1. Wetlands

2. They are identified by the types of plants that grow in it.
What is a Wetland?
An area of land that is covered by water for at least part of the year.
They are identified by the types of plants that grow in it.

3. Three Types of Wetlands
Swamp – Most common plants are trees and shrubs
Usually named by the dominant type of tree
Maple Swamp
Cyprus Swamp

4. Another name for a marsh is a
2. Marsh – Wetlands made up mostly of grasses
They often form on floodplains of rivers or are the edge of some lakes
Costal Marsh
Another name for a marsh is a
“wet meadow.”

5. Estuary

6. 3. Bog – Formed from a depression in the land left over from a glacier
No water feeds or drains into the bog
The only source of water is moisture from rain
Since no water drains, dead plants build up and sink to the bottom. This material is called peat and it creates a peat bog.

8. Wetland Animals

9. My OWN MARSH/Swamp

10. Ground water
Saturated zone – region underground where pores in between the soil particles are filled with water.
Water table -The upper limits of the saturated zone.
Unsaturated zone – region underground where the pores in between the soil particles are filled with air and water.

12. Porosity – the measure of a rock’s ability to hold water
Permeability – the measure of the water’s ability to flow though rock and sediment

13. Aquifer – area of permeable sediment or rock that holds significant amounts of water

14. Well – man make holes that are drilled down into an aquifer
Springs – natural places where ground water breaks through the surface of the ground