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Wetlands

Question 3 of 10 • IC Sem B Environmental Systems

Compare marshes, swamps, and bogs.

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Marshes, swamps, and bogs are all types of wetlands. This means that their soil can be saturated either permanently or seasonally. As wetlands, they are all characterized by high levels of biodiversity. Swamps tend to have a larger proportion of surface water than marshes and, in North America, are characterized by the presence of trees. Bogs have acidic groundwater as a result of their surface water resulting mainly from precipitation.

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