Telmatology is a branch of physical geography concerned with the study of wetlands, such as marshes or swamps.[1]
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| Types and landforms | | Natural | |
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| Artificial |
- Bog garden
- Constructed wetland
- Converted wetland
- Swale
- Water-meadow
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| Life |
- List of wetland plants
- List of fen plants
- Sphagnum
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| Soil mechanics |
- Acrotelm
- Histosol
- Peat
- Sapric or muck
- Tropical peat
- Hydric soil
- Marsh gas
- Ombrotrophic
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| Processes |
- Halosere
- Hydrosere
- Paludification
- Salt marsh dieback
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| Classifications | |
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| Conservation |
- Clean Water Act
- Greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands
- Marsh organ
- Ramsar Convention
- Ramsar site
- Salt marsh die-off
- Wetland indicator status
| | Organizations |
- Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board
- Delta Waterfowl Foundation
- Ducks Unlimited
- Irish Peatland Conservation Council
- Meadowview Biological Research Station
- Society of Wetland Scientists
- Wetlands International
- Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
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