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The grasses and other plants in a wetland act as a filter for the water, removing contaminants, cleaning up the water. The soil holding the plants acts like a sponge, sops up pollutants.
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What is an area of land that is covered by water or that is saturated with surface water or groundwater for long periods?
Wetlands
What is the area of Columbia Wetlands?
The area of Columbia Wetlands is 151 square kilometers.
What is the area of Newport Wetlands?
The area of Newport Wetlands is 4,370,000.0 square meters.
What is the area of Minesing Wetlands?
The area of Minesing Wetlands is 60 square kilometers.
What are wetland and how are they important in the role of ecology?
Wetlands are an area of muddy land and water for example a swap. Wetlands help prevent flooding and provide a habitat for animals
What is the area of Chestnut Creek Wetlands Natural Area Preserve?
The area of Chestnut Creek Wetlands Natural Area Preserve is 987,432.9670656 square meters.
How do various factors affect the distribution and abundance of organisms and populations within an ecosystem?
water quality, water toxcicity, wheter or not there is a suitable living area, number of predators, etc.
Do Wetlands perform a major ecosystem service of trapping and filtering water as it passes through the wetland area?
true
How does water pollution in one part of the province could affect water supplies in another part?
Water is almost never stationary. As such, it flows continuously from one part of provinces to other parts. Pollution that is deposited in rivers or streams in one area could be carried downstream to other areas and affect their water quality.
A coal-burning facility is constructed in an area containing several pond ecosystems. How will this human activity most likely affect the pond ecosystems?
water quality would be worse
A coal burning facility is constructed in an area containing several pond ecosystems. How will this human activity most likely affect the pond ecosystem?
water quality would be worse
What are the Siberian wetlands?
The Siberian Wetlands are located in the West Siberian Plain. Because the plain doesn't drain well, it has formed the vast wetlands area with many bogs and swamps.
