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WETLANDS BOOKS

Wetlands
Wetlands


A Wetland Habitat
A Wetland Habitat


Explore Aquatic Ecosystems - Wetlands (Set of 5)
Explore Aquatic Ecosystems -
Wetlands (Set of 5)


National Wetlands Newsletter
National Wetlands Newsletter




World Wetlands Day
February 2


FREE
Wetlands Education Posters
online pdfs from USGS


America's Wetlands:
Our Vital Link Between
Land and Water: EPA




SCIENCE KITS

Landform Discovery Pack
Landform Discovery Pack




WATER CALENDARS

Water Calendars
Water Calendars




Teacher's Best - The Creative Process


Wetlands of the World, “B...-”
for geography and social studies classrooms, home schools.


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Bangweulu
Bayou

Biebrzanski
Great Black Swamp

Bogs



Bangweulu Swamp, Black Lechwe Herd Feeding on Grassy Plains on Fringe of Bangweulu Swamp, Zambia, Photographic Print
Black Lechwe Herd Feeding on
Grassy Plains at Fringe of
Bangweulu Swamp, Zambia,
Photographic Print

Situtated in the Congo River watershed, Bangweulu is one of the world's great wetland systems, comprising Lake Bangweulu, the Bangweulu Swamps and the Bangweulu Flats or floodplain.

The swamps act as a check on annual flooding downstream in the Luapula River by releasing water slowly through many lagoons and channels, preventing the excessive flooding of Luapula valley in the rainy season.

Bangweulu means ‘where the water meets the sky’.

FYI ~ Lechwe are antelope found in marshy areas. Their legs are covered in a water repelling substance allowing them to run quite fast in knee-deep water and thus escape from predators.


Cypress Trees Reflected in the Green Waters of Bayou Long, Louisiana, Photographic Print
Cypress Trees in the Green
Waters of Bayou Long, Louisiana,
Photographic Print

Bayous are bodies of water found in flat, low-lying areas, and refer either to an extremely slow-moving stream or river, or to a marshy lake or wetland.

Wetlands called bayous are associated the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States and the Cajun culture centered on the state of Louisiana.

The word “bayou” is thought to originate from bayuk, the Choctaw word which means “small stream”.


Sunlight on Flooded Wetlands in Spring, Biebrzanski National Park, Poland
Sunlight on Flooded Wetlands in Spring, Biebrzanski National Park, Poland, Photographic Print

The Biebrza Marshes are a complex series of wetland habitats of global significance located on the Biebrza river valley in northeastern Poland.

Biebrza Valley was set aside as a National Park in 1993 and is under the protection of the RAMSAR Convention.


The Story of the Great Black Swamp, VHS, 1982
The Story of the
Great Black Swamp,
VHS, 1982

The Great Black Swamp, a glacially caused wetland in northwest Ohio, United States, extended into extreme northeastern Indiana. The swamps and marshes, interspersed with higher ground, were drained and settled in the second half of the 19th century.

The Limberlost Swamp, written about by author Gene Stratton-Porter, is at the western end of the Great Black Swamp.

The Story of the Great Black Swamp is a television documentary produced by WBGU-TV, Bowling Green, Ohio.


Peat Bogs, Rannoch Moor, Scotland, Photographic Print
Peat Bogs, Rannoch Moor, Scotland,
Photographic Print

Bogs, wetlands that accumulates acidic “peat”, a deposit of dead plant material like mosses or lichens, are widely distributed in cold, temperate climates.

A bog is a very early stage in the formation of coal deposits. The peat is often harvested and dried to use a fuel for heating homes.

Bogs are also sites of archeological finds of naturally preserved human corpses like Grauballe Man from the Iron Age found in Denmark.


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