Swamp




A forested wetland




A freshwater swamp in Florida, the United States of America




A black alder swamp in Germany, Europe




Mass deforestation causes the appearance of swamps. Belorucheiskaya (Russia) forestry railway in 1977.




Difference between swamp and marsh


A swamp is a wetland that is forested.[1] Many swamps occur along large rivers where they are critically dependent upon natural water level fluctuations.[2] Other swamps occur on the shores of large lakes.[3] Some swamps have hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodic inundation[4] or soil saturation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp forests and "transitional" or shrub swamps. In the boreal regions of Canada, the word swamp is colloquially used for what is more correctly termed a bog, fen, or muskeg. The water of a swamp may be fresh water, brackish water or seawater. Some of the world's largest swamps are found along major rivers such as the Amazon, the Mississippi, and the Congo.[5]




Contents






  • 1 Differences between marshes and swamps


  • 2 Geomorphology and hydrology


  • 3 Draining


  • 4 Land value, productivity and conservation


  • 5 Notable examples


    • 5.1 Africa


    • 5.2 Asia


    • 5.3 North America




  • 6 List of major swamps


    • 6.1 Africa


    • 6.2 Asia


    • 6.3 Europe


    • 6.4 North America


    • 6.5 South America




  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Differences between marshes and swamps


A marsh is a wetland composed mainly of grasses and reeds found near the fringes of lakes and streams, serving as a transitional area between land and aquatic ecosystems. A swamp is a wetland composed of trees and shrubs found along large rivers and lake shores.[6]



Geomorphology and hydrology


Swamps are characterized by slow-moving to stagnant waters. Many adjoin rivers or lakes. Swamps are features of areas with very low topographic relief.



Draining


Historically, humans have drained swamps to provide additional land for agriculture and to reduce the threat of diseases borne by swamp insects and similar animals.[clarification needed][7] Many swamps have also undergone intensive logging, requiring the construction of drainage ditches and canals. These ditches and canals contributed to drainage and, along the coast, allowed salt water to intrude, converting swamps to marsh or even to open water.[1] Large areas of swamp were therefore lost or degraded. Louisiana provides a classic example of wetland loss from these combined factors.[8] Europe has probably lost nearly half its wetlands.[7] New Zealand lost 90 percent of its wetlands over a period of 150 years.[9] Ecologists recognise that swamps provide valuable ecological services including flood control, fish production, water purification, carbon storage, and wildlife habitat.[10] In many parts of the world authorities protect swamps. In parts of Europe and North America, swamp restoration projects are becoming widespread.[2][11] Often the simplest steps to restoring swamps involve plugging drainage ditches and removing levees.[12]



Land value, productivity and conservation


Swamps and other wetlands have traditionally held a very low property value compared to fields, prairies, or woodlands. They have a reputation for being unproductive land that cannot easily be utilized for human activities, other than perhaps hunting and trapping. Farmers, for example, typically drained swamps next to their fields so as to gain more land usable for planting crops.


Many societies now realize that swamps are critically important to providing fresh water and oxygen to all life, and that they are often breeding grounds for a wide variety of species. Indeed, floodplain swamps are extremely important in fish production.[13] Government environmental agencies (such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency) are taking steps to protect and preserve swamps and other wetlands. In Europe, major effort is being invested in the restoration of swamp forests along rivers.[2] Conservationists work to preserve swamps such as those in northwest Indiana in the United States Midwest that were preserved as part of the Indiana Dunes.[14][15][16] The problem of invasive species has also been put into greater light such as in places like the Everglades.



Notable examples


Swamps can be found on all continents except Antarctica.[17]


The largest swamp in the world is the Amazon River floodplain, which is particularly significant for its large number of fish and tree species.[18][19][20]



Africa


The Sudd and the Okavango Delta[21][22][23] are Africa's best known marshland areas. The Bangweulu Floodplains make up Africa's largest swamp.



Asia


The Tigris-Euphrates river system[24] is a large swamp and river system in southern Iraq, traditionally inhabited in part by the Marsh Arabs.


