Wetlands - Why We Need Them
"Wetlands", according to a description found at North Carolina State University’s website, is the collective term for marshes, swamps, bogs, and similar areas. Wetlands are found in flat vegetated areas, in depressions on the landscape, and between water and dry land along the edges of streams, rivers, lakes, and coastlines. Wetland areas can be found in nearly every county and climatic zone in the United States. Inland wetlands receive water from precipitation, ground water and/or surface water. Coastal and estuarine wetlands receive water from precipitation, surface water, tides, and/or ground water. Surface water sources include runoff and stormwater.Since the 1600s, more than half of the original wetlands in the lower 48 states have been destroyed. Wetlands have been drained and converted to farmland, filled for housing developments and industrial facilities, and used as receptacles for waste. Human activities continue to adversely affect wetland ecosystems. (NCSU) More recently, society has begun to understand the functions of wetlands and the values humans obtain from them. Wetlands help regulate water levels within watersheds; improve water quality; reduce flood and storm damages; provid
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Mitsch Gosselink, Service Cowardin, FUNCTIONS VALUES, Urbanization Urbanization, United Inland, Security Act, LOSS DEGRADATION, Chesapeake Bay, Removal Metals, Water Act, surface water, ground water, water quality, mitsch gosselink 1993, fish wildlife, mitsch gosselink, gosselink 1993, water wetland, usepa 1994b, section 404, trees shrubs, precipitation surface water, emergents emergent mosses, coastal estuarine wetlands, wetlands deepwater habitats,
Approximate Word count = 3432
Approximate Pages = 14 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
