Warm Wetlands

Wetland

A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor (anoxic) processes taking place, especially in the soils. Wetlands form a transitional zone between waterbodies and dry lands, and are different from other terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems due to their vegetation's roots having adapted to oxygen-poor waterlogged soils. They are considered among the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems, serving as habitats to a wide range of aquatic and semi-aquatic plants and animals, with often improved water quality due to plant removal of excess nutrients such as nitrates and phosphorus.

warm

Adjective

1. Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
2. Friendly and with affection.

Verb

1. To make or keep warm.
2. To become warm, to heat up.

wetlands

Noun

1. plural of wetland (“An area or region that is characteristically saturated; a marsh”)