Question

if you visited a wetland you had never seen before how could you determine whether it was a marsh, a bog, or a swamp?

Answer 1

Wet lands are of 4 types

1. Pond

It is a well defined basin that is filled with stagnant water and ringed by vegetation. It is fed mainly by rainstorms and snow melt and loses most of its water through seepage and evaporation.

2.Marsh

A marsh usually found near a river, lake or tidal waters. Marshes are subjected to periodic flooding and the water level can be changed drastically in a very short period of time. In drought the marsh may completely dried up. Marshes are overgrown with coarse grasses, sedges and rushes.

3.Swamp

A swamp is essentially a wooded marsh. Unlike marshes Swamps can support trees, tall shrubs herbs and mosses. Swamps are covered with still or gently flowing water during wet seasons

4. Peat Bog

It is a poorly drained area that is covered by mats of moss, which slowly decompose in successive layers and eventually form a material called peat. Peat bogs are of two types Bogs and Fens. The water of bog is much more acidic than that of a fen due to larger quantities of sphagnum moss and the other advanced process of decomposition in a Bog.

By comparing all these features we can identify the type of wetland