A wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture either permanently or seasonally.
Such areas may also be covered partially or completely by shallow pools of water.
They come in many different guises, including bogs, streams, swamps, lakes, lagoons, estuaries, mudflats and flood plains.
The water found in wetlands can be saltwater, freshwater, or brackish.
The Wairio Wetland on Lake Wairarapa was once a paradise
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