alterations in wetland • ex. deposition of fill material for development • pollutants causing wetland degradation • ex. runoff from urban, agricultural, silvicultural, and mining areas • impair wetland vegetation • ex. grazing by domestic animals Human Disturbance

More Related