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1. Wetlands: Although they account for only about 6. percent of the earth's land surface, wetlands are extremely important ecosystems. Wetlands are ecotones, or transitional environments between deeper water systems and terrestrial uplands. (Geography) [100%] 2004-01-01 [North America] [Great Plains]...
2. Wetlands International: Wetlands International is a global organisation that works to sustain and restore wetlands and their resources for people and biodiversity. It is an independent, not-for-profit, global organisation, supported by government and NGO membership from around the world. (Organization) [70%] 2022-09-21 [Conservation organizations]
3. Blanca Wetlands: The Blanca Wetlands Area of Critical Environmental Concern, or Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area, is an area of the San Luis Valley in Colorado, United States, that serves as a refuge for birds, fish and other wildlife. It is about 11 ... [70%] 2023-01-31 [Protected areas of Alamosa County, Colorado] [Landforms of Alamosa County, Colorado]...
4. Jerrabomberra Wetlands: Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve is a nationally important group of small wetlands in central Canberra (the capital of Australia). The Wetlands area is on a part of the Molonglo River - Jerrabomberra Creek floodplain that became permanently inundated when the Molonglo ... [70%] 2023-10-29 [Parks in Canberra] [Nature reserves of the Australian Capital Territory]...
5. Beeliar Wetlands: The Beeliar Wetlands is a wetland located in the southwest portion of Western Australia. It is made up of two chains of lakes and wetlands that run parallel to the west coast of Western Australia. [70%] 2022-06-20 [Swan Coastal Plain] [Beeliar Regional Park]...
6. Crown Wetlands: The Crown Wetlands lie on Little Cayman, one of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. Collectively they form one of the territory's Important Bird Areas (IBAs). (Earth) [70%] 2023-10-17 [Wetlands]
7. Uitkamp Wetlands: Uitkamp Wetland Nature Reserve is a 32-hectare (79-acre) wetland reserve located in Durbanville in the Western Cape province of South Africa . A wetland valley that was proclaimed a nature reserve in 2001, this park lies within a region ... (Wetland reserve in Durbanville in the Western Cape) [70%] 2024-01-19 [Nature reserves in Cape Town] [Protected areas of the Western Cape]...
8. Wetlands International: Wetlands International (Международные водно-болотные угодья) - международная неправительственная организация, ставящая своей целью сохранение и восстановление водно-болотных угодий, их биоразнообразия и природных ресурсов на основе развития научных исследований и природоохранной деятельности во всем мире. Образована в 1995 году. [70%] 2023-12-12
9. Crown Wetlands: The Crown Wetlands lie on Little Cayman, one of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. Collectively they form one of the territory's Important Bird Areas (IBAs). [70%] 2023-06-26 [Important Bird Areas of the Cayman Islands] [Little Cayman]...
10. Jiading Wetlands: The Jiading Wetlands (Chinese: 茄萣濕地; pinyin: Jiādìng Shīdì) is a wetland in Qieding District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It provides a winter home to a substantial number of black-faced spoonbills. [70%] 2023-01-21 [2011 establishments in Taiwan] [Landforms of Kaohsiung]...
11. Chenglong Wetlands: Chenglong Wetlands (traditional Chinese: 成龍溼地; simplified Chinese: 成龙湿地; pinyin: Chénglóng Shīdì) is a wetland in Kouhu Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. The wetland was formed due to the low altitude of the lower Hukou Village of Kouhu Township and the overuse of groundwater over ... (Wetland in Kouhu, Yunlin, Taiwan) [70%] 2023-01-20 [Landforms of Yunlin County] [Wetlands of Taiwan]...
12. Ballona Wetlands: Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (pronunciation: "Bah-yo-nuh" or "Buy-yo-nah") is a protected area that once served as the natural estuary for neighboring Ballona Creek. The 577-acre (2.34 km) site is located in Los Angeles County ... (Estuary and marsh in California, United States) [70%] 2023-11-11 [Estuaries of California] [Wetlands and marshes of Los Angeles County, California]...
13. Newport Wetlands: Newport Wetlands is a wildlife reserve covering parts of Uskmouth, Nash and Goldcliff, in the south-east of the city of Newport, South Wales. The reserve was established in 2000 to mitigate losses of wildlife habitat when the Cardiff Bay ... [70%] 2022-09-01 [Culture in Newport, Wales] [Education in Newport, Wales]...
14. Rakatu Wetlands: The Rakatu Wetlands is a 270 ha wetland restoration project in the South Island of New Zealand. They officially opened on 18 March 2006. [70%] 2024-03-22 [Wetlands of Southland, New Zealand] [Protected areas of Southland, New Zealand]...
15. Nedern Brook Wetlands: The Nedern Brook Wetland is a flood meadow habitat near Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales, designated since 1988 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The site is of 44.5 hectares (110 acres) and is bridged by the M48 motorway. [57%] 2022-08-15 [Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Monmouthshire] [Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1988]...
16. Wetlands of Louisiana: The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called 'Bayou'. The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain ... [57%] 2024-01-10 [Wetlands and bayous of Louisiana]
17. Edison Wetlands Association: The Edison Wetlands Association was founded by noted activist Robert Spiegel in 1989 as a nonprofit environmental organization devoted to the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and the preservation of open space in densely populated central New Jersey. EWA advocates ... (Nonprofit environmental organization in New Jersey, USA) [57%] 2022-10-19 [Ecology organizations] [Raritan River]...
