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Wetlands
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- Other names for wetlands include: muskeg, moor, fen, carr, dambo, mangal, vlei, bayou, slough, pocosin, prairie pothole and vernal pools. Each type of wetland has characteristics specific to their part of the world.
- More than one-third of the federally listed species on the Endangered Species Act rely directly, or indirectly, on wetlands for their survival.
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