SWAMP FACTS
Wetlands are areas of land where the water level is mostly above the ground.Marshes are in permanently wet places, such as shallow lakes and river deltas. Reeds and rushes grow in marshes.
- Half the wetlands in the USA were drained before most people appreciated theirvalue. Almost half of Dismal Swamp in North Carolina has been drained.
- The Pripet Marshes on the borders of Belorusia are the biggest in Europe, covering 270,000 km. climate is Warm and damp The surface of a swamp is wet with animals that float to the top and some animals