18. Wetlands Cultural Byway: The Wetlands Cultural Byway is a Louisiana Scenic Byway that follows several different state highways, primarily. [57%] 2022-08-31 [Louisiana Scenic Byways] [Tourist attractions in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana]...
19. Wetlands (land type): List of USDA terminology. (Land type) [57%] 2023-02-11 [Geography]
20. The Wetlands Initiative: The Wetlands Initiative (TWI) is a non-profit conservation organization headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Wetlands Initiative works with nonprofit and government partners and local communities to advance wetland restoration and science in the Midwestern United States. (Organization) [57%] 2024-01-11 [Ecology organizations]
21. Greenwood Urban Wetlands: Greenwood Urban Wetlands is a park in downtown Orlando, Florida which was created in 1991. The park is adjacent to Greenwood Cemetery. [57%] 2023-11-07 [Parks in Orange County, Florida] [Wetlands of Florida]...
22. Wetlands Loan Act: The Wetlands Loan Act of 1961 (16 USC 715k-3 – 715k-5) (75 Stat. 813) became Public Law (P.L.) 87-383 on October 4, 1961. [57%] 2024-02-23 [1961 in American law] [United States federal law]...
23. LaBranche Wetlands Bridge: The LaBranche Wetlands Bridge is a concrete trestle bridge in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [57%] 2024-06-14 [Bridges completed in 1992] [Transportation buildings and structures in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana]...
24. National Wetlands Coalition: The National Wetlands Coalition, founded in 1989, has opposed U.S. wetlands policy, saying "the federal government, while seeking to protect wetlands, casts a wide net and imposes burdensome and ineffective regulations on private property that does not function as ... [57%] 2024-10-30 [Wetlands organizations]
25. Los Cerritos Wetlands: Los Cerritos Wetlands is located in both Los Angeles County and Orange County in the cities of Long Beach, California, and Seal Beach, California. The San Gabriel River, historically and currently flows through the Los Cerritos Wetlands Complex. (Wetland between Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, USA) [57%] 2024-11-18 [Geography of Long Beach, California] [Wetlands and marshes of Los Angeles County, California]...
26. National Wetlands Research Center: The National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) was founded in 1975 as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Office of Biological Services. (Organization) [50%] 2023-08-28
27. Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetlands: Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetlands are two wetland sites within the Riverina and Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA), near Leeton in New South Wales, Australia. Both Fivebough and Tuckerbil sites form Crown reserve number 1030008 managed by NSW Department of Industry, for ... [50%] 2023-06-23 [Wetlands of New South Wales] [Riverina]...
28. Odaesan National Park Wetlands: Odaesan (also known as Mt. Odae) is located in the Taebaek Mountains, the longest mountain range in Korea. (National park in South Korea) [50%] 2024-01-14 [Ramsar sites in South Korea]
29. National Wetlands Research Center: The National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) was founded in 1975 as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Office of Biological Services. [50%] 2024-02-18 [United States Fish and Wildlife Service] [Research institutes in Louisiana]...
30. Kuching Wetlands National Park: The Kuching Wetlands National Park (KWNP; Malay: Taman Negara Tanah Lembap Kuching) is a national park in Petra Jaya, Kuching District, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the remains of the former Sarawak Mangrove Forest Reserve which covered 170 km. [50%] 2023-03-19 [1992 establishments in Malaysia] [Kuching District]...
31. Muthurajawela wetlands: Muthurajawela is a marsh in Sri Lanka in the southern region of the Negombo lagoon, 30 km (19 mi) north of Colombo. The Muthurajawela Marshes are 3,068 ha (7,580 acres) in area and the country's largest saline ... [70%] 2023-05-08 [Wetlands of Sri Lanka]
32. Orinoco wetlands: The Orinoco wetlands (NT0906) is an ecoregion of northeast Venezuela within the northern Orinoco Delta. It holds areas of tall grasses in flooded land, surrounded by mangroves and swamp forest, giving way to the drier Llanos savanna in the west. (Ecoregion in northeast Venezuela) [70%] 2023-01-21 [Ecoregions of Venezuela] [Neotropical ecoregions]...
33. Mediterranean wetlands: }} Mediterranean Wetlands comprise the wetlands of the Mediterranean region. Wetlands are ubiquitous and they may briefly be defined as transitional spaces between land and water. (Earth) [70%] 2023-09-21 [Wetlands]
34. Hadejia-Nguru wetlands: 12°39′0″N 10°35′30″E / 12.65000°N 10.59167°E / 12.65000; 10.59167 The Hadejia-Nguru wetlands in Yobe State in northern Nigeria, which include Nguru Lake, are ecologically and economically important. They are threatened ... [57%] 2023-06-28 [Ramsar sites in Nigeria]
35. Central Mexican wetlands: The Central Mexican wetlands is a flooded grasslands and savannas ecoregion in central Mexico. The Central Mexican wetlands include of several wetland areas where the southern Central Mexican Plateau meets Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, an east–west range of volcanic ... (Flooded grasslands ecoregion of central Mexico) [57%] 2023-05-27 [Ecoregions of Mexico] [Flooded grasslands and savannas]...