AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Wetlands generally included swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.’

Detailed explanation-2: -Wetland: Wetlands are marshy areas. Wetlands are also called sponges of earth. Wetlands absorb water from floods.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wetlands take many forms including rivers, marshes, bogs, mangroves, mudflats, ponds, swamps, billabongs, lagoons, lakes, and floodplains. Most large wetland areas often include a combination of different types of freshwater systems.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wetlands can generally be classified into five basic systems, namely: Lacustrine, Riverine, Palustrine, Marine and Estuarine (Frazier, 1996).