In Asia, tropical peat swamps are located in mainland East Asia and Southeast Asia. In Southeast Asia, peatlands are mainly found in low altitude coastal and sub-coastal areas and extend inland for distance more than 100 km (62 mi) along river valleys and across watersheds. They are mostly to be found on the coasts of East Sumatra, Kalimantan (Central, East, South and West Kalimantan provinces), West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, Peninsular Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, Southeast Thailand, and the Philippines (Riley et al.,1996). Indonesia has the largest area of tropical peatland. Of the total 440,000 km2 (170,000 sq mi) tropical peat swamp, about 210,000 km2 (81,000 sq mi) are located in Indonesia (Page, 2001; Wahyunto, 2006).


The Vasyugan Swamp is a large swamp in the western Siberia area of the Russian Federation. This is one of the largest swamps in the world, covering an area larger than Switzerland.



North America




Swamp in southern Louisiana


The Atchafalaya Swamp at the lower end of the Mississippi River is the largest swamp in the United States. It is an important example of southern cypress swamp[25] but it has been greatly altered by logging, drainage and levee construction.[26] Other famous swamps in the United States are the forested portions of the Everglades, Okefenokee Swamp, Barley Barber Swamp, Great Cypress Swamp and the Great Dismal Swamp. The Okefenokee is located in extreme southeastern Georgia and extends slightly into northeastern Florida. The Great Cypress Swamp is mostly in Delaware but extends into Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula. Point Lookout State Park on the southern tip of Maryland contains a large amount of swamps and marshes. The Great Dismal Swamp lies in extreme southeastern Virginia and extreme northeastern North Carolina. Both are National Wildlife Refuges. Another swamp area, Reelfoot Lake of extreme western Tennessee and Kentucky, was created by the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Caddo Lake, the Great Dismal and Reelfoot are swamps that are centered at large lakes. Swamps are often called bayous in the southeastern United States, especially in the Gulf Coast region.



List of major swamps




A small swamp in Padstow, New South Wales, Australia




Inside a mangrove canopy, Salt Pan Creek, New South Wales


The world's largest wetlands include significant areas of swamp, such as in the Amazon and Congo River basins.[20] Further north, however, the largest wetlands are bogs.



Africa




  • Bangweulu Swamps, Zambia


  • Okavango Swamp, Botswana[21][22][23]


  • Sudd, South Sudan


  • Niger Delta, Nigeria


  • Mare aux Songes, Mauritius



Asia




  • Asmat Swamp, Indonesia

  • Candaba Swamp in Apalit and Candaba, Pampanga and Pulilan, Bulacan, Philippines

  • Mangrove Swamp in Karachi, Pakistan


  • Myristica Swamp in Western Ghats, India


  • Ratargul Swamp Forest in Sylhet, Bangladesh


  • Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh[27]


  • Vasyugan Swamp, Russia



Europe




  • Pripyat Marshes, Belarus


  • Šúr, Slovakia





North America




  • Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana, United States


  • Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, United States


  • Barley Barber Swamp, Florida, United States


  • Cache River, Illinois, United States


  • Caddo Lake, Texas/Louisiana, United States


  • Congaree Swamp, South Carolina, United States


  • Everglades, Florida, United States


  • Great Black Swamp, Indiana/Ohio, United States


  • Great Cypress Swamp, Delaware and Maryland, United States, also known as Great Pocomoke Swamp


  • Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina/Virginia, United States


  • First Landing State Park, Virginia, United States


  • Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, United States


  • Green Swamp, Florida, United States


  • Green Swamp, North Carolina, United States


  • Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana, United States


  • Hudson Bay Lowlands, Ontario, Canada


  • Limberlost, Indiana, United States


  • Louisiana swamplands, Louisiana, United States


  • Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, Puxico, Missouri, United States


  • Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia/Florida, United States


  • Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee/Kentucky, United States


  • Pantanos de Centla, Tabasco/Campeche, Mexico


  • Texas Swamplands, Texas, United States



South America




  • Lahuen Ñadi, Chile


  • Pantanal,[28]Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay


  • Paraná Delta, Argentina


  • Esteros del Iberá, Argentina


  • Amazon, Brazil


  • Caribbean Lowlands, Colombia



See also




  • Aquatic plant

  • Bog

  • Coniferous swamp

  • Fen

  • Freshwater swamp forest

  • Hydrogen sulfide

  • Marsh

  • Marsh gas

  • Muck

  • Peat

  • Peat swamp forest

  • Salt marsh

  • Shrub swamp

  • Slough (hydrology)

  • Wetland

  • Will-o'-the-wisp




References





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External links







  • Wikisource-logo.svg "Swamp" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.









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